Building with Hall & Hart Homes

V.Aus2013 · Oct 21, 2019 10:28 am

Thanks Zen !!
Have you started building your own or what stage you are at ??

Zen · Oct 21, 2019 10:31 am

V.Aus2013

Thanks Zen !!
Have you started building your own or what stage you are at ??

Yes - we’re in week 14 of our build right now. We are building a heavily modified sienna 42. I drove past this morning and we have all hands on deck doing bricks for our 2nd floor

MickeyDonald · Oct 24, 2019 8:39 am

V.Aus2013

MickeyDonald

nikp

Hi, we were planning to build near norwest and wanted to check if anyone else is building around the same area with H&H

Hi nikp, we are building Elyse in Stanhope Gardens 😁

Hi Mickey,
Howz your build progressing so far and your experience so far ??
TIA, vic

Hi vic, thanks for your interest, so far so good. Last week (week 19) in the walkthrough, they have finished the internal walls (gyprock/plasterboard) all over the house. Also, there is already waterproofing in the laundry and powder room. Unfortunately, there are no stairs yet even the steel one so we can't check the upstairs but SS3 told us we can have another walkthrough. We haven't really gone into lock up because downpipes for the ground floor level have not been installed and they need to clean the bricks as well. Hopefully, when we visit this weekend, everything external is finished.

And also, last month, SS1 resigned, replaced by SS2. SS2 handled for a week or 2 as he needs to go on holiday for a month, so we are with SS3 and he said he will take over until completion.

We had concerns and items missed but they were addressed appropriately. There were also complaints from our neighbors, both sides, but they were able to handle them well, shield us and be the bad guy in our neighbors' eyes.

We're quite happy with the experience and progress as well.
Will post pics once external is done.

Malibu · Oct 24, 2019 9:48 am

Where are you building MickeyDonald? We are building in Ku rin gai. I am in the same situation as you in terms of SS1/SS2 and I suspect we have the same SS are in the same area.

msresearcher · Oct 24, 2019 10:11 am

Is it worth making it flat and not a lip from kitchen to laundry/butlers? I didn't select that extra and now thinking maybe was a mistake.. after feedback if noticeable or not. Hopefully you guys know what im talking about

MickeyDonald · Oct 24, 2019 2:00 pm

We are building in the Norwest area, Malibu.

We had JT then RF and now MS.

MickeyDonald · Nov 07, 2019 10:37 pm

Finally, in lock up as of Nov 1!

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HaminZa · Nov 13, 2019 5:17 pm

Hi All, Hope to be part of this fan club soon. We are waiting for tender presentation, just wondering what to benchmark kitchen upgrades provisional sum if I really (really) want the display look

don't think the estimate was enough 🤔 What were yours?

Thanks J

V.Aus2013 · Nov 13, 2019 10:28 pm

Hi Hamin,

What stage you are at with H&H ?? Did you get good reference in regard to their Quality/Reasonable Cost/Timing ???

HaminZa · Nov 13, 2019 11:04 pm

Hi VAus, I have started the tender and waiting for presentation date. We were impressed with the quality inclusions and design flexibility, concurring with others here there are not exactly the cheapest nor priciest but we want to see what we can get within our budget.. we have a custom design so we have limited options.

What stage are you on?

SDS1 · Nov 14, 2019 10:09 pm

HaminZa

Hi All, Hope to be part of this fan club soon. We are waiting for tender presentation, just wondering what to benchmark kitchen upgrades provisional sum if I really (really) want the display look

don't think the estimate was enough 🤔 What were yours?

Thanks J

Think about what you like about the display. If it's functional and suits your living style then go ahead. Some displays look fabulous but aren't functional. The upgrade depends on your design do you have just a kitchen or also a butler's pantry? Upgrades can be made on:
Kitchen cabinets & handles
Benchtop
Splashback
Cooktop
Rangehood
Sinks
Taps, etc
It's unlikely you'll want to upgrade everything but you'll know when you do your internal appointments. Best wishes.

HaminZa · Nov 16, 2019 9:44 am

Thanks SDS1 Much appreciated! I have kitchen and butlers pantry included plus the custom inclusions 40mm thk benchtop/ island, undermount sink, window splashback... just wondering about the doors finishes and handles, still undecide if I can get away with plain or needed to upgrade to match the rest! I did wanted to upgrade the cooktop but already planned adding another oven for my baking which is a must have! Hope 3k ps is enuf lol cheers

SDS1 · Nov 24, 2019 12:02 am

Hello HaminZa
I think 3K may not be enough if you opt for a benchtop stone upgrade - more contemporary patterns not in std inclusions will set you back 1.5-3K depending on how much of an upgrade you want. The colours and patterns in the inclusions didn't suit our colour palette which is why we had to upgrade. If the std inclusions do work for you, you'll get away with a lesser $$.

Handles for doors plus cabinetry will be done in your studioyou appt. The normal inclusions were quite good.

Undermount sink please consider your usage and lifestyle. Heavy pots and pans knocking the bench edge overhang of the sink (while rinsing or washing) can make the bench chip. That's why I went for overmount. You can see the overmount sink in the Soho display they have finished it well.

ks155 · Dec 02, 2019 10:32 pm

Hi All,

We started our journey with Hall and Hart by accepting the tender for Soho with contemporary facade last week. We started looking at our external colour selection. Our first floor facade is cladding and we are thinking of going for timber look. Has anyone stained their cladding or used any other options? If yes, roughly how much it will cost.

Thanks in advance.

Zen · Dec 02, 2019 11:20 pm

ks155

Hi All,

We started our journey with Hall and Hart by accepting the tender for Soho with contemporary facade last week. We started looking at our external colour selection. Our first floor facade is cladding and we are thinking of going for timber look. Has anyone stained their cladding or used any other options? If yes, roughly how much it will cost.

Thanks in advance.

Hi ks155,

We are building the sienna and originally wanted the timber cladding to match the facade on the hall and hart website - https://www.hallharthomes.com.au/our-homes/sienna/

We were advised to go with a timber-look cladding that was more expensive but wouldn’t need maintenance, otherwise the stained timber cladding would require regular maintenance. The quote that came back for the timber-look cladding was much more expensive than what we could justify and we didn’t want the headache of having to re-stain the timber on a regular basis. From memory it came to over $10k for the timber-look cladding but then we had more cladding than what your facade might need (it stretched across first floor and also half of the back of the house first floor as well). I advise getting quotes for both timber stained and timber-look so you can decide whether it is worth it for you.

In the end we went with painting the cladding which was not an upgrade. We opted to upgrade to some render on the facade instead and the decowood garage.

ks155 · Dec 02, 2019 11:39 pm

Thanks Zen, for your quick reply. We are also rendering a portion of the front facade and going with coaba/cedar timber look garage door. Does the painting to cladding looks great? Do you mind sharing photo of your facade.

Zen · Dec 03, 2019 1:24 am

ks155

Thanks Zen, for your quick reply. We are also rendering a portion of the front facade and going with coaba/cedar timber look garage door. Does the painting to cladding looks great? Do you mind sharing photo of your facade.

Our build is still in progress, we haven’t finished the facade yet. Will post a pic when done

ks155 · Dec 03, 2019 7:32 am

Zen

ks155

Thanks Zen, for your quick reply. We are also rendering a portion of the front facade and going with coaba/cedar timber look garage door. Does the painting to cladding looks great? Do you mind sharing photo of your facade.

Our build is still in progress, we haven’t finished the facade yet. Will post a pic when done

Looking forward to that 😀

msresearcher · Dec 11, 2019 12:20 pm

Can I ask the time period for you between tender acceptance to plan acceptance (10k payment) and from plan acceptance to contract signing (10% contract due). Could you also clarify if you were CDC or DA. Many thanks! Trying to budget for when 10k is due and when i need finance in place for the 10% is due on contract signing.

paulrob · Dec 11, 2019 1:33 pm

Hi, We're booked in for our tender appointment next week. Elyse 38 Hamptons. I will no doubt be posting on here regularly once things get moving. Can someone guide me to the things you forget thread.