Building with Hall & Hart Homes

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.

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

Finally, in lock up as of Nov 1!

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Hi Hamin,

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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.