Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Building a Doulton in Geelong 16Jun 13, 2020 10:15 pm We are having battens put in for the dining and kitchen, and adding additional pendants after handover. And a junction box at the ceiling above the stairs for a chandelier installation later also. We were almost going to go ahead with the same as the Doulton display, but we wanted something more contemporary and unique! We found some great ones on eBay, just waiting for a reply from seller with the weight, to advise M so that the appropriate support structure will be there. It's always a problem when you want your own lights, not the standard ones! Re: Building a Doulton in Geelong 17Jun 13, 2020 10:44 pm TanyaK Thats great to hear, we haven't yet finished electricals as we are still waiting on prices of some hanging lights. With colors and plans, we are still working on our bathrooms. I must say we are finding it very hectic. Hope to navigate through this well. Best Tanya And just when you think you have it all worked out, then they tell you there is more to select! Especially the bathrooms, with tiles, vanity sinks, taps, power points, lights, fans, shower frames, shower head type, exhaust fans, toilet types, standard single or double towel rails or heated towel rails, toilet roll holders, cupboard doors & handles, kickboards or suspended cupboards, drawers or shelves, LED light mirrors or standard, standard tiling, 2.1 metre or floor to ceiling tiles, entry door handles, paint colours, heating options, I've even seen LED lights in the shower niche on others! You have to think about the needs in the minor bathrooms also, little girls grow up and become teens, and need good lighting for doing makeup too! We had 6 versions of the final electrical quote before we got it exactly the way we wanted, but it had to be finalised and signed by 5pm yesterday, and even the final version had a few mistakes, I wanted sensors on the front outside lights, and remove the dimmers! So it got submitted about 5:30pm being all correct, and about 7:30pm we got an email from Kellie that the CCTV supplier quote had come in higher than the original quote (due to camera upgrades, 2 extra required power points and remote view option), so they had to fix the prices again, and cancel and resubmit the revised quote! Needless to say we are already $30K over our original top price. If we had been able to get the government grant, then we would have taken out a few more things, but as it is for house AND land value less than $750K, not just house, then there wasn't any point! Re: Building a Doulton in Geelong 19Jun 15, 2020 1:41 pm We'll have about 6M to the retaining wall, which is 1.7M above the ground below and 3M from the back fence. We are hoping we can put in another retaining wall along the fence and put decking over the "pit" that is going to be there, and then maybe put some decorations and a wall there, plants or something, so we can use that area. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ There are limitations and restrictions on what you can build over and nearby to easements, and the sewer is 1M from the back fence, and stormwater is 2M, hence the 3M "exclusion zone". Re: Building a Doulton in Geelong 20Jun 18, 2020 10:11 am We have only now finalised our electrical quote, I guess being busy with the work gives us very little time to spend on this. Anyways, we have also now decided to not go with the staircase pendant as in display but have ask M to put provision in place for pendant to be put later on. We are actually kind of tired seeing it in the display all the time and it doesn't excite us anymore. Yes, we certainly have less backyard but will have some space in the front of the house which will compensate for it. I see you have a nice big backyard, may be we will come to yours for bbq once we are neighbours!!!! Cheers Tanya Hi, First of all, thank you to this community for sharing your thoughts and opinions. We are in early days of our pre-contract stage for Metricon Doulton and we are… 0 10663 Thanks for your reply. I will just wait and see I guess. Trying to get some more information from our builder. 9 29919 |