Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Thomas Archer Bayside Build 81Jul 15, 2020 4:38 pm https://thomasarcherbuild.blogspot.com/p/blog-page.html - Thomas Archer Homes - Custom Nouveau 41 Re: Thomas Archer Bayside Build 83Jul 15, 2020 5:50 pm https://thomasarcherbuild.blogspot.com/p/blog-page.html - Thomas Archer Homes - Custom Nouveau 41 Re: Thomas Archer Bayside Build 85Jul 15, 2020 7:18 pm https://thomasarcherbuild.blogspot.com/p/blog-page.html - Thomas Archer Homes - Custom Nouveau 41 Re: Thomas Archer Bayside Build 87Jul 22, 2020 1:34 pm https://thomasarcherbuild.blogspot.com/p/blog-page.html - Thomas Archer Homes - Custom Nouveau 41 Re: Thomas Archer Bayside Build 88Jul 22, 2020 1:43 pm https://thomasarcherbuild.blogspot.com/p/blog-page.html - Thomas Archer Homes - Custom Nouveau 41 Re: Thomas Archer Bayside Build 91Jul 24, 2020 12:20 pm https://thomasarcherbuild.blogspot.com/p/blog-page.html - Thomas Archer Homes - Custom Nouveau 41 Re: Thomas Archer Bayside Build 93Jul 24, 2020 7:41 pm https://thomasarcherbuild.blogspot.com/p/blog-page.html - Thomas Archer Homes - Custom Nouveau 41 Re: Thomas Archer Bayside Build 94Jul 24, 2020 8:30 pm Blacktea2sugars Hi Our house is over 41 sq so our base price went up. We spent approximately 200 k on selections and upgrades then there was site costs too. Thanks for replying so quickly! Site costs seems to be a little tricky. Did you do a knockdown rebuild and was that part of the site costs? I am still in the process of looking for land. Any tips or learnings in getting a land that will not result in high site costs? Re: Thomas Archer Bayside Build 95Jul 24, 2020 8:45 pm josefaaron Blacktea2sugars Hi Our house is over 41 sq so our base price went up. We spent approximately 200 k on selections and upgrades then there was site costs too. Thanks for replying so quickly! Site costs seems to be a little tricky. Did you do a knockdown rebuild and was that part of the site costs? I am still in the process of looking for land. Any tips or learnings in getting a land that will not result in high site costs? I'll send you a DM 😁 https://thomasarcherbuild.blogspot.com/p/blog-page.html - Thomas Archer Homes - Custom Nouveau 41 Re: Thomas Archer Bayside Build 96Jul 27, 2020 8:08 pm Lots going on! Fixing stage invoice presented and paid. Only 1 left now? Tilers in every wet area. People everywhere. Hebel guys finishing off some areas around alfresco. The renderer will be back this week to go over the areas they installed. Plasterer back this week to sort out area where scaffold was in the stair void. Painting has started and will continue for about 10 more days Kitchen had an error, so is being sorted. Should be done this week. Stone benchtops and splashbacks for every room are next week. Oh my stars this is really happening. Had windows measure up today for curtains and blinds. Our house, is NOT far away! Le Kitchen90 cm under bench oven (#1), , induction cooktop, (top left, from top) coffee machine, combination oven (oven 2) with microwave, warming drawer (oven 3)Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Hettich waste unit in ButlersLike ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Butlers pantryLike ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Le KitchenLike ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ LaundryLike ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Powder room floor tile, cabinetsLike ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Bed 2 floor adn wall tile.Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ https://thomasarcherbuild.blogspot.com/p/blog-page.html - Thomas Archer Homes - Custom Nouveau 41 Re: Thomas Archer Bayside Build 98Jul 28, 2020 2:28 pm Excited for you and I am as excited to see this house get completed! Re: Thomas Archer Bayside Build 100Jul 28, 2020 3:09 pm lilaandco wow they're flying through. feels like they were faster to build your house than they were to do our tender! amazing progress love seeing the progress! tender feels like a bit of a bottleneck. ours went for about 1.5 months, but that might be because of the detail I went to in terms of what was to be included. I think there also with people working remotely, that has added to the time required to complete the estimating / paperwork etc. We spent close to 2 years in a process with TA. It was horrible..... we got to tender, and the first cut was 50% over our budget which "they care such about meeting ". We… 18 28289 Thank you so much everyone. This all makes a lot of sense. I guess when you talk to a builder who butters up everything to look very polished, you get to start believing… 7 19623 |