Browse Forums General Discussion Re: Building a modified Montrose 20mkII through Coral Homes 12Apr 07, 2021 1:07 pm S+C_MidNorthCoast , Any new pics? I'm planning to embark on a home build journey pretty soon. I like the Coral Homes display at Port. I also like a few designs from Pycon. I hope the prices are in my budget range.[/quote] Hey mate, yep they both build good houses. The in-laws build with Pycon in 2020. From start to handover it was 7 months. Beautiful house too! All the best with your build! Re: Building a modified Montrose 20mkII through Coral Homes 13Apr 30, 2021 9:43 pm Update 30/04/2021: Roof on, house wrapped and plumbing/electrical in. We have a new manager and SS that are clued in and have tripled the build speed. Going to be a wait on bricks due to a trade shortage but should be able to get plaster and windows in. Looking like an August finish at this stage, so 14 months total if on time.
Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Re: Building a modified Montrose 20mkII through Coral Homes 14May 01, 2021 8:31 am Glad to see that the roof is on. I thought I have a solid top 3 builders to make my final "objective" selection based on design features, value for money (inclusions), and builder's project management practices. Thank you for your blog for making me realise that I need to do a bit more research on build completion rates from the 3 builders on my shortlist. I was not aware of the other builder until your last post, Now I can also look at their designs and costs to see if they're a better fit for me. Thanks again. Re: Building a modified Montrose 20mkII through Coral Homes 15May 01, 2021 1:21 pm Handiong I need to do a bit more research on build completion rates from the 3 builders on my shortlist. I was not aware of the other builder until your last post, Now I can also look at their designs and costs to see if they're a better fit for me. Thanks again. No problems. There’s a building with coral homes Facebook pages that will give you others experience. Ours doesn’t appear to be typical but it is becoming more common sadly. Re: Building a modified Montrose 20mkII through Coral Homes 16May 04, 2021 10:45 am Update 04/05/2021: looking great this week. Windows and doors in. Bricks, plaster and insulation on site. Sites been cleaned up too. The new SS is definitely on the ball. The electrical mistakes have been sorted out as far as I can see from outside the fence. Hoping the brick layer is available soon because that’s the only thing slowing us up now. Like ⋅ 1 comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Re: Building a modified Montrose 20mkII through Coral Homes 17May 23, 2021 8:44 pm hey mate just wondering what SS you have? I Have just started a build not farm from you, in the crescent head area. Glad to see the build finally getting some traction now! also come close to buying in that estate you are building in Re: Building a modified Montrose 20mkII through Coral Homes 18May 24, 2021 3:57 pm MNC Build hey mate just wondering what SS you have? I Have just started a build not farm from you, in the crescent head area. Glad to see the build finally getting some traction now! also come close to buying in that estate you are building in Hey mate we have Callum, he’s really good. What design did you end up going with? Re: Building a modified Montrose 20mkII through Coral Homes 19May 24, 2021 5:05 pm went with the Winton26 with a few changes to a couple of things! We just had our piers poured last week so hoping the rain stays away now for the slab pour haha! did they have a reasonable price for running power in your quote? they tried to sting us 3x the price of other quotes we got. Re: Building a modified Montrose 20mkII through Coral Homes 20May 24, 2021 5:34 pm MNC Build went with the Winton26 with a few changes to a couple of things! We just had our piers poured last week so hoping the rain stays away now for the slab pour haha! did they have a reasonable price for running power in your quote? they tried to sting us 3x the price of other quotes we got. Great house design! We looked at the Winton 24 but our block faces west so no escaping the summer arvo sun on the bedrooms. Pretty sure we have mostly clear weather ahead for a while so you should be good to go with the slab. Yeah the power was costs for us was a bit excessive too. Then we moved the house closer to the mains and the bill went up but we fought it for 6 weeks and had the extra charges removed, but no discount though for the less trench/cables. The neighbours building opposite us got 10m for free from their builder after they recommended to move the house further back for street appeal so I don't think it’s an expensive job. Ask the council if there is a chance of getting build over easement exemption. Sometimes easements are unused and 24cm is not all that much. Good luck. And yes any builder… 2 13781 In Qld it is a requirement that a builder must have a cost breakdown, for building a home to the same specification, with the same inclusions and the same finish. So ask… 1 4355 yep sounds good make the footing bigger to to allow for the pipe in the middle 3 7326 |