Browse Forums Building A New House 1 May 11, 2010 10:32 am Emma Building on an acre at Teviot Downs, Brisbane Building through Hallmark - Flair 253 with a few changes Mother of two gorgeous girls Build thread: viewtopic.php?f=31&t=37178 Re: Building at Teviot Downs, New Beith (near Brisbane) 2May 12, 2010 8:08 am Emma Building on an acre at Teviot Downs, Brisbane Building through Hallmark - Flair 253 with a few changes Mother of two gorgeous girls Build thread: viewtopic.php?f=31&t=37178 Re: Building at Teviot Downs, New Beith (near Brisbane) 3May 12, 2010 9:25 am Emma Building on an acre at Teviot Downs, Brisbane Building through Hallmark - Flair 253 with a few changes Mother of two gorgeous girls Build thread: viewtopic.php?f=31&t=37178 Re: Building at Teviot Downs, New Beith (near Brisbane) 5May 14, 2010 6:50 am Emma Building on an acre at Teviot Downs, Brisbane Building through Hallmark - Flair 253 with a few changes Mother of two gorgeous girls Build thread: viewtopic.php?f=31&t=37178 Re: Building at Teviot Downs, New Beith (near Brisbane) 7May 17, 2010 6:27 am Emma Building on an acre at Teviot Downs, Brisbane Building through Hallmark - Flair 253 with a few changes Mother of two gorgeous girls Build thread: viewtopic.php?f=31&t=37178 Re: Building at Teviot Downs, New Beith (near Brisbane) 8May 17, 2010 12:23 pm Hey Emma - I had to smile reading your last post ... I could feel the excitement coming from it I know what you mean about fire ... I'm really paranoid about it! We changed the windows in the kids bedrooms to sliding doors for two reasons - firstly, the rental we're in at the moment has them and it lets more air flow through the room so we liked that, secondly, IF there is a need to get out of the house fast they can go straight out from their rooms. Are they still doing the Flair range? I thought it had finished? They do charge $6k for Cb but have they just given you the cost of it? Once we decided to go ahead with it our sales guy deducted the cost of the tiles, wind rating and sarking. Maybe once you've taken this into account it should be about the same as what we paid. We didn't have to upgrade to the heat pump ... on our list of variations its written as "Provide a 250l heat pump hot water system in lieu of standard instantaneous gas hot water system" - no charge. We didn't ask for it but I'm glad we got it We also upgraded to premier kitchen ($1,785) with delux appliances ($1,325), 900mm wide pantry instead of 720mm ($60) plus added a bulkhead ($335) - I'm too lazy to get up and clean the tops of the cupboards ... and changed the linen cupboard, we got them to build it into the laundry instead and added sliding doors. Changed the two manual roller garage doors to one sectional steel door with remotes ($1,140) The house we're in at the moment has NO insulation at all and we HATE it so we definitely wanted to upgrade on that, cost was an extra $1k but well worth it I think .......... I hope As for tiles ... we got four selection boards to choose from but I THINK one of those is discontinued now so they may have replaced it with something else. I hope you sell your house soon so you can get on with it ... I'm excited for you ! Best of luck P.S. I lurve cavity doors!!!! Did they cost a lot?? ............hmmm maybe next time Re: Building at Teviot Downs, New Beith (near Brisbane) 9May 17, 2010 1:49 pm Hi Pebbles! Yes, we got the cost of cb and it was still $6k in our written quote! I actually just phoned and asked my saleslady about why yours would be cheaper! She asked for your name and I was like....ahhhhh I know her as Pebbles from Jimboomba LOL. Do you mind me giving her your name or address so she can see if they can match the price???? Apparently we have to pay extra for the heatpump because they have taken the choice for that option out of the flair inclusions. Yes, they are still doing the flairs. We were told it would be finishing at the end of April but it is still going. I think the cavity doors were $395 each? I wished we had put them in this house so I wasn't missing out this time! Thanks for giving me those prices, it makes it good when you can compare! I hope my saleslady can match that colorbond price....nailbiting!! And, yes forgot to include that we upgraded the garage door too. I am trying not to get too excited at least till we sell this house. DH is completely trying to hold me back, but I think it is useless. I'm 100% excited! Emma Building on an acre at Teviot Downs, Brisbane Building through Hallmark - Flair 253 with a few changes Mother of two gorgeous girls Build thread: viewtopic.php?f=31&t=37178 Re: Building at Teviot Downs, New Beith (near Brisbane) 10May 17, 2010 3:06 pm Hey Emma - just PM'd you .... sorry about that ... I'm saying sorry cause I don't think I was of much help Re: Building at Teviot Downs, New Beith (near Brisbane) 11May 17, 2010 3:34 pm In answer to your HSTP question we were looking into a Biolytix HSTP because it seemed to be quite good without all the continual aerating and having worms to help with the process and being less fussy on what you could throw in it. But we were unable to go with it because we have a water easement on our property and had to go with an "Advanced Secondary" HSTP which when we were looking at the end of 2008 the Biolytix system was not. Our builder ended up going with http://www.smartsewagesolutions.com.au/ and they put in a Envirocycle I think it is, as we have not been there to use it yet , so can't say how good or bad it is. But when the builder suggested Smart Sewerage Systems I rung them up an spent about 45 mins asking questions etc and they helped put my mind at ease about the system whichmade us feel better about having to switch from the Biolytix system. If I was to win Lotto, I would build with a different builder, now to win lotto Re: Building at Teviot Downs, New Beith (near Brisbane) 12May 24, 2010 7:39 am Thanks Roadkill, really appreciate it. Guess what - we got a contract on our house on the weekend!!! Fingers crossed it all goes through. Now we can start really looking into all our house stuff. I think we are going with solar hot water. It is $2500 extra, and heat pump was $2100 extra (pebbles, you are lucky that the option was included with the flair range then!). My next debate is gas vs ceramic cooktop. I love my ceramic one now but everyone seems to love gas. The only downside I have heard is that they are harder to keep clean. Thoughts anyone? Emma Building on an acre at Teviot Downs, Brisbane Building through Hallmark - Flair 253 with a few changes Mother of two gorgeous girls Build thread: viewtopic.php?f=31&t=37178 Our standard double-glazed window is tested to achieve, Rw 34, and can be glazed to suit Rw 39. The price is good too... 3 9472 Hello Josh, This is Irving from PRIMA, we are a manufacturer of the staircase, railings, kitchen cabinets, windows, doors from China. If you have requirement to purchase… 0 5456 Hi, does anyone have a clue how the Brisbane Development website work in terms of how uptodate the dates on it are (developmenti.brisbane.qld.gov.au). 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