Browse Forums Building A New House 1 Jun 07, 2010 12:35 pm SunshineT's Build: viewtopic.php?f=31&t=34585 Designs start: 4/12/09 DA: 5/7/11 Demo: 22/12/11 Slab: 24/2/12 Keys: 31/8/12 Re: Building Custom Design with Masterton (Living Upstairs) 3Jun 07, 2010 9:29 pm SunshineT's Build: viewtopic.php?f=31&t=34585 Designs start: 4/12/09 DA: 5/7/11 Demo: 22/12/11 Slab: 24/2/12 Keys: 31/8/12 Re: Building Custom Design with Masterton (Living Upstairs) 4Jun 08, 2010 1:05 am Masterton Santorini Grande 23/01/09 First Tender 17/11/09 Contract signed 25/01/10 Slab 27/03/10 Frame 7/5/10 Bricks 1/07/10 Roof 9/7/10 Lock up 24/8/10 PCI 16/09/2010 KEYS! viewtopic.php?f=31&t=16418 Re: Building Custom Design with Masterton (Living Upstairs) 5Jun 08, 2010 10:29 am Never argue with an idiot they drag you down to their level & then beat you with experience - Dilbert View Thread: viewtopic.php?f=31&t=19733 Contract signed 14Sept Slab 30Sept Bricks laid 1Dec Lock up 26Feb Keys 10Jun Re: Building Custom Design with Masterton (Living Upstairs) 6Jun 08, 2010 10:36 am SunshineT's Build: viewtopic.php?f=31&t=34585 Designs start: 4/12/09 DA: 5/7/11 Demo: 22/12/11 Slab: 24/2/12 Keys: 31/8/12 Re: Building Custom Design with Masterton (Living Upstairs) 7Jun 08, 2010 10:44 am SunshineT's Build: viewtopic.php?f=31&t=34585 Designs start: 4/12/09 DA: 5/7/11 Demo: 22/12/11 Slab: 24/2/12 Keys: 31/8/12 Re: Building Custom Design with Masterton (Living Upstairs) 8Jun 08, 2010 10:52 am Building the Crystal in Wollongong NSW 26th Sept 09 - Paid $2500 1st May 10 - Slab poured 14th May 10 - Frame complete 8th June 10 - Roof complete 21st June 10 - Bricks complete 30th June 10 - Lock Up 6th August - PCI 18th August - Handover Our building thread - https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=27639 Re: Building Custom Design with Masterton (Living Upstairs) 9Jun 08, 2010 10:30 pm Building The Fernleigh 33 with Savoy Facade 06/06/09 First Tender 30/09/09 Contract Signed 22/12/09 DC Approval 24/02/10 Slab Completion Frame, Bricks & Roof Completed 09/07/10 Lock Up 09/09/10 PCI Done! 18/10/10 Keys!!! http://www.climbaholic.blogspot.com Re: Building Custom Design with Masterton (Living Upstairs) 10Jun 09, 2010 4:06 pm Masterton Crystal MK1 Split Level Blacktown CC Paid $2.5k end Sept; Frame 14 Apr; viewtopic.php?f=31&t=32025&hilit=ekman Re: Building Custom Design with Masterton (Living Upstairs) 11Jun 11, 2010 2:57 pm Villina with Contemporary Facade + Alfresco *Demo 22/4/2010 *Pool 04/05/2010 *Released to Construction 24/05/2010 *Slab 29 June 2010 *Start of Frame 30 July 2010 - 21 Aug 2010 *Bricks started 14/09/2010 - 13/10/2010 *Roof started (Facsia) 15/10/2010 *Lock Up 10/12/2010 *PCI 18 Feb *Keys in hand 24 Feb *IOC 09 March 2011 My Thread: https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=39843 Re: Building Custom Design with Masterton (Living Upstairs) 12Jun 11, 2010 5:30 pm SunshineT's Build: viewtopic.php?f=31&t=34585 Designs start: 4/12/09 DA: 5/7/11 Demo: 22/12/11 Slab: 24/2/12 Keys: 31/8/12 Re: Building Custom Design with Masterton (Living Upstairs) 13Jun 11, 2010 8:56 pm SunshineT's Build: viewtopic.php?f=31&t=34585 Designs start: 4/12/09 DA: 5/7/11 Demo: 22/12/11 Slab: 24/2/12 Keys: 31/8/12 Re: Building Custom Design with Masterton (Living Upstairs) 14Jun 14, 2010 3:58 am Building The Fernleigh 33 with Savoy Facade 06/06/09 First Tender 30/09/09 Contract Signed 22/12/09 DC Approval 24/02/10 Slab Completion Frame, Bricks & Roof Completed 09/07/10 Lock Up 09/09/10 PCI Done! 18/10/10 Keys!!! http://www.climbaholic.blogspot.com Re: Building Custom Design with Masterton (Living Upstairs) 15Jun 14, 2010 10:29 am SunshineT's Build: viewtopic.php?f=31&t=34585 Designs start: 4/12/09 DA: 5/7/11 Demo: 22/12/11 Slab: 24/2/12 Keys: 31/8/12 Re: Building Custom Design with Masterton (Living Upstairs) 16Jun 15, 2010 7:08 pm So... we think we have worked out the timber-look door confusion. DRAM - it turns out 'Tuscan' is a door type (horizontal panels). There are two timber-look colours: Caoba Dawn and Classic Cedar, but a new one has just been released "Golden Oak" which DH said looks the best. Interesting price comparison from Gliderol off-the-street retail 2.8m wide doors: standard Colorbond = $928 Caoba / Cedar = $1,211 New Oak = $1,332 Masterton were quoting $447 to upgrade to Caoba Dawn from the standard included in their Base Price (which, if my maths is correct, is about a 33% margin? Or perhaps not, depending on whether Masterton were quoting on 2.8m door or the double door - our quote doesn't specify. Devil is in the detail). SunshineT's Build: viewtopic.php?f=31&t=34585 Designs start: 4/12/09 DA: 5/7/11 Demo: 22/12/11 Slab: 24/2/12 Keys: 31/8/12 Re: Building Custom Design with Masterton (Living Upstairs) 17Jun 15, 2010 11:27 pm T, if you're anything like us the colour selections won't end even after you've locked in all your choices!! We really did like the Boral Graphite. If you ring Boral they will be able to give you some addresses of homes built using the bricks of your choice. It's much nicer to see a full house bricked up rather than those little display walls. There is a Graphite home near us which looks lovely. Alas, that pesky suitable contrast colour that we couldn't find with Boral... As for colour samples, if you go to the Polytec Createc website, you can order up to 6 free samples of the Createc that Masterton uses for Kitchen cupboards. From memory they were something like 200mm x 150mm or so, so bigger than the little squares you get from Masterton and easier to see the colours. There is also a Wonderful Kitchens showroom in Padstow which has little blocks of Quantum Quartz that you can take away. They say you can take 6 samples but I think I got one of each colour that we were considering! Masterton Santorini Grande 23/01/09 First Tender 17/11/09 Contract signed 25/01/10 Slab 27/03/10 Frame 7/5/10 Bricks 1/07/10 Roof 9/7/10 Lock up 24/8/10 PCI 16/09/2010 KEYS! viewtopic.php?f=31&t=16418 Re: Building Custom Design with Masterton (Living Upstairs) 18Jun 16, 2010 11:58 am lizzy stardust As for colour samples, if you go to the Polytec Createc website, you can order up to 6 free samples of the Createc that Masterton uses for Kitchen cupboards... There is also a Wonderful Kitchens showroom in Padstow which has little blocks of Quantum Quartz that you can take away. Thanks Lizzy! Super helpful and I will definitely be trying to get samples for the kitchen. And tiles. I feel like our home office is becoming a mini sample display room I think we are a lot like you guys in terms of decision making. And as you say, our colour decisions have only just begun, as I have learnt from this forum about the myriad of selections ahead ... DH is going to Boral today to see the brick choices, but I am hoping he doesn't find much so we can keep the short list short! Thanks again. SunshineT's Build: viewtopic.php?f=31&t=34585 Designs start: 4/12/09 DA: 5/7/11 Demo: 22/12/11 Slab: 24/2/12 Keys: 31/8/12 Re: Building Custom Design with Masterton (Living Upstairs) 19Jun 18, 2010 3:19 am SunshineT So... we think we have worked out the timber-look door confusion. DRAM - it turns out 'Tuscan' is a door type (horizontal panels). There are two timber-look colours: Caoba Dawn and Classic Cedar, but a new one has just been released "Golden Oak" which DH said looks the best. Interesting price comparison from Gliderol off-the-street retail 2.8m wide doors: standard Colorbond = $928 Caoba / Cedar = $1,211 New Oak = $1,332 Masterton were quoting $447 to upgrade to Caoba Dawn from the standard included in their Base Price (which, if my maths is correct, is about a 33% margin? Or perhaps not, depending on whether Masterton were quoting on 2.8m door or the double door - our quote doesn't specify. Devil is in the detail). T - Sorry about the confusion! I got turned off when the lady at the colour selection told me that we have to pay $300 extra to change to timber look but I found some of their quotes were not exactly the same from other quotations they've given to other mastertorians. For instance to change to shower mixer tap others got charged $88 but we've been told $198 same thing with external wall lighting during my electrical appointment the other lady was telling me that it was not included but later on she's been corrected by her collegue that suppoesd to do my electricals (It was a bit of a luck for us then ). Just be prepared because the tender issues is not going to end there but eventually you'll get through it. Just keep it all documented for future reference. Cheers! Building The Fernleigh 33 with Savoy Facade 06/06/09 First Tender 30/09/09 Contract Signed 22/12/09 DC Approval 24/02/10 Slab Completion Frame, Bricks & Roof Completed 09/07/10 Lock Up 09/09/10 PCI Done! 18/10/10 Keys!!! http://www.climbaholic.blogspot.com Re: Building Custom Design with Masterton (Living Upstairs) 20Jun 18, 2010 10:09 am Just found your thread. Its a great looking looking design. Those windows in the great room will let in bucket loads of light. Which National Park are you facing on to? Fig Landscapes has produced an e-book and native plant index, available for purchase from their website. It's a great resource, full of inspiration and tips. Another… 1 12166 Our Bondi Greenwall was impressive from day one with advanced lush plants to provide a wow factor to this recently renovated living area. The boundary was less than 1… 0 15229 |