Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Our building adventure - Coral Homes Stradbroke 279. 32Nov 17, 2010 3:11 pm No much to report really. Made more changes to the plan and placement on the land. I will post a pic. We are much happier with the position. We also had a bobcat level out the land and return all the crap to the original owner. LOL. It looks great now that it is level.I was ableto walk on it without worrying about snakes. LOL. Re: Our building adventure - Coral Homes Stradbroke 279. 33Nov 17, 2010 3:21 pm Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ I also got some paint sample cards yesterday and have had them spread out on the bench. I have an inspiration pic from a metricon house. It is white and dark brown. I think that is the scheme I will go for. I am looking at lexicon for the walls. Oh, and we have found a rental!! Yayyy. We applied for the first one we looked at and secured it within 24 hours. We were so happy and so relieved. We keep hearing about the rental shortage and how hard they are to get. LOL. It is close to the kids schools too which is good. It doesn't have a pool but mum and dad have one and it is only 3 minutes away. It will do. Preparing to build Modified Cloncurry with Coral Homes. Previous build in 2011 - Coral Homes Stradbroke. Re: Our building adventure - Coral Homes Stradbroke 279. 34Nov 17, 2010 3:24 pm BayBuild There was a Stradbroke 279 on display in Hervey Bay that we walked through - a great layout. I really loved the kids room coming off the activity room. Have you seen a display of it? I think it would be an easy house to live in. It is a great plan, aye. We have been throught the one in Coomera, Gold Coast (several times actually. LOL.). It is perfect for us and suits outr needs. Hubby is a shift worker, so at least the master bedroom is away from the living areas so he can sleep during the day. I study, so I can have peace and quiet away from the hub of the house. I also love how the kids can come from the pool into the laundry so they aren't dripping water through the house. Re: Our building adventure - Coral Homes Stradbroke 279. 35Nov 18, 2010 6:43 am Tamara1975, I would like to suggest again a couple of options to consider. The flipping of the kids wing so the two bedroom get the northern light, then sliding the whole wing to the north. This will achieve a couple of things. Northern light to two bedrooms rather than one, the laundry opens to the back of the house and sliding the wing north opens a larger service court to the rear. I know my kids when they leave the pool, the togs and towels are off on the verandah and they dry very quickly before running through the house. I don’t think they would choose to use the laundry and when they have friends over do you want them going through the laundry. Is the activity room to be tiled? I would also increase the size of the sliding door to the activity room to really add some natural light to this space as well as better connection it to the outdoors. Are you considering moving the front door? A couple of advantages , shift worker is not woken up by door to door sales man, garage is moved closer to boundary away from pool, the money you spend on the front facade you will be able to appreciate every day, where it currently is you will not see it. The space behind the garage you can create into a very secret hidden private adults only spa garden connecting off the master bedroom and you can enjoy the space from the study when you look up from your work. These are just my ideas. Re: Our building adventure - Coral Homes Stradbroke 279. 36Nov 18, 2010 7:35 am Hi David. You really have fantastic ideas. I am beginning to agree with you about the kids wing being flipped. I am now thinking the kids will probably use the activity room door from the pool. Might be another trip to coral homes. LOL. Thanks for your input. We have decided not to move the front door. We played around with it and didn't really like it. We aren't paying for a and have an idea for a decked walkway to the front door. We did think about swapping the study and entry around but again I didn't like it. Re: Our building adventure - Coral Homes Stradbroke 279. 37Nov 18, 2010 2:23 pm Re: Coral Homes Stradbroke 279. SOIL TEST DONE! 38Nov 18, 2010 3:14 pm Hi Tam ... another soon to be Coral builder here (if they ever pull their fingers out and give us a fixed tender ). Anyway we just sold up and moved from the same are you are in, though we don't get a chance to miss it as my sister is still there and visit her often. House looks great and I look forward to watching your build progress. ~ trying to build our dream home by the sea ~ Re: Coral Homes Stradbroke 279. SOIL TEST DONE! 39Nov 18, 2010 3:21 pm RaryGirl Hi Tam ... another soon to be Coral builder here (if they ever pull their fingers out and give us a fixed tender ). Anyway we just sold up and moved from the same are you are in, though we don't get a chance to miss it as my sister is still there and visit her often. House looks great and I look forward to watching your build progress. Hi Rarygirl. What plan are you building? We are hoping for our tender letter in the next couple of weeks (fingers crossed). LOL. Joe, it depends on your certifier but we are noticing the ones we deal with are really cracking down. So i would recommend you follow your approved landscaping plans to… 4 10846 Hi Simeon, Thank you for laying it down for us. Makes sense. Appreciate it very much. Have a nice day. Cheers 2 8881 |