Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Tamara1975 - Coral Homes - 70Jan 16, 2011 7:56 am My building thread : viewtopic.php?f=31&t=36059 Paid initial deposit 24/7/10 Tender appointment 20/8/2010 Flooring and tile appointment 25/9/10 Colour and Electrical appointment 13/9/10 December site start delayed Site start (YAY!) 17/1/11 Slab pour 1/2/2011 Re: Tamara1975 - Coral Homes - 75Jan 21, 2011 11:49 am Hi Tamara 1975 Your plan looks amazing and I love love love the pool. We want fibreglass but would love the waterfall thing on the end of the pool like you're having - all depends on the $$$$$. We, or rather I do things the odd way round too - our plans are not finished, but the colour scheme is chosen and the bedlinen bought - oh and cushions and a few things for the new kitchen !!! Also, as soon as we have the plan we are taking it to the pool guy and getting ours ordered too . Your plan is similar to ours in that you have the activity off the kids bedrooms, which I love about our plan and yours. I understand what peeps say about the toilet being off the activity as we have thought about that, but decided we are building the house to suit our family needs - not the guests! It's harsh, but initially we were looking at designs that would work for when our family come over so that they could have some privacy. We then had the lightbulb moment where we realised we were spending alot of money and it should be built to fit our family and everything else is secondary. I don't mind guests walking through our kids area - even if it is full of toys - it is a kids area after all, they should expect it! I totally understand what people are saying though and it is whether it bothers you really? I look forward to following your thread. We are due our plans next week, so who knows - we may order a pool like you Pops Re: Tamara1975 - Coral Homes - 76Jan 22, 2011 6:36 pm Hi pops!! I know what you mean about guests v's family living. We were going to put in a powder room but decided that it wasn't in our budget and also the kids toilet would be closer so guests would probably just use that anyway. Re: Tamara1975 - Coral Homes - 77Jan 25, 2011 3:16 pm Yay. Our contracts are being sent out next monday. Our sales dude should get them next Tuesday. I am impressed at how quickly Coral get things done. I just hope our build goes the same. LOL. We are still waiting for a definate confirmation on finance. We have been told "hopefully today" for a week now. Because we want to borrow a bit extra for landscaping etc and don't have quotes etc, it has to be approved by a creditor or something. Re: Tamara1975 - Coral Homes - 78Jan 25, 2011 4:35 pm It's so frustrating all this waiting at the start with nothing happening!! Yay for your contracts and 'hopefully' finance soon! Soooo over all the waiting - bring on the building already! Re: Tamara1975 - Coral Homes - 79Jan 25, 2011 5:35 pm We went out to our block and found that the neighbours in front of us have started. The pad looks really small so I think it might be a highset. It will look into our study and thats about it. Re: Tamara1975 - Coral Homes - 80Jan 27, 2011 2:02 pm We have unconditional approval on finance Woohoo. Contracts next week. We are up and away!! 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 11540 Hi Simeon, Thank you for laying it down for us. Makes sense. Appreciate it very much. Have a nice day. Cheers 2 9505 |