Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Building with Ashford homes 11Mar 28, 2011 4:19 pm Built 3br house in Glenorchy, Tas in 2001 * * * Built 5br courtyard house in Lenah Valley, Tas in 2011 - Homeone thread / Blog Re: Building with Ashford homes 12Mar 28, 2011 5:04 pm hey Chuq, yes pretty much the only company that had the totally separate HT room, Ashford have 2 designs with this, it's a great concept, we have added sound batts and sound stop plaster to get the max sound stop without spending lots of $$. We could have done the shower in the Pwdr, but we had to stop somewhere with the extra nice to have's...Bed 4 is my Son's room, he is hardly there, the alfresco was a good plus.... we made lot's of changes to their orig design to make it perfect from our viewpoint lol. Cheers, Ernie Ernie B Yanchep Golf Estate, WA ---------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------- Re: Building with Ashford homes 13Mar 28, 2011 9:05 pm Thanks Ernie. I will check out your blog. We have also been trying to spec everything upfront but it is a challenge! Our block is in Ringwood CBD and sounds a little similar to yours as it has a slope of around 1.7 metres in the building envelope. Cheers Caroline Re: Building with Ashford homes 14Mar 29, 2011 5:44 am Hi Caroline, Best wishes with your build also, what design are you going for ? We had 2m slope across the block, around 1.5m across the envelope...sill there was 11k for a retaining wall and extra costs in the slab given the cut/fill and piers required. Is yours a knockdown / rebuild ? Cheers Ernie Ernie B Yanchep Golf Estate, WA ---------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------- Re: Building with Ashford homes 15Mar 29, 2011 8:35 pm Hi Ernie, thanks for your return post. I have been curious about the site cost due to the slope on our block but I think that we won't need a retaining wall as the block is relatively large (around 740) and we will not be digging close to any boundaries. I suppose we will know more after the soil tests, etc. Then we will decide on if we will definitely build with them. We are building our own design, not one of Ashford's. This is mostly due to the configuration of our block building envelope is 19ish wide by 20ish deep. Most of the housing designs are for a more narrow profile house. Luckily for us there is no house on the block as it was previously a park. Apparently it is the last vacant block in Ringwood. Caroline Re: Building with Ashford homes 16Mar 30, 2011 9:10 pm Hi Caroline, Our block is 20m at the front by 35m, we chose the Geograph design as this was almost what we wanted to take advantage of the block we had bought. We modified it in several respects. The site cost will depend on how much cut/fill you do, or if you cut and remove...etc. If you want some rough costs, I can pass on what they gave me for site costs....wait till you have the site survey first, you pay for this and own it....you can then use it for a price for any builder. Cheers, Ernie Ernie B Yanchep Golf Estate, WA ---------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------- Re: Building with Ashford homes 17Apr 02, 2011 4:29 pm AnnYes We are building the Colorado and you? How is the construction going? Are they insure everday? Thx annyes Hi AnnYes, They have been there almost everyday since they started, sometimes only a small change, but progressing. Except for a few minor issues, all is going well so far. I have been trying to nip any issues in the bud quickly. Lets us know if you start building...Cheers Ernie Ernie B Yanchep Golf Estate, WA ---------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------- I would never build with Fowler homes. I built with them in 2021 and till date maintenance issues are pending. All their existing trades and businesses don't work with… 14 110171 Hi there! Putting the feelers out there for those who have (or almost) built with Arli homes! Interested in your experiences who've built from their stock home designs… 0 26831 Wish you all the best. Once you signed the contract, they will find millions excuses to charge you. And have seen their sites unfinished for a long time. 4 25957 |