Browse Forums Building A New House 1 Apr 10, 2012 11:26 am Well it has come time to stop stalking and start posting on my own topic, I'll be starting a blog shortly with the whole process but I'll start here with a cutdown version
My DW and I started out looking for an established home around the Narellan area (NSW) mid last year and as we looked we were raising our price to find something that we liked. We look at a few near new homes but at the asking price though we could just build our own. Most land in new housing estates were about 30 metre's deep so would leave us with a smaller house than we wanted or small backyard. Then by chance after putting an offer on a place (that was rejected) we were out at Oran Park dreaming about a new house checked out the land sales office and noticed that a 18 x 32 block from the release 2 weeks prior was still available. After researching the block and contract the only issue was 2 doors down the neighbour has a large Electricity box in their land. This caused no issues to the block we liked and we currently live a similar distance from one of these boxes so deposited on the land. Moved to the Builder selection stage and last month and after about 3-4 weeks of tender changes and negotiation signed up with Allworth Homes to build a version of their Langford Design with modification to the Master Ensuite and WIR to make each larger and add depth to the garage. (Plans to be posted once they come back) For the past 4 weeks we have been on a brick hunt, we started by choosing bricks via the websites of PGH / Austral / Boral but on visiting all the brickyards and reading some posts here found they were all bricks that were coated and could have issues durring the build or down the track with chipping. Lucky we had some full colour bricks we liked. This weekend we had the selections down to PGH Gravel & Mocha (almost the same colour) and Austal Earth & Topaz, after some house stalking we have selected the Mocha. We went past the display homes as well and our builder has put a new render on one of the homes that we really like so they are getting back to us with the colours today. Below are a few pics, the bricks, render and a pic of a house that was constructed with the Mocha brick: Brick pic from PGH site Render Finished Mocha House Now we just need to decided on: Racked or Flush morter Roof tile - Monier Horizon (http://www.monier.com.au/Tiles/Show_5.aspx) Gutterring Fascia Garage Door Window Frames Front Door Any suggestions on colours that would look good would be a great help Re: dvestate's Build - External Colours 2Apr 11, 2012 2:19 pm Should have posted that we will be getting the name of that render colour this week (Thursday or Friday) I'm thinking: Racked or Flush morter Roof tile - Monier Horizon Oregano Gutterring - Woodland Grey Fascia - Surfmist Garage Door - Woodland Grey Window Frames - Surfmist Front Door - No idea Re: dvestate's Build - External Colours 3Apr 11, 2012 8:10 pm Well had a call on the way home from the Developer and Land Registration will occur in the first week of May but our builder can submit plans to Comply & Development (Landcom) between now and then to get them approved an ready to submit to the council on Registration. Need to get my Landscape plan sorted out, I was going to do it myself but have not idea about plants etc so might have to get a professional on it..... Re: dvestate's Build - External Colours 4Apr 11, 2012 8:42 pm I had selected pearl grey bricks (same style different colour) I wanted to go flush mortar but was strongly recommended to change to rolled (or ironed) mortar which we did. I would recommend doing this Re: dvestate's Build - External Colours 5Apr 11, 2012 9:30 pm I'll add that to my list of things to check with the builder tomorrow, I was told Flush or Raked at a meeting we had and remembered about rolled about a week after (my Dad was a Bricklayer by trade) and remember going to work with him and raking or ironing the joints Keep forgetting to ask when I talk to them Re: dvestate's Build - External Colours 7Apr 30, 2012 3:06 pm Been on Holidays so have not been on the Internet to update anything Land Registration should be this week My DW has thrown out some of the colour selections bricks and rendering is the same but changed the roof tile and a couple of the Colorbond ones: Brick - PGH Mocha Render - Wattyl Urban Grey Roof tile - Monier Horizon Caper Gutterring - Woodland Grey Fascia - Windspray Garage Door - Ironside Window Frames - Windspray Front Door - No idea still Re: dvestate's Build - External Colours 8May 05, 2012 5:07 pm So dvestate, have you put down your deposit and started the tender period? Building tip No. 3: A raft slab will not get you down a river. A waffle pod slab does not go with maple syrup. My building thread https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=53000 Re: dvestate's Build - External Colours 9May 05, 2012 9:50 pm Had my plan meeting today...... 2 mistakes, things that I was VERY specific with and double checked because I figured they would be stuffed up One the plus side the single door on the garage is now part of the Std facade for my place so I get a refund for that and they quoted me for a 'H1' slab and looks like I only need a std 'H' so save some $ there too. I'm hoping that me insisting that everything provisional and slab being priced at worse case is going to work out for me Need to finalise our external colours this week so once the plans come back next week and if they are OK I can submit them to to Landcom...... Need to get my Landscape plan happening Re: dvestate's Build - External Colours 10May 05, 2012 9:55 pm Colour options are being juggled atm...... looking like Woodland Grey might be taking a holiday...
Brick - PGH Mocha Render - Wattyl Urban Grey Roof tile - Monior Horizon Barramundi Gutterring - Ironstone Fascia - Windspray Garage Door - Ironstone Window Frames - Silver Pearl (Trend) Front Door - No idea still Re: dvestate's Build - External Colours 11May 08, 2012 9:58 pm Well it looks like the hand brake is going to be pulled on progress shortly as Registration of the land was meant to be last week but the DA is yet to leave Council and then it has to be sent to LPI which will be 2-3 weeks Re: dvestate's Build - External Colours 12May 17, 2012 1:20 pm I've decided to start a Blog for the build, I'm back dating a heap of stuff to keep track the process from start to finish. Once things get started I'll post info into both areas My house blog Re: dvestate's Build - External Colours 13May 18, 2012 10:59 pm OK, need to make a decision by Monday.......... Raked or Rolled/ironed joints on the brick work? I like the look of Rolled but not sure the brick (PGH Mocha - Pic above) is suited to rolled... Re: dvestate's Build - Raked or Rolled joints? 15May 19, 2012 9:57 am I don't like raked myself it allows moisture to sit on the top of the bricks and soak in. Rolled keeps the water running down the wall The Harder You Try - the Luckier You Get ! Web site http://www.anewhouse.com.au Informative, Amusing, and Opinionated Blog - Over 600 posts on all aspects of building a new house. Re: dvestate's Build - Raked or Rolled joints? 16May 19, 2012 3:39 pm I went out today and the place in the picture is very shallow raking.... Walked around a few streets out there and they all have either flush or raked.... I would prefer rolled but from having to do that job when i was a kid rolled depth and finish can easily vary depending on mortar consistency, pressure May have a conversation with my Dad about it tonight 2 Re: dvestate's Build - Raked or Rolled joints? 17May 19, 2012 6:28 pm Hey dv, I thought they only offered raked or flush at Allworth. Building tip No. 3: A raft slab will not get you down a river. A waffle pod slab does not go with maple syrup. My building thread https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=53000 Re: dvestate's Build - Raked or Rolled joints? 18May 19, 2012 10:31 pm I asked the question and was told I can have rolled just write it on my sheet Re: dvestate's Build - Raked or Rolled joints? 19May 21, 2012 11:10 pm Grabbed my plans Friday had a quick look (2nd redraw), the front entry pier was now as I'd asked and the Bed 1 Entry door was now flush on the wall instead of indented into the Entry hall. Took them to a family function on Saturday to show my Dad and he asks me "Why is that nib wall so big, what a useless space" http://i145.photobucket.com/albums/r223/dvestate/campbellplan.jpg When they moved the Bed 1 doorway they forgot to move the other side..... So had to wait until today for the Sales Office to confirm they had stuffed up and the plans will now be reprinted (Version D now) so we can finally sign them off and get the Approval process happening. So by the end of this week it will have been 3 weeks for plan changes and everything that is being changed is stuff I tried to map out before they even began to draw them.... Re: dvestate's Build - Raked or Rolled joints? 20May 29, 2012 10:24 pm Yay FINALLY my plans are done with no mistakes!!!! I'll scan them up tomorrow, happy they are done and will be getting all the paperwork done on Thursday to start the approval processes 0 4972 Thank you so much everyone. This all makes a lot of sense. I guess when you talk to a builder who butters up everything to look very polished, you get to start believing… 7 17518 thank you! do we need to get this or our builder before we commence new build on the block? 2 10404 |