Browse Forums Building A New House Re: First time build in regional WA 4Apr 21, 2015 5:12 pm ShannaLK Hi, congrats on your build! The finance issue would have been extremely stressful and frustrating but at least you'll get your beautiful new house the way you want it. It'll just take a little more time for you to save up for the furnishings. I think your plan looks great and look forward to seeing how it all comes together. Thanks ShannaLK. I was thinking my novel of an intro had put people off. Overall I'm glad we have had this experience as we have learnt alot about ourselves and our ability to handle other kinds of non work related stress. And as you say the end result will be TOTALLY worth it! Re: First time build in regional WA 5Apr 21, 2015 5:19 pm Hello to a fellow WA builder! *waves* Loving your design, especially having the living areas at the front! Its different but i love it! Love the private lounge in the master suite as well and the big alfresco! Sorry about the finance stuff that you've had to deal with! Agree with the prestart expenses! I am doing my build by myself, so had to be really careful with changes i made in prestart. In the end i lucked out because a design issue (apparently the council needed a certain percentage open space in the backyard which i didnt have) meant my alfresco had to be shortened a little and the whole house moved forward on the block) meant i was credited with around $3500 leading into prestart. So i was able to include a couple of little things i wasnt going to but ended up adding because of the extra money and only ended up paying $990 on top. But i understand the frustration, especially given the money was savings for furniture! Im scraping away every dollar i can for furnishings but with everyday expenses and interest repayments, its going to be hard! Hope your build goes as smoothly as possible though! Re: First time build in regional WA 6Apr 21, 2015 5:43 pm jlo1990 Hello to a fellow WA builder! *waves* Loving your design, especially having the living areas at the front! Its different but i love it! Love the private lounge in the master suite as well and the big alfresco! Sorry about the finance stuff that you've had to deal with! Agree with the prestart expenses! I am doing my build by myself, so had to be really careful with changes i made in prestart. In the end i lucked out because a design issue (apparently the council needed a certain percentage open space in the backyard which i didnt have) meant my alfresco had to be shortened a little and the whole house moved forward on the block) meant i was credited with around $3500 leading into prestart. So i was able to include a couple of little things i wasnt going to but ended up adding because of the extra money and only ended up paying $990 on top. But i understand the frustration, especially given the money was savings for furniture! Im scraping away every dollar i can for furnishings but with everyday expenses and interest repayments, its going to be hard! Hope your build goes as smoothly as possible though! Thanks jlo1990! It's so nice to have a WA neighbour We have managed to save approx 25k again since Jan so it seems we will be alright by the time we get in. They are saying August.. mind you with saying that I have expensive tastes unfortunately. I don't buy things based on price or "brand" but if I had to pick something in a shop of no price tags I can guarantee you i will pick the most expensive! I fell for this tap for the kitchen and had to say no because I couldn't justify $3500 for 1 tap!!! That's why I shouldn't be let loose on pintrest! How far along is your build? Are you Perth based? Re: First time build in regional WA 7Apr 21, 2015 5:49 pm Haha yeah i have expensive taste too. All the pretty stuff is always expensive! Unfortunately i dont have the means to support that taste haha. So its pretty much nice but cheap $3500 is a bit steep for a tap surely? What was it made of, solid gold? Im (hopefully) a few days away from bricks going up. Im building in Baldivis Went down yesterday and saw soakwells and the drawings on the slab marking out where the internal walls are so hopefully not long to wait. Here's my build thread if you want a peek viewtopic.php?f=31&t=76696 Re: First time build in regional WA 8Apr 21, 2015 6:06 pm Wow that's super exciting. It all looks much bigger when you see the rooms marked out! That was the first price I found online and after that I stopped looking. I will find the style name when I get home. We have ended up cheap cheerful and not worrying about being super fussy about guests and whether they are using coasters and providing those little paper shoe protectors at the door Re: First time build in regional WA 9Apr 21, 2015 6:08 pm marmot Wow that's super exciting. It all looks much bigger when you see the rooms marked out! That was the first price I found online and after that I stopped looking. I will find the style name when I get home. We have ended up cheap cheerful and not worrying about being super fussy about guests and whether they are using coasters and providing those little paper shoe protectors at the door haha paper shoe protectors. I swear if my mother knew about those she'd make us wear them! At my rate my guests will be sitting on the floor when they come over, so as long as that's clean then they shouldnt complain ahah Re: First time build in regional WA 11Apr 21, 2015 7:14 pm Hey jlo1990 it looks like the tap I want it on sale! Hmmm can I justify 2k?!! Oh no. Now I'm torn!!! http://www.cassbrothers.com.au/canyon-b ... -save-1600 Re: First time build in regional WA 12Apr 21, 2015 7:23 pm marmot Hey jlo1990 it looks like the tap I want it on sale! Hmmm can I justify 2k?!! Oh no. Now I'm torn!!! http://www.cassbrothers.com.au/canyon-b ... -save-1600 now i see why you love this tap! Its epic! Just think, 2k will get you a return ticket to almost anywhere in the world...or a tap So it looks like we finally have some movement on site! Definitely later than expected, but I'll take any progress at this point. I'll drop by over the weekend to get… 5 27707 Can anyone give me any onfo on New Homes WA? Good or bad, hopefully good just need to know if my choice was good or not? Thanks ❤️ 0 8936 9 24791 |