Metricon - Duxton 39

Emmz70 · Aug 06, 2015 12:50 am

Well I thought I better start a thread on our future build which is still in the early days felt bad stalking all the threads and have nothing too share hah
Everyone's threads have helped us immensely throughout this whole planning stage. :-)

So a huge thank you in advance.
Please excuse the long thread.
The home we are building is the Duxton 39. Location Southeast Melbourne.
Facade we selected is the Peninsula.
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Our house plans are:
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We just needed a no frills plan that suits our needs and we found it with this house.
No land pictures as of yet because it doesn't title until next year, so I'll post our land site instead:
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The following plans were our original ones but we've made many changes since and hope to get these all updated in the next week or two (as you do) lol
These are them.

Hopefully we will have our polished plans too share in the next couple of weeks.
Our 3D shot of the home (sales consultant couldn't find our facade so used another)
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Excuse the quality of the image that's the best he could do. Pffff
Our house on land, we have made changes on location of home, we will be moving 1 metre to the left and extending Garage leaving 1 metre side of garage and gaining more on right. We'll be moving house back a metre to add more to front
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Changes we've made to date and still going....lol
We haven't really started on top floor design as of yet but I'm quite happy how it is at the moment.
Changes made:
- Additional windows in bedrooms 4-5 overlooking backyard. Sliding (600-1800) for light and privacy
- Replacing existing windows in Bed 2-3 to above windows because it seemed too dark
(And we viewed display home many times at different times of the day to check) and still looked too dark for our liking
- Considering Mirror Cavity doors on the WIR (still pending)
- Added fixed window to study facing front
- Adding freestanding bath to bathroom to give it that feeling of more space.
- considering frosting glass on the bigger windows top floor
- Ceasarstone bench tops to Kitchen, Bathroom and Ensuite (normal laminated bench) for Powder room
- Home Complete Package includes:
- Flooring Cat 1
- Carpet Cat 1
- Driveway
- Roller blinds to every window in house.
- Kitchen Package
- Extra Cabinetry
- 900mm Upright Oven
- Dishwasher
- Microwave
- Garage Remote
- 20mm Ceasarstone in Kitchen
(Upgrades)
Carpet to Cat 3
Underlay 10mm
Flooring to Cat 3
Upright to top cooker
Upgrade to cabinetry
Thank goodness we get credited back on these things, so the variations in price worked out very affordable
- Raised Ceiling on bottom floor
- Entry door - wide pivot door
(Master room)
- Replaced Double doors with Cavity doors to suit ceiling height and cater to WIR change
- Replaced Awning windows with Stacker Door
- Extending WIR 600mm by reducing lounge
- Moving doorway to WIR towards stacker side(negative was we lose a shelf in WIR) so expanding it was compensation for the loss
- Adding little window in WIR for airing and light reasons
- Added Cavity doors to Ensuite
(Family and Dining Room)
- Replaced both sliding doors in family and dining with Double stacker doors. When opened up the whole room opens up to outdoor area.
- Added 2 Awnings in family room
- Added additional window to Dining room to compliment other window.
- Fixed window to Kitchen as my splash back
- Microwave and appliance Tower
- 3 x banks of 3 Pot drawers
- Waste bin
- Food Disposal Unit
- Upgrading Cabinetry to half size to go above Oven
- upgrade range hood to go beneath them
- Extended Island to 1200x3300
That's all I can think of at the moment still many things to come no doubt hah
(Still pending)
- Change Pantry
- Change Powder Room
- Raise Ceiling Top Floor
- Stair Upgrade (for sure)
- Air-conditioning
(External)
I'm ashamed to say haven't started. Lol
- looking at Rendering
- Hebel
- Bricks
So many choices hah
- Solar Panels (pricey at Metricon) I'll look elsewhere
- Rain water Tank (pricey again)
- Pool (on the cards) but after handover,
- A lot of things we can do afterwards but needed to tackle the costly things first :-)

So yes there is my thread sorry to bore most people but I will update when something new and exciting has happened. Maybe selection time in the next couple of weeks may need suggestions on colours

Always open to new ideas and better deals out there so look forward to the posts.

Good luck all

Most things I

NicNak · Aug 06, 2015 7:28 am

How exciting!! We havent changed hardly anything in ours which makes me think we are missing things.
Can't wait to see the progress and the finished house.

Emmz70 · Aug 06, 2015 7:51 am

Morning NikNak.
If your plan doesn't require changing it just means you selected a perfect plan for you and family and nothing wrong with that :-)

I've been browsing threads just to pick up ideas etc.. Unfortunately no one is building the Duxton so I look at threads similar to our plan and same builder. I didn't realise I missed some things out.
Look at Carlisle threads which I see many and you'd get some great advice. But if your happy I wouldn't change a thing.
Can't wait for your thread I'll follow your progress:-)

Ilaeria · Aug 06, 2015 9:19 am

Nice plan Emmz! I really like having a full bathroom on both levels of the house, even if one is an ensuite. If we were building a two storey I'd want a shower on both levels

Looking forward to following your journey

Emmz70 · Aug 06, 2015 5:36 pm

Thanks Ilaeria
Yes until then I'll enjoy the threads of almost complete builds. The homes in here are lovely:-)

Franky40 · Aug 12, 2015 9:22 am

Hi Emmz,

Just found your thread

. Nice plans and good changes. Looking forward to seeing updates and progress. Wow you get driveway and roller blinds through M that's great! Less to do post handover

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Tribe7 · Aug 21, 2015 9:45 pm

Hi emmz, I thought I would respond to your door question on your thread, fab floor plan too, your front facade is quite similar to ours but with a balcony

, from the look of the quote it's just replacing the stacker doors but doesn't mention them being corner less, I would double check that.

Have you decided what your going to do with your flooring? I went and saw the flooring man at our house yesterday and he laid screed to smooth the slab to be able to lay the laminate, he said if we had chosen to do our flooring after handover it would of cost us a extra $1,200 in screed but because it's in contract with m it cost us nothing, I had no idea about the screed.

Emmz70 · Sep 29, 2015 11:15 pm

I Thought I better update post.

Structural changes to date:

- Changed Bed 1 plan to Display plan
- Increased height to Top floor
- Deleted WIR3 provided robe
- Increased Leisure room in lieu of WIR3
- increased internal door heights to 2340
- Moved fridge area out of pantry and in to kitchen and replaced with more shelving in pantry
- added cavity door to pantry
- Increased bed 1 by 600mm
- Increased stacker door heights to 2340
- Added Microwave tower
- Added horizontal window to dining
- Added Awning Windows to Family
- Added horizontal window to study
- Increased Garage by 1 Metre
- Moved house back 1 Metre

Studio M)

EXTERNAL
Colorbond roofing - Monument
Gutters - Monument
Downpipes - Dune
Render to top half of home - A grey tone called "Mangaweka"
Brick - Glenfern
Window frames - Monument
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Front Door - Timber Hume Savoy Wide Pivot - Rich Walnut
Portico - Timber Decking (Red Gum)
Outdoor room - Timber Decking (Red Gum)
Garage Door - Metal Timber look (to contrast with door)

INTERNAL
Flooring Choices
Laminated - Imperial Grey Oak
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Carpet - Diamonds are forever (Grey Vial)
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Terrible lighting in Studio M so here they are together
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RollerBlinds - Zelda
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Kitchen Selections
Ceasarstone - Ice snow (stuck to standard)
Shelving and Draws under bench - Polar White
Microwave Tower - Polar White
Cabinetry - Expresso Ligna (to contrast with floors)
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Expresso Ligna
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Both Walls and ceiling we decided to do in "Lexicon Quarter" as we're doing our feature walls afterwards.

Awaiting our electrical appointment on the 12th.

sunxiaoxuan23926 · Sep 30, 2015 12:18 am

Once again, great selections Emma. When are you signing contract?

They booked us in 14/11. Apparently it will be 3 hours . I think I will request a copy before the day.

Did you discuss your site cost further with M? My land is only 400sqm. Really flat . I don't know why the sales consultant said it can be fixed st 16K.

At delaray , do you know if you have to pay bushfire Levi 4000?

MrsJM · Sep 30, 2015 7:12 am

Love the floor plan of this house! The facade you have picked is lovely... as are your colour selections!

boysenberry2014 · Sep 30, 2015 12:31 pm

Love your floor plan and your selections Emmz!
Looking forward to follow your journey unfolds.

Are you doing KDR?

Emmz70 · Sep 30, 2015 1:04 pm

MrsJM

Love the floor plan of this house! The facade you have picked is lovely... as are your colour selections!

Thank you MrsJM
We were glad our appointment ran smoothly and she was very helpful

Emmz70 · Sep 30, 2015 1:07 pm

boysenberry2014

Love your floor plan and your selections Emmz!
Looking forward to follow your journey unfolds.

Are you doing KDR?

Hi Boysenberry
Not a KDR, we purchased land first but it doesn't title until next year. So we have a lot of time to select a home

Emmz70 · Sep 30, 2015 1:17 pm

sunxiaoxuan23926

Once again, great selections Emma. When are you signing contract?

They booked us in 14/11. Apparently it will be 3 hours . I think I will request a copy before the day.

Did you discuss your site cost further with M? My land is only 400sqm. Really flat . I don't know why the sales consultant said it can be fixed st 16K.

At delaray , do you know if you have to pay bushfire Levi 4000?

Hi Sun
Our date is December. I'm hoping we do get copies before the date as well.
But we have every right to not sign if unhappy with it.
Ours is fixed under 16k as well due to land being flat, But hoping to not get unexpected costs at the time.
It originally was 18k plus but head office sent us a reduction price of under 16k.
As for the fire they haven't put it in yet because they are hoping the surrounding properties will be established and we won't need to pay. But we've still added that to our budget

Wow not long for you now. When is your 6 star energy rating appointment? But mind you if you didn't make any structural changes your fine

we made many

sunxiaoxuan23926 · Sep 30, 2015 11:59 pm

Wow not long for you now. When is your 6 star energy rating appointment? But mind you if you didn't make any structural changes your fine

we made many

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Hi Emma , I didn't know there is a 6 star energy rating ? Maybe because my house is not 6 star? I think it might be 5 ? Lol . However I do remember our sales consultant told me that I might have to pay to make 5 star energy compliance or something like that. we increased ceiling height , and changed a window to stacker door.

I have facebooked Park Edge Facebook and asking about stage 7 status . They said due to the bad weather we had lately, land won't be ready until Dec. it supposed to be ready by Nov. so there you go to our first delay. Giving Christmas and new year . I think most likely it won't happen before end of Jan.

sunxiaoxuan23926 · Oct 01, 2015 12:00 am

your timber floor and carpet blends in beautifully!!

Emmz70 · Oct 01, 2015 12:16 am

sunxiaoxuan23926

Wow not long for you now. When is your 6 star energy rating appointment? But mind you if you didn't make any structural changes your fine

we made many

Hi Emma , I didn't know there is a 6 star energy rating ? Maybe because my house is not 6 star? I think it might be 5 ? Lol . However I do remember our sales consultant told me that I might have to pay to make 5 star energy compliance or something like that. we increased ceiling height , and changed a window to stacker door.

I have facebooked Park Edge Facebook and asking about stage 7 status . They said due to the bad weather we had lately, land won't be ready until Dec. it supposed to be ready by Nov. so there you go to our first delay. Giving Christmas and new year . I think most likely it won't happen before end of Jan.

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Hi Sun
Won't be long though we're in for hot weather so hopefully sooner. How long do you have before you start paying for delays? We have until March. And land titles June!!! Work that one out hah
However we did say we'll come back December and start, so they allowed us up until March. 9 months they agreed too. So I hope for a speedy process for land titling.

I see our estates starting ready for stage 1 & 2 then it's our turn

About ratings our SC mentioned it to us when we enquired about double glazing and then he dropped that bombshell about energy ratings. (In our heads thinking) oh no More expensive

We're Ready to delete Windows if that's the case lol

sunxiaoxuan23926 · Oct 01, 2015 12:29 am

I'm also scared it will be too hot in Jan that tradies won't work . Lol .

We have time until May next year. Tradies has to be on site by May or we have to pay 900+ per month .

How much is double glazing with Metricon ? We are not getting cooling system now so maybe double glazing will help?

Emmz70 · Oct 01, 2015 6:22 am

Hope it's not too hot in Jan.

I don't know prices of double glazing yet but when I do I'll let you know. Our Day off tomorrow and Daylight savings this weekend. Yes

toni2shoes · Oct 08, 2015 8:37 pm

Hi Emmz, just popped in to have a look at your thread, love your house plan and colour selections, makes me more excited for our colours appointment!! FYI, I've been told $6500 for double glazing. That is the allowance amount and I was told ours would be the maximum but depending on no. of windows and sizing etc it could be less...