Browse Forums Building A New House 1 May 04, 2017 8:52 pm Hi everyone. We are currently building our first home, it is a modest size house, 3 bedroom, 2 bathroom, 1 car garage. I thought I would set up a thread as most of the ones i've found on here are for much larger houses. Our house is almost finished but I will post progress pics from when it was first started through to now. A few details Bulider - Metricon House - Eames 15 Colour selections 08.08.17 Land registered 18.11.16 Got building approval from council 30.11.16 Site start date 15.01.17 Slab poured 19.01.17 Frame 02.02.17 Roof and gutters done 19.02.17 Bricks, windows and solar 04.03.17 Kitchen and bathroom cabinets, bathroom benchtops, waterproofing 19.03.17 Tiling started 21.03.17 Skirting, architraves, robe and pantry shelves 25.03.17 Cladding and garage door, inside painting done 11.03.17 Down pipes installed, drive way started 19.03.17 Stone bench top in, rangehood, sink and tap ware in. Bath installed, wardrobe doors in. Electrical started 23.03.17 Flooring, laminate and carpet installed 28.03.17 PCI meeting 05.04.17 I will put pics in seperate comments of the progress Re: Eames 15 - Metricon. Building our first home. 2May 04, 2017 9:19 pm Eames 15 with traditional facade. ours is opposite with the garage on the left. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ colours we chose Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Tiles Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Layout We pushed the back wall back 900mm, pushed the side wall through garage and bedroom out and out through kitchen dining to make the space between the kitchen island and the wall wider. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Re: Eames 15 - Metricon. Building our first home. 4May 04, 2017 9:40 pm Brick half done, solar on roof. It was at this stage our house was flooded after someone cut our pipes trying to steal copper. They had to dry the house out and order new gib which was in a pile ready to install, this put us back a week. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Kitchen cabinets in Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Main bathroom, cabinets in, waterproofing done Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Ensuite cabinet in Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Panorama from when it was only 2 houses being built and a 3rd slab down Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Re: Eames 15 - Metricon. Building our first home. 5May 04, 2017 9:54 pm laundry tiles started Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ batroom tiles started Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ ensuite Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ skirting and architraves in master room Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ WIR with shelves done Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Re: Eames 15 - Metricon. Building our first home. 6May 04, 2017 9:58 pm Ensuite Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ main bathroom Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ main bathroom Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ laundry Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ laundry Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ laundry cupboard Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ wardrobe in one of the kids rooms Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ pantry Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Re: Eames 15 - Metricon. Building our first home. 7May 04, 2017 10:03 pm Cladding Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Garage door Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ walls painted in kitchen, bench tops in (pic from outside the house through windows) Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ downpipes Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ doing the driveway Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Re: Eames 15 - Metricon. Building our first home. 9May 04, 2017 10:14 pm outdoor pilar light Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ carpet in WIR Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Laminate floors with tiled bathroom and toilet Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ laminate floors with kids bedrooms Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ driveway Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ entry door from in hall Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ data and power points in lounge Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ lights in hall Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ practicing their cricket style in the hall Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ range hood Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ looking from kitchen over to lounge in far corner and dining to the right. we changed the ranch slider for a 3m stacker door to open it up more. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ main bathroom panorama Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Re: Eames 15 - Metricon. Building our first home. 10May 04, 2017 10:16 pm I am going to meet the site manager for our PCI meeting at 9am tomorrow morning. so excited. Also looking forward to seeing our oven and kitchen splash back. Hopefully the site has been cleaned and its all ready for our landscaper to build our deck starting monday. Re: Eames 15 - Metricon. Building our first home. 12Jun 16, 2017 9:23 pm Thanks for sharing Nice to see a smaller build on here. Looks good. Did you upgrade much from the standard? Eames was one of the designs I looked at when I was looking for builders. 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 27739 Hi, First of all, thank you to this community for sharing your thoughts and opinions. 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