After a 30 minute conversation with 2 ladies at Allworth I now have a date to sign our building contracts, November 11th. Hopefully we will have a slab down before they close for Christmas.
We have to pay 2 price increases which I am not very happy about because they stuffed us around for so long. But it wasn't completely their fault I guess.
Thursday 30 October 2014
Saturday 18 October 2014
Our Build Timeline so far
My build time line
15th March - Paid deposit for house plans
24th April - Received house plans
18th May - Colour Selection
20th May - Plans went to council
22nd May - Septic plans went to council
26th August - House plans finally got approved at council
16th October - Septic system finally approved
19th November - Signed building contracts
15th December - Received letter to commence
23rd December - Signed final plans and Price
29th December - Received a 25 day extension for the Christmas shutdown.
23rd January - Cut & fill started
24th January - Slab framing started
27th January - Toilet Delivered and fences put up
30th January - Peering done and waffle pods, rio and gravel delivered
15th March - Paid deposit for house plans
24th April - Received house plans
18th May - Colour Selection
20th May - Plans went to council
22nd May - Septic plans went to council
26th August - House plans finally got approved at council
16th October - Septic system finally approved
19th November - Signed building contracts
15th December - Received letter to commence
23rd December - Signed final plans and Price
29th December - Received a 25 day extension for the Christmas shutdown.
23rd January - Cut & fill started
24th January - Slab framing started
27th January - Toilet Delivered and fences put up
30th January - Peering done and waffle pods, rio and gravel delivered
Abit about our future home
We bought a 1900sqm block of land in Greta early this year. It doesn't have town water or sewer connected, so we have to get a septic system and we have to be on tank water. Lucky for us our block came with two 22,500L tanks on it.
We decided to build with Allworth Homes and have picked the Sonata 13, 4 Bed Media/Alfresco. It is one of their promotion homes.
This is our floor plan. We havn't upgraded much because we are on a tight budget. We have changed it to have carpet in the bedrooms and media room only and tiles for the rest. I also changed the kitchen splash back to be tiled to the bottom of the hanging cupboards.
My colour selection's are
Kitchen: I have copied the colours in one of the Sebring display homes.
Benchtops Charcoal Fabrini in a Matt finish
Splashback: Gunmetal Grey gloss tiles
Doors: Stone Grey in a sheen finish
Bricks:
either PGH Sand or Austral Bricks Engage
Roof: Colourbond Monument
Window Frames: Ultra Black
Garage Door: Monument
Main Bathroom
Vanity Doors: Smoke melange
Floor Tile: Laguna Lava
Wall Tile: Gloss White
Ensuite:
Vanity Doors: Licorice Linea
Floor Tile: Laguna Lava
Wall Tile: Gloss White
Main Floor Tile: Minima Black (I would of liked something abit lighter but I wasnt aloud to upgrade anything)
Laundry:
Floor Tile: Laguna Ash
Paint Colours:
Bathrooms/Laundry: Polar Bear - I didnt have to pay extra for this colour because the rooms are small.
Rest of the house: Flokati
I will be painting my own feature walls after handover
Carpet: Charcoal 16
These are the same colours I chose for my kitchen. It is one of Allworths display homes. Its called the Sebring.
We decided to build with Allworth Homes and have picked the Sonata 13, 4 Bed Media/Alfresco. It is one of their promotion homes.
This is our floor plan. We havn't upgraded much because we are on a tight budget. We have changed it to have carpet in the bedrooms and media room only and tiles for the rest. I also changed the kitchen splash back to be tiled to the bottom of the hanging cupboards.
My colour selection's are
Kitchen: I have copied the colours in one of the Sebring display homes.
Benchtops Charcoal Fabrini in a Matt finish
Splashback: Gunmetal Grey gloss tiles
Doors: Stone Grey in a sheen finish
Bricks:
either PGH Sand or Austral Bricks Engage
Roof: Colourbond Monument
Window Frames: Ultra Black
Garage Door: Monument
Main Bathroom
Vanity Doors: Smoke melange
Floor Tile: Laguna Lava
Wall Tile: Gloss White
Ensuite:
Vanity Doors: Licorice Linea
Floor Tile: Laguna Lava
Wall Tile: Gloss White
Main Floor Tile: Minima Black (I would of liked something abit lighter but I wasnt aloud to upgrade anything)
Laundry:
Floor Tile: Laguna Ash
Paint Colours:
Bathrooms/Laundry: Polar Bear - I didnt have to pay extra for this colour because the rooms are small.
Rest of the house: Flokati
I will be painting my own feature walls after handover
Carpet: Charcoal 16
These are the same colours I chose for my kitchen. It is one of Allworths display homes. Its called the Sebring.
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