Some progress again this week with our application being lodged to the developer for approval. Its going to take a couple of weeks os we just need to kick back, relax and hopefully it comes back approved with no issues.
Our landscape design was also done, so now we have started to get some quotes on things we will be doing after handover so we know what we will be up for.
Thursday, 19 April 2012
Thursday, 5 April 2012
Color Selections
This week was a productive week, more so the last few weeks has been as well in order to prepare for our colors selections.
Monday we did our colors, kitchen, blinds, plumbing selection and the Wednesday was our tiles/carpet selection and landscape design and electricals.
Colors
We tried to do as much as possible before hand to try and make things easier on the day, without having to think on the spot about our selections. We met with Aysen from the HOG and she was great in helping out. We ended up making a couple of changes for our colors and also upgraded a few things along the way.
My advice would be to prepare and plan and try to stick t o your budget, as its easier to get carried away with spending in excess of what you really need to. more importantly, try and make your way to the HOG and PGH bricks as much as possible before hand and have your heart set out on the colors you select.
We ended up upgrading our bricks to Option A (approx $400 extra in total) and rendered part of the front of the house.
Some of the selections we made are:
We spend most of our upgrade money on the kitchen, as we got an under-mount sink, pot drawers + soft close drawers. I plan to get the overhead cupboards later on as I can't justify the $$$ now... We also ended up upgrading to designer doors, upgraded front door and getting an additional fridge tap and gas point for the alfresco.
Appliances - We upgraded our appliances to the Baumatic selection as they look much better and are much modern with the finishes and LCD displays with buttons.
Plumbing
We upgraded the shower heads, appliances, bathtub and toilets and the sink
Electrical
Lights - I ended up getting power points and light fittings done externally and in hard to reach places. The rest i plan on getting done by a sparky afterwards, it will be much cheaper.
TV\Data Points - I ended up getting about 6 data points and 4 t/v points as it will be easier to do now then later
Now I have to wait till my landscape plans are done and dusted and then await for council approval....
Monday we did our colors, kitchen, blinds, plumbing selection and the Wednesday was our tiles/carpet selection and landscape design and electricals.
Colors
We tried to do as much as possible before hand to try and make things easier on the day, without having to think on the spot about our selections. We met with Aysen from the HOG and she was great in helping out. We ended up making a couple of changes for our colors and also upgraded a few things along the way.
My advice would be to prepare and plan and try to stick t o your budget, as its easier to get carried away with spending in excess of what you really need to. more importantly, try and make your way to the HOG and PGH bricks as much as possible before hand and have your heart set out on the colors you select.
We ended up upgrading our bricks to Option A (approx $400 extra in total) and rendered part of the front of the house.
Some of the selections we made are:
Bathroom Tiles
Bathroom Mosac's
These are our monier roof tiles
General + Kitchen We spend most of our upgrade money on the kitchen, as we got an under-mount sink, pot drawers + soft close drawers. I plan to get the overhead cupboards later on as I can't justify the $$$ now... We also ended up upgrading to designer doors, upgraded front door and getting an additional fridge tap and gas point for the alfresco.
Upgraded Toilet
Handles for Kitchen
Upgraded Door Style
Standard heater light for our bathroom
Plumbing
We upgraded the shower heads, appliances, bathtub and toilets and the sink
Shower Basin Handle
Kitchen Tap
Bath Tap
Bain mixer
Large double rails for both bathrooms
Towel Rail
Soap Holder
Double sink with accessories (below)
We also got the drainer as we ended up going with an undermount sink
Lights - I ended up getting power points and light fittings done externally and in hard to reach places. The rest i plan on getting done by a sparky afterwards, it will be much cheaper.
TV\Data Points - I ended up getting about 6 data points and 4 t/v points as it will be easier to do now then later
Now I have to wait till my landscape plans are done and dusted and then await for council approval....
Our Floor Plan
Hi guys,
I have now added a copy of our floor plan (layout) for our saville 27 (+ 2 sq extra)
Saturday, 31 March 2012
Upgrades in our Tender so far
We have tried to stick to the standards as much as possible, but I always thing there are some things that are worth uprgrading...im sure we have already missed a few, but im sure we will get there slowly...
In the meantime, we have got the following upgrades ( from what I remember) in our tender:
- High ceilings and internal doors
- Fly-screens all around
- Security door to the alfresco
- Comfort Plus Glass (for the westerly sun)
- Upgraded front door
- Inter blind laundry door
- And internal wall changes to suit our design.
We have also allowed a little in our budget to allow for some kitchen upgrades and some electrical (trying to keep this to a minimal and get this done afterwards to save some $$$).
Intro - Land Settled & 5% to EBH
We decided to start a blog, considering we are now well on our way to building our new home...the Saville 27 with Eden Brae homes at The Ponds. My name is Rabi and the mrs name is Dee and we are now on our long journey to building our new place. I'm sure we will have many ups and downs, so we wanted to share our journey to help those newbie's to see what we have gone through and provide everybody else our experience with building.
We settled on our pile of dirt back in December 2011 and recently paid our 5% to Eden Brae after settling on the Saville 27 with some changes made in our contract along the way. I'm sure we will have many more changes during the PCV, although we are hoping to stick to budget and get things done afterwards where possible.
After many months of going through display homes and looking at home after home and looking at value for money and what we wanted out of a home (separate living/study/media) and looking at standard and optional inclusions based on our budget, we hearts we with the EBH's Saville 27. It was tough as Rawson Homes and McDonald Jones were also great but a bit more $$$ for our liking and we didn't get exactly what we wanted so we stuck with our guns, the Saville. We ended up going with the extra 2sq for the 2k (worked out o be 2.5k) and we just went with the base price, so we will get our own flooring and driveway done later on.
After many months passing by, we paid our 2500k and then more recently paid our 5%. We liked the house last year, so we were lucky enough to put down the $750 last year back in November, before the price rises which have occurred more recently. On that not, we have so far been given a start date of around July 2012, but this will be come more office after our up-coming appointments.
We have our colors appointment this coming Monday and Wednesday so lets see how that goes. The last few months has been crazy as we have been going back and fourth to PGH bricks and the Home Options Gallery trying to see whats included and whats not and also see whats available as standard and whats not. Trying to stick to standards is the goal, but it never happens, so lets see how things unfold.
We will and post some pics of our place and the street sooner rather then later so keep posted on this space =D
We settled on our pile of dirt back in December 2011 and recently paid our 5% to Eden Brae after settling on the Saville 27 with some changes made in our contract along the way. I'm sure we will have many more changes during the PCV, although we are hoping to stick to budget and get things done afterwards where possible.
After many months of going through display homes and looking at home after home and looking at value for money and what we wanted out of a home (separate living/study/media) and looking at standard and optional inclusions based on our budget, we hearts we with the EBH's Saville 27. It was tough as Rawson Homes and McDonald Jones were also great but a bit more $$$ for our liking and we didn't get exactly what we wanted so we stuck with our guns, the Saville. We ended up going with the extra 2sq for the 2k (worked out o be 2.5k) and we just went with the base price, so we will get our own flooring and driveway done later on.
After many months passing by, we paid our 2500k and then more recently paid our 5%. We liked the house last year, so we were lucky enough to put down the $750 last year back in November, before the price rises which have occurred more recently. On that not, we have so far been given a start date of around July 2012, but this will be come more office after our up-coming appointments.
We have our colors appointment this coming Monday and Wednesday so lets see how that goes. The last few months has been crazy as we have been going back and fourth to PGH bricks and the Home Options Gallery trying to see whats included and whats not and also see whats available as standard and whats not. Trying to stick to standards is the goal, but it never happens, so lets see how things unfold.
We will and post some pics of our place and the street sooner rather then later so keep posted on this space =D
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