A thread for everyone building their own home
Apr 14th 2006, 9:45 pm
#16
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Re: A thread for everyone building their own home
Hi There,
These are pics of our house, were in Melbourne, house is being plastered so will put pics on of the inside once that's done.
Any advice I could give would be don't go with the big companies regarding building, going on other peoples experiences and friends of ours too.
Good luck to everyone!
Loraine
These are pics of our house, were in Melbourne, house is being plastered so will put pics on of the inside once that's done.
Any advice I could give would be don't go with the big companies regarding building, going on other peoples experiences and friends of ours too.
Good luck to everyone!
Loraine
Apr 14th 2006, 9:51 pm
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Re: A thread for everyone building their own home
Originally Posted by karenjc
Love to be able to post a picture of our build but so far the land is 3 months behind schedule, so if anyone wants to see a lot of dirt I'll post that. Sorry to be a negative post 
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.Aw, at least you're still smiling. Hope it's not too long for you
To the others, wow what lovely houses. It must be sooooo exciting
Biggy, love your kitchen
Apr 14th 2006, 11:56 pm
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Re: A thread for everyone building their own home
Originally Posted by karenjc
Love to be able to post a picture of our build but so far the land is 3 months behind schedule, so if anyone wants to see a lot of dirt I'll post that. Sorry to be a negative post .
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Apr 15th 2006, 12:01 am
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Re: A thread for everyone building their own home
Originally Posted by Wol
Same here, but here's an action photo of the site!
Apr 15th 2006, 12:10 am
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Re: A thread for everyone building their own home
Originally Posted by karenjc
Good looking dirt you got there
Apr 15th 2006, 4:51 am
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Re: A thread for everyone building their own home
Mine's a Coral - would build with them again.
On market if anyone's interested???
Sunshine Sarah
On market if anyone's interested???
Sunshine Sarah
Apr 15th 2006, 9:14 pm
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Re: A thread for everyone building their own home
Originally Posted by FloridaLee
More pics please. We're dead interested in seeing all the new houses that you guys out there are building. Not that we are nosey or anything 
here is some more
Apr 15th 2006, 9:17 pm
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Re: A thread for everyone building their own home
a few more.......will need to get some updated ones on...mind you its been 7+ months since we moved in and we r still paintin lol
Apr 16th 2006, 1:13 am
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Re: A thread for everyone building their own home
We are building a house but afraid I have no pics yet unless you are all interested in seeing the bore holes for the soil samples Building is scheduled to start in August.
Building is scheduled to start in August.
Apr 16th 2006, 1:28 am
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Re: A thread for everyone building their own home
Here you go. We built with Summit Homes here in Perth. They have been great. They've completed on time and done everything to a good standard (Aussie standard that is!!!)
Apr 16th 2006, 3:36 am
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Re: A thread for everyone building their own home
Here's some of ours from start to finish.
Apr 17th 2006, 7:23 pm
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Re: A thread for everyone building their own home
Hi,
Apr 17th 2006, 7:33 pm
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Re: A thread for everyone building their own home
Hi,
We struggled to find a builder that would hold a price, but finally went with Ross Squire Homes. We had no real problems except with the shortage of skilled (and sober...) labour. I would suggest getting a quote for the basic package and then adding on the rest, rather than trying to subtract items that you don't know the price of from the full package. Communications with anyone in this trade is a bit antique, with most communications unanswered unless they are by phone or face to face. The 'protected' trades of plumbing and electrics are a nightmare: It seems as if you employ them to do the job as they see fit. It is difficult to get a light switch put where you want it; and all of the doors on the plans open 'the wrong way' allowing views from the front door through the open bedroom door to the en-suite toilet pan. Our 'how to plan' book suggested being aware of this and moving the doorways. We just turned all of the doors around, and this enabled the light switches to fall to hand too.
We struggled to find a builder that would hold a price, but finally went with Ross Squire Homes. We had no real problems except with the shortage of skilled (and sober...) labour. I would suggest getting a quote for the basic package and then adding on the rest, rather than trying to subtract items that you don't know the price of from the full package. Communications with anyone in this trade is a bit antique, with most communications unanswered unless they are by phone or face to face. The 'protected' trades of plumbing and electrics are a nightmare: It seems as if you employ them to do the job as they see fit. It is difficult to get a light switch put where you want it; and all of the doors on the plans open 'the wrong way' allowing views from the front door through the open bedroom door to the en-suite toilet pan. Our 'how to plan' book suggested being aware of this and moving the doorways. We just turned all of the doors around, and this enabled the light switches to fall to hand too.
Apr 17th 2006, 7:42 pm
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Re: A thread for everyone building their own home
Originally Posted by JaneandJim
Here's some of ours from start to finish.
Apr 17th 2006, 9:39 pm
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Re: A thread for everyone building their own home
Originally Posted by WendyC
Aw, at least you're still smiling. Hope it's not too long for you
To the others, wow what lovely houses. It must be sooooo exciting
Biggy, love your kitchen
To the others, wow what lovely houses. It must be sooooo exciting
Biggy, love your kitchen
Glad u like me kitchen...I have had mixed reactions from peeps...but hey we love it so thats all that matters