Electrical & House Plan - Nearly Final

Hi All!!

Excitingly waiting for our building contract which is going to happen next month.. Currently reviewing the electrical plan that we have made a lot of changes to.

This plan will also shown changes is Rumpus room (now have 2x sliding doors), En-suite with sliding door & all wardrobe now have quick-slide door instead of normal door.

The only unusual thing that we did was to have the power point & data point in WIL. This is to put the WiFi Router. we feel that it is the best place to put it because it is right in the middle of the house and really close to the rooms.

We will change the lights on top of the kitchen cabinet, middle of living room & meal room with pendant lights after handover. Furthermore we also will change most or all of the normal batten to oyster lights in the future.

Let me know what you guys think / critics in regards to the plan :)

PS: There are never enough lights...

Nearly Final...

Tender Appointment & Price...

Hi All!!

We have just finished our tender appointment. The appointment was easy and all the price add up still acceptable for us. I will set out all the upgrade pricing below, remember this this for our house specific so price may differ from your own but not much.

Celebrate Living Promotion 4 Packs ($16,500)

1. Full render front house 2 Colours
2. Clear glazed Windsor Entry Door
3. Cat 2 Monier Roof Tile
4. Automatic Garage Door with 3 Remotes
5. Caesarstone Kitchen Bench top
6. 4 Different Configuration to Kitchen Overhead Cupboards
7. Laminated open Shelf and Wine Rack to Above Fridge Space
8. Technika Stainless Steel Dishwasher
9. Clear Glass Splash back for Kitchen
10. Aluminium Entertainer Glass Door to Alfresco
11. Ceiling Fan to Alfresco
12. Four Zone Security System
13. Fly screen & Locks to All Open able Window
14. Towel storage rack to En suite Cabinet
15. 15 LED Down lights
16. Microphone Rail to Bathroom
17. Cat 1 Carpet to Bed Rooms, Rumpus, Activity
18. Cat 1 Laminated Timber Flooring to Entrance, Hallway, Kitchen, Living, Meal

SPECTRA Upgrade

Telstra Velocity Entertainer in lieu of Basic Velocity	$ 1,454.00
Wall Opening Between Activity & Meal - Free	$ -
1no Additional Front Render Colour	$ 248.00
Fly screen to alfresco door 2.1m High to Suit Entertainer Door	$ 762.00
Entrance Door Upgrade Madison PMAD104 - Translucent Glass	$ 308.00
Translucent Glass - Front Entry Site lite Window	$ 104.00
2no Translucent Glass - En suite & Bathroom Windows	$ 850.00
Entrance Lock Upgrade - Trilock	$ 342.00
Garage to Indoor Lock Upgrade - Single Cylinder Deadbolt + Handle	$ 160.00
2no Hardwood Solidors (Garage & Laundry)	$ 268.00
Laundry Lock Upgrade - Single Cylinder Deadbolt	$ 95.00
En suite Door Addition - 820mm Sliding Door	$ 319.00
2no Toilet & Bathroom Privacy Locks	$ 84.00
Door to Rumpus from Hallway Double Sliding 820mm	$ 738.00
3no Quick slide Sliding Door to Bedroom Robes	$ 639.00
Kitchen Range hood Ducted to Outside (Roof)	$ 531.00
2no Perspex Door Upgrade (Slimline)	$ 108.00
11no Soft Close Kitchen Drawer	$ 308.00
Round Shower Dumper + Microphone Rail in En suite	$ 268.00
6no Additional LED Lights	$ 864.00
2no Outdoor Lights to Front - Rebus	$ 520.00
2no Outdoor Lights to Side - Double Sensor Flood Lights	$ 320.00
2no Outdoor Junction Boxes	$ 180.00
2no Slimline Lights for Under Kitchen Cupboards	$ 290.00
2no Garage Single Fluro 600mm	$ 236.00
7no Extra Double Power Point	$ 364.00
1no Extra Double Power Point - Outdoor (Alfresco)	$ 118.00
4no Extra Wall Noggins	$ 112.00
3no Two Way Light Switch	$ 138.00
Extra Self Sealing Exhaust Fan (Laundry)	$ 202.00
Surge Protection (Main Meter Box)	$ 208.00
2no Extra TV Point	$ 210.00
Brivis Evaporative Cooling (Profiler P54 - Auto Refresh & Winter Seal)	$ 6,417.00
4 Star Heating Upgrade & Zoning Controller (4 Zones)	$ 931.00
Moving Outdoor Tap to Rear	$ 126.00
Cat 2 Carpet Underlay	$ 555.00
2no Shower Niche (300mm x 400mm x90mm)	$ 600.00
3no Metal lining to bath & shower	$ 54.00

We also found out that we need to add one extra Solar Panel for the Rinnai Hot Water & Pay extra for Telstra Smart Wiring

Color Selection

Hi All!!

Fiuhh... just went back from the tiring yet exciting color selection in SPECTRA. Our color selection lady was really helpful and advises us on the color selection process. Here it goes...

Outdoor

Brick                         : Chestnut (Cat 1)

2nd Choice Brick       : Truffle (Cat 1a - Now Cat 3)

Roof Tiles                 : Barramundi (Cat 2 - Promo)

Gutter / Down pipe    : Dune

Window Frame          : Jasper

Render                      : Corral (Dark) - Bed box (Med) - Hog Bristle (Light)

Impression on Photoshop

Render Position        : Middle & Timber Post                      : Corral
                                               Right & Left Sides                            : Bed Box
                                               Two Brick Wall Under Timber Post   : Hog Bristle

Entrance Door Model - Different Color

Garage Door Model - Different Color

Entrance Door & Glass     : Madison & Translucent                                                                                      Garage Door Model          : Ranch / Hampton

Entrance Door Color         : Hog Bristle (like the lightest render)                                                               Garage Door Color           : Jasper

Flooring

Carpet

Laminated Timber  : Witloc Merbau                                                                                              Carpet                   : Ballard 185

Kitchen

Bench top               : White Shimmer (Upgrade - Promo)

Cabinet                   : Licorice Linea  

Splash back             : Shipwreck Clear (Upgrade - Promo)

Perspex                   : White (Upgrade - Slimline)

Internal Paint

Ceiling                 : Whisper White

Wall                     : Grand Piano Quarter 

Bathroom, En suite & Laundry

Floor Tiles                  : Vibe Latte

Wall Tiles                   : Euphoria Latte

Feature Tiles               : River Almond  

Cabinet & Bench top   : Nocturne Oak

Electrical plan coming soon!!

Our Land Update

Went for a drive after work last Friday to see the current land state and it didn't disappoint. We had our crossover laid out and some indication of our boundaries. It looks like our land will be a bit taller than the street (which is good)

Front Right

Front

Front Sideways

Backview

Front Left

Back to Front

Useful Website / Designer Tool

I have added a couple of useful links on the right hand side to help if your builder are using those vendor and wanted to see the images / specs of the product you will be getting.

Some of the website also have a visualization web based software to help you plan your house for example

Laminex Designer 3D (The best one!)

From this tool I manage to re-create my kitchen and tryout variety of colors for the cabinet in the kitchen with our selected floor color

The Colorbond Visualizer & Beaumont Tiles Select are also another useful tools to use!!

Color Browse

We went to our Color Browse at SPECTRA which is Carlisle Homes head office. The lady who help us there is very helpful but Carlisle may need to train them to answer more detailed questions (they ask us to wait until Color Selection).

In the end we have to ask some questions via email which is painstakingly take a long time to answer & do a lot of research our self. We do recommend visiting Homeone Forum for all your information. There are also specific Topic for Carlisle Homes

Standard Detailed Master Plan

Standard Electrical Plan

Color Browse (The place is huge and there so much more than this!!)

Timber Flooring

Splashbacks

Door & Cabinet Handle

External Lights

Switches

Standard Cooktop

Stained Door (Upgrade)

Internal Door (Upgrade)

Garage Door (Upgrade)

Colorbond Colors

Standard Bath Tap

One of The Standard Basin

Standard Kitchen Tap

Microphone Rail Showerhead

Standard Rangehood

Shower Niche (Upgrade)

Security System (Upgrade)

One of The Standard Brick

One of The Standard Caesarstone 

Skirtings

Renders

Cornices

Hot Water System

Choosing a Builder

Choosing a builder in our case was actually not hard at all, we somehow manage to make a decision on our fist visit (after a lot of online research of course).

We fell in love with Carlisle Homes - Westwood 29, The floorplan is just perfect to our liking, a rumpus & lounge, a hallway to the rooms, bigger ensuite shower ;) large open area between meal -living - kitchen - alfresco - with an extended wall opening to the rumpus create an open living area which we love!!!

Floor Plan

Facade - Ascot

On the 11th of May we made our decision and pay the deposit!! (1k) Our SC in Melton has been very helpful since the start and we would not hesitate to recommend him to anyone. He is a man of his word and is still very helpful even after he is not responsible to answer my question anymore. I still prefer to speak to him instead of anyone else to ask question in regards to the house / building process.

A Little Background Story & Our Land

Hi and Thanks for visiting our blog,

Just want to give you all a little background story about us & why we choose to build vs buying a established house.

We are just about to start our life together and have been planning a lot for our future. We wanted a family home which will be sufficient for at least 10 - 15 years time or even longer. We were trying to find an established house for a bit but in the end choose to build a new one instead. We feel that building will make a appreciate our house more and will make sure that we can get to choose everything according to what we want and what we can afford.  With our budget, we really can't any better than Point Cook if we are looking for the closest one to Melbourne City.

We think that Point Cook may grow into a good suburb in the future which will increase the value of our land. Also if the government go trough with building Werrebie business district, the area will be buzzing with jobs & shops.

We have been looking for a while in Point Cook we have been to Alamanda, Featherbrook, Southwater Coast, Paragon and Saratoga, we were really close to get a land in Featherbrook & Saratoga at one point but because of some issues we didn't go trough, in the end we manage to find one that is perfect for us Kingsford Estate.

We are building on stage 8. The land itself is not titled until August 2013. We love this Estate because they do not sell their facility, just purely residential (which in the end justify the price). We realize that an estate does not need to have facility by itself considering the next estate is less than 500m away with all the common facility. The location that we choose is also very close to a huge park which will be lovely for the us & kids in the future. It is also on the walking distance to a local Woolworths & bus stop.