16.09.14 - Electrical Selections

16.09.14 electrical selections appointment today.

We had a chat to our electrician before going in for our appointment so we knew what he was happy to complete after handover.

McDonald Jones gives you one free batten per room, which sounds less then what we actually ended up with as we were actually given three in the hallway! 

We ended up converting nearly all the supplied battens to pre-wiring as we've decided to get our electrican to install the downlights after handover. McDonald Jones doesn't charge anything extra to change them to pre-wiring which saves us time removing and patching up all the batten holes. Now our electrican can just daisy off the pre-wiring to put in our downlights and pendents.

We had to think about at what height we will be installing our TV's and whether you want cat5 or cat6 cable points running to all our TV's and study.

We decided to get all our TV cabling done through McDonald Jones and all the internal wall power points. Our electrican said it's no trouble for him to add all the external wall power points and exterior lighting in after handover which should save us some money.

All up our electical add ons were just under $1,500. 

05.09.14 - DA Appproval Received

DA Approval Received!

Progress payment no. 1 invoice received so time to go see the bank!

Electricals appointment scheduled for Tuesday 16.09.14 so booking in some time with our electrician before hand to work out what we'll do after handover.

01.08.2014 Contract Signed

01.08.2014 Contracts signed today and after 1 hour of speed reading and signers cramps we're away!


Final Floor Plan:

Elevations:

Kitchen & Bathrooms:

Recycled Water:

18.07.2014 - Initial Plan Walk Through

Colour Selections

Colour Selections all done! YAY :)
 
External Colours:

 

Roof - Basalt

Gutters - Basalt

Facia - Dune

Brick - Urban Chiffon

Morter - flush off white

Garage Door - Dune

Windows - Monument

Water Tank - Monument

Kitchen Selections:

Splashback - Grey Blast 2 (standard)

Benchtops - 20mm essastone new crystal salt 

20mm waterfall edges ($)

 Cupboards - two pack gloss in Polar White ($)

- Pot draws on either side of the oven ($)

- Built in bin on island bench ($)

- increase height to kitchen benches ($)

Rangehood - Smeg PUM90X undermount conceiled two pack finish ($)

Sink - Double bowl under mount

Oven - Smeg 90mm Freestanding Oven SA9010X

Dishwasher - Smeg DWA214S

Microwave - Smeg PTK60X34

Water Point to Fridge Space ($) 

Flooring - NSW Spotted Gum Timber (after handover)

Main Bathroom Selections:

Floor Tiles - Solna Bianco 300x300

Wall Tiles - Montalo Stone 300x600

Misty Grey feature tile in shower ($)

Shampoo recess in shower ($)

Vanity - two pack gloss in Polar White ($)

Vanity Top - 20mm essastone new crystal salt

Floor Waste - Square tiled floor wastes x 2 ($)

Shower Hob - stainless steal ($)

Shower Rose - wall mounted Quatro square rain head ($)

Pop up waste in basin ($)
Caroma Aura 1600mm freestanding bath with Pheonix GENX 200 spout ($) 

Ensuite Bathroom Selections:

Floor Tiles - Solna Bianco 300x300

Wall Tiles - Solna Bianco 300x600

Misty grey feature tile in shower

Vanity - Polytec Cavia Lini Sheen ($)

Vanity Top - 20mm essastone new crystal salt

Floor Waste - Square tiled floor wastes x 2 ($)

Shower Hob - Stainless Steal ($)

Shower Rose - wall mounted Quatro square rain head ($)

Shampoo Recess in Shower ($)

Pop up wastes in basins x 2 ($)

Laundry Selections:

Floor Tiles - Solna Bianco 300x300

Splashback Tiles - Montalo Stone 300x600

Laundry base cabinets - Polytec Marni Lini Matt ($)

Laundry Bench - 20mm essastone new crystal salt ($)

Standard Floor Waste

Built in Desks:

Laminex - oyster linea natural finish 

Other additions:

Extended Garage to 6.5m x 6.5m 

Increase Garage Door Width to 5.4m

Increase Garage Door Height to 2.4m

Alfresco Cabana Grande (included)

Concrete to Alfresco

Increase Ceiling Heights to 2.55m 

Change internal door furniture to straight lever sets with (2) privacy locks

Front Door Trilock Omni Allure

Laundry Door Trilock Allure Eclipse
10 x Flyscreens to windows
2 x shelving/4 draw unit to master walk in robe

The Dream Starts Here

It all starts with a dream...

 

 

 

20.02.2014 - Deposit paid on block of land
29.03.2014 - Original quote obtained from McDonald Jones for Havana Three
03.04.2014 - Land settles
11.05.2014 - Deposit Paid to McDonald Jones...150 days begin!
29.05.2014 - Pre-colour selections appointment
10.07.2014 - Colour selections appointment