Cathy,
My advice would be to seek a land size to enable you to do a complying development. That will save you the hassle / time / cost of doing a…

Kitchen doors are Createc, Colour is Malt.
Benchtop will be Luna White.
We used the Masterton Colours consultant so hopefully everything will look good.
At least my wife is very happy so far.
Chris

Progress is good. Kitchen is in. I am hoping for handover by the end of March so we can move in over the school holidays. That is the plan anyway.

T,
Total price worked out at $150 per sqm including 5% wastage. This was for the following:
85x19mm Select grade Tallowood. Blackbutt is slightly cheaper.
15mm solid plywood.
Waterproofing: 200micron polyethelene.
Installation of the above…

Decision made. I went with Concord Timber for the tallowood floor for whole bottom floor. Reasonable price and at least a very specific quote so you know what you are…

T,
Yes I do mean a grated drain. Where you have a driveway sloping down torward the garage, then it is normal to have a grated drain across the driveway to…

Sabs1,
Yes your driveway quote does seem high. How many sqm? My research shows should be $75-$85 per sqm for a steciled / stamped driveway. Who are you using?
I also have…

Mercurysa,
Yes I remember that the Masterton quote to us for sarking (also a villina) was about 2K.
The sarking provides a water barrier and also reflects heat during summer. It is…

Topdeck,
try http://buybuildingsupplies.com.au/plain ... 7_892.html
These are suitable concrete blocks you can use. I dont think you will get a precast stair the size you want as it…

Miss Gisele,
If you do a search on the forum for concrete driveway cost you will find that plain concrete is approx $60 to $70 per sqm and stenciled / stamped…

MissGisele,
I would suggest you visit your local council officer to get an idea on their costs.
A good idea is to look at already approved DA's in your area and you…

Topdeck,
Mrs Rose is right the stairs are a safety issue. You will also need a least a 1m x 1m landing (not just stairs) outside the door. If the height…

Sunshine,
For the Aircell another option you can consider is to buy the Aircell yourself and just supply it to Masterton for installation. Under Section 19 of the HIA contract it…

Sunshine,
Sorry for the late reply, but just got back to work from holidays up the north coast.
For the alfresco Masterton did not give us a slab thickness but as Mrs…

T,
Yes I am in dubai at the moment. The wife & kids are in the shire, we are building in Forestville and I have a container of furniture still in…

Before you all ask I thought I should confirm. No I do not work for AirCell, but I am a project manager for a construction company (not residential) and yes…

T,
For sarking all my colleagues swear by a product called Air-Cell. This is what we use for all the roof insulation in the middle east with 50+ deg air temperatures.…

T,
Our alfresco slab 7 x 4 m = 28sqm was quoted at $3920. For this amount we can get a wooden deck, so instead of paying for concrete and then…

S&W,
Also note that after the DA approval, MH then have to do construction plans etc.
Dont know about others but our commencement date was also 2 months after the DA approval.…

S&W,
Council responds to each persons submissions in the determination and also sends a letter to each submitter on the determination result, once it is made.
Yes it really took 3.5 months.…

S&W,
We had two neigbours complain about our bedroom windows and in the end council said they were all fine, no need for privacy screens. We did have to make the…

Lee Ann,
Below is the website for the stormwater consultant that MH used (at least on my build).
His website is very useful.
http://www.stormwater.net.au/OSD.htm
I was even corresponding with him…

Sunny,
The water proofing is just for the ground floor over the concrete to stop any moisture coming up from the concrete slab into your floor and warping.
Most people just use…

S & W,
I am surprised you have such a large variance in the floor price. Are you sure they are all quoting the same thing. Remember for a timber floor…

Pipphen,
The final price can vary a lot from the base price depending on a lot of factors. In our case Masterton included all the possible options in our first tender,…

We just upgraded the showers to hand held with mixers. Other than that all standard.
I will probably change to half-turn type taps myself later. They are cheaper on the internet…

S&W,
Congrats. Make sure you keep track of the progress through council on the Warringah website.
Especially look at the documents added during the notification period to see if there are any…

My windows / doors are definitely Bradnam's and only recently delivered, but it does make sense that they have multiple suppliers so that they can always play one off against…

Sunny,
Masterton use Bradnams for all their windows / sliding doors / bi-folds etc.
So just go to the website http://www.bradnams.com.au and look at their standard range.
Chris

Yes I think the "Cafe Style" window which is a bi-fold the same as in the display home was an extra 3.5K.
My misses wanted that to but I won that…