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8 years8 yearsnathanc01nathanc01 posted:
Building the Simonds Palisade in Springwood SA

Hey neighbour! Good to hear the build is on its way and that you were able to find a great design.

9 years9 yearsnathanc01nathanc01 posted:
Building the Simonds Avalon in the Springwood Estate, SA

So it has been several months since the last update. Nothing much has changed. The build hasnt started and we are trying to push the build back until my wife…

9 years9 yearsnathanc01nathanc01 posted:
Building the Simonds Avalon in the Springwood Estate, SA

So latest update
We had our final contract signing yesterday. Took about 50minutes and was pretty stress-free. Unfortunately there were a few surprises we werent expecting. First, was the 2% deposit…

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9 years9 yearsnathanc01nathanc01 posted:
Building the Simonds Avalon in the Springwood Estate, SA

I swear thats my leg and knee in the bottom picture haha

9 years9 yearsnathanc01nathanc01 posted:
Building the Simonds Avalon in the Springwood Estate, SA

Ok so i eventually found our selections but must say the lighting i have here does it no justice whatsoever but i will put these up anyway with a brief…

9 years9 yearsnathanc01nathanc01 posted:
Building the Simonds Avalon in the Springwood Estate, SA

Hahaha yeah TomCat some great points there. You wont be disappointed with your trip to Melbourne. I would like to know if you have a similar experience to my wife…

9 years9 yearsnathanc01nathanc01 posted:
Building the Simonds Avalon in the Springwood Estate, SA

Ok so i am not sure why but im having a hard time remembering where i placed these damn elusive samples. I do have some pictures of the layout on…

9 years9 yearsnathanc01nathanc01 posted:
Building the Simonds Avalon in the Springwood Estate, SA

We were undecided with the Harcrest and the Avalon, my wife liked the Harcrest more and i was leaning towards the Avalon. I just liked the layout a bit more,…

9 years9 yearsnathanc01nathanc01 posted:
Building the Simonds Avalon in the Springwood Estate, SA

Still getting all the samples together but figured i'd go into a little bit of detail
Firstly, it wasnt as daunting as i thought it would be. Patricia did say that…

9 years9 yearsnathanc01nathanc01 posted:
Building the Simonds Avalon in the Springwood Estate, SA

I did end up finding the Simonds builds in Blakes Crossing, strangely enough we drove passed them down the next street numerous times before even clicking that they had Simonds…

9 years9 yearsnathanc01nathanc01 posted:
Building the Simonds Avalon in the Springwood Estate, SA

Ok, so it has been quite a while since the last update because not much has really happened since the closure over Xmas break.....until now
Monday just gone we had our…

9 years9 yearsnathanc01nathanc01 posted:
Building the Simonds Avalon in the Springwood Estate, SA

Hey TomCat whereabouts is the slab for the Avalon in Blakes Crossing?? Haydn told my wife and I that they would be slabbing it early this month and that it…

9 years9 yearsnathanc01nathanc01 posted:
Building the Simonds Avalon in the Springwood Estate, SA

Congratulations :: Yes our appointment went well today. We went in and signed off on our draft plans and Sales Estimate. We will be paying…

9 years9 yearsnathanc01nathanc01 posted:
Building the Simonds Avalon in the Springwood Estate, SA

Latest update.
Have a meeting with our broker Wednesday evening. Will present him with our construction cost and then brainstorm ideas with him to move this process along. We wont rush…

9 years9 yearsnathanc01nathanc01 posted:
Building the Simonds Avalon in the Springwood Estate, SA

Is your block fairly narrow? Ours is 15m wide i think i just automatically assumed everyones would be close to lol

9 years9 yearsnathanc01nathanc01 posted:
Building the Simonds Avalon in the Springwood Estate, SA

There is a Palisade almost completed to the rear of my block, small world it happens to be one of my good mates sister and her other half. They are…

9 years9 yearsnathanc01nathanc01 posted:
Building the Simonds Avalon in the Springwood Estate, SA

The latest changes we made were
We originally had raised ceilings to both ground and first floors but removed the raised ceiling to the first floor. We found out the display…

10 years10 yearsnathanc01nathanc01 posted:
Building the Simonds Avalon in the Springwood Estate, SA

Latest
Had a recap catch up with Haydn this evening. Had another constructive appointment and managed to make a few changes (for the better) and even save some more coin. Its…

10 years10 yearsnathanc01nathanc01 posted:
Building the Simonds Avalon in the Springwood Estate, SA

Have you considered the Sierra design thats on display at Blakeview. Everytime i walk through it it always reminds me of the Palisade with the raised ceiling and the rumpus…

10 years10 yearsnathanc01nathanc01 posted:
Building the Simonds Avalon in the Springwood Estate, SA

Yeah so were we. Clyde North really left a bad taste in our mouths and we knew if we didn't get to the other Avalon display that day we'd be…

10 years10 yearsnathanc01nathanc01 posted:
Building the Simonds Avalon in the Springwood Estate, SA

The Clyde North one is the one which was predominately white with a splash of colours. The kitchen/living areas in that one were definitely cramped. It was actually so offputting…

10 years10 yearsnathanc01nathanc01 posted:
Building the Simonds Avalon in the Springwood Estate, SA

Ok so i just got back from our trip to Melbourne and lets just say the trip was very....informative to say the least.
So, we planned on hitting up Clyde North…

10 years10 yearsnathanc01nathanc01 posted:
Building the Simonds Avalon in the Springwood Estate, SA

Is Clyde North easy to get to from the CBD? We have a rental car booked and are staying just off the freeway on Flinders St.
With our design, we…

10 years10 yearsnathanc01nathanc01 posted:
Building the Simonds Avalon in the Springwood Estate, SA

Hey TomCat
Yes Melbourne is very much happening. It is all booked and my wife and I are heading over there at the start of next week to have a look…

10 years10 yearsnathanc01nathanc01 posted:
Building the Simonds Avalon in the Springwood Estate, SA

My brother who built with MainVue built in Blakes Crossing and he wasn't allowed to build on both boundaries. I'm not sure of the reasoning behind this, but he had…

10 years10 yearsnathanc01nathanc01 posted:
Building the Simonds Avalon in the Springwood Estate, SA

Yeah Haydn mentioned the Avalon being built there, he also gave us a look at the final plans for the build too. It'll be a very nice house. My wife…

10 years10 yearsnathanc01nathanc01 posted:
Is anyone else building the Simonds Valencia home?

Hey if you dont mind me asking what were those upgrades worth. I have been looking at some different floorplans and do quite like the Valencia

10 years10 yearsnathanc01nathanc01 posted:
Building the Simonds Avalon in the Springwood Estate, SA

Another constructive meeting with Haydn. We're still fine tuning all the details to find the right price. I believe we are very very close to this. Structurally we are set…

10 years10 yearsnathanc01nathanc01 posted:
Building the Simonds Avalon in the Springwood Estate, SA

Speaking of how small the world appears
The Simonds house being built behind our block actually belongs to the sister of one of my mates. Seems to be quite a few…

10 years10 yearsnathanc01nathanc01 posted:
Slabbed, Framed & Near Lockup (Simonds Avalon) Pics & Video

Loving the photos, it's making me excited for when i start my build. Its all coming up a treat so far and am continuing to follow this thread

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