| Greenhill Water Tanks and Transfer Mains Construction is underway at the top of Green Hill installing two large water-tanks to ensure that the township will have an adequate, independent water supply into the future. Each tank will hold over one million litres of water and will be used for Class A recycled water and potable drinking water. The project is expected to be completed late February 2012. |
| Stage Construction Stage 3 – Landscape works are almost completed with waterway areas very advanced Stage 9 – Civil works are tracking well. Titles expected April/May 2012 Stage 10 – Work is ahead of the program. Titles expected April/May 2012 Stage 4A1 – Construction will start this month. Titles expected June/July 2012 Stage 11A1 – Stage 11A1will commence this month. Titles expected June/July 2012 Stage 7C – Civil works will also begin this month. Titles expected May 2012 |
Thursday, January 12, 2012
Eynesbury Construction Update
We got an email today with the following bits of information in it. We are hoping that we are the Stage 11A1. It means that we just MIGHT get our house before Christmas!
Tuesday, January 10, 2012
Floor Plans
So I'm sure some of you would like to see our design. So I scanned it in (removed private info) and here it is.
Lot 11010 Scanned plans
Those interested in ideas for kitchen/WIR/bathroom ideas may get some inspiration. We put quite a bit of thought into each.
For example:
The oven was moved to the tower to put it at a better height to see inside (saves bending down). Also the Microwave will sit at pretty much our eye level so we can see it easily, and keep it safe from kids. We've added double pull out bins to where the microwave used to be.
We've also taken to adding twin "spice rack" vertical drawers either side of the cooktop.
The en suite has a double shower with 600mm niche. Instead of just a large mirror, we've added mirrored cabinets. The WIR had the height of the rails raised to allow for the middle twin rail area. We also put in drawers with adjustable shelves - shelves in all other bedrooms.
Post any questions and I'll answer them as best I can.
Lot 11010 Scanned plans
Those interested in ideas for kitchen/WIR/bathroom ideas may get some inspiration. We put quite a bit of thought into each.
For example:
The oven was moved to the tower to put it at a better height to see inside (saves bending down). Also the Microwave will sit at pretty much our eye level so we can see it easily, and keep it safe from kids. We've added double pull out bins to where the microwave used to be.
We've also taken to adding twin "spice rack" vertical drawers either side of the cooktop.
The en suite has a double shower with 600mm niche. Instead of just a large mirror, we've added mirrored cabinets. The WIR had the height of the rails raised to allow for the middle twin rail area. We also put in drawers with adjustable shelves - shelves in all other bedrooms.
Post any questions and I'll answer them as best I can.
Saturday, December 31, 2011
The long wait...
Happy New Year to everyone! I hope you had a blessed Christmas with family and friends and had a relaxing time.
Just before Christmas we received conditional approval for our house plans from Eynesbury. This means that our house is approved, but we need to submit both landscaping and fencing plans in the next few months. So we'll be off to the Eynesbury nursery to speak to the people that know what plants we can use and give us plant advice - not design advice, because we've been told that's not what they do, and we didn't expect that. But just an FYI.
So now we wait until the land titles. We went out there this last week and Stage 9's infrastructure is starting to take shape, but it's a long way off being done. There is one sign that points in the general direction of where Stage 11 will oneday be. But for now, it exists purely on paper.
Will post again when I've had a chance to copy our floor plans and remove some of the info off it (like job number, names, etc.)
Just before Christmas we received conditional approval for our house plans from Eynesbury. This means that our house is approved, but we need to submit both landscaping and fencing plans in the next few months. So we'll be off to the Eynesbury nursery to speak to the people that know what plants we can use and give us plant advice - not design advice, because we've been told that's not what they do, and we didn't expect that. But just an FYI.
So now we wait until the land titles. We went out there this last week and Stage 9's infrastructure is starting to take shape, but it's a long way off being done. There is one sign that points in the general direction of where Stage 11 will oneday be. But for now, it exists purely on paper.
Will post again when I've had a chance to copy our floor plans and remove some of the info off it (like job number, names, etc.)
Monday, October 10, 2011
Contract Signed
Well, it's been almost a month since our last post. The last few weeks have really been about us bedding down our colours, and the final changes - particularly to the kitchen.
Today we went in, did our electrical with a very helpful guy that gave us good input and helped us decide on a number of things - one of which is to have 2 extractors in the en suite - a concern we had with have a "cave-like" WIR near the double shower.
The only remaining item is the wiring of the theatre room, which we will arrange closer to the land title time so that we get a better view of what options are available at that time.
The floor plans needed one or two minor fixes, after which I will post the whole floorplan here, along with elevations for everyone to peruse.
Oh... the bricks... Homestead Tan... Category 2... no extra cost to us... after all that...
Or tender lady has been amazing, she's helped us with our kitchen design so much, and as a mother herself has given us great input into a family home.
So, the contract is now signed (will be going over it closely tomorrow) and now we just have to wait a FEW months...
Today we went in, did our electrical with a very helpful guy that gave us good input and helped us decide on a number of things - one of which is to have 2 extractors in the en suite - a concern we had with have a "cave-like" WIR near the double shower.
The only remaining item is the wiring of the theatre room, which we will arrange closer to the land title time so that we get a better view of what options are available at that time.
The floor plans needed one or two minor fixes, after which I will post the whole floorplan here, along with elevations for everyone to peruse.
Oh... the bricks... Homestead Tan... Category 2... no extra cost to us... after all that...
Or tender lady has been amazing, she's helped us with our kitchen design so much, and as a mother herself has given us great input into a family home.
So, the contract is now signed (will be going over it closely tomorrow) and now we just have to wait a FEW months...
Wednesday, September 14, 2011
Tender
Wow... what an experience.
As we were on our way to UEH, I got a phone call, but as I was driving, and my mobile was in my pocket, I let it ring out. Got to UEH and the voicemail was from them saying they were running late with the previous appointment. So we sat for a while. Then got shown a number of documents by someone else - to fill the time - and after 45 minutes we went through to see someone different.
Turns out this wonderfully helpful lady was the operations manager, and she was from Johannesburg too! Not only that, but she lives in Eynesbury herself! Well, that got the after off on a great footing. We got to see our consultant, and shame, she'd had a hectic day, but she was terrific. She answered 99% of our questions, gave us personal input - she has small kids too - and was so amazingly helpful. And even though we left after 16H30, we were in a lot better mood than when we arrived. I cannot say how much of a difference spending an afternoon with this lady has made.
So...the Tender is 90% done. We're waiting on the costing of the laminate flooring, and of a few other things. All of which we should receive before the end of the week. At which point, we'll take a week to completely finalise our outstanding choices and settle down for the wait.
Still no concrete info on the bricks though...but that'll come tomorrow...we're hoping our first choice isn't an upgrade...but we'll have to wait and see.
It was really amazing to see our house plans drawn up properly with all our alterations... sooo cool. We've got to work out what to do with the kitchen pot drawerns, because 48cm drawers just seem a tad too small to me... so...thinking cap on and off to the Home One forums!
As we were on our way to UEH, I got a phone call, but as I was driving, and my mobile was in my pocket, I let it ring out. Got to UEH and the voicemail was from them saying they were running late with the previous appointment. So we sat for a while. Then got shown a number of documents by someone else - to fill the time - and after 45 minutes we went through to see someone different.
Turns out this wonderfully helpful lady was the operations manager, and she was from Johannesburg too! Not only that, but she lives in Eynesbury herself! Well, that got the after off on a great footing. We got to see our consultant, and shame, she'd had a hectic day, but she was terrific. She answered 99% of our questions, gave us personal input - she has small kids too - and was so amazingly helpful. And even though we left after 16H30, we were in a lot better mood than when we arrived. I cannot say how much of a difference spending an afternoon with this lady has made.
So...the Tender is 90% done. We're waiting on the costing of the laminate flooring, and of a few other things. All of which we should receive before the end of the week. At which point, we'll take a week to completely finalise our outstanding choices and settle down for the wait.
Still no concrete info on the bricks though...but that'll come tomorrow...we're hoping our first choice isn't an upgrade...but we'll have to wait and see.
It was really amazing to see our house plans drawn up properly with all our alterations... sooo cool. We've got to work out what to do with the kitchen pot drawerns, because 48cm drawers just seem a tad too small to me... so...thinking cap on and off to the Home One forums!
Monday, September 5, 2011
And then there were 3.
And so, as per UEH's instructions, we have narrowed our list down to 3 possible bricks. Boral's Escura Flame Red, Boral's Elan Labassa, and Austral's Homestead Tan.
During our drive through Eynesbury, we noted so many different colours of bricks that it still puzzles us as to why there is even a list. Oh well... let's see what those 3 brick types may cost us.
During our drive through Eynesbury, we noted so many different colours of bricks that it still puzzles us as to why there is even a list. Oh well... let's see what those 3 brick types may cost us.
Friday, September 2, 2011
Bricks, the saga continues
If you recall, we're new to building a house in Australia, so we don't know much about the process. So it's easy for us to get frustrated and confused. We started off thinking we had many bricks to pick from and really, since the rug was whipped out from under us, we've yet to recover our footing.
We're not pointing fingers. This is the process of building in Eynesbury. Just... people buying land and planning to build there, need to be given the below list of bricks right at the start. Just like we're given the list of plant and fencing restrictions/requirements, so too should the bricks be included. Even then, with a limited number of builders, the builders either do not enquire often enough, or the updated list is not circulated by Eynesbury. So the list below that was sent to us by Urban Edge isn't the most recent - we got that from Eynesbury ourselves, but it does cover 90%+ of the bricks.
And to add to the confusion, because those bricks are not in the "Colour Book" we were given at the start, we had no idea what category many of the Eynesbury bricks fell into, and when categories can differ by thousands of dollars, it matters. Then we're told that bricks in the same range, are actually different prices, often 2 or more categories apart. Then you get an unhelpful salesman at a Boral display area that simply wouldn't give my wife any sort of pricing to be able to at least compare - yes, just the price you sell to the man-in-the-street, not a builder's "account price". And then there are the terms. Standard/Upgrade vs Category. Is Standard the same as Category 1 or 2? Is the Upgrade the same as Category 3? 4? 5?!
I'm sure the ladies at Urban Edge are as frustrated as we are, and they are being as helpful as they can. Had the list been given to us right at the start, we wouldn't be chasing our tails right now. So tomorrow its off to look at more bricks at the display centers. Hopefully come Monday, we'll have a resolution and we can move on to the next item(s). :)
And here's the list:
We're not pointing fingers. This is the process of building in Eynesbury. Just... people buying land and planning to build there, need to be given the below list of bricks right at the start. Just like we're given the list of plant and fencing restrictions/requirements, so too should the bricks be included. Even then, with a limited number of builders, the builders either do not enquire often enough, or the updated list is not circulated by Eynesbury. So the list below that was sent to us by Urban Edge isn't the most recent - we got that from Eynesbury ourselves, but it does cover 90%+ of the bricks.
And to add to the confusion, because those bricks are not in the "Colour Book" we were given at the start, we had no idea what category many of the Eynesbury bricks fell into, and when categories can differ by thousands of dollars, it matters. Then we're told that bricks in the same range, are actually different prices, often 2 or more categories apart. Then you get an unhelpful salesman at a Boral display area that simply wouldn't give my wife any sort of pricing to be able to at least compare - yes, just the price you sell to the man-in-the-street, not a builder's "account price". And then there are the terms. Standard/Upgrade vs Category. Is Standard the same as Category 1 or 2? Is the Upgrade the same as Category 3? 4? 5?!
I'm sure the ladies at Urban Edge are as frustrated as we are, and they are being as helpful as they can. Had the list been given to us right at the start, we wouldn't be chasing our tails right now. So tomorrow its off to look at more bricks at the display centers. Hopefully come Monday, we'll have a resolution and we can move on to the next item(s). :)
And here's the list:
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