PORTER DAVIS CAMBERWELL 29
Last Wednesday we had our final contract signing. It took about 3 hours, but was great for getting a bucket load of info.
As the plans were all drawn up for final checking we found a few alterations that had happened at the drafters discretion that we hadn't asked for, so it was a good thing we could go over everything like a scene from CSI.
We were pleasantly surprised to find that the Bi-fold doors that were an upgrade with the package we got, were actually added onto our family area. We had thought that they would replace the standard sliding door off the meals area, but it turns out that we could have the sliding door off the meals 'as well as' the bi-fold doors. Meaning that our whole living area could be opened up on a nice day or if we had a party!
As we only found out about this at the contract appointment, we opted to keep things as we thought they were; but after having a night to think about it, we both decided having 2 doors would be a better option that would give us more flexible living space.
So where you see the couch in the family room, will now have bi-fold doors across that wall!
We also had to check door openings, a couple were opening the wrong way, and on the draft they gave us, the garage internal door was opening into the foyer. We have asked for an internal door to open into the mud room(off the laundry).
Overall we were very happy with our final plans, a few changes had to be made but generally all is looking good. We are now on the home run to our house being started.
Very exciting!
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Hi, we're building the Camberwell too but aren't as far along the process as you, it's really helpful to read about the steps ahead. Can you post a picture of your drawings so that I can get an idea of what you've changed?
Looking forward to hearing more about your experiences!
Hi!
I will see what i can do.
stay posted.
thanks for reading!
Cathy
We are building a Camberwell 29 and signed our contract last Tuesday.
How have you found the process so far??
Hi Informal foodie + Mint music,
That's great, we must be about the same way along as you.
The process has been great so far, lots of decisions to make, so we're glad that part is mostly over.
How have you found it?
Our tile appointment was a bit of a disaster. Our scheduled consultant was ill and the person filling in was hopeless.. Luckily we had a pretty good idea of what we wanted. everything else has been pretty good so far. The decision making was made more difficult then necessary due to lack of pricing info at the times we were signing upgrades etc.. but we finally got there.
We are about to have our block cleared. We are demolishing an existing 1940's home. Then getting underground power put in the nature strip and then we are ready to go. Build starts in Jan... Can't wait for it to start!
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