Marcoola32 posted:Vinyl planks? (timber look floors)
We used the Allure Loc floors in our new house - we had handover about 3 weeks ago and my husband layed the planks himself. PM me if you…
Marcoola32 posted:Show me your kitchen...
One of the most amazing kitchens I have ever seen Gogo - absolutely love it!
Em
Marcoola32 posted:Home Budget
This is a pretty broad question but I'll attempt an answer, it also depends on your supplier and location too.
We are a couple, going to be living in a 32sq…
Marcoola32 posted:Granite colour with Gloss White kitchen cupboards
We are having indian jet black granite with white gloss cupboards and a red glass tile splashback. I know black & white is typical but we really wanted the…
Marcoola32 posted:Rocketship's build...
The green door looks amazing - really sets off the black and white, it was the perfect choice! I checked out that Pinterest link re my splashback tiles and…
Marcoola32 posted:Rocketship's build...
Just had a quick flick through your thread as best I can on my phone, it all looks so great! I see we do have the same feature tile, the…
Marcoola32 posted:Show me your kitchen...
TamK - absolutely love it! I'm a bit biased though as I've got gloss white cupboards and black granite for our kitchen - benchtops are going in next week…
Marcoola32 posted:Flooring after handover - skirting boards before tiling?
I don't disagree with you Lex but in our case we have to leave a minimum 8mm expansion joint around the external edges of our floors and given our humid…
Marcoola32 posted:Flooring after handover - skirting boards before tiling?
We are having our floors ladi after handover and we have just arranged with our builder to have the skirting boards painted and 'tacked on' so we can easily pull…
Marcoola32 posted:First Home Owners Grant and Construction Loan
NICOLE1983 - if you look on the Victorian State Revenue Office website it tells you - click on the link below.
http://www.sro.vic.gov.au/sro/SROnav.nsf/LinkView/40AD2986FAFEEF8ACA2575CB000109318024A4ADFB9DAED9CA2575A1004420DC
Marcoola32 posted:tender taking a long time.
Ours was about 5 weeks but they stuffed up a heap in the first tender and we wanted to go to contract stage to received building boost (which ended up…
Marcoola32 posted:laminex Diamondgloss on cabinet doors
Yes I too believe that Diamond Gloss is for benchtops only. We selected the Silk Finish in cabinetry which is similar to the Diamond Gloss but for cabinetry panels,…
Marcoola32 posted:How wide r your kitchen drawers?
Ours are 900 wide, we only really went that size because we had 2700mm to work with and figured chopping that in 3 worked well. We'll see once our…
Marcoola32 posted:Building a Beautiful modified Coral Home.
Hi Jen!
Welcome to the forum - I'm rather new around here too but have found it very helpful so far. We're building with Coral in Brisbane and have been…
Marcoola32 posted:Builder won't allow ducted vac system to be installed ...
Our builder wanted to charge close to $2,500 for a ducted vacuum system that was quite a standard system when we knew we could get a better quality and spec…
Marcoola32 posted:suggestions for builder gold coast
We have had only good experiences with C0r@l Homes so far. Our site start is tomorrow so we will be able to assess their construction abilities soon I guess!
They…
Marcoola32 posted:Home Building Blogs
We are also building a slightly modified Marcoola 32 with Coral Homes in Brisbane's eastern suburbs. Site cut is next Friday ... yippee!
http://www.marcoola32.blogspot.com.au
Marcoola32 posted:Fencing Contractor Reccomendations Brisbane?
My father in law is a powder coater for a garage door company and a fencing company (Global Fencing) at Gumdale (Brisbane East). I'm pretty sure they do timber…
Marcoola32 posted:Confused about allowances and bank loans
Hi Silvergum
We have recently had a similar experience - If you read the post in the Finance forum titled 'Quotes required for mortgage on a new build' you will see…
Marcoola32 posted:Coral Builders come on in for a chat!
Hi Jess - I have read your first Coral blog so many times over it's not funny - It's nice to see how it all works and comes together while…
Marcoola32 posted:Quotes required for mortgage on a new build?
You're more than welcome, glad I could help! Within 10 minutes of me posting that yesterday our broker called and said Bankwest wanted quotes for fencing and window coverings…
Marcoola32 posted:Quotes required for mortgage on a new build?
We too have our construction loan through Bankwest. Our broker told us that we had to get quotes for a minimum of turf, driveway and floor coverings as Bankwest…
Marcoola32 posted:Cost of upgrading the Facade
Hi jpc
We have opted to upgrade our facade ... at a cost of $29,900! It will take it from a very standard boring facade to a skillion roof /…
Marcoola32 posted:Maddan's New House! Coral Marcoola (Modified)
Hi Maddan
I must say I was really excited when I looked at your plan and realised it was a sort of Marcoola (I kept looking thinking yes it is the…
Marcoola32 posted:Advice wanted Granite or Caesarstone?
Hi springtime,
We hadn't even considered granite and when our sales consultant bought it up we thought no way it will cost a fortune. When she looked it up in…
Marcoola32 posted:Advice wanted Granite or Caesarstone?
We too were tossing up whether to go granite or caesarstone. We wanted black and hadn't even thought of going granite. In the end our sales consultant knew…
Marcoola32 posted:Height and depth of shower niches
Hi gogo,
Ours too will be 1200mm from the floor level. Our ensuite niche will run the entire length of our shower (approx. 1400mm) and is 300mm high and 75mm…
Marcoola32 posted:H class slab costs
Hi there
We are building with Coral Homes in Brisbane. Our site classification is P with H Class properties. We do need piering thought I'm not sure exactly how…
Marcoola32 posted:Changing Jobs while applying for home loans
Hello. I too am late at replying to this but have been in a similar situation. My husband and I currently have a land loan through Bankwest and…
Marcoola32 posted:Coral Builders come on in for a chat!
Hi all.
My husband and I are currently waiting on our tender from Coral Homes. We are building the Marcoola 32 (slightly modified for our needs) plan in the eastern…
