Vic Builders/House Designers

[doxximus]

What are some companies for house design? I am gearing up to start building a house for myself on the farm and need some ideas

thankyou

[Mr. Oizo]

What kind of house?

If you want Modern/Contemporary I can give you lots of companies.

What kind are you after, a mass production company, or separate Architect and separate Builder?

[ferni]

sorry to hijack, I'm looking at building atm too, any tips on good quality companies, and what to look/go for would be apprecated

[meggala]

our house was built by metricon great product and they offer a great guarantee which they honor. worth a look btw doxx conrats so when are you building the track

[INASNT]

dox

do you want to design ur own house? If so i know alot of drafties that you can work with to come up with a design.

If you go with someone like Metricon you have to go with one of their designs and if ya wanna change anything they bitch and moan about it

[doxximus]

yeah most likely design my own, looking toward more of a federation style, im not really into the modern (thanks anyway dark ) i know a few builders through work but just forgot names. and yes its true what you say about going through someone like metricon, they dont like their shit changed hahaha

who are some designers you know?

[INASNT]

They charge like $45/hour for design work so you need to have a rough idea wha you want or else it will cost ya lots of $$

[doxximus]

lol well atm we are looking at

http://www.countrylanehomes.com.au/pages/homepage.html

the provincial style home would be awesome and seeing as we have the land already we can work out what we want to spend on the house alone

[ferni]

That house looks similar to my neighbours house.

[A31_Cefiro]

From my previous experience don't build a house with Burbank.

[meshmesh]

Dox,

You're in the trade, why don't you just do it Owner Builder? Get an idea of the house you like, take your ideas to an Draftsman/ Architect (I know a gun but he charges a little more than others we use) and do the rest yourself. Dunno where the property is and what you plan on doing, but it should be just a matter of getting a building permit and not advertising. Your drawings, architecturals, working drawings etc should be around the 7-10K. If you need help, subies, materials, appliances, timber whatever let me know.

With all due respect to those living in Spec Homes by major building companies, if your after quality I would avoid a spec home. Most of these companies have the highest warranty claims.

[doxximus]

yeah gonna do owner builder of course, just need designer and stuff. that link i posted before is what i wanna go for in style but in brick.

thanks for the offer as well man

well we have a 106acre farm, so im going to utilise some small space at the front and fence off a small area for myself. rest assured there will be a room to put all my drum equipment in with suond proofing

and yeah we are going to look into a permit to see if we can actually build a house there.

what do you mean by "not advertising?"

[meshmesh]

well we have a 106acre farm

Geez, that won't leave you much room for a decent backyard

what do you mean by "not advertising?"

Unless you go outside the res code / council requirements, you wont need to advertise and have neighbouring properties object to your plans. Advertising is usually the case if you plan to sub divide or build multiple dwellings on a particular lot.

Whereabouts is the farm?

[hwystar]

hi there

well im applying for my builders license to build and i think i can have it 4-5weeks from now. i have been in the construction industry for 6yrs building lots of high rised buildings in the city, actually to be precise, i worked for caelli construction and you can see our company advert on most cranes in the city. anyway, im getting into the building industry and i have a lot of trades people who can build your home for you, i also know architectures and drafters who can draft up your idea of an ideal home. im a civil engineer by trade and i have heaps of engineers who can design what you want, maybe you wanna contact me?

[email protected]

p.s. maybe i can help some of my fellow skyline owners in Vic to start off!