Thread: South Australian New House Build

I was always going to build a house in Thailand, however circumstances changed and I have decided to build a new house in South Australia.
I thought it would be interesting to show an Australian build on Teak Door - there are many experts here who may be interested in the Ozzie style build
Build started last month - Lake front home, Alfresco area looks onto lake. I will post pics of progress when I get time - any comments please feel free to fire away.

Iceman... A cold, chilly, blast from the past!

Good luck with the build. Looking forward to seeing the progress.

the lift looks cool

why are you wasting the space between bed 3 and 4 - space for cobwebs ?

Originally Posted by baldrick

the lift looks cool

why are you wasting the space between bed 3 and 4 - space for cobwebs ?

Purely for aesthetics, the entrance will be a feature and the ballustrade overlooking the void should look good - ceilings downstairs are 3.3m upstairs 3m so lots of height.
The house is over 600sqm so lots of space, not at a premium for my little family of wife and stepson.

Originally Posted by baldrick

the lift looks cool

Sterling Moss fell down his!

Looking forward to the pics. Welcome back, Iceman.

Originally Posted by Neverna

Looking forward to the pics. Welcome back, Iceman.

Amen.

I bought an existing house which was demolished for the new build
First Pic is mid November 2019 just completing demo
2nd Pic is 3 days later with site levelled

I like the idea of a wine room / rack.

I am definitely not a wine snob, however I have a fairly decent collection of wine including every bottle of Penfolds Grange from 1966 to 2001. I started collecting it near on 20 years ago.
The wine is kept in a temperature controlled wine storage facility. - I dont even get to look at it - waste of bloody money for the storage. I tried a bottle a few years ago and was seriously underwhelmed, glad I didn't get the taste for it!! It has however increased significantly in price since I bought it. My intention is to sell it to a serious collector in the very near future.
My plan with the wine room in the house is only to keep wine I will drink, definitely at the cheaper end of the scale.

I've recently discovered a love of wine but only collect empties after I've drunk a bottle.

Only reds but as whites make me ill and I know precisely nothing about wine other than I like some and not others.

You're spoiled for choice in Aust though, plenty of cheap and good wines.

Welcome back. Looking forward to the build.

Originally Posted by Iceman123

Penfolds Grange from 1966 to 2001

If it's the Hermitage you shouldn't have any reason to dislike it

Hey long time no speak

the wine is all hermitage - penfolds removed the Hermitage moniker a few years ago and now known as Penfolds Grange.

trust me even after double decanting the 73 and 85 I just did not get it!

not a big Shiraz fan - cab sav from the Coonawarra- hard to go wrong - and cheap as chips- there’s a good Scotsman for you,

Originally Posted by Iceman123

the wine is all hermitage - penfolds removed the Hermitage moniker a few years ago and now known as Penfolds Grange.

trust me even after double decanting the 73 and 85 I just did not get it!

not a big Shiraz fan - cab sav from the Coonawarra- hard to go wrong - and cheap as chips- there’s a good Scotsman for you,

I've tasted Grange before but it's wasted. Like pretty much everyone, I can tell a good wine from cheap plonk but can't pick much difference between a good wine and a really good one that costs a motza. Speaking of which, they have Grange at Foodland for anyone interested in giving it a shot

Hi and good luck with the build.

Any idea of the costings / timescale yet (or is that a secret)!?

Am looking forward to seeing the progress pictures...

Originally Posted by Thai Dhupp

Hi and good luck with the build.

Any idea of the costings / timescale yet (or is that a secret)!?

Am looking forward to seeing the progress pictures...

No secrets here

Land cost was A$1,215,000 inc stamp duty.

Build cost is just shy of A$2500 per sqm. The build cost is high due to the specs - 4-5 person elevator - window double glazing spec - 20kw solar system - Gaggenau appliances etc.

Most builds put 2 houses on these blocks as I am only putting one larger house, I have no doubt over capitalised, however I have no intention of selling therefore not too concerned.

Timescale - handover is scheduled for late September to early October.

Originally Posted by Iceman123

No secrets here

Land cost was A$1,215,000 inc stamp duty.

Build cost is just shy of A$2500 per sqm. The build cost is high due to the specs - 4-5 person elevator - window double glazing spec - 20kw solar system - Gaggenau appliances etc.

Most builds put 2 houses on these blocks as I am only putting one larger house, I have no doubt over capitalised, however I have no intention of selling therefore not too concerned.

Timescale - handover is scheduled for late September to early October.

so in total I make that about 50 million baht.

Originally Posted by parryhandy

so in total I make that about 50 million baht.

Yes, pretty accurate I would say.



Up to 21st Dec below
Elevator shaft


Street to lakeside

I should have posted these earlier house was finished in Jan 21

Yeah. Love to see a House build thread.

Welcome back

Originally Posted by Iceman123

however I have a fairly decent collection of wine including every bottle of Penfolds Grange from 1966 to 2001. I started collecting it near on 20 years ago.

I did that with Tequila. I have some quite rare ones. I had amassed nearly 130+ bottles at one point then auctioned a few off and made a nice bit of cash for really doing nothing. I also started to drink quite a few figuring why not enjoy it. I will crack a rare old one on my next Birthday. I know here in Thailand I will never find a good Tequila.

Originally Posted by Iceman123

I bought an existing house which was demolished for the new build

westlakes ?

Originally Posted by baldrick

westlakes ?

spot on - Delphin
island -

Originally Posted by Iceman123

20kw solar system

how many amp hours of battery will you have and what room will you house them in ?

will you use the study as a server room and run cat6e from there to outlets in each room ? the new AMD chips make it easy to have one PC running VMs for each service you want in the house

and will you run cat6e to each point you will have a security camera ? I highly recommend wiring your cams rather than wifi and powering the cameras with Power over Ethernet with a UPS powering the PoE switch