19-09-17 Pool electrics and equipment installed
13-09-17 Pool & alfresco pavers laid
11-09-17 Pool pavers screed laid
08-09-17 Pool surround pavers and equipment slab concrete laid
23-08-17 Pool coping and tiling finished
10-07-17 Pool concreted
27-06-17 Steel work
22-06-17 Pool excavated
21-06-17 Pool peg out
13-03-17 Pool contract signed
24-03-16 Maintenance Inspection
17-03-16 Landscaping phase 1 started
10-03-16 13 week Maintenance Issues List submitted
05-01-16 Driveway sealant redone – again
28-01-16 Driveway sealant re-done
20-01-16 Driveway spray coated & sealed
11-12-15 Handover
03-12-15 NBN
01-12-15 PCI
27-11-15 Fly screens & doors in
27-11-15 Driveway saw cut
26-11-15 Carpet fitted
26-11-15 Driveway poured
25-11-15 Rain garden corrected
23-11-15 Driveway formwork
18-11-15 House clean
14-11-15 Cooker Hood fitted
14-11-15 Door furniture & bathroom fittings
13-11-15 Air con
11-11-15 Painters back to finish
09-11-15 Walls made good
07-11-15 Glass splashback fitted
05-11-15 Master robe, WIP & Cloak fit out
04-11-15 Tilers finish main floor
02-11-15 Tilers start main floor
30-10-15 Shower screens & mirrors fitted
20-10-15 Baths, toilets, taps & shower rails installed
19-10-15 Main floor tiles delivered
16-10-15 Rain Tank installed
16-10-15 Electrical fit off
14-10-15 Store, linen, Bed 2, Bed 3 & 4 WIR wire shelf fit outs
09-10-15 Acid wash bricks
08-10-15 Tilers back for wet areas
29-09-15 Benchtops in, sinks and basins in
25-09-15 Painting starts
19-09-15 Tiler starts wet areas
18-09-15 All wet area cabinetry in
18-09-15 Waterproof inspection passed
17-09-15 Gas connected & tiles delivered
14-09-15 Kitchen & Butler’s in
14-09-15 Waterproofing
11-09-15 Cabinetry delivered
08-09-15 Doors on & Lock out
07-09-15 Garage door
04-09-15 Staircase
03-09-15 Cornice
01-09-15 Progress Payment 20% Commencement of Linings
26-08-15 Gyprock
25-08-15 Lower eaves completed
20-08-15 Independent pre-lining inspection
18-08-15 Insulation
17-08-15 Gas fireplace fitted
15-08-15 Lower downpipes fitted
14-08-15 Electrical rough in
12-08-15 Air Con
12-08-15 Lower roof Colorbond
01-08-15 Lower roof fascia & guttering
29-07-15 Scaffolding removal & re-erected for Alfresco roof
24-07-15 Wisdom Landscaping meeting on site
09-07-15 Progress Payment 20% Bricks
07-07-15 Acid wash first floor bricks
02-07-15 Colorbond main roof on
25-06-15 Colorbond roof & sarking delivered
22-06-15 Guttering & fascia delivered
12-06-15 Progress Payment 20% Frame
11-06-15 Scaffolding erected
03-06-15 GraniteGuard termite protection
02-06-15 Houspect framing inspection
02-06-15 Bricking commences
01-06-15 Bricks delivered
27-05-15 Framing finished
19-05-15 GF frames up
16-05-15 Framework delivered
13-05-15 Progress Payment 25% Slab
08-15th Storm water drains completed
05-05-15 Power pole re-sited
05-05-15 Houspect slab inspection
02-05-15 Slab laid!
01-05-15 Waffle pods & reo laid
30-04-15 Internal Plumbing
29-04-15 Piering & form work
08-04-15 Site Fencing & scrape
01-04-15 April Fool’s Day – the portaloo!
26-03-15 File passed to Production Estimating team
Admin complete
19-03-15 Bank mortgage approved
02-03-15 End Panel signed off
26-02-15 End Panel issued
23-02-15 Construction plans signed off
16-02-15 Construction plans issued
11-02-15 Site pegged
30-01-15 Signed off Draft End Panel
16-01-15 Draft End Panel received
14-01-15 CDC compliance checked
09-01-15 TECK approval
19-12-14 CDC Approval
18-12-14 Submitted for CDC approval
03-12-14 updated Wisdom landscape plans accepted
25-11-14 CDC plans – final version
20-10-14 CDC plans – version 1
16-10-14 BAL Risk Assessment
02-10-14 Land settled
25-09-14 Mortgage signed & sealed
23-09-14 Timpelle kitchen plans accepted
19-09-14 Wisdom Landscaping quote accepted
17-09-14 Land registered
05-09-14 Di Lorenzo carpet & tile quote accepted
01-09-14 Land surveyed
18-08-14 Clipsal electrical
18-08-14 Di Lorenzo tiles appointment
15-08-14 Air con appointment
13-08-14 Timpelle kitchen appointment
13-08-14 Internal/external colours appointment
13-08-14 Wisdom Landscaping
11-08-14 Contract signed
07-08-14 Plans v3
04-08-14 Plans v2
14-07-14 Tender v7
11-07-14 Tender v5 & v6
02-07-14 Tender v4
05-06-14 First set of plans
01-05-14 Tender accepted
26-04-14 Tender v3
15-04-14 Tender v2
07-03-14 Tender Presentation
08-01-14 Request tender from Wisdom
20-12-13 Wisdom deposit paid
04-10-13 Gardener’s Ridge land deposit paid
14-09-13 Gardener’s Ridge land reserved
Majestic 40 at Gardener's Ridge 
December 4, 2014 at 14:38
Enjoying your blog!
Are you able to tell me how much it was to extend the Alfresco compared to standard?
I also noticed with the master bedroom they seem to have 2 different layouts, one if the one you have and another has the bath to the left under a window, was having the bed against the rear wall the deciding factor or something else?
December 4, 2014 at 15:28
Hi Josh,
Glad you are enjoying my blog. Are you thinking of building with Wisdom?
It cost $8383 to extend the Outdoor Leisure by approx. 2500mm.
You picked up on two different master suite designs.
We have gone for the older version of the Majestic 40 (pre 2013) which has the bed against the wall and a different en-suite layout. The current Majestic range have a floating bed and the bath is under a clear window. And yes I did chose the one with the bed against a wall. Check out one of my first blog entries as to my reasoning behind it….. 🙂
December 8, 2014 at 09:05
Yes we are thinking to build with wisdom on our block in North Kellyville however registration is still roughly 12 months away!
We like both the ambassador and the majestic though each has things we like and don’t like, e.g. we don’t like the 3 ensuites in the ambassador and would prefer just the main ensuite and one other bathroom as I don’t like the concept of access from 2 bedrooms to a single bathroom and also would prefer not to have 4 toilets and 3 or 4 showers to clean/maintain
Fairly certain will extend the alfresco similar to what you have done, also would like to remove the column and have stacker doors to open the space right up though have noticed wisdom don’t seem to do this in their displays where as most or rawson’s displays have this option, did you get a quote for it at all??
Enjoying looking at your plans etc for inspiration!
December 8, 2014 at 11:00
Hi Josh,
Glad your enjoying looking at my plans.
I loved the Ambassador, we originally chose it. The Master en-suite with the free standing bath and the kitchen/ Butlers are fantastic. Like you I wasn’t too keen on the shared en-suite between beds 2 & 3, or how the shower opened in bed 4. We found we were changing the Ambassador layout to try to get the extra storage the Majestic has. So we went for the Majestic instead and then I managed to change the Butlers so it was similar to the Ambassador’s.
I wanted to remove the Leisure room column but I can’t remember the reason why we didn’t. It was either they said they couldn’t do it which would be odd as other builders do or the price was too high. My hubby wasn’t too keen on the idea so I parked it. There were other things I would prefer.
February 2, 2015 at 18:00
Impressive…just bumped into ur blog. We also building through wisdom homes in North Kellyville. Serenity 31 but extension made it a 34. Looks like our houses will go up together as they are working on my draft end panel. There was few delays with our council approval but everything looks all good. I think I will be hooked to ur blog and eager to the the progress.
All the best.
February 2, 2015 at 21:42
Thanks Tish,
All the best for your build too. I liked the Serenity but it was too long for our lot.
I think there are 4 Wisdom builds in our street, they are proving to be a very popular builder.
Do you have a Homeone thread or blog about your build?
February 3, 2015 at 18:52
Nope no blog. We building not far form Your lot. Ur Lots were to dear for us but beautiful setting though. Worth the money. We building along Hillview road. You are so true about serenity, it is more suitable for longer blocks, more rectangular. It seems forever, wisdom homes paperwork. But I hope it’s worth the wait. We have similar bathrooms tiles but I can see you have lashed out in choosing your benchtop. Very nice choice. We are doing our flooring from outside.
Exciting times.
Enjoy it.
Ta
February 4, 2015 at 15:29
Thanks Tish,
We looked all over at land and had our heart set on GR. Luckily we discovered it just as Stage 1 sold out and we were able to register our interest in Stage 2/3. Our developer has been great, we were so lucky to get the Lot we wanted as lots of other people were keen to buy there too.
Like you we can’t wait to finish Admin and start the build 🙂
October 25, 2017 at 11:56
Hi,
We are starting our Journey with the Majestic. Thank you so much for the effort you have put into this blog. I will be studying it in detail taking your lessons learnt!
Would you be willing to share some of the quotes/specific on the build and landscaping? I’m worried our budget is going to get blown out. Your design for both house and landscaping is very similar to it would be extremely helpful!
October 25, 2017 at 12:10
Thanks Steve I’m glad you like my blog.
Great choice on the Majestic 🙂
I’m not sure how relevant any quotes I had from Wisdom will be now as I’m sure the prices have gone up. Plus they have different packages now so some of the things we paid sweetly for are now included.
However if you PM me over on the Wisdom forum at Homeone I’ll happily answer what I can.
October 25, 2017 at 12:34
Fantastic. I’ve PM’d you 😀
October 25, 2017 at 12:59
I thought I pm’d you but i can’t see it in my messages on Homeone anymore?? Let me know if you didn’t get it.