Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Fairmont Home builders - South Australia 382Feb 06, 2016 6:49 pm Jonooo Where does it say that? And who told you that? Through realty sa or the council? We're having a hell of a time getting it corrected. I found where I read about it. It turns out it was the council website, not realtySA. Sorry about that. http://onkaparingacity.com/custom/files ... utlets.pdf It says in there that they will provide a free invert up to 5m for residential, and will extend up to 7m at residents cost. I would have assumed that what is provided by RealtySA is allowed to be upgraded by the council. Surely the development encumbrance cant overwrite the council allowing people to have driveways. And that is for the invert, I assume it applies to the width of the crossover too. I wonder what happens if I was to widen the invert and crossover, can I move the water connection points over by 1metre also? Building a Fairmont Custom in Seaford Meadows Our Build Thread Re: Fairmont Home builders - South Australia 383Feb 06, 2016 9:30 pm Just finished reading through the entire contract and encumbrances. I had to read it all before signing anyway. I found a couple of bits in there about the driveway issue. The council has no problem widening the invert for you, but you would probably have to pay for the wider crossover paving. The developer has made the land titles subject to an encumbrance, which is subject to the attached Design Guidelines. The design guidelines say Invert can only be 4m It cannot be moved (eg the side of the block it is on) Crossover is to be the same width as the invert You can apply to the encumbrance manager for an exemption to be made, and they may grant it. But this needs to happen first, then secondly it goes to council and they approve it as if it was anywhere else in the council area. That doesn't explain how many blocks have had wider inverts, and wider crossovers that are in many cases wider than the invert, or the driveway, and this is even on some single driveway houses. Maybe these people all applied before doing it? A lot of people are building on the boundary line, but even if they do, a double garage being 5.5 - 6m wide means the driveway would have to taper to a 4m wide crossover anyway. We have planned to build in from the boundary (1m either side) so it makes the problem worse for us. I had always assumed that the council information about allowing the widening of the invert was going to apply. I'm pretty annoyed now as it really puts people at a disadvantage for not building on the boundary... I am going to be ringing and then probably writing a request for "pre-consideration" before we sign. Apparently this means that you can have a chat with them and sort it out before formally submitting the land envelope and house drawings, and requiring them to be redrawn multiple times. Will let you know if anything comes out of this. Building a Fairmont Custom in Seaford Meadows Our Build Thread Re: Fairmont Home builders - South Australia 384Feb 08, 2016 11:27 am I just called the encumbrances manager for realtysa. They said that after handover to council, there is nothing stopping someone from applying to council to get the driveway widened or moved in accordance with the normal council regulations. Building a Fairmont Custom in Seaford Meadows Our Build Thread Re: Fairmont Home builders - South Australia 385Feb 08, 2016 11:29 am Haha. I'm in a very different situation here MJT. I've been meaning to let you know what's going on but not got around to it. It's a very big problem with council and reaty sa in arguments about things. I'd get that in writing from the encumbrance manager before signing anything as once you've paid your money they are likely to say something different. Re: Fairmont Home builders - South Australia 386Feb 25, 2016 8:35 pm Hey Jonooo any success with your garage/footpath problem? We are currently building in Seaford Meadows (at frame stage) and I can already see the problem your having developing with the driveway and footpath not lining up correctly at our place. It looks pretty bad actually! Re: Fairmont Home builders - South Australia 387Feb 25, 2016 9:00 pm We have not really had the time lately to follow up too much more with the council - to be honest I got so worked up last time I didn't want to get angry again. I finally have the details of the development manager so I'll be emailing him soon. If I don't get anywhere I'm going to go around the suburb with a petition and bring it up at the next council meeting. It's just stupid regulations and realtysa being idiots. Re: Fairmont Home builders - South Australia 388Feb 25, 2016 9:40 pm If that's the case it's very poor from realtySA's end as we have all as consumers already paid them vast amounts of cash for the land. You would think they would try help their customers out as much as possible. I don't understand this because if you drive around the suburb there are plenty of houses who have had it extended to fit. Please let me know how you get on with this (if you do follow it up) as I feel I will be signing your petition if your don't get some clarity around the issue. Thanks. Re: Fairmont Home builders - South Australia 389Feb 25, 2016 10:20 pm It's pathetic and petty from realtysa. They have taken our money and don't care about their customers anymore. Their excuse of 'we don't want to spoil the aesthetic of the area' is ridiculous and makes no sense seeing as they clearly don't care about he area seeing as they are leaving our verges as horrible mud/dirt pits. The thing. That is most frustrating to me though is the fact that 5 doors down from us on the SAME street as ours in the previous development all have 6m wide driveways instead of 4 and they were not extended by the owners of the property - realtysa actually made them like that. But for some reason in our development and all the others after the driveways are all 4m. It's an absolute joke. Re: Fairmont Home builders - South Australia 390Feb 26, 2016 12:00 pm Yeah I completely agree that the mud pits do look very shabby and I can all ready see that at our place it is all ready bugging me that it doesn't line up. Sounds to me like Realty SA have just tried to lessen development costs by cutting corners in the new development areas. Pretty sad actually as the area overall is designed very well. Re: Fairmont Home builders - South Australia 391Mar 09, 2016 3:47 pm Hi guys, has anyone had experience with selecting awning windows in lieu of sliding windows? Is there a cost difference for the standard Version in each? Also if you upgraded how much was it? Re: Fairmont Home builders - South Australia 392Mar 09, 2016 5:50 pm Wilko91 Hi guys, has anyone had experience with selecting awning windows in lieu of sliding windows? Is there a cost difference for the standard Version in each? Also if you upgraded how much was it? We changed our front windows from sliding to awning and made them larger during the quoting process and it was no cost. 😃 Fairmont Home builders - South Australia 393Mar 09, 2016 6:15 pm heatherkam Wilko91 Hi guys, has anyone had experience with selecting awning windows in lieu of sliding windows? Is there a cost difference for the standard Version in each? Also if you upgraded how much was it? We changed our front windows from sliding to awning and made them larger during the quoting process and it was no cost. 😃 Thanks! Good to know. Hope that you are having more luck lately. I have been cringing thinking about all the stuff you have had regarding earthworks. I'm sure I will have the some of the same issues so your experience will be very helpful... Fairmont Home builders - South Australia 394Mar 09, 2016 7:04 pm That's interesting Heatherkam because when we spoke to Fairmont we were told it would cost extra for awnings throughout The thing that got me with Fairmont was the extra coat of pain that they wanted an extra $2500 for! Re: Fairmont Home builders - South Australia 395Mar 09, 2016 9:05 pm Cook2091 That's interesting Heatherkam because when we spoke to Fairmont we were told it would cost extra for awnings throughout The thing that got me with Fairmont was the extra coat of pain that they wanted an extra $2500 for! Our original plans had 6 skinny sliding windows at the front and when we decided we didn't like that we asked and our sales lady told us it was no charge to change, one of the easier things in this whole thing! Ps we upgraded our paint and that was premium deluxe 3 coat system and cost was $2916 I'll be making sure it's worth every cent too! 😜 Re: Fairmont Home builders - South Australia 396Mar 09, 2016 9:07 pm Wilko91 heatherkam Wilko91 Hi guys, has anyone had experience with selecting awning windows in lieu of sliding windows? Is there a cost difference for the standard Version in each? Also if you upgraded how much was it? We changed our front windows from sliding to awning and made them larger during the quoting process and it was no cost. 😃 Thanks! Good to know. Hope that you are having more luck lately. I have been cringing thinking about all the stuff you have had regarding earthworks. I'm sure I will have the some of the same issues so your experience will be very helpful... It's not all bad, I just like to keep an honest account for those that are researching. I hope it helps as people on here have been great when we were going through quotes etc Re: Fairmont Home builders - South Australia 397Mar 10, 2016 7:33 am Cook2091 That's interesting Heatherkam because when we spoke to Fairmont we were told it would cost extra for awnings throughout The thing that got me with Fairmont was the extra coat of pain that they wanted an extra $2500 for! Hey Cook2091, did they indicate how much for how many windows? Re: Fairmont Home builders - South Australia 398Mar 10, 2016 1:26 pm We upgraded front windows from sliding to awning, look better IMO but cost $600 to do this, maybe heatherkam got lucky, I have always assumed this would be an upgrade! They don't allow as much ventilation but can be left open and locked, also possibly seal better so help with the sound/insulation? Re: Fairmont Home builders - South Australia 399Mar 10, 2016 7:57 pm Sorry Wilko91 I can't remember how much the upgrade was but I remember the sales guy said it was a significant difference in price to do awning windows all over rather than the sliding ones. Re: Fairmont Home builders - South Australia 400Mar 10, 2016 7:59 pm We were also told they were a fair bit more expensive so didn't do it. The. Again we were also told it was way more expensive for 2.7m ceilings but our salesperson didn't charge us for that. Adam Baines Grad Cert Bldg Surv / Grad Dip Bldg Surv / MSAAPA Accredited Building Professional APB20210035 Builders Lic 183023 Pest Control Lic 84868 Ph 0412202336 PO… 3 47702 Well these guys are not looking good... I sent them a written enquiry last week and they have not yet replied. If they cannot respond to a simple… 4 11115 Keen to hear from people in the area who have got KDRB done on whom they got the build from? Looking for recommendations. Thanks 0 21770 |