Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Masterton Homes - The next thread 4.0 11142May 24, 2016 12:48 pm 2013 1st tender 24/10 Dep. 18/11 2014 5% 25/02 CDC approval 5/5 Demo 26/5 Pool 3/7 Valid'n 10/7 Slab 11/8 Frame 19/9 Bricks 23/10 2015 Roof 3/12 Lock up 11/2 PCI 31/3 Final insp. & keys 30/4 Re: Masterton Homes - The next thread 4.0 11145May 24, 2016 1:16 pm sandra 2016 Jasonm1 I am building the concerto elite, but window size depends on your facade. The only fasade they said would fit our land was the Classic fasade Jasonm1 Strange not sure why that is, I am also building with the finesse facade so cant really help you there. Re: Masterton Homes - The next thread 4.0 11146May 24, 2016 5:30 pm S-VE Lets talk fencing. Our estate that we are building in has some strict specific things that we have to obliged by. One is the fencing, we must have a wooden lap and capped fence. So one side is a straight neat looking finish and the other side is the posts and the rails. The house next door, which is a Coral homes (the same house we've had dramas with dumping rubbish and knocking out our pegs) has gone and erected the fence without consulting us. I was prepared to pay half, which is fair enough. But they haven't bothered to discuss with us any quotes they've got OR what side of the fence we would prefer. Now, a lot of investors are building in the estate. They are either builders themselves that are building the houses cheap and selling them off. OR they are people building cheap houses and renting them out. I have a feeling this house is going to be a rental because it isn't the other investors who are builders. So my question is, do they have the right to hit me up to pay half now that they have gone ahead and done the fence ? I've gotten quotes already, that one fence is coming it at around $3000 so it would only be $1500. But I'm annoyed they didn't have the courtesy to ask us if we'd prefer one side over the other. And our bricks still aren't 100% complete. All they have to do is the rest of the front parapet. Dunno why they have left it. You'd think they'd just finish it to get my $$$. No, you won't have to pay for any of the fence.According to the Dividing Fences Act 1991(NSW) Section 11 ..... An adjoining owner is not liable to contribute to the cost of any fencing work in respect of a dividing fence: (a) carried out before a notice under this section is served on the adjoining owner (unless section 9 applies or the notice is served in accordance with section 22) Basically this means that if they don't discuss it with you before building it, they can't ask for half. We have two sides of the "nice flat side", and one side of the post/rail side. A year down the track, its not something that I even notice! Masterton Overture 17/12/14 - Handover ...... we got the keys !! blog - http://www.mcnamaraadventure.blogspot.com Re: Masterton Homes - The next thread 4.0 11147May 24, 2016 6:05 pm Sandra....the facade should be a matter of choice, not anything to do with your land size. We were having Ivy facade which I've seen done on a much narrower build which they just adjusted to fit. Huge lack of communication with their clients...they just make adjustments as they see fit, wasting time instead of discussing. Too big for their boots with a care factor of zero! ( looking at Blue Tongue Homes now ?) You know we never heard back from anyone at M ?? Re: Masterton Homes - The next thread 4.0 11148May 24, 2016 6:41 pm Fingerscrossed Sandra....the facade should be a matter of choice, not anything to do with your land size. We were having Ivy facade which I've seen done on a much narrower build which they just adjusted to fit. Huge lack of communication with their clients...they just make adjustments as they see fit, wasting time instead of discussing. Too big for their boots with a care factor of zero! ( looking at Blue Tongue Homes now ?) You know we never heard back from anyone at M 👎? Hi Fingerscrossed That does not surprise me at all they took your hard earned dollars for nothing ?. They actually believe its us that are the issue not them. My sales lady told me fasade wont fit we had a 15m frontage by 30.5m long block The fasade that i asked her for was the Contemporary originally. Not sure why but they had to Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ reduced my main room by 30cm to fit the classic fasade also. Fingerscrossed also get a tender from another company called Jaycol Homes at Cobbitty. They do have display homes built but i think there in wollongong. Check out some of these pics. On the 5th May they acknowledged my commencement letter from my bank. When is my 20 working days to build supposed to start. Nobody in construction has notified me that im in construction stage. Masterton telling me 30 days after commencement letter you will then go into construction then count 20 working days. Is this correct. I thought it was 90 tender, 90 contract (pre construction) 20 working to start construction. The construction plans are not signed yet. As they have changed details without notifying me. Missing garden taps. And smaller bedroom window. It says 4 bedrooms when there is 5. 4 burner cooktop image instead of 5 burner. W.I.P instead of butlers pantry. About 11 things all up to rectify on Construction plans. Fingerscrossed if they dont hurry up and start soon and get their act together. I might just start looking elsewhere also its taking far to long and the rudeness from drafting today was ridiculous when it was their mistakes once again including they still want me to accept the extra charge of $1680 for my niches. A good up their back side is needed down at M. If your there to just collect your pay packet and you hate your job move on and give your job to someone that will do the job properly without all their silly mistakes. Re: Masterton Homes - The next thread 4.0 11149May 24, 2016 8:04 pm GillyM S-VE Lets talk fencing. Our estate that we are building in has some strict specific things that we have to obliged by. One is the fencing, we must have a wooden lap and capped fence. So one side is a straight neat looking finish and the other side is the posts and the rails. The house next door, which is a Coral homes (the same house we've had dramas with dumping rubbish and knocking out our pegs) has gone and erected the fence without consulting us. I was prepared to pay half, which is fair enough. But they haven't bothered to discuss with us any quotes they've got OR what side of the fence we would prefer. Now, a lot of investors are building in the estate. They are either builders themselves that are building the houses cheap and selling them off. OR they are people building cheap houses and renting them out. I have a feeling this house is going to be a rental because it isn't the other investors who are builders. So my question is, do they have the right to hit me up to pay half now that they have gone ahead and done the fence ? I've gotten quotes already, that one fence is coming it at around $3000 so it would only be $1500. But I'm annoyed they didn't have the courtesy to ask us if we'd prefer one side over the other. And our bricks still aren't 100% complete. All they have to do is the rest of the front parapet. Dunno why they have left it. You'd think they'd just finish it to get my $$$. No, you won't have to pay for any of the fence.According to the Dividing Fences Act 1991(NSW) Section 11 ..... An adjoining owner is not liable to contribute to the cost of any fencing work in respect of a dividing fence: (a) carried out before a notice under this section is served on the adjoining owner (unless section 9 applies or the notice is served in accordance with section 22) Basically this means that if they don't discuss it with you before building it, they can't ask for half. We have two sides of the "nice flat side", and one side of the post/rail side. A year down the track, its not something that I even notice! Thanks - I do just want all 3 sides to be the same. I'm very picky about things being even. I don't mind the rail side cos the flat side is harder to jump over. Plus I plan on putting a garden bed along the back fence so I could use the rails to attach wire to for passionfruit and snow peas. The bloke who we were going to get to do our fences and retaining wall for the garden bed is going to go check out this fence for me. Masterton Villina Elite 2016 23/3 Slab 13/4 Frame & Windows 24/5 Bricks 19/8 Roof 29/9 Gyprock 3/11 Paint Masterton Homes - The next thread 4.0 11150May 24, 2016 8:08 pm Fingerscrossed - did you lose just the $3900 ? Or was it more ? You should put a review on that website, that seems to get M's attention. Sandra - M will send you an SMS when validation is complete and you've been released into construction. You won't be released into construction until you've signed off on the construction plans. We went a month over waiting for them to correct errors. Masterton Villina Elite 2016 23/3 Slab 13/4 Frame & Windows 24/5 Bricks 19/8 Roof 29/9 Gyprock 3/11 Paint Re: Masterton Homes - The next thread 4.0 11152May 25, 2016 6:09 am S-VE I don't mind the rail side cos the flat side is harder to jump over. Plus I plan on putting a garden bed along the back fence so I could use the rails to attach wire to for passionfruit and snow peas. haha...... I was going to mention about growing plants on it (which I am also doing although I'm using star jasmine) but thought you may not be into gardening! Whilst I also would have preferred to have all 3 sides the same, I was just glad that I could convince all neighbours to have wood. Our estate allows wood or colourbond, and due to the positioning of our block, we actually have 5 neighbours, and two of them wanted colourbond, the other three wanted wood. Thankfully we didn't end up with a patch-word effect with bits of both! Masterton Overture 17/12/14 - Handover ...... we got the keys !! blog - http://www.mcnamaraadventure.blogspot.com Re: Masterton Homes - The next thread 4.0 11153May 25, 2016 6:29 am Sandra, I'll have a look at that builder but a good chance they won't build in Canterbury Council.....many don't. Perhaps your land isn't long enough and they've cut space out of the front to fit. Our land is over 40 m long. Having said that a lot of their facades don't project further out the front than others including classic. Whatever the reason a better explanation would have been nice. S-VE, we lost the $3900 by walking away.....we were a day or two off having to pay the 5%. Putting a review in is a good idea.........I've noticed they respond to posts, not that we need a response but some kind of acknowledgement would have been nice. We certainly felt like they thought they were doing us a favour....it is not right that contracts are signed before plans are approved. It means you are signing a legal document that you already know is not accurate. We kept being told not to worry about some adjustments as they could be done in colours, but those details should be included in the contract. Telling a client that they build over 1000 houses a year so we shouldn't have a problem is not helpful, particularly when your bank and solicitor both think it's not good. Rant over! Re: Masterton Homes - The next thread 4.0 11156May 25, 2016 9:41 am Speaking of taps, I have looked on my updated plans - does this look right? (the red circles are the taps?) Sorry this is my first time building and not 100% sure how to read plans :/ Why does it look like one of the taps is in my family room? Complete rookie here so apologies for the dumb questions! (also my first time posting pics here...clearly!) Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ [img][img]http://i1146.photobucket.com/albums/o539/nazzyr/Mobile%20Uploads/Screenshot_2016-05-25-09-26-21_zpswva6g2st.png[/img][/img] Re: Masterton Homes - The next thread 4.0 11157May 25, 2016 9:42 am GillyM - hahaha I'm not a fan of the wood because it goes grey :/ we would prefer colourbond. Fingerscrossed - M sure do things all around the wrong way. I can't believe you didn't get any response. Seems as though they have too much business. Masterton Villina Elite 2016 23/3 Slab 13/4 Frame & Windows 24/5 Bricks 19/8 Roof 29/9 Gyprock 3/11 Paint Re: Masterton Homes - The next thread 4.0 11160May 25, 2016 10:18 am That garden tap is either in you living room on an imaginary wall or it is on your upper storey wall above the roof tiles. The hatched line it is attached to represents your upper storey roof line it seems. Drafting is pathetic. GE t them to move it or you may never see that tap ever. Unless you'd like a wetbar? In that case you'd better request a drain for the water too then. Building Symphony Grande Custom Masterton House and Land 12/6/14 Paid $3500 20/11/14 contracts signed deposit paid 4 16992 i imagine you also have another contract with an architect? and yeah, whatever other's said about special conditions and appendices 16 16245 Hi all I am looking to run a water line under my concrete footpath which is directly next to my home, was seeing if this is possible without cutting the entire section… 0 20417 |