Browse Forums Building A New House Re: JG King modified Heywood - Contract signed! 327Jan 20, 2017 6:53 pm Our Build Thread - JG king Memphis Re: JG King modified Heywood - Contract signed! 332Jan 23, 2017 7:05 pm Fingers crossed fpr good news. Good luck sleeping. Our Build Thread - JG king Memphis Re: JG King modified Heywood - Contract signed! 333Jan 23, 2017 8:08 pm Good luck with your meeting tomorrow Re: JG King modified Heywood - Contract signed! 334Jan 24, 2017 2:23 pm Bad news I'm afraid. It sounds like today the council finally decided to look at our application again and have again decided not to even proceed with processing it. So much for an answer, admin obviously had the wrong end of that stick. We're beyond angry, it just sat there for the month doing nothing. Why they ever told the developer that they would process it with the letters I don't know because clearly they had no intention. It's all coming down to interpretation. The developer's architect said yes it's part of the porch, the building surveyor WE appointed said its part of the porch, but the council guy and the building surveyor that works under our building surveyor (who processed our building permit) say no it's not. This is the same building surveyor who couldn't read the drawings and thought we needed a down pipe where we clearly don't need one. Don't even know what to do now. Re: JG King modified Heywood - Contract signed! 335Jan 24, 2017 3:14 pm That is frustrating, sometimes build really does make you want to just grab people and shake them and yell you are messing with my life Our Build Thread - JG king Memphis Re: JG King modified Heywood - Contract signed! 336Jan 24, 2017 3:25 pm yep. It wouldn't be a good idea for us to be in the same room as the council guy at the moment, then we'd have bigger problems . How my husband kept his cool with him on the phone I will never know. He's still trying not to damage any relationship that there is there, but I think we are way past the point of pretending that this is all cool. Thanks for the giggle anyway. I enjoyed the image of me shaking the little man (I've never seen him but I'm pretty sure he would be a little man). Re: JG King modified Heywood - Contract signed! 338Jan 24, 2017 4:51 pm Oh no! How frustrating!!! Why do they offer a facade which has this issue? Or is this first time they've encountered resistance from council? Re: JG King modified Heywood - Contract signed! 339Jan 24, 2017 5:43 pm kylz4 Oh no! How frustrating!!! Why do they offer a facade which has this issue? Or is this first time they've encountered resistance from council? The display has this facade and it is just as tall and sited exactly the same! No one seems to know how or why it got through without any trouble. All the building surveyors say is "that's interesting". Our issue began because ours is too tall above natural ground level (caused by 2.7m ceilings and the way the site falls), however we were always led to believe that that was nothing to worry about, we would just apply for dispensation. Simple and not uncommon. Didn't turn out that way due to the misinterpretation of our MCP, which is specific to our development, so that is why most people wouldn't have this trouble. Also most people are happy to take the path of least resistance (which is always what the builders and surveyors suggest first) so they just move the house. Knowing that we had seen it sited as ours is, that we were meeting the design guidelines, and had been approved by the developer (who wrote the MCP) we decided to try and protect our little backyard. Re: JG King modified Heywood - Contract signed! 340Jan 24, 2017 8:17 pm Keep push protect your backyard. The presidence has been set with the display. Our Build Thread - JG king Memphis I would never build with Fowler homes. I built with them in 2021 and till date maintenance issues are pending. All their existing trades and businesses don't work with… 14 108454 1 9892 Hmmm, I have checked your past posts and it seems that you are in NSW, not WA as I had thought. It pays to show your State in your avatar. Retaining wall regulations… 5 8153 |