Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Before handover, window smashed and entered house ! 10Oct 03, 2012 7:29 pm Block bought 1st RBC X! 2nd Ventrua,Keeper! Pstart 18/7/11 Ethwks jan 2012 Slab Bricks- finished 7/6 Roof Trusses 15/6-cbond 21/7 viewtopic.php?f=31&t=41185 Re: Before handover, window smashed and entered house ! 11Oct 04, 2012 10:58 pm hey Padams, This happened to my mum during her build in Mernda Villages also. They smashed the sliding door window and entered through trailing mud through the house (in the middle of winter) but didnt take anything (not that there was much to take as appliances hadnt been installed). When she moved in we also noticed that a window frame to the rear of the house was slightly damaged by someone trying to pry it open. Our builder said that this is very common in a lot of new estates (not just Mernda) and sometimes its even tradies taking hot water systems and aircons. Its bound to happen in areas where theres construction and nobody around. I had all fences (including side gates) installed before handover. I would suggest the same. As soon as your fences go up trust me you will be a lot more settled and calm about everything - i know my mum was. Dont let the idiots who did this ruin your experience - build a fence asap with a side gate and packlock it. Building the Oasis 27 in Mernda Re: Before handover, window smashed and entered house ! 12Oct 05, 2012 7:13 am Thanks Fuzzy, We are wanting to co ordinate putting up fences while the SS put in things like water tank, air con and hot water unit. I think you are right, once the fence is up, I'd feel better! We have houses that are occupied across the street from us but not on our side of the street, that's why they entered from the back. I know that Cragieburn has lots of vandalism when we drove through highlands but understandably, it has more occupants! I was just hoping Mernda Villages would be a bit different! Re: Before handover, window smashed and entered house ! 13Oct 05, 2012 5:58 pm Hey padams We had our place broken into numerous times during the build, pallets of tiles, spa bath etc stolen - even on the day before settlement our fly door was stolen! Touch wood it was fine after we moved in - a lot of times it is people stealing from a "construction site" not YOUR home! Even though it feels so personal. Our SS told us a lot of the time it is other trades people as they know the timing of the works and they don't look suss turning up with work gear on in a work van... Fingers crossed for you that you have no further issues! Sleven Moved into our Atlantique MkII 36 by Carlisle Homes Re: Before handover, window smashed and entered house ! 14Oct 05, 2012 9:33 pm Hi Padams we are around the corner from you and the last school holidays we had our garage wall plastering kicked in and the neighbours had a couple of windows smashed. Luckily in the last 6 weeks there has been 4 houses move in including us and we haven't had any trouble at all these school holidays. A bank is a place that will lend you money only if you can prove that you don't need it... Re: Before handover, window smashed and entered house ! 15Oct 06, 2012 8:14 pm Oh gees. We are going to see the house tomorrow, so will see if anything done again. A neighbor has moved in two lots over, so feel a bit better! Re: Before handover, window smashed and entered house ! 16Oct 07, 2012 7:34 pm I saw i-detect.com.au surveillance system used in our estate by the developer in few areas. Has anyone on this forum have any experience with this system? How much does this cost to install and monitor during the build time? Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ I will contact them soon but want to hear first hand from you guys if you are using this system. Building a fence now will help limit people dumping rubbish and soil on your property. Many houses in suburbia on small lots have fences up before a build. I moved into a… 1 4390 I thought this would be a popular question but I haven't been able to find any similar posts. Perhaps I'm wording my searches wrong? When you have car insurance and the… 0 6615 I have been looking into getting quotes for a reno I am doing shortly. I have been looking at Trend and Wideline for both windows and doors. I did enquire with Vista but… 0 6153 |