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Domestic Bliss

21 October 2011

Re: Cambridge Chronicle - We Moved in a Year ago!Building A New House

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Oct 21, 2011 7:44 pm

Yes, your answer was helpful and much appreciated. Sorry it's taken so long to say thanks - especially as you took time out from your holiday. Hope you had a great time - I've always wanted to go to Germany, particularly near to Christmas as I've heard it's quite special. Optus have confirmed that t...

Yes, your answer was helpful and much appreciated. Sorry it's taken so long to say thanks - especially as you took time ...

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Domestic Bliss

29 September 2011

Re: Cambridge Chronicle - We Moved in a Year ago!Building A New House

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Sep 29, 2011 9:12 pm

Hi Helldad - hope you don't mind that I'm adding a post more than a year after the last one. I wanted to ask about your Optus installation please. Did Optus have to dig a trench from your private pole to the house or was there an underground conduit/drawstring installed by the builder? Also, we are ...

Hi Helldad - hope you don't mind that I'm adding a post more than a year after the last one. I wanted to ask about your ...

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Domestic Bliss

18 August 2010

Re: Cambridge Chronicle - We Moved in a Year ago!Building A New House

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Aug 18, 2010 12:21 am

Yeh, I'm trying to skip reading those!!! Not a good idea to read http://www.productreview.com.au either. I'll PM you.

Yeh, I'm trying to skip reading those!!! Not a good idea to read www.productreview.com.au either. I'll PM you.

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Domestic Bliss

17 August 2010

Re: Cambridge Chronicle - We Moved in a Year ago!Building A New House

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Aug 17, 2010 11:50 pm

A wonderful post HellDad! Whilst this forum is brilliant to find help when a problem arises or simply to vent, it is wonderfully reasurring to read success stories such as yours. We have recently switched to Cl@rendon after wasting 8 months and $$$ with our previous project builder who were too diso...

A wonderful post HellDad! Whilst this forum is brilliant to find help when a problem arises or simply to vent, it is won...

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Domestic Bliss

7 July 2010

Re: Building the Waterfall by Clarendon in SydneyBuilding A New House

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Jul 07, 2010 4:39 pm

Here are a couple of examples on this forum where the builder takes responsible for electricity charges: (I have typed the user's name and their comment) aldavies3 - The owner is responsible for all water usage charges during the building period. With the electricity, the contract states, "The ...

Here are a couple of examples on this forum where the builder takes responsible for electricity charges: (I have typed t...

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Domestic Bliss

7 July 2010

Re: Building the Waterfall by Clarendon in SydneyBuilding A New House

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Jul 07, 2010 3:13 pm

::: Mellarnie, from reading other posts on this forum, other builders paid for the electricity until handover.

Mellarnie, from reading other posts on this forum, other builders paid for the electricity until handover.

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Domestic Bliss

5 July 2010

Re: Building the Waterfall by Clarendon in SydneyBuilding A New House

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Jul 05, 2010 9:35 pm

Sorry to cause any confusion. We are building the Glenlea 29 with Cl@rendon, not the Waterfall. The display home of Glenlea 29 is in Oran Park Town and has the amore inclusions. But this topic (cupboard over the fridge) seems to be applying to many of us. I think it's deplorable.

Sorry to cause any confusion. We are building the Glenlea 29 with Cl@rendon, not the Waterfall. The display home of Glen...

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Domestic Bliss

5 July 2010

Re: Building the Waterfall by Clarendon in SydneyBuilding A New House

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Jul 05, 2010 1:34 pm

I just want to say thanks to GFdo for raising the subject of the cupboard over the fridge, on page 12 of this thread, and also for the response from baley@the farms. We are due to sign our plans this week, and after reading this thread I checked our kitchen drawings and saw that our cupboard was mis...

I just want to say thanks to GFdo for raising the subject of the cupboard over the fridge, on page 12 of this thread, an...

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Domestic Bliss

29 May 2010

Re: SPRING FARM,CAMDEN-COSMOPOLITAN HOMESGeneral Discussion

May 29, 2010 1:18 am

We walked away. We signed our tender and paid $4k in September 2009. In December, we finally received a set of plans which were badly drawn up, so we asked for an explanation. The response was that they were so busy, our drawings were contracted out to a trainee! No qualified/experienced person had ...

We walked away. We signed our tender and paid $4k in September 2009. In December, we finally received a set of plans whi...

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Domestic Bliss

20 October 2009

Re: Stormwater and retention issuesGeneral Discussion

Oct 20, 2009 12:15 pm

::: $35-$40k I think I'm going to need more than wrinkle cream by the end of this rebuild process ..... perhaps a straight jacket to go over that club t-shirt!

$35-$40k I think I'm going to need more than wrinkle cream by the end of this rebuild process ..... perhaps a straight ...

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Domestic Bliss

19 October 2009

Re: Stormwater and retention issuesGeneral Discussion

Oct 19, 2009 9:41 pm

Hi themax, that was so kind of you to PM all that detail. When you were first presented with that long list, I can imagine you uttered an expletive or 2! I'm sure this KDR process is ageing me - definitely a few more wrinkles around the eyes and forehead already and I haven't even got to council sta...

Hi themax, that was so kind of you to PM all that detail. When you were first presented with that long list, I can imagi...

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Domestic Bliss

19 October 2009

Re: Micklou's buildBuilding A New House

Oct 19, 2009 8:55 pm

Perhaps the local paper should also investigate how SSC can recategorise residential blocks as being in a 'flood plain' without the courtesy of notifying the owners, let alone allowing second opinions or appeals. ML - it must have been such a shock finding out from C. But I'm sure you'll be delighte...

Perhaps the local paper should also investigate how SSC can recategorise residential blocks as being in a 'flood plain' ...

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Domestic Bliss

19 October 2009

Re: Stormwater and retention issuesGeneral Discussion

Oct 19, 2009 1:23 pm

ML, I am 99.9% convinced that we will be in the same position as you. We have a backward sloping block, with no current stormwater system/easements anywhere. As with themax, our current house is 50-60 years old. I also think it highly probable that our builder will not mention this issue until the l...

ML, I am 99.9% convinced that we will be in the same position as you. We have a backward sloping block, with no current ...

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Domestic Bliss

14 October 2009

Re: Micklou's buildBuilding A New House

Oct 14, 2009 10:34 pm

My heart goes out to you MickLou. I'll continue to keep fingers crossed. As was the case with justcamping, we also changed builders after our first choice didn't work out. Something to consider maybe. Obviously I don't know your specific issues, so I don't know if this will be of any help but DH &am...

My heart goes out to you MickLou. I'll continue to keep fingers crossed. As was the case with justcamping, we also chang...

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Domestic Bliss

25 September 2009

Re: Micklou's buildBuilding A New House

Sep 25, 2009 10:15 pm

Hi Micklou This is our first entry on this forum. We are also at the early stages of a knockdown rebuild in the Sutherland Shire. We have chosen a floor plan with a project builder (display home was at Spring Farm) and had the Contour Survey and Soil Test done. We received a quote which has been ame...

Hi Micklou This is our first entry on this forum. We are also at the early stages of a knockdown rebuild in the Sutherla...

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