Building with Wisdom Homes

Hi Singalg,

Is clothes line a mandatory item for IOC?

What about fencing? But prior to handover how we can do this?

Priyasuresh11, not sure if clothes line is mandatory for IOC - but it was one of the BASIX requirement. I am not just going through the original Council's DA approval where the email from W also had the conditions for Occupancy Cert listed to ensure there is no delay in getting occupancy.

Going through the documents, I found:
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"IF THERE ARE OWNERS WORKS to be completed prior to the issue of an
Occupation Certificate (Driveway, Landscaping, Retaining Walls, Steps) we will
need to obtain an INTERIM certificate that will allow the Lender to release the
settlement funds for handover to occur so that you can complete the Owners
works, once complete we will have you contact either Wisdom or SBAC directly to
arrange an inspection for the release of Final Certificate."
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So looks like Steps not required for IOC?? Has anyone been in this situation yet?

Good to know these details.

We have added the laundry and front porch concrete stairs along with the driveway.

Thank you.

We have been through this

Clothesline - not required for IOC, only FOC. We don’t have one installed yet.

Fences - not required for IOC, only FOC. We had a rear fence only when our IOC was granted. We still don’t have one of our fences and we’ve been in for over 2 weeks (issue with the neighbouring builder not clearing the boundary )

Steps - if the doors are over a certain height from the ground (it’s somewhere between 20-30cm, I’ve heard conflicting heights) then a step would be required. For us, our laundry and garage doors are 32cm off the ground and we signed a letter to say we wouldn’t use those doors until we put in a step after handover. This allowed us to get IOC but is listed as a condition before we can request FOC.

With regards to FOC, if you only get IOC for handover then you have 12 months to request the reinspection for FOC from SBAC. After the 12 months, it’s at your own cost instead of Wisdom’s cost.

Basically unless you’re doing your landscaping through Wisdom (lawn, plants, paths etc) then you won’t be able to get a FOC as landscaping is a requirement for it.

Thank you Jen for the detailed information.

Fantastic piece of information! Thank so much Jenifermarie! I can sleep tonight

Thanks CS199, have you finished construction yet? If so, do you mind posting a picture? So it's a remote (not hard wired) which has a button for the garage and one for the alarm.

Is there any advantage to getting a hard wired control panel in the garage if you've got one at the front door?

Hi guys.

Why my supervisor is saying that driveway is mandatory for PCI? Just because of it so much delays. It had been scheduled on 30th Oct. Still now they didn't do it. We received a letter from W that PCI can happen on or after 27th of Nov.
Every time it is a different reason and only got to know that after the date passed by.... sigh...

Thanks

Hi Priyasuresh11, i'm not at your stage yet, but i am 99% sure driveway is not mandatory for PCI as some on this forum have done driveway after handover (some choose to do aggregate, which W don't offer as far as i have read...)

Hi ASJ1981, Very True. I came to know from others too. But my SS is saying as Driveway has to be completed for PCI now. So even though we get a letter from HO we can't rely on it seems. Already this is the 36th week. They claimed about 31 days in the delay. I couldn't understand that calculation too. Still no handover. How these days are calculated?

If Wisdom are doing your driveway, they usually want that done before PCI.
You can also do the driveway yourself after handover (after you get your IOC), if Wisdom aren't involved.

We have two separate remotes - one for the garage door (which came with the door) and one for our alarm. Both my wife and myself each have both of these.
I believe that Sentinel can wire the door to your alarm system, so that only one remote needs to be used.
We had a hard wired control panel in our garage in our previous house, but tended to still use the remotes to disarm before opening the garage door. I guess personal choice.

Yes. W is doing our driveway. The concern is the driveway dates and the PCI letter has already been sent to me

The PCI letter is auto generated by Wisdom HO. Unless your SS has updated them to advise that PCI will be delayed, this is why you received the letter. We received two PCI letters from HO before our SS arranged a separate later PCI date with us directly.

Really? That's really bad. The letter came from my admin representative. How could they do that without coordinating with the team? Doesn't look professional.

I guess that you need to ask the people in charge of the process.

Sure. I will. Thank you.

We just got Council Approval and the next step is waiting for the DEP. However, I am rethinking our Laundry colours. Is it too late in the game to change my benchtop and cabinetry colours? I probably know the answer already, but i have been thinking about it for awhile. Wonder what the repercussions are.. we signed off Kitchen Quote back in May...

Be prepared for costs and delays if they accept your changes.

I’m hoping to get my end panel today!