Anyone have experience with new estates & design guidelines?
I'm building in Menangle Park and the developer has changed the guidelines for Roof Coverings from listing a range of 8 or 9 approved Colorbond colours up to Monument....to requiring all roofs to have "a solar absorption rating of 0.5 or less"
I queried the contract terms with my conveyancer who also passed my question onto the developers lawyers. And it seems that the only outcome of non-compliance is that I'll lose my compliance bond ($3k).
I specifically asked if they would allow Monument Colorbond roof per the design guidelines I signed for and they said no. Same response RE bond. So I figure I'll just go with black terracotta tiles.
Anyone else dealt with something like this? All of the H&L packages advertised in their display center have dark roofs + all of the design renders contain at least 1 tiled roof which is darker than 0.5 solar absorption.
I've already got a build contract going while the land is pre-title (because it was meant to title in July and the land developers were pushing about HomeBuilder grants).