Browse Forums General Discussion Re: [NSW] Gregory Hills - Roll Call! 1046Oct 20, 2014 1:54 pm Congrats! Building with Jandson Homes - Eclipse 18. http://adgnetworks.blogspot.com/ Re: [NSW] Gregory Hills - Roll Call! 1047Oct 24, 2014 9:36 am Has anybody had any issues or experience with a pit in front of there house where the driveway is planned? We managed to get on our land for the first time, as it is near completion and ready for being registered. When we arrived at our block we found a double communications pit directly in the path of the Driveway. We have limited options to moving the location of the house as we have an odd-shaped block, so the house will not flip, and to move the house to the northern end of the frontage would means our side back yard would be on the south of the house in the shade. I am working with Dartwest at the moment, and they are looking into if it can be relocated, which the distance it needs to move is not looking good, as it is a junction that leads to the pit across the road. The other option is to put the driveway around it, so if that is required Dartwest have so far have been helpful and will assist in getting the necessary approvals, which will be from opticomm as the owners of the pit. The pit will need new lids that can be driven over, will also need to know if the pit itself needs an upgrade... I just need to make sure that I have everything in place with regards to building over the pit before we confirm the position of the house. Last thing I want is to build in that position and not be able to put in the driveway... Re: [NSW] Gregory Hills - Roll Call! 1048Oct 24, 2014 9:41 am Let me walk around the estate over the weekend and see if I see any similar pits on driveways Re: [NSW] Gregory Hills - Roll Call! 1049Oct 24, 2014 2:59 pm Thanks, most Comms pit's are directly in front of the green electrical connection at the boundary of the Properties. The Double ones are related to junctions which are when the comms line needs to cross a road, so they will most likely be found at a junction, our issue is that we are on a T junction with the road heading away from the front, the first houses on the other-side of the road start just after the t-junction, add into that the padmount substation, which the pit had to be 5m away from, and it is placed in front of our house. The shape of the land and the Padmount made it difficult, but we checked with Allcastle and the house we wanted will fit and would only need CDC approval, and it fitted quite well, we have had all the plans sorted, picked the outside colours, more or less everything that can be done before is goes to council, so just waiting for registration and checks from S149 (I think) and S88B. I suppose it is just bad luck for this to happen now. The lucky part is we still have 3 months before we need to confirm the location of the house, hence why I am finding out all this stuff now... Also does anybody know an helpful concrete contractor in the area, as I would like to get some feedback from one of them on driveways with pits in them, as they would have had dealings with Camden Council Re: [NSW] Gregory Hills - Roll Call! 1050Oct 25, 2014 8:57 am Im concreting around mine and putting a metal lid on half of it. Can still be easily accessed by removing the metal lid. Building with Jandson Homes - Eclipse 18. http://adgnetworks.blogspot.com/ Re: [NSW] Gregory Hills - Roll Call! 1052Feb 09, 2015 1:20 am Hi everyone. Did any of you guys build near a park/reserve? My block is next to a reserve and I need to pay extra due to BAL29 bushfire prone zone. My builder quoted a provision of $15K! How much did you guys end up paying? 30/01/16 - Site works commenced 02/03/16 - Piering completed 19/03/16 - Slab poured 06/04/16 - Frames completed 15/04/16 - Fascia/gutter/roof rail installed 20/04/16 - Roof tiles completed Re: [NSW] Gregory Hills - Roll Call! 1053Feb 09, 2015 4:27 am We have been quoted $4800 for BAL12.5, I was told it averages around $5k per level, so $15k sounds about right based on that. We are facing bushland, but with the Bike path, and the Road in front is enough to push us into BAL12.5, for you to be in BAL29 you must be almost backing onto bushland. Have you had an assesment done yet, we still need to get ours done, but I managed to get a copy of the Bushfile assessment for our stage, which shows the very front corner of our land in BAL19, but the building area in BAL12.5, I will be using that to make sure that our assessment is not higher than BAL12.5 I did also read in a previous post that some people had there bushfire assessment lowered as the park/reserve was classed as managed. Re: [NSW] Gregory Hills - Roll Call! 1055Feb 09, 2015 9:40 am Thanks for the response guys. My block of land sits across the proposed man-made reserve. It is not directly next to the bushland as the street separates it from the reserve. At the moment, there are no trees yet and I think they will put a small creek as well so I hope they will classify the reserve as "managed". I haven't done my contour survey yet as I haven't decided on the builder. Who does the assessment to confirm the actual rating - Camden council? Is this something that can only be done when I submit the plans to council? I should have checked these things prior to purchasing the land 30/01/16 - Site works commenced 02/03/16 - Piering completed 19/03/16 - Slab poured 06/04/16 - Frames completed 15/04/16 - Fascia/gutter/roof rail installed 20/04/16 - Roof tiles completed Re: [NSW] Gregory Hills - Roll Call! 1056Mar 28, 2015 4:59 pm Hey guys, I recently found an article on SMH talking about AGL wanting to start CSG mining in the Gregory Hills area. Is anyone aware of this? You can read the article at: http://m.smh.com.au/environment/agl-sla ... 3w05o.html Re: [NSW] Gregory Hills - Roll Call! 1057Mar 28, 2015 11:32 pm if you read the caption it says AGL had planned currently CSG has been halted in the area Re: [NSW] Gregory Hills - Roll Call! 1058Mar 29, 2015 9:07 pm While the plan may have been halted, AGL seems to have a licence to actually drill in the Gregory Hills area. The reason they stopped was probably due to the drilling only being 500m away from residential areas. I believe they currently need to be a minimum of 2k's away. Anyway, the reason I asked the question was just to find out if people currently living in the area are following this or if it is simply a non-issue? Re: [NSW] Gregory Hills - Roll Call! 1060May 02, 2015 6:02 pm Heidi-Lee Does anyone have a corner block? Interested in what your corner facade treatment is.. Hi, mine is a corner block and the facade treatment is I increased the master's ensuite by 600mm so it sticks out from the side of the house facing the second street. Then I added moroka finish to the side external wall. Not sure if this is good enough as nothing is final until council approves it. How about you? 30/01/16 - Site works commenced 02/03/16 - Piering completed 19/03/16 - Slab poured 06/04/16 - Frames completed 15/04/16 - Fascia/gutter/roof rail installed 20/04/16 - Roof tiles completed Even if it's not being sub-divided and you want to keep it as Torrens title, you will still need to talk to a town planner or Council themselves, to see if they will allow… 1 11039 Thanks again Simeon for being so elaborate. Appreciate it. Its gives us a very idea. Kind Regards 4 3691 In NSW the maximum deposit for building work is 5% until the builder provides HBCF insurance 1 4831 |