Masterton Homes - The next thread 4.0

MartinsHarmony · Nov 26, 2017 8:29 pm

Looks awesome beeprelude! Congratulations. Bring on the moving and all that amazing space.
Woo Hoo. Fingers crossed you'll have keys this week.

We've been really busy with landscaping, trying to get grass down, decks built and garden beds planted before Christmas. Anything will be an improvement to living surrounded by mud/rock/clay.
It's literally impossible to keep the house clean when surrounded by dirt. Driving me bonkers.

Our deck is being built in two stages, the deck will wrap around the side and back of our house so our carpenter has designed it so the timber planks run in different directions (timber lengths will run same direction as sliding doors that exit onto deck). Stage one has been built, the deck and walkway from side sliding doors, stage two deck from the back sliding doors should be underway this week.

Hubby worked tirelessly all weekend installing decorative privacy screens so our side deck no longer looks onto my folks granny flat alfresco area. I'm loving the end result, a garden bed will run along the back of the screens to offer further screening/privacy.

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Sevenths · Nov 26, 2017 10:50 pm

beeprelude

And just like that, we are done!!!

Final payment made and hopefully keys early next week!! Can’t wait! But of a delay for carpets, not until mid December!
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Congrats bee prelude.

We are pushing M for work to be done as quick as possible but it’s slow, for those that said 5-8 weeks PC after gyprock you must have been joking. We are 8 weeks tomorrow since gyprock and being told to expect February 2018 at the earliest! This will be our second Christmas renting, never thought that would happen in our wildest dreams!

Biggest me stake · Nov 27, 2017 10:44 am

Re: Masterton Homes - The next thread 4.0

nice to join forum

Gibson · Nov 28, 2017 3:00 pm

buildinsydney

Thanks Gibson and Buildinghome

I have a question on Electrical stuff. I am planning to have M do the following only and do the rest with my electrician. Any thoughts / suggestions?

M to do list:
1. Down lights for ground floor
2. Extra light points and double power sockets to ground floor
3. External lights (for front façade (traditional façade), light to either side of the house and rear)
4. I assume, M may want to add some extra circuit breaker or safety switch.

My Electrician list:
1. First floor additional lighting
2. External power sockets
3. Any thing else which comes up.

Thanks
Buildinsydney

Buildinsydney, I would get M to install all of your light points & power points. There is a maximum load for each circuit so if you get another sparky to come in later it will be a pain to run additional circuits.

We got M to put in downlights where we wanted them and standard light points everywhere else. After handover we had our own guy come in to install the light fittings we bought.

Anything that needs to go in walls & ceilings before gyprock, you are better off getting M to do.

Gibson · Nov 28, 2017 3:02 pm

Izee

Question.

We just did our flooring appointment with M. We picked the Prime Luxury Laminate flooring over the standard bamboo but it was a 10k quote. Does M provide a credit for not using the standard or does that $10k quote from the flooring guys take into account the upgrade/credit?

Any 'upgrade' quote already allows for deleting the standard inclusions.
It pays to shop around for flooring.

Gibson · Nov 28, 2017 3:05 pm

thisisadu

Hey everyone
We have entered the construction phase and can't wait for it all to start!
I received our information on starting the construction phase and noticed they mentioned an occupational certificate does not form part of our contract (even though ours went through as house and land, so I assumed it did).
How did this step work after you guys got handover? From my understanding the bank won't pay the final payment until they get the OC.
I've read all I could on the forum about it but it didn't seem like it was an issue for many ??

You generally won't get the OC from your council until landscaping etc has been completed, which for most of us is well after handover.
Our bank paid the final invoice from M without the OC.

Gibson · Nov 28, 2017 3:16 pm

Biggest me stake

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Nice to Join the Forum we are building a Duplex

Welcome to the journey
Which Duplex are you building?

Biggest me stake · Nov 28, 2017 4:35 pm

Building but not building nothing nothing and more nothing

beeprelude · Nov 28, 2017 9:03 pm

Biggest me stake

Building but not building nothing nothing and more nothing

What happened to the photos you posted earlier??

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rainbow05 · Nov 28, 2017 9:15 pm

Is that Ok to accept PCI then hand over just the day after? This is in our case so we can get all appliances before Xmas that is M offer us.
M doesn't allow for our private inspector on the same day of PCI so I don't know when is to arrange for our private inspection should be after PCI or after hand over ?

Biggest me stake · Nov 29, 2017 3:53 am

Took them down,be ready for stressful days and nights no sleep and lots of confirmations that are just words on paper. Nothing for months from slab to timber had 3 months delay with Nothing zip

Biggest me stake · Nov 29, 2017 3:57 am

still waiting

buildinsydney · Nov 29, 2017 6:49 am

Gibson

buildinsydney

Thanks Gibson and Buildinghome

I have a question on Electrical stuff. I am planning to have M do the following only and do the rest with my electrician. Any thoughts / suggestions?

M to do list:
1. Down lights for ground floor
2. Extra light points and double power sockets to ground floor
3. External lights (for front façade (traditional façade), light to either side of the house and rear)
4. I assume, M may want to add some extra circuit breaker or safety switch.

My Electrician list:
1. First floor additional lighting
2. External power sockets
3. Any thing else which comes up.

Thanks
Buildinsydney

Buildinsydney, I would get M to install all of your light points & power points. There is a maximum load for each circuit so if you get another sparky to come in later it will be a pain to run additional circuits.

We got M to put in downlights where we wanted them and standard light points everywhere else. After handover we had our own guy come in to install the light fittings we bought.

Anything that needs to go in walls & ceilings before gyprock, you are better off getting M to do.

Thanks Gibson. That's good info

Gibson · Nov 29, 2017 7:29 am

rainbow05

Is that Ok to accept PCI then hand over just the day after? This is in our case so we can get all appliances before Xmas that is M offer us.
M doesn't allow for our private inspector on the same day of PCI so I don't know when is to arrange for our private inspection should be after PCI or after hand over ?

Don't be rushed by PCI, it's your big opportunity to call out any problems with the house. Once PCI is completed M have 2 weeks to fix the defects then you sign off on the final payment. After that they organise appliances installation.

If you want to do PCI and handover in the same week you need to be really confident that your build has been completed to the standard you want.
Our building inspector found some problems that we had missed , so I would recommend getting an inspection done before handover.

M were really slow at appliances, it took over a month as trades had to come back to fix up problems before the hot water , rangehood @ garage door motor could go in.

Buildinghome · Nov 29, 2017 7:37 am

Izee

Question.

We just did our flooring appointment with M. We picked the Prime Luxury Laminate flooring over the standard bamboo but it was a 10k quote. Does M provide a credit for not using the standard or does that $10k quote from the flooring guys take into account the upgrade/credit?

We have prime luxury laminate flooring in latte oak. We didnt have to pay any extra for it.

Gibson · Nov 29, 2017 7:59 am

Biggest me stake

We got promised the bricklayers would start but nothing, now they promised the roof before Christmas because the party wall liner has developed mould but after so many failed promises confirmations we not holding our breath. Will keep updating - the post

Hang in there!

This is the state of our house on the day the build was contracted for completion.
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M completed the house 7 months late.

rainbow05 · Nov 29, 2017 9:34 am

Thanks Gibson for your consultant. Definitely we need private inspection before hand over although we may be delayed for appliances install after Xmas or Next year

buildinsydney · Nov 29, 2017 7:26 pm

Gibson

Biggest me stake

We got promised the bricklayers would start but nothing, now they promised the roof before Christmas because the party wall liner has developed mould but after so many failed promises confirmations we not holding our breath. Will keep updating - the post

Hang in there!

This is the state of our house on the day the build was contracted for completion.
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M completed the house 7 months late.

Hi Gibson
Was it due to rain or any other thing that pushed M to delay the build?
What can homeowners do in this kind of long delays. M doesn't pay the rent. I can understand if it gets delayed maximum 2 months but 7 months is a killer.
Looks like I have to keep solid funds aside for rent.

MGardz · Nov 30, 2017 5:53 am

Buildinsydney the build times are increasingly worse it took 13 months for our house and there is nothing you can do unfortunately, other than go to another builder. My friends are currently building and their builder is flying along. I also see some builders in my estate go as fast. So I don't take the argument that it's much the same wherever you go because it's not!

M&G Build at Mulgoa Rise | Our journey building the Masterton Fernleigh 36A (now known as the Villina Elite) at Mulgoa Rise
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Gibson · Nov 30, 2017 8:32 am

Buildinsydney, it's just the luck of the draw and a lot is due to the competence of the Site Supervisor you get.
Our first SS was good but had too many builds to run & then took over the Area Managers job. The next SS was useless , he signed off on the brickwork being completed when there was a missing wall.
The guy after that was just a night watchman - we never heard from him.
The last guy was ok but made no effort to catch up on the build.

However other M builds have completed on time, did they have a better run on SS & Tradies?