Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Building in Saltwater Coast - Point cook 104Sep 13, 2010 5:01 pm Looking forward to starting building on Pepperjack Way soon ... although we have decided to ditch our original builder and go back to the drawing board, so not sure when that will be now Re: Building in Saltwater Coast - Point cook 106Sep 15, 2010 1:05 pm AnDiva Hello! Yet another interesting article on Point Cook. http://theage.domain.com.au/why-buy-eas ... 1551p.html Thoughts?? I dunno - that's just Melbourne in general I think - we live out in Kew now and it's quite diverse - I don't see it as a bad thing Re: Building in Saltwater Coast - Point cook 107Sep 15, 2010 2:44 pm shells shelljoy - what made you ditch henley? Have heard mixed reviews on them? Shells - they were pretty inflexible, and we were very unhappy with the service (and quality of information) that we got out of their administration people ... and these are the people you are relying on to ensure that the house they build is the home you want. After we had ditched them, we started to hear some very mixed things about them ... so in all, we are relieved. Re: Building in Saltwater Coast - Point cook 108Sep 17, 2010 12:50 pm that seems to be the case with most builders - you're very important until you sign on the dotted line! Then you're just another person on the conveyer belt! It's quite an important proces sso you have to be happy with your builders and their transparency - hope you have better luck with the next one. we're with simonds and they've been pretty good so far...aprt from the site cost clarification issue we had early on. Re: Building in Saltwater Coast - Point cook 109Sep 28, 2010 3:02 pm Hi Saltwatercoasters, In case anyone is interested and hasn't had the call yet.... Just received a call from SWC sales office saying the stage 10 is titling late this or early next week, so the settlements should be taking place in three or so weeks time. Re: Building in Saltwater Coast - Point cook 110Sep 29, 2010 3:29 pm Dinko Hi Saltwatercoasters, In case anyone is interested and hasn't had the call yet.... Just received a call from SWC sales office saying the stage 10 is titling late this or early next week, so the settlements should be taking place in three or so weeks time. Woww Dinko...i m excited to hear this piece of news...i m on Stage 10 too..and havent heard from them as yet But thats good if its all happening now..Which street are you on? Re: Building in Saltwater Coast - Point cook 112Sep 29, 2010 4:17 pm shelljoy we got the call yesterday, too! now all we need is a builder ... egads!!! Hiya Shelljoy...i thought i read sometime back..you had a builder...what happened? Ditched them huh...Henley or something. Hope you will find one soon, any short listed? All the best yeah...we just got our decision made..Carlisle it is..after months and months of looking around Re: Building in Saltwater Coast - Point cook 113Sep 29, 2010 4:24 pm selvasha shelljoy we got the call yesterday, too! now all we need is a builder ... egads!!! Hiya Shelljoy...i thought i read sometime back..you had a builder...what happened? Ditched them huh...Henley or something. Hope you will find one soon, any short listed? All the best yeah...we just got our decision made..Carlisle it is..after months and months of looking around We ditched Henley - they were pretty inflexible, and were probably going to end up building the house THEY wanted not the house WE wanted. At the moment we are leaning towards Long Island Homes ... nice boutique builder with a great floorplan - and they don't charge to make minor changes! Re: Building in Saltwater Coast - Point cook 114Oct 02, 2010 12:58 am Hi coasters, Would those of you who are building a double storey house (with balcony) mind giving me an insight into an issue regarding front setback? According to the SWC's design guideline, "front setback minimum 4.5m and maximum 5.0m from the front boundary. roofed verandah / porch elements and eaves may encroach no more than 1.5m into these setbacks.." no question with that bit, but what about balcony? can balcony be regarded as roofed verandah/porch elements? any input would be appreciated Built: Modified H3nl3y S0h0 Q1 in Melbourne :- Never again Re: Building in Saltwater Coast - Point cook 115Oct 04, 2010 9:44 pm EmeryBB Hi coasters, Would those of you who are building a double storey house (with balcony) mind giving me an insight into an issue regarding front setback? According to the SWC's design guideline, "front setback minimum 4.5m and maximum 5.0m from the front boundary. roofed verandah / porch elements and eaves may encroach no more than 1.5m into these setbacks.." no question with that bit, but what about balcony? can balcony be regarded as roofed verandah/porch elements? any input would be appreciated As far as I know, there's a height limit for the elements that can encroach into the setbacks. Not sure what it is exactly (my drafty mentioned it, but I can't recall), but I have a feeling a height of a balcony would be too high to be allowed to encroach. Wyndham city council has the res code available for download on their site which might be worth looking at...It's a pretty large .pdf though Re: Building in Saltwater Coast - Point cook 117Oct 12, 2010 8:02 am They said to us two weeks ago that they are receiving the compliance from the council mid last week at the latest. We haven't received anything from our conveyancers yet, but hoping to in the next day or so.. Re: Building in Saltwater Coast - Point cook 118Oct 13, 2010 2:36 pm For those about to be titled in Stage 10, how far behind/on/ahead of schedule is this from what you were first told? We're in Stage 7 the next stage to be titled after 10 so just trying to gauge if we're likely to start as anticipated in March. Thanks Renee -------------------------------- Building: Newington 40 Estate: Saltwater Coast, Point Cook. Re: Building in Saltwater Coast - Point cook 119Oct 14, 2010 2:45 pm Dinko They said to us two weeks ago that they are receiving the compliance from the council mid last week at the latest. We haven't received anything from our conveyancers yet, but hoping to in the next day or so.. Hi Dinko, thanks for the info. Did speak to the conveyancer this week and she said the same. But we had issues with our crossover/driveway location as it was different on actual site compared to the plan. Trying to get that sorted, hope they do.... Re: Building in Saltwater Coast - Point cook 120Oct 14, 2010 2:48 pm Reenie For those about to be titled in Stage 10, how far behind/on/ahead of schedule is this from what you were first told? We're in Stage 7 the next stage to be titled after 10 so just trying to gauge if we're likely to start as anticipated in March. Thanks Renee -------------------------------- Building: Newington 40 Estate: Saltwater Coast, Point Cook. Hi Renee, We were told initially to expect titles in late Sept/early October, so i reckon probably 4 weeks delay looking at things now.. 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