Building at Golden Grove - The Settlement

excitedtobuild · Aug 29, 2011 2:23 pm

Shakel, we too paid extra to get a higher pitch on our roof (our salesman talked us into it) I wonder if we will have the same problem. Which builder are you going with??

Thanks for that wildorchid, will have to start our thread once stuff finally starts happening. i cant wait

wildorchid · Aug 29, 2011 2:33 pm

what pitch do you have?
most new estates have in the encumbrance to have 25 degrees, many builders have this standard, but i have seen some builders only include 22.5, so an upgrade will be needed. they should just make it standard!

excitedtobuild · Aug 29, 2011 8:23 pm

Ours is 30 degrees - not sure why but our salesman thought that would look good???
I also have another quick question for those of you who have had issues with trees etc. Council have now approved our application (yay) but have decided that we need to put a temp fence around the tree on the neighbouring reserve - which i still think sucks, because its not even on our block. Has anyone had to do this, if so where do you get the fence from and roughly how much was it??

Shakel · Aug 29, 2011 10:03 pm

excitedtobuild

Ours is 30 degrees - not sure why but our salesman thought that would look good???
I also have another quick question for those of you who have had issues with trees etc. Council have now approved our application (yay) but have decided that we need to put a temp fence around the tree on the neighbouring reserve - which i still think sucks, because its not even on our block. Has anyone had to do this, if so where do you get the fence from and roughly how much was it??

Heya!
Im not sure of the pitch of our roof but we did have to increase the pitch which cost extra

I heard from the Customer sales guy and no luck...we do not have eaves

Noone told us about it so I would advise ppl to check with their builders because they dont tell you everything.....even if you are feeling picky just think you are paying for it check you are getting exactly what you want

Thank you to ness'n'troy who helped our stress levels by taking photos of our finished house with no eaves. It looks lovely!

Oh and about the tree....I have one on my block and they never told us to put a fence around it! I know that 2 houses down they had to. Im building with AV Jennings.

Today my windows came, the termimesh was laid.....and now for more construction!! hehe

Kelly

dreamcometrue · Aug 29, 2011 10:57 pm

after reading a number of posts on various threads, I have come to the conclusion that it really just depends on who, in council, happens to be the one giving the approval for the build that day as to what is allowed/required - the luck of the draw, I guess. What is ok for one person is not ok for another

On a good note, we requested to have some taps moved by the developer as they were situated right in the middle of where our driveway would be located and they were prompt in moving them to a better position.

excitedtobuild · Sep 02, 2011 3:16 pm

dreamcometrue

On a good note, we requested to have some taps moved by the developer as they were situated right in the middle of where our driveway would be located and they were prompt in moving them to a better position.

When you say developer - do you mean your builder or Land SA?? Our taps are right in the middle of our driveway also and previously on a house we built, we had to pay SA Water approx $400 to move them a metre because of the same issue. i cant believe its happened again. If we dont have to pay for it, that would be a bonus.

dreamcometrue · Sep 02, 2011 8:34 pm

ETB - have PM you

Shakel · Sep 03, 2011 9:44 pm

Hello all!!

Just to let you all know tonight we were looking at our block on Tuscan it was dark and we were at the back of the block when we saw something suspicious. A white van pulled up out the front of a house (unoccupied) walked around with a torch and looked through it's windows.

Please keep your eyes open. I wish I had my neighbours number.

Thank you

Kelly

rebeccaT · Sep 03, 2011 10:18 pm

That sucks......

dreamcometrue · Sep 05, 2011 10:53 am

maybe it was a member of the 'dirty window' club

(although a van does sound a bit suspicious)

excitedtobuild · Sep 07, 2011 6:03 pm

Thanks for your advice Dreamcometrue, we will look into it.

On a good note, we are just waiting for final sign off after the private certifier is done and we should be able to start in the next few weeks!!

posss · Oct 04, 2011 8:13 pm

Hi All,

We're wondering if anyone else is building a split level home in The Settlement and what kind of stairs/steps you are putting inside?
ie. MDF, concrete, brick?

We have a drop of 1 metre from the front of our house to the back so we will need to have 5 steps going down from the end entry hall into the main living/kitchen area.

We're not sure what options are available to cover MDF stairs. We will be having hard flooring in the area where they will be going so carpet isn't really an option for us.

If anyone has any pics we could have a squizzy at for some ideas that'd be great.

Cheers,
Kylie & Michael

dreamcometrue · Oct 04, 2011 10:01 pm

We plan to have a split up into the living area which I believe will be concrete. I think we will be putting in floor tiles so concrete will be best for us. Is your hard floor timber or tiles? What has Fmont quoted you for in regard to the stairs (MDF, concrete or brick)?

Shakel · Oct 06, 2011 8:31 pm

Hey all,

I was wondering if I was able to ask a question...

In order to get a fence between properties, do you need council approval/permission??

(pleeeeaaaassseee say no....I dont want to go through them again hehe)

Thank you

wildorchid · Oct 07, 2011 8:28 am

we havent moved in yet and the millipedes are already driving me nuts!!!
for those already moved in.....have you done anything to reduce the numbers???

Shakel · Oct 07, 2011 1:55 pm

Ive noticed that too wildorchid! All over the gyprock and just everywhere! I asked someone and they said they use surface spray and that keeps them under control.

wildorchid · Oct 07, 2011 3:45 pm

i was hoping they wouldnt come up to the house after concrete/established garden.....but the neighbours are still covered in them too!
before we decided on dechellis, we knocked on another dechellis house to ask how she found them (before i descovered this forum), she was nice enough to let us in and show us her house, this is in stage 2 and she even had millipedes inside!
eeeggggghhhhh......i hope they go away once everyone has finished building!

kim123 · Oct 19, 2011 12:48 pm

hi ! just joined but not building yet just having a look around.

wildorchid · Oct 19, 2011 1:49 pm

hi kim! welcome
what stage is you land in?

posss · Oct 19, 2011 3:40 pm

dreamcometrue

We plan to have a split up into the living area which I believe will be concrete. I think we will be putting in floor tiles so concrete will be best for us. Is your hard floor timber or tiles? What has Fmont quoted you for in regard to the stairs (MDF, concrete or brick)?

Hi dreamcometrue,
Fairmont originally quoted us a little over 12 grand for the split with 2 lots of stairs. One set going from the entry into the dining/kitchen/living area and the other set going from the internal garage door into the same area. It now turns out that the stairs going from the garage door can't be done because of ceiling level. They didn't specify how much the stairs were costing in the quote but we have been given a $1000 credit now that the garage stairs have been taken out. The stairs will be made of MDF.
Hindsight is a wonderful thing...Wish now that we'd got concrete stairs and been confident with whatever floor covering we chose. We're guessing MDF will limit our choices a bit now. Oh well, you build and learn!
Just out of curiosity, what were you quoted for your concrete stairs?

Michael & Kylie