Browse Forums Building A New House Re: henley Emperor nouveau Q1 at the point plumpton 21Oct 18, 2013 1:11 pm I will let you know if we get the same ss. Re: henley Emperor nouveau Q1 at the point plumpton 22Oct 30, 2013 4:30 pm Well I've had my first bit of bad news. When we signed our contract we were told we weren't in a brushfire zone. Ive heard a lot of people having to pay this so I asked again before we went to tender and again at contract. We have now been told that council has extended the brushfire zone as of August and we now have to pay $4000. Council knew all along these sites were for residential properties a year ago and now they've decided to change the boundaries. This is why we have our safety bank account but had we been told this during colour selection we might have decided not to upgrade as much. I'm sure there are poor couples out there that haven't budgeted for it. I hope there are no more surprises. Re: henley Emperor nouveau Q1 at the point plumpton 23Nov 16, 2013 3:22 pm We just signed our final plans. We have been told it looks like we will be starting next week. It's been a long time coming but it looks like its full steam ahead now. I have forgotten half the stuff we picked so am very eager to see it all start. Ca I noticed yesterday one of our neighbors has started building. Re: henley Emperor nouveau Q1 at the point plumpton 25Feb 08, 2014 3:22 pm just thought I would give an update. Now that Christmas is out the way, time to focus on our home. Our frame is nearly finished, the roof went up yesterday but I haven't taken a pic yet. Its exciting to see it all taking shape. [img][IMG]http://i1344.photobucket.com/albums/p650/lcos2/photo_zpsd4e2359a.jpg[/img][/img] [img Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ ][/img] Re: henley Emperor nouveau Q1 at the point plumpton 26Feb 20, 2014 6:33 pm Found out they're building our house in the next estate near us for the good Friday appeal. I hope it doesn't go for less than what it's cost us to build. Re: henley Emperor nouveau Q1 at the point plumpton 30Apr 15, 2014 4:23 pm Hi 1st time building, I'm newbie to this forum and planning to build the emporer nouveau q3..I have put down $850 to hold the price and is still at beginning stage. Before I put down my 2nd deposit I would like to know if you have manage to get any discounts etc from Henley. Also when they did the site survey was the amount fixed before you signed the contract? I would hate to find after I signing contract that there is a surprise with the cost of rock removal etc. Any info on Henley experiences would be much appreciated. Re: henley Emperor nouveau Q1 at the point plumpton 31Apr 19, 2014 12:46 pm Hi tiveena. We had fixed site costs. Probably wouldve been a bit cheaper if we didn't fix but we didn't want to take the gamble and there be big issues later on. We are building in plumpton and there is a lot of rock so we wanted to be covered. Where are you building? We signed about 1 year ago and our starting base price was running a special at the time so our starting price was discounted 10,000. It's gone up a lot over the year. There were no further discounts but we felt we were getting a lot included. One thing I will let you know is that we picked the broadway facade and that put my kids room upstairs on the side of the house. Council wanted us to frost the windows for privacy which I wasn't happy about. I wanted my daughter to be able to look out if she wanted to see what the weather was like. In the end Henley changed the plans to put the window at the back of the house. This came at no extra charge. I've had a lot of problems along the way but henley has been the ones to deal with them. Can't speak highly enough of the team working on my house. I get weekly updates from both admin and my ss. Good luck with your build it's such a beautiful home. Did you watch the rch charity auction. Was happy to see the price it went for. Let me know if I can answer anything else. Re: henley Emperor nouveau Q1 at the point plumpton 32Apr 22, 2014 11:01 pm Hi 1st time building, thanks for the info. I am building in Aurora Estate in Wollert. You're lucky to have the $10k promo. I had a walk through with the sales consultant today and was discussing about windows may need to be obscured. I thought it was only obscure for bathroom/ensuite windows only but now that u mention about the bedroom fingers cross I won't have this issue. I am planning on building the ultima facade. Also, did you get any credits for standards inclusions you change ie flush door to sliding door? Another issue that's I'm trying to understand is whether to let Henley install refrigerated aircon. They had quoted the add-on Brivis zoned aircon for around $13k and upgraded the ducted heating to 5star for $2.5k. In total that's like $15.5k for 17kw of power.. Is this overpriced and can I install the aircon after handover? Or is the Brivis reverse cycle better and more efficient? How is the house so far? If there were issues is henley quick to rectify? Re: henley Emperor nouveau Q1 at the point plumpton 33Apr 22, 2014 11:31 pm Hi 1st time building, I didn't watch the Good Friday appeal, however have just saw it on the net and it sold for $717k. Re: henley Emperor nouveau Q1 at the point plumpton 34Apr 24, 2014 11:15 pm We didn't do aircon through Henley so can't help you there. With regards to windows, council wanted ALL upstairs windows on both sides to be obscured. That's when Henley moved it to the back. It actually costs more to put a cavity door. We were credited the cost of staining the stairs cause I didn't like the colours they had. They are leaving them raw and I will varnish them when I move in. Cannot speak highly enough of how on the ball Henley has been. My advice would be trust your admin and ss and build a good repour with them. I get weekly updates from both of them. Sometimes there is nothing to report but they still call to keep me in the loop. Fantastic service. Re: henley Emperor nouveau Q1 at the point plumpton 35Apr 25, 2014 10:27 pm Thanks for the advise 1st time building. Reassuring to hear that they provide good service. Re: henley Emperor nouveau Q1 at the point plumpton 36Jun 29, 2014 3:13 pm just some more recent photos [img][IMG]http://i1344.photobucket.com/albums/p650/lcos2/IMG_2733_zpsae34cef4.jpg[/img][/img] [img][IMG]http://i1344.photobucket.com/albums/p650/lcos2/IMG_2738_zpse68bf855.jpg[/img][/img] Re: henley Emperor nouveau Q1 at the point plumpton 38Jul 05, 2014 11:00 am [i[IM[URL=http://s1344.photobucket.com/user/lcos2/media/IMG_2738_zpse68bf855.jpg.html] Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ G]http://i1344.photobucket.com/albums/p650/lcos2/IMG_2733_zpsae34cef4.jpg[/IMG][/URL]mg][/img] Re: henley Emperor nouveau Q1 at the point plumpton 39Jul 07, 2014 12:44 am Hi 1st time building, pictures look great. You must be excited as its look almost complete. How long did it take from when you signed the contract? I still haven't deposited the 2nd deposit as yet but will have to make up mind very soon as the 6mths to keep base price is almost up. How long did it take for Henley to start site survey once you deposit the 2nd deposit? Re: henley Emperor nouveau Q1 at the point plumpton 40Jul 07, 2014 8:51 pm Hi. Can't remember exact dates. I know once we payed the second deposit our land hadn't been titled yet. Once we got the all clear on the land I remember driving pat 3 days later and there was 5 big holes in the ground from the soil test. Our biggest hold up was our council approval. Had problems with garage being on the fence line. Henley said we could challenge and they said we had a 50/50 chance of being approved and that it could take up to 5 weeks to get an answer. To eliminate this we moved the garage 15cm. Then resubmitted and then was told the windows on the side had to be frosted but then Henley again saved my daughters room being frosted by moving it to the back of the house. So most of our hold ups was council. Once everything had the go ahead they were on site 1 week later. So our land was released three months late and council stuffed us around so It's hard to give an accurate time frame from signing to starting. Hi, I have this sewer inspection point sitting in an odd spot in the rear of my yard: https://imgur.com/ghLI98q What I'd like to do is put a firepit in that corner of… 0 6877 Hi, If you give a set of criteria as to what means 'good' to you, it'll give others prompts to respond. We considered Henley early on but there were two factors that… 1 12588 |