Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Anyone building with MainVue Homes 581Jun 18, 2014 9:52 pm Sorry about the quality I had to screen shot the sheet... Re: Anyone building with MainVue Homes 582Jun 18, 2014 10:15 pm Its a lot of questions. I can see why they are taking their time. I can answer a couple of Q's. The manhole is in the laundry as standard. The Island bench is 3100mm which I believe is short enough to not need a join. If it does need one I'm sure it would be put where the sink is to keep it a shorter join. Hopefully I can get into my house at some point so I can confirm there isn't a join Re: Anyone building with MainVue Homes 583Jun 18, 2014 10:48 pm Bugger I can't read it on my phone. RE manholes though, it can depend on the facade you choose and where there is enough roof space to enter/move around/access the heating and cooling. Ours is in the master WIR. - MrsT Brought first house in 2008. Renovated...a LOT. Built in 2013. Our thread: viewtopic.php?f=31&t=67954 Re: Anyone building with MainVue Homes 584Jun 19, 2014 4:54 am Ari Its a lot of questions. I can see why they are taking their time. I can answer a couple of Q's. The manhole is in the laundry as standard. The Island bench is 3100mm which I believe is short enough to not need a join. If it does need one I'm sure it would be put where the sink is to keep it a shorter join. Hopefully I can get into my house at some point so I can confirm there isn't a join I also forgot to mention the green are the questions I asked at tender which I am happy with. Its the orange questions which I'm waiting for a response. And three weeks to answer that many seems a little slow to me.... 18 questions in 21 days. That's nearly 1 question a day. Re: Anyone building with MainVue Homes 585Jun 19, 2014 8:59 am A little correction there, the standard caesarstone slab size is 3000x1400 so there would have to be a join on the benchtop. Besides, if i were to choose i'd rather have a join, over such a large surface area its more structurally stable to have a join. The join is always where the sink goes in. The splashback will be one of the last things installed in the house, but no joins there. Re: Anyone building with MainVue Homes 586Jun 19, 2014 11:19 am comfortablywacky A little correction there, the standard caesarstone slab size is 3000x1400 so there would have to be a join on the benchtop. Besides, if i were to choose i'd rather have a join, over such a large surface area its more structurally stable to have a join. The join is always where the sink goes in. The splashback will be one of the last things installed in the house, but no joins there. Thanks wacky. My mistake! I thought it was 3200. The way I read the reply regarding the splash back joining at the range hood makes it sound like they are getting splash back all the way up behind the range hood and not just across underneath. In that case it would need to join at the range hood. If its not that and just the normal splash back according to my drawings (same house) there isn't a join in the middle. Re: Anyone building with MainVue Homes 587Jun 19, 2014 12:42 pm Youre right ari, i remember seeing the splash-back at the point cook Amalfi display, from memory the main splashback was one piece and the area next to the o/h cupboards, where the range-hood was another piece. Re: Anyone building with MainVue Homes 588Jun 20, 2014 6:08 pm I called and called today and finally heard from them. Said they would get back to me next week. I said I will be re scheduling my contract appointment. Another thing I'm not happy about is where they want to put the house on the block. Its a really large block with no easement and they want to put it 3m from one side fence line and 12m back from the front. They say of I want it Amy closer to the side fence then I will need to pay more to strengthen the slab as it will be closer to the easement. I thought if there was no easement then you can go closer to the fence.... And to want to charge me more... I'm already paying $30,000 for site costs... How much more so they want me to pay... Really not liking how they are handling me as a customer. Re: Anyone building with MainVue Homes 590Jun 20, 2014 7:16 pm Yes there is one next door. So what if the easement was on my block? Would my house need to be 6m from the fence??? Re: Anyone building with MainVue Homes 591Jun 20, 2014 7:22 pm No your house wouldn't need to be 6 metres from it. It would just need to have extra piering ($$$) to support the slab. By moving it closer to the easement on next doors block you might need extra piercing (sounds like what they are saying). Think of it this way… the affect of that easement goes in BOTH directions. Towards next doors house and towards your house. It doesn't matter that its solely on their block. Do some research about Angle of Repose. It will help if you understand it when you talk to them next. It will probably explain this better than I am doing too. Re: Anyone building with MainVue Homes 592Jun 20, 2014 7:33 pm So $30k site costs is not enough? Add another $5-10k? I find that excessive.... Re: Anyone building with MainVue Homes 593Jun 20, 2014 7:42 pm No idea. All blocks are different. Personally I wouldn't have signed a tender without all these issues sorted out first. Are you still speaking to other builders to get an idea of their costs? Re: Anyone building with MainVue Homes 594Jun 20, 2014 7:51 pm I can sort of relate to this issue. the garage side of our house sits in the easement edge if our neighbours blocks which back into ours. They had to add more reinforcement to the garage because of this issue. Re: Anyone building with MainVue Homes 595Jun 20, 2014 9:03 pm Ari No idea. All blocks are different. Personally I wouldn't have signed a tender without all these issues sorted out first. Are you still speaking to other builders to get an idea of their costs? we have looked at a lot of other builders but are set on this design from MV. I know you can get another builder to copy it but its never the same. Re: Anyone building with MainVue Homes 596Jun 20, 2014 9:13 pm comfortablywacky I can sort of relate to this issue. the garage side of our house sits in the easement edge if our neighbours blocks which back into ours. They had to add more reinforcement to the garage because of this issue. They have already upgraded our slab to an E type due to the reactivity. I just think that they are being lazy with the placement as they are not the ones who will be living there. Re: Anyone building with MainVue Homes 597Jun 20, 2014 9:14 pm Amalfi_536 Ari No idea. All blocks are different. Personally I wouldn't have signed a tender without all these issues sorted out first. Are you still speaking to other builders to get an idea of their costs? we have looked at a lot of other builders but are set on this design from MV. I know you can get another builder to copy it but its never the same. we had a lot of "post contract variation" agreements pending our title release as this was delayed to 11 months after we actually paid the deposit on the land. Sorry for all the short responses guys but I'm out at the moment and have this on my mind..... Re: Anyone building with MainVue Homes 598Jun 21, 2014 6:01 pm They WILL put the house where you want it to go. If they have to do extra work (rock removal, upgrade slab, additional piers) the it's at your cost - any other builder would have to charge the same because they can't put a house on unsafe footings. Did you have soil testing some before you bought the block? Or at least before you started going through drawing up plans? That's your responsibility as a home owner, and has itching to do with MV. They're trying to put it in the place that's safest/cheapest and you're asking them to move it so they have to act accordingly, I don't think you can be annoyed with them for that. - MrsT Brought first house in 2008. Renovated...a LOT. Built in 2013. Our thread: viewtopic.php?f=31&t=67954 Re: Anyone building with MainVue Homes 599Jun 21, 2014 6:25 pm At my cost? I'm already paying a premium for rock removal. I'm already having my slab upgraded to an E type. Geez, imagine if the easement was in my boundary, I'd have the house centered on the block or be paying $40k site costs to move it over one way. I agree that they would not put the house on unsafe footings and I'm not asking them to do so. We did not have the soil tested before we bough the block as we purchased it pre release so there was no time to wait for soil tests. I have not heard of anyone who has turned down a block due to the soil test results. I don't believe you buy and build based on soil test results. You buy and build based on the location of the block. The plans are not yet drawn up so yes, we did have soil tests done before drawing up the plans. I'm no so annoyed at this issue, bit more so annoyed that its been over 3 weeks since I have heard back from them and they know I am awaiting answers to some questions I had. Re: Anyone building with MainVue Homes 600Jun 21, 2014 6:32 pm Also annoyed that they told us they will make the gas log heater space a standard size (W8) so we can just buy one later to install as they do not supply the heater. We went to the heater store today to ask about the sizes and there is no such thing as a standard size. So if we had if taken his word we would be customising the cavity to suit a heater which is not the proper way its done. Annoyed that I was told the fuse box cannot be put in the garage but saw an amalfi being build with one the other day. Annoyed that I was told the mashing machine taps cannot be placed inside the cupboard as it's against standards but have also seen this currently in progress. Wish you all the best. Once you signed the contract, they will find millions excuses to charge you. And have seen their sites unfinished for a long time. 4 26127 I haven’t. But have a Lowe Design home. Not only did I find Matt Lowe patronising and a bully, but the home is NOT TO CODE. I have water coming through the bricks… 1 16044 Hi we are looking to talk to people who have built with them recently. We have signed mid range built contract but identified that a lot of things are not included.… 0 2025 |