Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Building in SA! 2556May 17, 2010 9:46 pm Hi all Just a general topic about 'moving' Our plan is to rent one of the 'PODS', have it delivered to our rental next week and start filling it. The when ready, they pick it up and take it to the new house. Costs a little more than doing it yourself but works for us because * We can declutter house now so it is tidy for rental viewings * Pack as we go * Ability to keep moving dates flexible. If we ad to move in a hurry we can, if handover is late butwe had to move out itcould all go in storage quickly and easily * move to new house in one hit * take as long as we need to unpack it meaning it's not madly shifting trailer load after trailer load in a hurry kind of thing Cost for the large one for one month is $462. 24hr trailer hire around $100. Anyone else had experience with these? Re: Building in SA! 2557May 17, 2010 10:29 pm Hi all !! I have been reading for a while and even did a post or two a while back but then got disheartened when it seemed it was all going to take forever Anyway our house in London finally settled ...Yay so we could pay for our land ... YIPEEE and the weekend just gone we signed the contract with Format We are building a 5 bedroom house based around Formats Hindmarsh on a largish but awkward plot of land in Millswood . Couldn't find a house that wouldn't need lots of rooms adding on so building seemed the best option , its our first time so very nervous but excited !!! Building with Format in SA , been in council for 5 months finally nearing approval ( fingers crossed ) Re: Building in SA! 2558May 17, 2010 10:51 pm Congratulations hopeful on moving forward, before you know it you will have a slab then it speeds by Re: Building in SA! 2559May 17, 2010 11:07 pm bluesteel Congratulations hopeful on moving forward, before you know it you will have a slab then it speeds by Thank you Bluesteel I really hope so !!!! We are in a rental at the moment while we get our house ready for sale , dont want to be paying rent for longer than we need too Building with Format in SA , been in council for 5 months finally nearing approval ( fingers crossed ) Re: Building in SA! 2560May 18, 2010 9:09 am We have received our bank pack which I think are final plans also. I've re-read the building guide and I'm still not 100% sure. Anyway, the plans show gables on the house again which I had removed so will have to get that changed. I've also just realised the linen press doesn't have doors (otherwise the would be shown on the plan correct). How did I miss that. I do not love any of the standard paint colours I have to choose from. Feather White or Flokati are my preferance but I don't love them. Will get a larger sample from paint store to compare. Called HQ and they said footings variation will be sent to use this week. Fingers crossed. My building blog - http://barryandlaurasloveshack.blogspot.com/ go upvc window frames ensure insulation under colorbond. not just sarking, lighter color roof also not sure if you have seen this viewtopic.php?t=5823 last couple of pages… 4 110857 Even if it's not being sub-divided and you want to keep it as Torrens title, you will still need to talk to a town planner or Council themselves, to see if they will allow… 1 11151 |