Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Alamanda Estate - Owners Forum 782Jul 26, 2010 5:59 pm Had anybody built with Places Homes? Good experience? They seem to have good discount now, with fixed site cost. We are to start in a couple of months. Sifting thru all the designs at the moment. Cheers. M Tan Re: Alamanda Estate - Owners Forum 783Jul 26, 2010 7:09 pm So the mixed use site apparently they are still working out plans for. Could be a small IGA, coffee shop and some town houses. Would be a great addition if that's the case. Needs somewhere to pop down and get the milk and bread. On the topic of concrete though has anyone else had to move their cross over? I've seen another thread where some were quoted what we were quoted which was $5k to remove the existing and put a new one down. But others via private contractors were quoted around $2k? Anyone used someone who works around Alamanda? We're thinking of just getting the driveway and cross over done by the one companys which may save some $$$$. Council is charging $400 to re-plant the little tree they put in also....maybe the concrete truck can "'accidentally'' back over it ![]() Re: Alamanda Estate - Owners Forum 784Jul 29, 2010 1:03 pm We got our moving date - 27th August (also my birthday). Has anyone got foxtel installed via their fibre optics? Is it a special department who do that, or just the normal 1800 number? Point Cook, Victoria - Being hounded by the fascists!! Re: Alamanda Estate - Owners Forum 785Aug 03, 2010 10:04 pm wohooo... did our final inspection last Friday and should settle within this week... ![]() Oxford 22 @ Stage12a Point Cook Site Cut : 05/03/2010 Slab Pour : 24/03/2010 Frame Inspected : 06/04/2010 Pre-plaster Inspection: 22/04/2010 PCI: 16/07/2010 Final Inspection: 30/07/2010 Landscaping: who knows??? MyHomeoneThread Our Oxford22 Blog Re: Alamanda Estate - Owners Forum 786Aug 05, 2010 12:21 pm Draco76 thanks for sharing your blog. Very useful. We are first time home owners and wanted to know actual time frames involved in building. Hope ours is just as quick. Enjoy moving in to your new beautiful home mate! ____________________________________ Boutique Homes Latitude 23 - Stage11 Site Cut : 21/07/2010 Re: Alamanda Estate - Owners Forum 787Aug 05, 2010 8:25 pm ![]() wohooo... did our final inspection last Friday and should settle within this week... ![]() congrats! !Are you looking at moving in soon? We'll move in at end of August ![]() Re: Alamanda Estate - Owners Forum 788Aug 06, 2010 7:00 pm PCI for me is nor weeks away. Just finishing the tiling now! It looks like the site have been averaging over 1000L of water a day! Does this seem excessive? ![]() Re: Alamanda Estate - Owners Forum 789Aug 06, 2010 9:58 pm Your house has come along so quickly Alison! We started in Nov and you probably won't be too far behind ![]() 1000L of water a day seems like a fair bit... hmmmm Building Monaco32 with Carlisle Homes in Alamanda Estate 20/08/2010 - HANDOVER 24/8!! Blog - http://ourmonaco32.blogspot.com/ Thread - viewtopic.php?f=31&t=14415 Re: Alamanda Estate - Owners Forum 790Aug 09, 2010 7:27 pm ![]() Draco76 thanks for sharing your blog. Very useful. We are first time home owners and wanted to know actual time frames involved in building. Hope ours is just as quick. Enjoy moving in to your new beautiful home mate! ____________________________________ Boutique Homes Latitude 23 - Stage11 Site Cut : 21/07/2010 No worries Dev.. hopefully it will help you with your build... This forum helped me a lot with my build and I would like to thank everyone not only on this thread but the whole H1 community.. I am sure it will also help you. Just post questions and someone here will be sure to know the answer or would know someone who can help you... Oxford 22 @ Stage12a Point Cook Site Cut : 05/03/2010 Slab Pour : 24/03/2010 Frame Inspected : 06/04/2010 Pre-plaster Inspection: 22/04/2010 PCI: 16/07/2010 Final Inspection: 30/07/2010 Landscaping: who knows??? MyHomeoneThread Our Oxford22 Blog Re: Alamanda Estate - Owners Forum 791Aug 09, 2010 7:28 pm ![]() ![]() wohooo... did our final inspection last Friday and should settle within this week... ![]() congrats! !Are you looking at moving in soon? We'll move in at end of August ![]() thanks amy.. as soon as the fence goes up, the driveway poured and dry, the alarm installed and internet working, we will move in.... ![]() Oxford 22 @ Stage12a Point Cook Site Cut : 05/03/2010 Slab Pour : 24/03/2010 Frame Inspected : 06/04/2010 Pre-plaster Inspection: 22/04/2010 PCI: 16/07/2010 Final Inspection: 30/07/2010 Landscaping: who knows??? MyHomeoneThread Our Oxford22 Blog Re: Alamanda Estate - Owners Forum 792Aug 15, 2010 12:14 pm Hi guys, I've purchased an Alamanda land back in January 2010 in stage 9 and i'm just wondering if you know any news of when it will be settled? Shouldn't it supposed to be sequential? I have seen all stage 10 onwards land being titled!! ![]() ![]() I went to have a look yesterday and there is no way that it will be titled in September, there's no roads, no street signs, no driveway, no footpath, no lamp post.. ![]() thanks! glad i found this community ![]() -Site Start - 27th Jan 2011 Re: Alamanda Estate - Owners Forum 793Aug 15, 2010 1:41 pm ![]() Hi guys, I've purchased an Alamanda land back in January 2010 in stage 9 and i'm just wondering if you know any news of when it will be settled? Shouldn't it supposed to be sequential? I have seen all stage 10 onwards land being titled!! ![]() ![]() I went to have a look yesterday and there is no way that it will be titled in September, there's no roads, no street signs, no driveway, no footpath, no lamp post.. ![]() thanks! glad i found this community ![]() The stages weren't released sequentially. Stages 10, 11 and 12 (maybe even 13?) were put on sale prior to stage 9. I figure this is because they thought stage 9 would increase in price further as it is closer to the wetlands? Most of the stages have been released late unfortunately. Ours was 4-5 months late (stage 7), not sure about the others... Maybe if you speak to Joel in the sales office he could give you a better idea? Building Monaco32 with Carlisle Homes in Alamanda Estate 20/08/2010 - HANDOVER 24/8!! Blog - http://ourmonaco32.blogspot.com/ Thread - viewtopic.php?f=31&t=14415 Re: Alamanda Estate - Owners Forum 794Aug 15, 2010 4:27 pm hi Sarah, Your house looks awesome, have you moved in yet? I rang Joel about 1 month ago and he said it will be in September - i don't think that will happen based on what i was seeing yesterday. -Site Start - 27th Jan 2011 Re: Alamanda Estate - Owners Forum 795Aug 15, 2010 6:53 pm ![]() Hi guys, I've purchased an Alamanda land back in January 2010 in stage 9 and i'm just wondering if you know any news of when it will be settled? Shouldn't it supposed to be sequential? I have seen all stage 10 onwards land being titled!! ![]() ![]() I went to have a look yesterday and there is no way that it will be titled in September, there's no roads, no street signs, no driveway, no footpath, no lamp post.. ![]() thanks! glad i found this community ![]() Hi Vtac82, We bought in Stage 13 back in January, and were told that the land would be ready to title in May. Thankfully ours didn't get pushed back too far; the block ended up titling on the 16th June (I think?) and settlement was the 30th June. Looking through my blog, streetlights were in at the end of April, the footpaths and driveways were in at the end of May, and street signs were installed at the start of June. So hopefully not too much longer for you guys in Stage 9! ![]() Good luck with your build! Re: Alamanda Estate - Owners Forum 797Aug 15, 2010 7:07 pm by the way guys, when i went to see the land yesterday there was a lot of coloured pegs on soil. like the below: http://blogpress.w18.net/photos/10/02/05/89.jpg photo taken from Chris&Emma's blog What are these? Does this mean it's close to finishing? -Site Start - 27th Jan 2011 Re: Alamanda Estate - Owners Forum 798Aug 15, 2010 7:19 pm ![]() by the way guys, when i went to see the land yesterday there was a lot of coloured pegs on soil. like the below: http://blogpress.w18.net/photos/10/02/05/89.jpg photo taken from Chris&Emma's blog What are these? Does this mean it's close to finishing? It looks like their land had already titled and the builder had started prepping the land. The coloured pipes, are (I think) the downpipes... It looked like in that photo that they weren't far off from having their slab foundations delivered and slab poured (ie portaloo is in). Generally the coloured pegs on the blocks that haven't settled/titled indicate the edges/boundaries of the block. They look like little survey pegs - wooden posts, sometimes coloured, or with coloured flags tied around them. Hope that helps! Re: Alamanda Estate - Owners Forum 799Aug 15, 2010 8:30 pm ![]() glad i found this community ![]() Forgot to mention that if you are a resident (or becoming one in the future) it's well worth signing up online as a member of the Alamanda online community (http://www.alamandaonline.com.au/) and also http://www.alamanda.net.au Very handy for local info and updates... ![]() 2 31408 ![]() In Victoria you cannot put a caveat on arising from a domestic building contract. 65 112476 ![]() They already have two well known ones (HIA & MBA) that many new home buyers mistakenly think are regulatory bodies that Joe Public can complain to. 6 18051 ![]() |