Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Somerfield Estate Keysborough 1375Mar 17, 2011 8:27 am Evonne69 Hi all, Can someone please enlighten me to where does it say within our contract of the estate that our dunnies have to be connected with the recycle water. I know that 1 tap has to be in the backyard, we are now facing with an extra expense to allow for this EXTRA thing. How annoying......... Evonne Hi Evonne I am not sure about the guidelines but my builder has included all these things which cost us about $1700 for double storey. How much does your builder charge you? You might contact DAP to find out if that's required. Re: Somerfield Estate Keysborough 1376Mar 17, 2011 11:06 am I have a corner block land, and plan to build a double storey house. My builder charge me extra money for adding 2 windows in my WIR (one downstair, and one upstair). Does anybody know is this DAP's requirement for the corner block? Re: Somerfield Estate Keysborough 1377Mar 17, 2011 8:12 pm i am not sure where it is in the guidelines. but i am pretty sure that by having a 5 star energy rated house it means that recycled water is used to flush your toilet. and our requirements are to have a 5 star energy house. hope this helps? Building with Places Homes - Glendale 23 (plus 2 square bonus). Stage 1j, Somerfield Estate, Keysborough. Sweet! Re: Somerfield Estate Keysborough 1378Mar 17, 2011 10:32 pm Hi all , thank-you for the information you all gave me, but how can my builder turn around now and tell me this. Nbg should have included this when they had all my estate requirements. I have not been told how much this extra requirement is going to be, but I have 4 toilets and being a double story, it most likely be a couple of thousand. Thanks Evonne NBG - Vaucluse 390E Builders Casa Constructions 1A,Linley Estate Re: Somerfield Estate Keysborough 1379Mar 18, 2011 10:05 am Could anyone let me know how long it took for their plans to pass the DAP. Our first attempt failed, and it took well over a week for our builder to make contact with them personally, which finally happened and they came to a verbal confirmation so a new set of plans were sent 3 weeks ago, no answer yet as to when the plans will be approved, only this reply from them. Unfortunately because Somerfield have hired architects to review the home designs I am unable to directly access anyone involved in reviewing your home. Our builder spoke with Somerfield about a revised driveway (which does meet the new driveway guidelines) and this reply was - " they asked me to email the information through. The following email was sent back…. “Dear Somerfield builder Thank you for your submission, we will respond as soon as possible. Sincerely Design Assessment Panel” Friday 11.3.11 I think the DAP should be called "Dead A.....e People" Why do they not respond to people, a while ago I posted on this forum that I sent them a personal email that I needed clarification on something and it got returned by the Mail Administrator, and I did use the correct address. I am sorry for my rant but I am getting quite stressed about this as we put wheels into motion on Day 1 when the land was titled and we are no further advanced. Re: Somerfield Estate Keysborough 1380Mar 18, 2011 1:20 pm Our DAP took about 3 weeks when we did it. We had to go through twice too. They put you to the bottom of the pile each time. We are in stage 1a, so i'm guessing a lot longer now that there are so many more stages going through. |