Browse Forums Building A New House 1 Nov 06, 2009 4:13 pm jbarry My build thread: https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=25713 13th Oct - Offer on block 4th Dec - Settlement of block scheduled (delayed due to titles) 22nd Feb - Titles Issued 17th Mar - Land Settlement 17th Mar - Pre-start meeting Re: The Osprey Build (Dale Alcock - in Wattle Grove, WA) 2Nov 06, 2009 6:06 pm Aussie Alfresco Ultimate Bertram, WA Homebuyers Centre WEEK 21 - Practical Completion (Scheduled) ![]() My Build Thread - https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=21383&p=278506#p278506 Re: The Osprey Build (Dale Alcock - in Wattle Grove, WA) 3Nov 06, 2009 6:26 pm Harrisdale backyard finally done! ![]() Re: The Osprey Build (Dale Alcock - in Wattle Grove, WA) 4Nov 06, 2009 6:45 pm jbarry My build thread: https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=25713 13th Oct - Offer on block 4th Dec - Settlement of block scheduled (delayed due to titles) 22nd Feb - Titles Issued 17th Mar - Land Settlement 17th Mar - Pre-start meeting Re: The Osprey Build (Dale Alcock - in Wattle Grove, WA) 6Nov 07, 2009 12:52 am viewtopic.php?f=31&t=22766 - my build thread! 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Re: The Osprey Build (Dale Alcock - in Wattle Grove, WA) 7Nov 07, 2009 6:04 pm Timeline Aug 08-Land Mar 09-Demo/Titles Sept 10-Handover No1 Sept 11-Handover No2 April 12-Sold No2 Aug 14-Land/Demo Jan 15-Slabs viewtopic.php?f=31&t=25736 Re: The Osprey Build (Dale Alcock - in Wattle Grove, WA) 8Nov 08, 2009 7:39 pm P1T Read about my building experience: http://secondhomebuild.blogspot.com Dale Alcock Homes - 'The Nautilus' in Bletchley Park, Southern River - WA Read about my Clipsal C-BUS Home Automation Project: https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=34&t=20854 Re: The Osprey Build (Dale Alcock - in Wattle Grove, WA) 9Dec 01, 2009 1:42 pm jbarry My build thread: https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=25713 13th Oct - Offer on block 4th Dec - Settlement of block scheduled (delayed due to titles) 22nd Feb - Titles Issued 17th Mar - Land Settlement 17th Mar - Pre-start meeting Re: The Osprey Build (Dale Alcock - in Wattle Grove, WA) 10Dec 01, 2009 1:51 pm Building with Homebuyers Centre El Questro! My building thread..viewtopic.php?f=31&t=19421 Brickies started 5/10 ![]() Re: The Osprey Build (Dale Alcock - in Wattle Grove, WA) 11Dec 01, 2009 3:15 pm jbarry My build thread: https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=25713 13th Oct - Offer on block 4th Dec - Settlement of block scheduled (delayed due to titles) 22nd Feb - Titles Issued 17th Mar - Land Settlement 17th Mar - Pre-start meeting Re: The Osprey Build (Dale Alcock - in Wattle Grove, WA) 12Dec 01, 2009 5:46 pm We built in Wattle Grove, just a couple of streets from your block going by your photos, in 2005. Sold the house in December, now building in Forrestdale. We had a pool installed & had it plumbed for future solar heating, but we found the pool blanket was more than enough. We hit water when digging for the pool but fortunately no rocks/clay. We were very lucky our site costs were $3000 when we built, each block surrounding us paid over $15,000 due to clay/rocks so it can get expensive for pool installation in Wattle Grove & surrounds. Re: The Osprey Build (Dale Alcock - in Wattle Grove, WA) 13Dec 09, 2009 6:54 pm Oh I hope we might be one of the lucky ones re the site costs. We have presently allowed $12,000 - so will see. Unfortunately finance on our block has not settled as yet - we are still waiting for the titles to be issued. No problems though as our Land Offer is subject to titles being issued - finance to be finalised 21 days after. It actually gives us a little bit of a breather in that we are not paying anything on the block as yet - as long as the titles are issued by mid Jan at the latest, it will fit within our time frame. We were told when we signed that it wouldn't be long - the subdevelopment was signed off by council about 3 weeks ago and our street number issued, and we are now just waiting on Landgate. Cheers jbarry My build thread: https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=25713 13th Oct - Offer on block 4th Dec - Settlement of block scheduled (delayed due to titles) 22nd Feb - Titles Issued 17th Mar - Land Settlement 17th Mar - Pre-start meeting Re: The Osprey Build (Dale Alcock - in Wattle Grove, WA) 14Jan 03, 2010 2:52 pm Hi Everyone We are still waiting on titles to be issued. Apparently they are just waiting on final sign off from Landgate. So will see how long this sign off takes. Can't wait till I can make some more meaningful posts. Great to see all of you powering along with your builds and to see those of you who had handover before Christmas, moved in and enjoying your new homes. The builder is back from break this week so perhaps we may receive our plans. We haven't really thought much about the house over Christmas and with myself and my hubby off work till the 11th January (our first lot of annual leave in over a year) we have used this time to just totally relax, catch up with family and friends although we've probably been indulging in too much food and drink. But hey, before too long we'll be back into our routine again and wishing we were back on holidays - so we will enjoy it while we can. Wishing everyone a Happy and Prosperous 2010. We're looking to 2010 as our turning point and are very excited to be building our new house. Cheers jbarry My build thread: https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=25713 13th Oct - Offer on block 4th Dec - Settlement of block scheduled (delayed due to titles) 22nd Feb - Titles Issued 17th Mar - Land Settlement 17th Mar - Pre-start meeting Re: The Osprey Build (Dale Alcock - in Wattle Grove, WA) 15Jan 03, 2010 3:47 pm Happy New Year to you to jbarry. ![]() Completely understand the frustration of having to wait for titles. We've been waiting since July 2009 and only got the call two days ago from R/E agent to say they've finally been issued. Settlement soon and then on with the new build. Wishing you good luck and fortune and will be eagerly keeping up to date with your topic ![]() Plastering 02/03/11 Roofframe 31/01/11 / Electrics,plumbing,gutters,downpipes 12/02/11 Bricks 10/01/11 / Pad 10/12/10 Retainingwalls 5/11/10 / Re-peg 14/10/10 Bldlic appvd 10/09/10 / Plansappvd 12/07/10 Bldcontract signed 19/02/10 / Landsettlement 25/01/10 BlockUOffer July 09 Forum: viewtopic.php?f=31&t=27512 Re: The Osprey Build (Dale Alcock - in Wattle Grove, WA) 16Jan 03, 2010 4:23 pm Hi Ezi4few Congrats on your titles being issued. Gosh that is a long time to have waited. We bought our block mid October with the understanding titles were to be issued within a week of us signing the offer for purchase. But this was not to be. On the plus side though, the block is ours, the builder is proceeding with the admin side of things, yet it's not costing us in interest as yet. So we are able to pump more into our savings which is nice. I know that we will be building before we know it and in hindsight all this "waiting" will seem like it passed by so quickly. I have to say though that I'm rather impatient and want everything "now". I've just checked our schedule and we are due for pre-start next month so I expect we are likely to receive a pre-start pack very soon. The next few weeks should see quite a lot of contact with our builder. Plans hopefully this week before signing off and submission to council. I'm assuming we will need titles before this though, - if anyone knows, I'd be grateful if you could let me know. Good luck with everything and think positive. Hopefully *** under the guidance of your sales guy will be professional, diligent and speedy. I too look forward to watching your progress. Cheers jbarry My build thread: https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=25713 13th Oct - Offer on block 4th Dec - Settlement of block scheduled (delayed due to titles) 22nd Feb - Titles Issued 17th Mar - Land Settlement 17th Mar - Pre-start meeting Re: The Osprey Build (Dale Alcock - in Wattle Grove, WA) 17Feb 01, 2010 12:39 am Hey there jbarry, looking forward to following your build! I initially looked into finding a block in Wattle Grove (my parents are in Forrestfield) but at the time vacant land was hard to come by. After months of deliberating, hubby and I have done the initial sign up today to build with Dale Alcock too. We're looking at building the Santorini in Helena Valley with upgrades similar to the display version, the Ambrose. It's a great deal that you're getting with the Osprey - the floors they have in the display homes are beautiful. It looks like we'll be putting in some of the same upgrades that you have - but will see what the costing comes up as, as I have a feeling we'll be over budget!!! ![]() ![]() Re: The Osprey Build (Dale Alcock - in Wattle Grove, WA) 18Feb 01, 2010 2:14 pm Hi Lis Congratulations. Hope all goes well. DA have been great thus far. Our plans are already in shire with a variation to come. We decided to extend the Alfresco to the back of the house - which gives us roughly a 4m x 7.6m Alfresco. We've changed our paving also to the Stylestone Quartz paving and increased our pre-start allowance following advice from fellow builders. Still no titles which is frustrating us no end. So council won't even look at the plans till titles are issued. Hopefully only another month to wait. We are starting to get very excited. We had a few changes which we required to the plans, but nothing too dramatic. We went with the Reflection frontage (reduced in width) instead of the Osprey frontage. We especially loved the huge Portico. My dad who we are contracting to do the plastering is doing a feature limestone finish on the Portico so hopefully this will pop out against the rest of the render (which we'll probably go Lundy Grey): Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ We picked our bricks and roof tile on the weekend and got some quotes for our pool. There is so much to decide and we've been trying to do a little bit each weekend so it's not such a rush once we come close to prestart. We are going with the Big River Blackbutt wooden flooring. This is the same as what they use in the displays (along with the Spotted Gum). We've also got it in the Theatre Room, Activity Room and the hallway near the back bedrooms - just so it flows right through. Just waiting on the final plans to come back so we can sign off. Then they will book pre-start. If you want to know anything about our extras ie costs etc, let me know. I'm off to the DA website to have a look at the Santorini. Regards jbarry My build thread: https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=25713 13th Oct - Offer on block 4th Dec - Settlement of block scheduled (delayed due to titles) 22nd Feb - Titles Issued 17th Mar - Land Settlement 17th Mar - Pre-start meeting Re: The Osprey Build (Dale Alcock - in Wattle Grove, WA) 19Feb 01, 2010 6:49 pm Ooooohhh I L O V E the look of the limestone finish!!! I really hope that we can get a feature like that for our elevation - again, depends on the budget ![]() We too are looking to extend the alfresco to 4m x 7.5m (must have very similar tastes ![]() ![]() Hope the titles come through soon. All this waiting must be excruciating!!! Re: The Osprey Build (DA - in Wattle Grove, WA) - We're Titled!! 20Feb 23, 2010 12:49 pm Well it is all starting to happen. We have Titles!!! I just didn't think this day would come. Settlement on the block is due 16th March. We've also had pre-start booked for 17th March. Must now get a wriggle on and finalise all my colour selections. I haven't yet made it out to the tile shop or the kitchen shop either - so guess what we're doing on Saturday morning. We are expecting our final plans soon and I'll upload a copy once I have them. Cheers jbarry My build thread: https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=25713 13th Oct - Offer on block 4th Dec - Settlement of block scheduled (delayed due to titles) 22nd Feb - Titles Issued 17th Mar - Land Settlement 17th Mar - Pre-start meeting Thank you so much everyone. This all makes a lot of sense. I guess when you talk to a builder who butters up everything to look very polished, you get to start believing… 7 71865 If you are in Victoria you have a statutory right to your own building inspector regardless of builder's consent. No negotiations are required. However the builder will… 1 15056 ![]() Hello, I am new here and looking for advice on an investment project. 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