Browse Forums Building A New House 1 Jan 07, 2010 9:12 am Hi Guys, Just wondering if anybody has heard anything about titles for stage 4 as i have driven down and seen the progress with most of the work completed, eg footpaths, driveways, light posts and roads. Looks to me that they aren't very far away from completion/titles but still dont think we will have them by FEB as quoted by sales office. Land: Stage 4 Title Settlement: 22nd April '10 Building: DFH, Hartley Site Start: (Scrape) 3.7.10 Slab Completed: 17.7.10 Frame Completed: 30.7.10 Gutters & Fascia Completed: 3.8.10 Roof Completed:9.8.10 Electrical & Plumbing Completed: 13.8.10 Bricks Completed: 24.8.10 Lock up Stage: 30.8.10 Re: Anyone Waiting For Stage 4 Titles in Sandarra (Release 9&10) 2Jan 07, 2010 2:57 pm Hey Johno, We're down in release 14 (the end of construction stage 5), originally we were quoted feb titles it seems the same as pretty much everyone else. Last contract with Trudi, was they were on time for feb sometime. Our conveyencer made inquiries on our behalf back in december which still havent been answered, might get on to her to send another. Based on the current condition of stage 5 and specifically our giant hole in the ground which should be our land and a few surrounding blocks, unless they seriously pull the finger out, i mean seriously as of monday night it was back to 1 bulldozer and 1 excavator on site, parked over at the construction entrance. I'm really starting to doubt we'll be titled in feb. That said there also appears to have been some new excavation completed on what i thought was the completed section of mallua circuit in the section directly across from the titled stages. It appeared that some of the road had been dug up and replaced with road metal, with a pile beside it, as well as fresh excavations on some of the lots nearby. Couldn't see a whole lot of detail through the camera lens from the fence because entering the construction site is a big no no Our Build - Places Fairhaven 23+ - https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=28045 Our Landscaping - Belial's Backyard - https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=19&t=45375 Re: Anyone Waiting For Stage 4 Titles in Sandarra (Release 9&10) 3Jan 07, 2010 10:18 pm Hey Belial, so do you know if they are releasing stage 4 & 5 together (release 9,10,11,12,13,14) even if stage 4 is completed before 5?? Land: Stage 4 Title Settlement: 22nd April '10 Building: DFH, Hartley Site Start: (Scrape) 3.7.10 Slab Completed: 17.7.10 Frame Completed: 30.7.10 Gutters & Fascia Completed: 3.8.10 Roof Completed:9.8.10 Electrical & Plumbing Completed: 13.8.10 Bricks Completed: 24.8.10 Lock up Stage: 30.8.10 Re: Anyone Waiting For Stage 4 Titles in Sandarra (Release 9&10) 4Jan 07, 2010 10:23 pm Who knows ??? , Hopefully the developer but so far they seem to be rather tight lipped about it. They still appear to be excavating up in the 'park' area and putting in more drainage around the end of the golf course from what we could see tonight. So clearly if earthworks are still happening it isn't ready to be titled. Also we're back up to 3 excavators in the cage down near the construction entrance, so hopefully something will come of it. That said, stage 4/5 seem to be progressing at about the same rate, stage 6 is definitely behind, the road stops and they don't even have any of the storm water pipes in yet. Its also hinting in that direction as it seems from the comments around on here we all (those from stages 4 and 5) were told by trudi etc that they were expected to title in February. Again from the looks of things we still have about a 1m drop below the finished level at the front of our block so clearly they still have some significant works to be completed. Our Build - Places Fairhaven 23+ - https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=28045 Our Landscaping - Belial's Backyard - https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=19&t=45375 Re: Anyone Waiting For Stage 4 Titles in Sandarra (Release 9&10) 5Jan 07, 2010 10:31 pm lets hope we get good news with the soil tests, do you know of many people with m class? Land: Stage 4 Title Settlement: 22nd April '10 Building: DFH, Hartley Site Start: (Scrape) 3.7.10 Slab Completed: 17.7.10 Frame Completed: 30.7.10 Gutters & Fascia Completed: 3.8.10 Roof Completed:9.8.10 Electrical & Plumbing Completed: 13.8.10 Bricks Completed: 24.8.10 Lock up Stage: 30.8.10 Re: Anyone Waiting For Stage 4 Titles in Sandarra (Release 9&10) 6Jan 08, 2010 6:27 am Our first soil is test was a complete waste of time, since after that soil text the developer has removed the top meter or so of soil from the entirety of our block. Hence we have to wait till after settlement is complete and hence the groundworks complete before the can test the fill, we can only hope and pray at this point that the developer actually compacts the fill properly otherwise in terms of the extra piering potentially required we're really screwed. Anyone on the court in release 14 as they did the same removal to all the blocks (some not quite as deep) will be in the same boat as us. Originally our site was soil tested at the rear of the block before it was removed and came out as M, but the excavated section was P. So we're probably going to be P class across the whole block . So that said if your block is one of the undisturbed ones then M class is possible. Based on what I've seen of the engineering drawings, there seems to be pockets like ours all over the estate, where there has been soil removal then fill so there is imo likely to be several areas where some people will be M some P. Really won't know until the final soil tests are done. 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Land: Stage 4 Title Settlement: 22nd April '10 Building: DFH, Hartley Site Start: (Scrape) 3.7.10 Slab Completed: 17.7.10 Frame Completed: 30.7.10 Gutters & Fascia Completed: 3.8.10 Roof Completed:9.8.10 Electrical & Plumbing Completed: 13.8.10 Bricks Completed: 24.8.10 Lock up Stage: 30.8.10 Re: Anyone Waiting For Stage 4 Titles in Sandarra (Release 9&10) 8Jan 08, 2010 9:25 am I've only seen the eng plans for stage 5, so no idea what the surface levels of the park are going to be, but yeah iirc before christmas that whole section off mallua circuit where the park is was all level and flat, but now is significantly lower than the house lots surrounding it, perhaps their setting it up so it all drains towards the small watercourse that seems to be on the north edge of the golf course holes? Its the only logical thing i've been able to come up with. As to our block its 675 square meters on the , not one of the big 900+ blocks that surround the end of the bowl of the court. Would have liked one of them but they outpriced us. That said the block on one side is around the same size as ours whereas the other is under 500 iirc. Our Build - Places Fairhaven 23+ - https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=28045 Our Landscaping - Belial's Backyard - https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=19&t=45375 Re: Anyone Waiting For Stage 4 Titles in Sandarra (Release 9&10) 9Jan 08, 2010 9:40 am What was the average price for the big blocks? i recently recived a letter from maddocks passed on from my sollicitor which had a new plan for my block where they extended the back buy 2 mtrs, i thought that was good. Now just waiting for titles like a lot of other people they still havnt titled 7&8, which has made me realise there isn't a chance ours will be due in Feb. I don't think they been workin this week either. Land: Stage 4 Title Settlement: 22nd April '10 Building: DFH, Hartley Site Start: (Scrape) 3.7.10 Slab Completed: 17.7.10 Frame Completed: 30.7.10 Gutters & Fascia Completed: 3.8.10 Roof Completed:9.8.10 Electrical & Plumbing Completed: 13.8.10 Bricks Completed: 24.8.10 Lock up Stage: 30.8.10 Re: Anyone Waiting For Stage 4 Titles in Sandarra (Release 9&10) 10Jan 08, 2010 10:03 am They were asking 235k-245k iirc for the 900+ blocks which put them outside our means. It looks like they have been working down in stage 5 at least, theres more water pipe, a few more holes plus a bunch more electrical pipe and bits and pieces along the southern part of sandarra blvd next to the golf course. Bit more rubbish about the place, some empty water cooler jugs etc so someone's been out there and been thirsty Also perhaps if you've had a land extention etc from Maddocks that might account for the rumour in the other threads about one of the stages having to go back again for council approval. If they changed boundaries on some of the land then that may account for it. Also well done on the extra 2m, though it had to come from somewhere, what size block do you have now? Our Build - Places Fairhaven 23+ - https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=28045 Our Landscaping - Belial's Backyard - https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=19&t=45375 Re: Anyone Waiting For Stage 4 Titles in Sandarra (Release 9&10) 11Jan 08, 2010 1:56 pm I'm waiting too... I didn't realise 7&8 hadn't been titled yet though... when were they due? I'm not feeling confident about early feb titles, i was out there yesterday and nothing seemed to be happening and that was about 1:30pm. The only movement were the carlisle and simonds builders - those houses are going up SO fast. Haven't seen houses by any other builders started yet which is a bit strange. Although it is still the new year so they might not be working. Johno we're also building right near the park and got the extra 2 metres of land! Belial I think the extra 2 metres makes our land approx just over 550, haven't got the amended plans nearby though so thats a guess, will be slightly bigger than some of the others in the same area as we needed a 16m wide block for our house. With the soil tests Trudi has said that they can't be done until the land settles which is pushing things back more with us, very frustrating considering we're first home buyers on a time crunch with the grant. The one (and only) positive if the titles are delayed is that we'll have a valid, documented reason to apply for an extension to the sro... Do you currently live in the area? We're about 35 mins away so I dont get to stalk the progress as much as i'd like Land - Sandarra - Victoria Titles - * in 8 April '10, land settlement 22 April '10 Building - Santorini 26 by big m Re: Anyone Waiting For Stage 4 Titles in Sandarra (Release 9&10) 12Jan 08, 2010 2:00 pm Oh and my guess is that sandarra did a deal with the owner of the land behind - replacing their current electric fence to get the extra land - with money too of course... Land - Sandarra - Victoria Titles - * in 8 April '10, land settlement 22 April '10 Building - Santorini 26 by big m Re: Anyone Waiting For Stage 4 Titles in Sandarra (Release 9&10) 13Jan 08, 2010 2:25 pm belzy I'm waiting too... I didn't realise 7&8 hadn't been titled yet though... when were they due? I'm not feeling confident about early feb titles, i was out there yesterday and nothing seemed to be happening and that was about 1:30pm. The only movement were the carlisle and simonds builders - those houses are going up SO fast. Haven't seen houses by any other builders started yet which is a bit strange. Although it is still the new year so they might not be working. Johno we're also building right near the park and got the extra 2 metres of land! Belial I think the extra 2 metres makes our land approx just over 550, haven't got the amended plans nearby though so thats a guess, will be slightly bigger than some of the others in the same area as we needed a 16m wide block for our house. With the soil tests Trudi has said that they can't be done until the land settles which is pushing things back more with us, very frustrating considering we're first home buyers on a time crunch with the grant. The one (and only) positive if the titles are delayed is that we'll have a valid, documented reason to apply for an extension to the sro... Do you currently live in the area? We're about 35 mins away so I dont get to stalk the progress as much as i'd like Currently live down in SE corner of Frankston, so its a few minutes out of my way on the drive home from work so i tend to drive past once/twice a week at the moment. Mainly to see if we still have big hole or not. Though once we're titled and start building it will probably become a more often occurance. We're good with our grant, we specifically delayed our construction signing until late november and then after running into a few 'minor problems' that resulted in the contract being redrafted we ended up signing in early december, so we're booked for a site start between Apr 1 and may 31, if its later than that we have to pay more to keep our base price, as well as delay fees but in terms of the grant we're good until may. Our Build - Places Fairhaven 23+ - https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=28045 Our Landscaping - Belial's Backyard - https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=19&t=45375 Re: Anyone Waiting For Stage 4 Titles in Sandarra (Release 9&10) 14Jan 08, 2010 4:02 pm Hey I'm building with metricon soho 27 well almost 28. We are in stage 6 release . At the moment we are up to permit stage but it has taken s while. Should be expected to start the works near end of Jan. Our friend is release 7-13 I think,believe it's still soon for title release. Soho 28 - Metro M3tr1cOn Site start scrape: 12.02.10 frame completed :19.3.10 Roof tiles complete-23.04.10 Bricks complete-30.4.10 Plaster complete-25.05.10 Painting commenced-26.05.10 ----------- viewtopic.php?f=31&t=28682 Re: Anyone Waiting For Stage 4 Titles in Sandarra (Release 9&10) 15Jan 08, 2010 4:20 pm we are in stage 3 ,release 8 ,dont keep your hopes up when they tell you dates,we were told several times end DEC09,then they said they are waiting on SEW to release something.Maddocks opens only on the 11th of JAN,trudi now says end JAN09 .fingers crossed we are in the same boat my base price guarantee runs out end JAN09 Re: Anyone Waiting For Stage 4 Titles in Sandarra (Release 9&10) 17Jan 08, 2010 4:36 pm andy ::angry:: we are in stage 3 ,release 8 ,dont keep your hopes up when they tell you dates,we were told several times end DEC09,then they said they are waiting on SEW to release something.Maddocks opens only on the 11th of JAN,trudi now says end JAN09 .fingers crossed we are in the same boat my base price guarantee runs out end JAN09 Hey andy, Was wondering if you'd stop by this thread, there really doesn't appear to be much left to do in stage 3 in terms of groundworks, that said if you've stopped by in the last few days the excavation to the park area, along with that some of the road is still road base for the section where the park 'crosses' the road, outside of that the rest to my untrained eye looks fairly complete, similar to just before stages 1&2 were titled, hopefully someone sees some motion in the coming days and the titles follow soon after. Good luck mate. Our Build - Places Fairhaven 23+ - https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=28045 Our Landscaping - Belial's Backyard - https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=19&t=45375 Re: Anyone Waiting For Stage 4 Titles in Sandarra (Release 9&10) 18Jan 08, 2010 5:03 pm I was last year the sales guy in office that release 1-6 was going to be in stage 1, 7-13 in stage 2 and the rest in stage 3. Not to sure if it has changed. There are lots of houses going up no big m yet, hopefully ours will be before end of Jan. Lots of Carl ilse ans sim onds and one port a davi s home. Our friend is in release so I cN keep u posted. Mind u there stupid idiots doing burnouts all down sandarra blvd out the front of our house. Nice roads Re ruined now. Igo past every night since I'm only 5 mins away this is my first home building with boyfriend very exciting. Soho 28 - Metro M3tr1cOn Site start scrape: 12.02.10 frame completed :19.3.10 Roof tiles complete-23.04.10 Bricks complete-30.4.10 Plaster complete-25.05.10 Painting commenced-26.05.10 ----------- viewtopic.php?f=31&t=28682 Re: Anyone Waiting For Stage 4 Titles in Sandarra (Release 9&10) 19Jan 09, 2010 6:23 am hey belial, As i mentioned earlier civil works were completed for release 7&8 on the 3rd of DEC 09,trudi then responded that titles should be released for release 7&8 end DEC09. I wrote to the project manager ,trudi responded again with the end Jan10. i also asked the question 7-13 is it in stage 3 no was the ans.maddocks then told my conveyancor end JAN10 ,so did trudi.I am contacting her again on monday. Re: Anyone Waiting For Stage 4 Titles in Sandarra (Release 9&10) 20Jan 09, 2010 8:52 am Hey Belzy, what number block are you, we might be next door neighbours The extra land we got was 2 metres at the back so now our block is 16m by 34m instead of 32m. Im usually down a few times a week checking what they have done, its only a 8 min drive from where i am now. Andy i was told that stage 1 & 2 (release 1,2,3,4,5,6) stage 3 (7,8) stage 4 (9,10) stage 5 (11,12,13,14) and stage 6 was the rest of the releases. I dont know if they have changed it but was when i asked the Sandarra Office towards the end of last year. So by the sounds of things all the releases in stage 4 and 5 were going to be titled in FEB, somehow i dont think thats going to happen unless they are going to bring in more machinary and workers, and bring in the good old overtime. Land: Stage 4 Title Settlement: 22nd April '10 Building: DFH, Hartley Site Start: (Scrape) 3.7.10 Slab Completed: 17.7.10 Frame Completed: 30.7.10 Gutters & Fascia Completed: 3.8.10 Roof Completed:9.8.10 Electrical & Plumbing Completed: 13.8.10 Bricks Completed: 24.8.10 Lock up Stage: 30.8.10 You should check your detail drawings, it may show downpipe within brick pier. 14 14249 |