Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Chris and Anna's - Simonds Valencia 2414 Build 2Jan 10, 2010 11:19 pm NO EXPECTATIONS, NO DISAPPOINTMENTS! Build Thread: viewtopic.php?f=31&t=27441 Landscaping Thread: viewtopic.php?f=19&t=43969 Re: Chris and Anna's - Simonds Valencia 2414 Build 3Jan 11, 2010 12:01 pm Caz & Co ALL MOVED IN!! Now comes all the hard work-decorating.... [b]Blog: http://cazoraz.blogspot.com/ Settling in Thread: viewtopic.php?f=31&t=36993 Re: Chris and Anna's - Simonds Valencia 2414 Build 7Jan 16, 2010 2:05 pm Recieved a phone call from Simonds yesterday about out colour/electrical appointment...and then later in the afternoon a call from the tile lady booking us in for our tile appointment. We decided to have our tile appointment first, as we would much rather pick the paints based on the tiles, then the other way around. Not bad appointment times. Next week for the tiles and 3 weeks for the colour and electrical appointment! Pity they have not got back to us with our final drawings yet. (Set-back was not correct to had to be changed) Re: Chris and Anna's - Simonds Valencia 2414 Build 8Jan 16, 2010 2:05 pm Last week I called the council about a big hunk of concrete that had been dumped on our land to see if they had a service to remove it. They referred it onto another man who went out to check it and he called me to inform me that the block next door to us has dumped a mountain of dirt on our block, as well as that he can do nothing about the concrete! We went out to check it out and noticed that they did out next door neighbours cut and fill and has used out land as basically their delivery land until they moved it! (however it did seem to remove a lot of the weeds to which was awesome!) What worries us is that we hope that its not going to be a huge double story house as that would be awful living next to. (the block is over 1200m2) Does anyone have any ideas of the best way to remove it? It can't be picked up by two people! Re: Chris and Anna's - Simonds Valencia 2414 Build 9Feb 06, 2010 12:40 pm cweedon Last week I called the council about a big hunk of concrete that had been dumped on our land to see if they had a service to remove it. They referred it onto another man who went out to check it and he called me to inform me that the block next door to us has dumped a mountain of dirt on our block, as well as that he can do nothing about the concrete! We went out to check it out and noticed that they did out next door neighbours cut and fill and has used out land as basically their delivery land until they moved it! (however it did seem to remove a lot of the weeds to which was awesome!) What worries us is that we hope that its not going to be a huge double story house as that would be awful living next to. (the block is over 1200m2) Does anyone have any ideas of the best way to remove it? It can't be picked up by two people! This happened to us too, our neighbours concretors dumped all their rubbish and a huge slab of concrete (that they hid down the back of our block ) on our land before our house started. I dropped a note into our neighbours asking for them to move it please as we wanted to start on site soon, and he called back the concretors and demanded they come get it, which they eventually did Are your neighbours still building? Their builder is responsible, I would call their builder and demand they move it. Caz & Co ALL MOVED IN!! Now comes all the hard work-decorating.... [b]Blog: http://cazoraz.blogspot.com/ Settling in Thread: viewtopic.php?f=31&t=36993 Re: Chris and Anna's - Simonds Valencia 2414 Build 10Feb 27, 2010 7:20 pm How did your tile and colour appointments go?? Caz Caz & Co ALL MOVED IN!! Now comes all the hard work-decorating.... [b]Blog: http://cazoraz.blogspot.com/ Settling in Thread: viewtopic.php?f=31&t=36993 Re: Chris and Anna's - Simonds Valencia 2414 Build 11Feb 27, 2010 7:38 pm cweedon boiselfish - thankyou as well, and I'm a bit curious as to why you walked out of your contract signing? Im sorry I never replied to this post... We walked out as we were not permitted to take the contract to look over before signing. The drawings included in the contract were still wrong even after a few weeks of email and phone calls about the couple of minor changes requested. (our CSO for the time was great!) We asked about the incorrect drawings and were told to sign the contract and any required changes would be made via variation. As far as we were concerned this was not acceptable. SO much money we expect it to be right at time of signing not just slapped together and fixed later on as they suggested. This would have been my second house with Simonds so its unfortunate that it went pear shaped from they side. This is a lovley design. We had slected the same as whats on display at Point Cook. Im sure everyone on here is still waiting to see your plan... NO EXPECTATIONS, NO DISAPPOINTMENTS! Build Thread: viewtopic.php?f=31&t=27441 Landscaping Thread: viewtopic.php?f=19&t=43969 Re: Chris and Anna's - Simonds Valencia 2414 Build 12Mar 08, 2010 4:37 pm Well, it has been a while since I last wrote, and a lot has happened! To date, all the contracts have been signed and colour and tile selections went absolutley perfect with S!monds! We didn't spend to much in the tile selection, just standard inclusions except for a glass tile feature in the ensuite. The same in the colour appointment, with only money being spent on locks and a different shower head. We did however, get a lot of inclusions as part of a s!monds promotion which was great and saved us heaps! We tried to break the concrete that was dumped on our block ourselves with a sledgehammer, but only managed to break a bit off and we decided to leave it there, and they have worked around it which is good. Site start was on 26/FEB/2010, however we are experiencing problems with the site cost, to which we were initially quoted a provisional $1500 for the cut and fill, which has now changed to $10000. Which is quite excessive and we believe cannot be charged. However, I went to the block today to find the site cut and fill complete, as well as a dumpster put on our nature strip. VERY EXCITING. So not sure what is going to happen now, seing as we haven't signed off on the site costs, and the face that they have already started.... Oh, and our site start date was initially set for the end of march, and they brought it forward a month which is fantastic! Re: Chris and Anna's - Simonds Valencia 2414 Build 14Mar 08, 2010 5:56 pm Hi! It is very exciting when it starts too happen. Hope you don't encounter too many extra costs during your build...from $1500 to $10,000 is pretty steep but then we just received our bill for removing rock which came to $7,000....all part of the fun I suppose. Going to have a nosey at your photos now...all the best! Re: Chris and Anna's - Simonds Valencia 2414 Build 15Mar 08, 2010 6:35 pm Pebbles Hi! It is very exciting when it starts too happen. Hope you don't encounter too many extra costs during your build...from $1500 to $10,000 is pretty steep but then we just received our bill for removing rock which came to $7,000....all part of the fun I suppose. Going to have a nosey at your photos now...all the best! We kind of expected site costs to be high, however they initially quoted us $1500 and then, when no work had even started just changed it to $10,000. That was very unexpected and our CSO has referred it to management, and we still haven't heard anything in about a week and a half. I agree, it is very exciting, it should all move very quickly now, but so far it has been a really pleasant build. Everyone is doing the right thing, and quickly too which is great. Good luck with your build! Re: Chris and Anna's - Simonds Valencia 2414 Build 16Mar 13, 2010 8:41 am Maybe the site costs were quoted wrong accidently in the first place and only for the cut and fill? The slab may have needed to be upgraded from the included class so this would push the cost up after the soil test was carried out. Im looking forward to watching! NO EXPECTATIONS, NO DISAPPOINTMENTS! Build Thread: viewtopic.php?f=31&t=27441 Landscaping Thread: viewtopic.php?f=19&t=43969 Re: Chris and Anna's - Simonds Valencia 2414 Build 17Mar 15, 2010 4:07 pm We have been up again to our property and have noticed some minor but pretty cool changes, and it's starting to get really exciting! - The fences are up, but front gate wide open! - Port-a-loo is there. - House has been pegged out, so as anyone would do, we went and stood around the different areas, admiring the views! Hopefully this week, plumbing will go in and if we are lucky, the slab as well. They have been progressing well i think.... boiselfish Maybe the site costs were quoted wrong accidently in the first place and only for the cut and fill? The slab may have needed to be upgraded from the included class so this would push the cost up after the soil test was carried out. Im looking forward to watching! We have our site costs seperated on our contract, so it was and always has been only for the cut and fill and others were quoted seperately (such as fencing, bins, slab upgrade, etc), which are fine. The only issue is with the 660% increase for the cut and fill. They already had the soil test report, before we signed our initial contract, so even if this was the case, it does not apply. Also, as per the law, anything they quote as provisional and that they change has to be a reasonable increase or decrease as per the HIA contract, so even if they made a mistake the onus is on them. Re: Chris and Anna's - Locked-out! 18May 13, 2010 1:13 pm Well it's been a while, and a lot has happened. We have offically been locked out, however no bricks are up yet as they are having delays...I assume with finding a brickie, as the bricks have been on site for a couple of weeks now. However, internally a lot is going on. The plaster is going up (before bricks - is this normal?). Frames finished, as it the facia and guttering, plumbing is roughed-in, as it electrical and the bath and shower base are fully installed, along with the solar panel. We got tapped, only about a week ago...which was a bit weird but we don't really mind. It's starting to look good! Picture from a distance. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Picture from next door's block Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ 4 14524 Unless there is something in special conditions the builder does not have to give you timeline. If your demolition contractor has not removed Asbestos and it was found… 12 28906 Thanks for the informative response! I'll feed that back to the site supervisor. 2 4173 |