Browse Forums Building A New House 1 Jan 24, 2010 1:42 pm Hi everyone,
My builder is Burbank. My admin told me that I can't get a full floor plan which reflect the specifications I want (like extral ceilling height, the bedrooms and family room location reverse structure) because my land is not titled yet so they can't get all the necessary information. So they can only give me a preliminary if I want to sign the contract before land title. I was really wondering if this is true? Re: Full floor plan could not be drawn before land title? 2Jan 24, 2010 1:44 pm Hi, My builders are saying the same thing, they were meant to do the survey etc within the last 2 weeks but my land didn't title when it was supposed to (20th Jan) so nothing can be done until it does . Re: Full floor plan could not be drawn before land title? 3Jan 24, 2010 1:52 pm Not all the builder always like this. My other friends who under other builders got what picture they want (extral ceiling height, new extral wall) in the floor plaan picture. The ceilling height is nothing to do with the soil and engineering down on the site, so what I can't understand is why they can draw a plan with a precise height? Re: Full floor plan could not be drawn before land title? 4Jan 24, 2010 2:20 pm I'm with Burbank and waiting on title/settlement also, and this is what they told me too. Thankfully they told me last week the land is available for survey/soiltest now, so should'nt be too long before I see the real plans. Re: Full floor plan could not be drawn before land title? 5Jan 24, 2010 3:25 pm ** The ceilling height is nothing to do with the soil and engineering down on the site, so what I can't understand is why they can draw a plan with a precise height? Just guessing they don't want to do a complete proper set of drawings while there are still variables which might change the drawings, even if the variables you are interested in have nothing to do with those variables. Re: Full floor plan could not be drawn before land title? 6Jan 24, 2010 3:44 pm That sounds about right to me.. because your land isn't titled yet, they can't do any soil tests or anything, so the drawings done now will not truly reflect what will be once they have all the details. So they can show you a rough idea, which may be very close to what you will end up with, they just don't want you to see your plans and then they get changed and you complain they aren't what you were shown. Built with New Generation (Summit Homes) We own land!... with a slab on it! Plus a shell of a house with stuff inside ! Re: Full floor plan could not be drawn before land title? 7Jan 24, 2010 5:10 pm Well, I am just worrying about signing a contract which is not precsise. As I know, the developer already sent the subdivision and engineering report to the builder. There is rare variation of the land would happen. I also guess the builder want get all drawing done once so they keep waiting. But some other builders did could draw the customised floor plan before land ready. Because I want to get the extra $7k first home grant, so my house has to be built before July and I hope every paper work could be prepared before land settle. So drawing the floor after land ready is really wasting time. Re: Full floor plan could not be drawn before land title? 8Jan 24, 2010 5:25 pm Candylea That sounds about right to me.. because your land isn't titled yet, they can't do any soil tests or anything, so the drawings done now will not truly reflect what will be once they have all the details. So they can show you a rough idea, which may be very close to what you will end up with, they just don't want you to see your plans and then they get changed and you complain they aren't what you were shown. Agree Re: Full floor plan could not be drawn before land title? 9Jan 24, 2010 7:18 pm Wow - things must be different in Vic. Once our land was ready but not titled, builder went out and did the survey. We had our plans drawn up and submitted to council before land was titled. After 4 years - we're in! Re: Full floor plan could not be drawn before land title? 10Jan 25, 2010 6:45 pm Macy ** The ceilling height is nothing to do with the soil and engineering down on the site, so what I can't understand is why they can draw a plan with a precise height? Just guessing they don't want to do a complete proper set of drawings while there are still variables which might change the drawings, even if the variables you are interested in have nothing to do with those variables. If a contour survey can't be done you will not have the natural ground levels. Councils have height restrictions usually 8.5meters above natural ground level so this would include the height of any fill plus the height of the house to the top of the roof, type of roof & pitch will also effect the hieght. Cheers Lou http://take2-customdesigndownslope.blogspot.com 07-10-09 omg they have cut the block 14-05-10 we finally have the keys Re: Full floor plan could not be drawn before land title? 11Jan 25, 2010 7:24 pm Our builder didn't have any problems starting before the land title, and to do soil tests they only required a letter from the developer saying we have settled. Stefan Building the M3tr!con Liberty 42 at Stonecutters Ridge. The New Build Blog - "Life, In Progress." Stonecutters Ridge Community Website | My photos Re: Full floor plan could not be drawn before land title? 12Jan 25, 2010 7:29 pm ** Hi everyone, My builder is Burbank. My admin told me that I can't get a full floor plan which reflect the specifications I want (like extral ceilling height, the bedrooms and family room location reverse structure) because my land is not titled yet so they can't get all the necessary information. So they can only give me a preliminary if I want to sign the contract before land title. I was really wondering if this is true? It's certainly not a hard and fast rule, but it may be the way Burbank does things. Our land wasn't titled till late November, but we had drawings done in July - they just used the Plan of Subdivision for the site plan. Soil tests weren't done till October because the land wasn't accessible before then, and construction drawings weren't done till just before site start, because sewer easement diagrams weren't available... There was a bit of movement in the price due to those things affecting site costs, but they certainly didn't halt the process, and all of our upgrades and extras were included in the plans from the start. The only difference between our contract drawings and construction drawings is a dotted line on the site plan, showing where the sewer runs. Flamingo Give me a call and I will do my best to talk you through it. 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