Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Who is building with Beechwood 41Feb 02, 2011 2:20 pm jacknruby - will get quote out tonight and let you know tomorrow just starting Lake View Lodge - Beechwood deposit 17/08/09 Council April 10 signed contract 11/06 earthworks started 9/07 slab completed 8/09/10 Frames 21/09/10 bricking finished 13/10/10 roof 22/10/10 Gyprock 22/11/10 Tiles bathroom 21/12/10 Kitchen in 21/12/10 Painting 09/02/11 handover 11/03/11 We are in 15/03/11!!!!!!!! http://kathdom.blogspot.com/ Re: Who is building with Beechwood 42Feb 02, 2011 9:13 pm jacknruby Hi Thanks for your replys...just a couple of ?? Acre-Is Costa's just doing the wiring and and have you engaged the private electrician? We have a friend who is a sparky but he is always so busy and thought might just be easier to get them done by Costas but now I am hearing the cost its a little freaky..... Springtime - is the quote for $5k for LED Downlights? we have been to some light stores and they are recommending Compact Flouro Downlights (a lot cheaper and only use 9w of power LED use about 5W) but you can also buy LED globes for the CF's also not cheap mind you like $80 globe but guaranteed not to blow for 15 years, if a LED blows you have replace the whole downlight apparently. DOes any know approx cost for costa's to put in extra power points? Hubbys best mate is an electrician so will be getting him to do us a good price (his words) Our Acreage Build The Lakeview Lodge - Beechwood Homes 01/04/10 YES 2010 - Deposit paid 23/09 - PCI CANCELLED 28/09 - PCI - will it happen.-18 months later 07/10/11 - ITS OURS..WOOHOO Re: Who is building with Beechwood 43Feb 03, 2011 1:07 pm Hi everyone! Just updating on where we're up to with Beechwood... Land settlement - April 2010 Paid initial deposit with Beechwood - June 2010 Plans to council - approx. November 2010 Approved by council - approx December 2010 (took only 3 weeks to approve!!) We are currently waiting on our final contract, which we should have in the next few days. Fingers crossed everything in it is correct and the final price is reasonable!! We have found the paperwork side of things extremly frustrating due to lack of communcation and having our file 'go back to the bottom of the pile' each time we ask a question. But, overall, they have been pretty good considering we have asked for quite a few changes/upgrades and the house design is a brand new design. Anyway, good luck to everyone! Looking forward to hearing about everyone's progress! Mel The Asquith (modified) Deposit:6/2010 Council:12/2010 Contract Signed:15/2/2011 Site Prep:17/3 Slab:11/5 Frame:23/5 Bricks:11/7 Roof:18/7 Gyprock:3/8 Kitchen:6/8 Painting:10/10 KEYS!!: 10/11/11 Re: Who is building with Beechwood 44Feb 03, 2011 4:23 pm jacknruby Just Starting: Just curious about your comments re Costa's and your lighting, how many downlights was that for if you dont mind me asking as we are trying to work out our budget moving forward looking grim...and we would like extra powerpoints (like 10) and 3 extra TV ports and downlights (maybe 50 - all rooms of the house), what did your extra $7700 get, I am now frighten to think....we were allowing like $3K Building ahhh the joys.... Thanks... Found quote......double power points $54.00 each 12 total weatherproof double power points $90.00 each need them 2 total bathroom tastics $320.00 each 2 total supply & install fixed low voltage down lights $56.00 each 59 total plus additional wire for the extra lights $7700 approx just check if you need that many lights, we put bayonet lights in the bedrooms and a light at the laundry door at the back as it wasn't on the plans. hope this helps just starting Lake View Lodge - Beechwood deposit 17/08/09 Council April 10 signed contract 11/06 earthworks started 9/07 slab completed 8/09/10 Frames 21/09/10 bricking finished 13/10/10 roof 22/10/10 Gyprock 22/11/10 Tiles bathroom 21/12/10 Kitchen in 21/12/10 Painting 09/02/11 handover 11/03/11 We are in 15/03/11!!!!!!!! http://kathdom.blogspot.com/ Re: Who is building with Beechwood 45Feb 03, 2011 7:20 pm melc500 Hi everyone! Just updating on where we're up to with Beechwood... Land settlement - April 2010 Paid initial deposit with Beechwood - June 2010 Plans to council - approx. November 2010 Approved by council - approx December 2010 (took only 3 weeks to approve!!) We are currently waiting on our final contract, which we should have in the next few days. Fingers crossed everything in it is correct and the final price is reasonable!! We have found the paperwork side of things extremly frustrating due to lack of communcation and having our file 'go back to the bottom of the pile' each time we ask a question. But, overall, they have been pretty good considering we have asked for quite a few changes/upgrades and the house design is a brand new design. Anyway, good luck to everyone! Looking forward to hearing about everyone's progress! Mel Mel, Where abouts are you building? which head office are you dealing with? Well Beechwood have about 25 days to get on site - she said it wouldnt take that long though... Starting to get very excited now.....Lets hope we will be in by xmas - We would love to be in for hubbys 30th mid june but i dont thin it will happen...what do you think Kathy, going by your build it wouldnt be too far off Mid/late june...? Our Acreage Build The Lakeview Lodge - Beechwood Homes 01/04/10 YES 2010 - Deposit paid 23/09 - PCI CANCELLED 28/09 - PCI - will it happen.-18 months later 07/10/11 - ITS OURS..WOOHOO Re: Who is building with Beechwood 46Feb 03, 2011 7:24 pm just starting jacknruby Just Starting: Just curious about your comments re Costa's and your lighting, how many downlights was that for if you dont mind me asking as we are trying to work out our budget moving forward looking grim...and we would like extra powerpoints (like 10) and 3 extra TV ports and downlights (maybe 50 - all rooms of the house), what did your extra $7700 get, I am now frighten to think....we were allowing like $3K Building ahhh the joys.... Thanks... Found quote......double power points $54.00 each 12 total weatherproof double power points $90.00 each need them 2 total bathroom tastics $320.00 each 2 total supply & install fixed low voltage down lights $56.00 each 59 total plus additional wire for the extra lights $7700 approx just check if you need that many lights, we put bayonet lights in the bedrooms and a light at the laundry door at the back as it wasn't on the plans. hope this helps i can see 2 things on there we dont need due to bonus range they had at time of signing up All powerpoints are now double and 12 bonus heat light (bathroom tastics) - its going in the ensuite. thanks for that Kathy got any recent pics for us Our Acreage Build The Lakeview Lodge - Beechwood Homes 01/04/10 YES 2010 - Deposit paid 23/09 - PCI CANCELLED 28/09 - PCI - will it happen.-18 months later 07/10/11 - ITS OURS..WOOHOO Re: Who is building with Beechwood 47Feb 03, 2011 9:09 pm just starting jacknruby Just Starting: Just curious about your comments re Costa's and your lighting, how many downlights was that for if you dont mind me asking as we are trying to work out our budget moving forward looking grim...and we would like extra powerpoints (like 10) and 3 extra TV ports and downlights (maybe 50 - all rooms of the house), what did your extra $7700 get, I am now frighten to think....we were allowing like $3K Building ahhh the joys.... Thanks... Found quote......double power points $54.00 each 12 total weatherproof double power points $90.00 each need them 2 total bathroom tastics $320.00 each 2 total supply & install fixed low voltage down lights $56.00 each 59 total plus additional wire for the extra lights $7700 approx just check if you need that many lights, we put bayonet lights in the bedrooms and a light at the laundry door at the back as it wasn't on the plans. hope this helps Thanks so much Just Starting.....really appreicate it! Hmm decisions they dont seem to bad in price. Land Settlement - 1/10/10 Slab 23/3 Frame 14/04 Roof Tiling 29/4 Bricks 5/5 Electrical Rough In 27/5 Gyprocking 23/6 Kitchen install 29/6 Tiles 14/7 Paint 4/8 Plumbing 27/7 Were in 1/9 Re: Who is building with Beechwood 48Feb 04, 2011 6:38 am Amanda, if the heat keeps up you should have a great start to your house....if you try to get to know your SS that helps as we email him all the time to know where things are up to.....we found that we email him and CC in our contact at Beechwood head office and things have been moving smoothly. The painters are due to be finished on Monday so I will post photos then......if I can get in Hope all the info helped with costa as the contractor that is bought in by them in our area said he could do it cheaper if we hadn't signed the Costa contract. just starting Lake View Lodge - Beechwood deposit 17/08/09 Council April 10 signed contract 11/06 earthworks started 9/07 slab completed 8/09/10 Frames 21/09/10 bricking finished 13/10/10 roof 22/10/10 Gyprock 22/11/10 Tiles bathroom 21/12/10 Kitchen in 21/12/10 Painting 09/02/11 handover 11/03/11 We are in 15/03/11!!!!!!!! http://kathdom.blogspot.com/ Re: Who is building with Beechwood 49Feb 04, 2011 7:54 am acrebuild1 Mel, Where abouts are you building? which head office are you dealing with? Well Beechwood have about 25 days to get on site - she said it wouldnt take that long though... Starting to get very excited now.....Lets hope we will be in by xmas - We would love to be in for hubbys 30th mid june but i dont thin it will happen...what do you think Kathy, going by your build it wouldnt be too far off Mid/late june...? We're building in the Camden area and dealing with the Head Office at Wetherill Park. We're really hoping to sign the final contract this month and get started by the end of March. We'd like to be in the house by Sept/Oct, not sure if this is realistic or not though...?? what do you think?? We were told they take an average of 6 months to build a single story home. The Asquith (modified) Deposit:6/2010 Council:12/2010 Contract Signed:15/2/2011 Site Prep:17/3 Slab:11/5 Frame:23/5 Bricks:11/7 Roof:18/7 Gyprock:3/8 Kitchen:6/8 Painting:10/10 KEYS!!: 10/11/11 Re: Who is building with Beechwood 50Feb 04, 2011 9:34 am melc500 acrebuild1 Mel, Where abouts are you building? which head office are you dealing with? Well Beechwood have about 25 days to get on site - she said it wouldnt take that long though... Starting to get very excited now.....Lets hope we will be in by xmas - We would love to be in for hubbys 30th mid june but i dont thin it will happen...what do you think Kathy, going by your build it wouldnt be too far off Mid/late june...? We're building in the Camden area and dealing with the Head Office at Wetherill Park. We're really hoping to sign the final contract this month and get started by the end of March. We'd like to be in the house by Sept/Oct, not sure if this is realistic or not though...?? what do you think?? We were told they take an average of 6 months to build a single story home. hhmmmm maybe... probably not, we paid our deposit last April and only just starting in the next few weeks - Yeah 23 week contract for single story, but for us there was 10 months of paperwork before that - even with the hold ups from our end it would have only maybe in a month or 2 earlier - I hope for your sake you are. Have you been to council ? Our Acreage Build The Lakeview Lodge - Beechwood Homes 01/04/10 YES 2010 - Deposit paid 23/09 - PCI CANCELLED 28/09 - PCI - will it happen.-18 months later 07/10/11 - ITS OURS..WOOHOO Re: Who is building with Beechwood 51Feb 04, 2011 11:45 am Hi Melc500, Just wanted to let you know we built with Beechwood 20 yrs ago a single storey 3 bed, family , lounge kitchen, main with onsuite, single garage,& they started the actual build in June, handover was in the first week of December, so yes, they take 6 months to build a single storey....I hope this helps. Re: Who is building with Beechwood 52Feb 04, 2011 12:35 pm acrebuild1 hhmmmm maybe... probably not, we paid our deposit last April and only just starting in the next few weeks - Yeah 23 week contract for single story, but for us there was 10 months of paperwork before that - even with the hold ups from our end it would have only maybe in a month or 2 earlier - I hope for your sake you are. Have you been to council ? We paid our initial deposit in June, so yeah it's taken us 8 months to get our final contract drawn up ready for signing. This was partially our fault though due to changes and questions we asked. We've been through BASIX etc and council only took 3 weeks which was a miracle! So as far as I know, we should be ready to start building in about March/April if we get our contract signed in the next few weeks. The Asquith (modified) Deposit:6/2010 Council:12/2010 Contract Signed:15/2/2011 Site Prep:17/3 Slab:11/5 Frame:23/5 Bricks:11/7 Roof:18/7 Gyprock:3/8 Kitchen:6/8 Painting:10/10 KEYS!!: 10/11/11 Re: Who is building with Beechwood 53Feb 04, 2011 12:38 pm springtime Hi Melc500, Just wanted to let you know we built with Beechwood 20 yrs ago a single storey 3 bed, family , lounge kitchen, main with onsuite, single garage,& they started the actual build in June, handover was in the first week of December, so yes, they take 6 months to build a single storey....I hope this helps. Thanks for the feedback Springtime, good to know that sometimes houses are built within the timeframe! hopefully we are lucky too! The Asquith (modified) Deposit:6/2010 Council:12/2010 Contract Signed:15/2/2011 Site Prep:17/3 Slab:11/5 Frame:23/5 Bricks:11/7 Roof:18/7 Gyprock:3/8 Kitchen:6/8 Painting:10/10 KEYS!!: 10/11/11 Re: Who is building with Beechwood 54Feb 04, 2011 1:14 pm Mel Check out my timeline......the weather at the start was a big factor just starting Lake View Lodge - Beechwood deposit 17/08/09 Council April 10 signed contract 11/06 earthworks started 9/07 slab completed 8/09/10 Frames 21/09/10 bricking finished 13/10/10 roof 22/10/10 Gyprock 22/11/10 Tiles bathroom 21/12/10 Kitchen in 21/12/10 Painting 09/02/11 handover 11/03/11 We are in 15/03/11!!!!!!!! http://kathdom.blogspot.com/ Re: Who is building with Beechwood 55Feb 04, 2011 3:11 pm melc500 acrebuild1 hhmmmm maybe... probably not, we paid our deposit last April and only just starting in the next few weeks - Yeah 23 week contract for single story, but for us there was 10 months of paperwork before that - even with the hold ups from our end it would have only maybe in a month or 2 earlier - I hope for your sake you are. Have you been to council ? We paid our initial deposit in June, so yeah it's taken us 8 months to get our final contract drawn up ready for signing. This was partially our fault though due to changes and questions we asked. We've been through BASIX etc and council only took 3 weeks which was a miracle! So as far as I know, we should be ready to start building in about March/April if we get our contract signed in the next few weeks. one thing i recommend Is to make sure your certificate to commence is ready from the bank(if you have finance on the build) This too us 2 months (and only got that this week) when beechwood get this letter they have 28 days to start. i cant stress enough to make sure your bank doesnt hold your build up Our Acreage Build The Lakeview Lodge - Beechwood Homes 01/04/10 YES 2010 - Deposit paid 23/09 - PCI CANCELLED 28/09 - PCI - will it happen.-18 months later 07/10/11 - ITS OURS..WOOHOO Re: Who is building with Beechwood 56Feb 04, 2011 3:13 pm just starting Mel Check out my timeline......the weather at the start was a big factor i think ours will be about the same as yours Kathy - 18 months (our hold up has been us changing the plans and the bank.) Our Acreage Build The Lakeview Lodge - Beechwood Homes 01/04/10 YES 2010 - Deposit paid 23/09 - PCI CANCELLED 28/09 - PCI - will it happen.-18 months later 07/10/11 - ITS OURS..WOOHOO Re: Who is building with Beechwood 57Feb 04, 2011 3:19 pm acrebuild1 one thing i recommend Is to make sure your certificate to commence is ready from the bank(if you have finance on the build) This too us 2 months (and only got that this week) when beechwood get this letter they have 28 days to start. i cant stress enough to make sure your bank doesnt hold your build up Thanks for the tip Acrebuild! Luckily we have a really good Broker who has already got pre-approval for us and sent through the tender to the bank. So apparently once we have the final contract all we have to do is send that through and our finance should be sorted. We definitely dont want any more delays, so fingers crossed everything goes according to plan. The Asquith (modified) Deposit:6/2010 Council:12/2010 Contract Signed:15/2/2011 Site Prep:17/3 Slab:11/5 Frame:23/5 Bricks:11/7 Roof:18/7 Gyprock:3/8 Kitchen:6/8 Painting:10/10 KEYS!!: 10/11/11 Re: Who is building with Beechwood 58Feb 04, 2011 3:45 pm Sounds as though its pretty much sorted then. Our Acreage Build The Lakeview Lodge - Beechwood Homes 01/04/10 YES 2010 - Deposit paid 23/09 - PCI CANCELLED 28/09 - PCI - will it happen.-18 months later 07/10/11 - ITS OURS..WOOHOO Re: Who is building with Beechwood 59Feb 04, 2011 9:38 pm We were the same as Amanda, we had approval from the bank everything ready to go.....then Beechwood held us up and we also had to reapply for our loan. It took additional time for that also. Make sure Beechwood don't hold anything up...... just starting Lake View Lodge - Beechwood deposit 17/08/09 Council April 10 signed contract 11/06 earthworks started 9/07 slab completed 8/09/10 Frames 21/09/10 bricking finished 13/10/10 roof 22/10/10 Gyprock 22/11/10 Tiles bathroom 21/12/10 Kitchen in 21/12/10 Painting 09/02/11 handover 11/03/11 We are in 15/03/11!!!!!!!! http://kathdom.blogspot.com/ Re: Who is building with Beechwood 60Feb 05, 2011 8:58 am Hi guys... Melc - What home have you chosen? Hmmm dont talk to me about banks (and I work in one also) they are now holding proceedings up! MelC dont rely on pre approval as we also had this and kinda means nothing, cause once you sign the contract it all starts with the bank they need to do a Valuation on the tender, then it generally needs to be approved with the banks credit area (bascially decides if the price is right) once credit approve all the actual loan documents which include all the progress pa are produced, they then need signing and then send back for certification to ensure they are all signed correctly, then they will issue letter to commence to the builder....it is a long process that doesnt happen over night! Land Settlement - 1/10/10 Slab 23/3 Frame 14/04 Roof Tiling 29/4 Bricks 5/5 Electrical Rough In 27/5 Gyprocking 23/6 Kitchen install 29/6 Tiles 14/7 Paint 4/8 Plumbing 27/7 Were in 1/9 Thanks for your reply. I will just wait and see I guess. 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