Browse Forums Building A New House 1 Apr 24, 2010 2:22 am Well, we've been hanging around here a while, waiting for things to get going with the house, and checking out every one else's progress. We settled on the house (block) in Nov 2009, and just did prestart today, so it seemed like a good time to get our own thread going.
For those that just want to look at the pretty pictures, here's the direct links to them (otherwise read on below): Electrical plan (work in progress): http://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?p=462252#p462252 Colour selections: http://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?p=464138#p464138 Demolition photos: http://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?p=466452#p466452 Trees on block: http://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?p=466594#p466594 Kitchen plans/changes: http://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?p=487977#p487977 Remaining selections: http://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?p=501169#p501169 Kitchen 'inspiration pic' and colours: http://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?p=536483#p536483 Sand pad: http://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?p=544402#p544402 Footings and prelay: http://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?p=563826#p563826 Slab: http://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?p=564119#p564119 Bricks & other deliveries: http://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?p=576897#p576897 Bricking day 1: http://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?p=578343#p578343 Bricking day 3 (incl. d.odgy bricks): http://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?p=582373#p582373 Bricking day 5: http://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?p=584173#p584173 Bricking day 10: http://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?p=589672#p589672 Bricking day 15: http://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?p=594890#p594890 Bricking day 24: http://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?p=604399#p604399 Roof timbers: http://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?p=607748#p607748 Roof tiles & electrical start: http://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?p=616089#p616089 Roof tiles & plumbing start: http://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?p=620780#p620780 Internal render: http://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?p=625103#p625103 Ceilings: http://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?p=627439#p627439 External render, windows, ceilings finished: http://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?p=632318#p632318 Plastering: http://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?p=635659#p635659 Cabinets & shelving: http://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?p=639269#p639269 Kitchen cabinets, feature tile, external waterproofing: http://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?p=655690#p655690 Here is a breakdown of our 'progress' to date if you want a quick rundown on what has happened: Nov 2009 - Engaged Sw1tch homes to prepare sketches based on a floorplan designed by us. Dec 18 - Signed PPA and paid deposit. Feb 18 2010 - Received prestart pack. Mar 12 - Demolition of house, organised by us. Mar 25 - First round of plans/contract/addenda received (3 months after PPA). Apr ? - CLO resigns. Apr 23 - Prestart 1 - main. May 11 - Prestart 2 - electrical. May 12 - Returned signed contract. June 10 - Prestart variations finalised (7 weeks after prestart). June 15 - Unconditional finance approval for wrong amount. June 30 - Final plans/addenda received including variations (10 weeks from prestart). July 8 - Final plans/addenda signed and returned with all corrections complete. July 22 - 2nd unconditional finance approval for correct amount. Aug 5 - Sand pad done (due August 13) (Aug 19 - Slab due but not done) Sept 3 - Footings and prelay. SS resigns. Sept 4 - Slab. Sept 14-21 - All deliveries done and site power setup. Sept 23 - Bricking started. Oct 4 - New SS assigned. Oct 30 - Bricking finished Nov 1-5 - Roof timbers, eaves & fascia Nov 8 - New CLO (#3), walls cut for electrics Nov 9 - Gutters installed Nov 10 - Electrical first fit started Nov 18 - Plumbing first fit started Nov 23 - Electrical & plumbing first fit finished Nov 26 - Internal render started Nov 29 - Internal render finished Nov 30 - External render started Dec 1 - Ceilings started Dec 9? - Windows installed Dec 10 - Doors delivered Dec 11 - External render finished Dec 14 - Plastering started Dec 15 - Plastering finished Dec 16 - Lockup Dec 20 - Cabinets & shelving started Jan 17 2011 - Plumbing work started for bath/toilet Jan 18 - Waterproofing of footing/render base Jan 21 - Kitchen installed Jan 25-27 - Tile prep Jan 28 - Tile meeting/tiling started Feb 2 - Tiling 98% complete Feb 4 - Internal painting started Feb 9 - Garage grano poured Feb 11 - Kitchen benchtops installed Feb 15 - Final render coat started Feb 17 - Final render coat finished Feb 21 - Paving prep started Feb 22 - Pavers delivered Feb 23 - Final fit electrical started, oven installed Feb 24/25 - Hotplate, toilets, plumbing, hot water system Feb 28 - Wardrobe doors started Mar 3 - Flyscreens Mar 9 - Paving started Mar 15 - Insulation delivered Mar 16-17 - Paving finished, shower screens, mirrors, insulation, internal clean Mar 21 - PCI cancelled by builder Mar 22 - Taps installed Mar 24/25 - Doors hung Mar 25 - Front door painted Mar 26-29 - Internals painted Mar 29 - Gas meter installed Mar 30 - Door handles April 1 - Rangehood installed April 4 - PCI April 19 - Keys July 22 - Finally moved in. The story so far... After about a year of searching half a dozen suburbs for suitable blocks, we finally bought a run down 40 year old house on a 750m2 block that we could build on: Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ We got the place at almost block value with no competition - I think most people were looking to fix it up and rent it out, but it was full of asbestos. We then went to work finding a suitable plan/builder that could complete the build to our spec, within our budget, and most importantly within our timeframe of 12 months. After many display home visits and much confusion, we employed the services of a building broker to assist us with our search. His knowledge of the building industry really helped things along and we ended up with a relatively new builder in Perth, Sw1tch H0mes. Fast forward a few months and we have the plan and elevation, but only after we took one of the builder's base houses and redesigned it completely ourselves! More to come once I have recovered from our 5 1/2 hour prestart today... westy Re: Mr & Mrs Westy's Demo/Rebuild in Perth 2Apr 24, 2010 3:38 am Hey I love your plan, maybe because it looks so much like ours lol. Switch Homes are part of the Pindan group so not new to construction. I know two people who have finished building with Pindan in Hillarys and they're builds went relatively well with only a few minor issues. They were in our shortlist and I'm sure that you'll have a lovely home at the end of it all. Good luck and looking forward to following your build! Summit/New Gen Homes Slab - 9/4/10 PCI - 13/9/10 Handover - 22/9/10 Re: Mr & Mrs Westy's Demo/Rebuild in Perth 3Apr 24, 2010 9:43 am Love the plan - and you seem so well-organised! It sounds like things have gone relatively smoothly so far; hopefully the build will continue in the same vein. Re: Mr & Mrs Westy's Demo/Rebuild in Perth 4Apr 24, 2010 10:26 pm phoenixrain Hey I love your plan, maybe because it looks so much like ours lol. Switch Homes are part of the Pindan group so not new to construction. I know two people who have finished building with Pindan in Hillarys and they're builds went relatively well with only a few minor issues. They were in our shortlist and I'm sure that you'll have a lovely home at the end of it all. Good luck and looking forward to following your build! Thanks phoenixrain. We spent a lot of time on the plan and took inspiration from a few other plans from other builders. Since putting it together I have found a couple of plans that are similar funny enough. kek Love the plan - and you seem so well-organised! It sounds like things have gone relatively smoothly so far; hopefully the build will continue in the same vein. On a more positive note they told us at prestart that they would only take 2 weeks to get all the variations priced, and once we signed/gave the go-ahead, we would only be 2 weeks in scheduling before site start (speed of build was one of the main reasons we chose them). So that is very promising because we need to be finished before the end of the year. Not sure what our chances of that are now, but you never know... (edited for longevity) Built with Sw1tch H0mes >Build thread< House status 15/12: Gates and A/C finally installed! Sep 09 Bought block, Dec 09 Engaged builder, Jul '11 Moved in Re: Mr & Mrs Westy's Demo/Rebuild in Perth 5Apr 24, 2010 10:50 pm Hi westy - nice plan - will be following your build as we are in a very similar situation - we are doing the demolish and re-build exercise - signed contract end of March - had pre-start on the 6th April - did the excel spreadsheet following the addenda received with the contract, had sketches of everything we wanted changed and still it took us 5 hours to finalise our selections. We requested a few non-standard items which needed to be priced externally. Finally received the variation pricing on Wednesday - 2 weeks later. Spent some time going through all the items and by 10.30pm on the same day forwarded our queries to the pre-start consultant................. Guess what? still waiting for them to provide a break down on those prices ... and we need to get this variation finalised before going to the bank... at least the pre-start coordinator did ring me to confirm they received the email and were going to meet with the costing estimator to request the info... and that I will hear from her on Wednesday next week - another week down the drain Good luck and keep those photos coming... Preliminary agreement 23/11 Contract 22/03 Prestart 06/04 - finalised on 30/04 Unconditional approval 10/05 Demolition 05/07 Slab 26/08 Brickwork 13/09-06/10 Roof frame started 07/10 viewtopic.php?f=31&t=32292 Re: Mr & Mrs Westy's Demo/Rebuild in Perth 6Apr 25, 2010 2:51 am Thanks Bagheera. That all sounds too familiar! In the prestart info it said that we should allow 4 hours but if we were organised then it should take less.... ummm, no! And they didn't even offer us a break. I only got a coffee cos I said I was going to go and buy one and instead got made a pretty bad one... Did you get pre-approval on your finance before prestart? They said we had to, but we still did prestart without it. I think they just won't price the variations until they've got it. But then, like you said, the bank won't value anything that isn't in the formal variations, so therefore the approved amount won't cover the additional costs from changes made at prestart... which means that we'll just need them to revalue the house once all the variations are priced and written into the contract. It just doesn't make sense to me why they do it this way!! The weeks just seem to roll by don't they. We are already about a month behind where I thought we'd be... Edit - just checked out your plan Bagheera, very cool. I love the mockups you did for prestart - I thought I was super prepared! The colours you have chosen internally are reasonably similar to ours as well. If my brain can take it I'll have to post up our selections soon. Built with Sw1tch H0mes >Build thread< House status 15/12: Gates and A/C finally installed! Sep 09 Bought block, Dec 09 Engaged builder, Jul '11 Moved in Re: Mr & Mrs Westy's Demo/Rebuild in Perth 7Apr 25, 2010 12:12 pm Oh goodness - I do hear you... We only asked the bank to tell us based on the info we provided how much we can borrow. We are pretty much under but they did tell us not to apply until we have the contract and pre-start variation done. So we are still waiting for this damn variation. And yes we were told the same thing - 4 hours pre-start - ended up 5 hours and a bit rushed at the end. We did get a couple of coffees and some biscuits though... Preliminary agreement 23/11 Contract 22/03 Prestart 06/04 - finalised on 30/04 Unconditional approval 10/05 Demolition 05/07 Slab 26/08 Brickwork 13/09-06/10 Roof frame started 07/10 viewtopic.php?f=31&t=32292 Re: Mr & Mrs Westy's Demo/Rebuild in Perth 8Apr 26, 2010 3:37 pm I forgot to mention that our prestart DIDN'T include electrical - we have a separate prestart for that with a Clipsal consultant at some point in time! At least it will be with someone who knows their stuff as I have a lot of stuff I want to do in terms of network and A/V wiring. Now I really must get my act together and send the CLO our missing selections... how do you choose a colour for door frames?? All the white colours start looking the same after a while! Built with Sw1tch H0mes >Build thread< House status 15/12: Gates and A/C finally installed! Sep 09 Bought block, Dec 09 Engaged builder, Jul '11 Moved in Re: Mr & Mrs Westy's Demo/Rebuild in Perth 9Apr 26, 2010 5:50 pm unless you have a good budget Clipsal is quite expensive. Make sure you understand what's included in the base price of your house as our builder only provides one double p/point per room, appliances p/points, one phone point, one TV point, exhaust fans in the WC and Powder, Ensuite and Bathroom, one light with shade per room and one external light ouside every external door. That's it - anything else we had to pay extra. We ended up putting junction boxes in the ceilings with conduits for data/phone points and multiple switches throughout the house. Re door frames - do you actually want to use two colours on your doors - one for the frames one for door itself? We went with one colour which will match the wall colour throughout the house and have some feature walls done later down the track. What colours are you thinking at the moment? Preliminary agreement 23/11 Contract 22/03 Prestart 06/04 - finalised on 30/04 Unconditional approval 10/05 Demolition 05/07 Slab 26/08 Brickwork 13/09-06/10 Roof frame started 07/10 viewtopic.php?f=31&t=32292 Re: Mr & Mrs Westy's Demo/Rebuild in Perth 10Apr 26, 2010 7:12 pm We don't have a choice with electrical, our builder has told us that our electrical prestart is with Clipsal at Home Base and that's just the way it is! I do know exactly what is included though (and it isn't enough of course, especially with lighting). I have spent considerable time going over the electrical plan (like all the other plans), and have actually started making up my own electrical plan in MSPaint with all the additions to it that I want to make. I too will be putting in junction boxes and conduits, but I might just get everything priced up for a laugh... We will most likely just be using one colour for doors and frames, but it's quite hard comparing different shades of white and trying to guess what they'll look like against all the other colour choices. At the moment the frontrunner is Taubmans Milk Cloud - it seems the most 'neutral' of the white samples that I have, but won't be in-your-face stark modern white. I just hate that niggling feeling that there's a better colour out there... Built with Sw1tch H0mes >Build thread< House status 15/12: Gates and A/C finally installed! Sep 09 Bought block, Dec 09 Engaged builder, Jul '11 Moved in Electrical Plans 11Apr 26, 2010 10:12 pm Here's my work in progress on the electrical plan (all the colour bits are additions). As you said Bagheera, there's only 1 power point and light per room pretty much. We get 2 TV points but no exhaust fans in the bathroom or WC!
http://i881.photobucket.com/albums/ac17/westy2010/Homeone%20pics/ElectricalPlan-PowerNetworkingv1.jpg I've still got to do the lighting which I will probably do on a separate plan. Re: Mr & Mrs Westy's Demo/Rebuild in Perth - Selections 12Apr 29, 2010 1:12 am I sent our final selections off first thing Tuesday morning. This was just mainly things left over from prestart and requests for information on some items. Sw1tch have a variety of finishing packages like a/c, carpet, and upgrades for various items, so we are keen to know if it's worth getting them done (and if they'll fit in the budget!). We were told it should take 2 weeks to get pricing back for everything, so hopefully we'll have something back late next week. So, our selections are: http://i881.photobucket.com/albums/ac17/westy2010/Homeone%20pics/Colour-selections_Exterior.jpghttp://i881.photobucket.com/albums/ac17/westy2010/Homeone%20pics/Colour-selections_Kitchen.jpg http://i881.photobucket.com/albums/ac17/westy2010/Homeone%20pics/Colour-selections_Ensuite.jpghttp://i881.photobucket.com/albums/ac17/westy2010/Homeone%20pics/Colour-selections-BathLaunWC.jpg The floor tiles (shown in pics) are 330x330, and the ensuite, bathroom, laundry and WC wall tiles will be 200x300 gloss white tiles. The ensuite and bathroom shower walls will also have a mosaic of the ensuite floor tile on one wall (I have a pic on my phone but haven't pulled it off yet). (The bathroom/laundry/WC floor tile is actually a tan sort of colour, but is showing up a bit pink in that pic). I will leave the remaining selections (taps etc) until we have the all-important pricing... Re: Mr & Mrs Westy's Demo/Rebuild in Perth - Colour Selectio 13May 02, 2010 12:00 am Hey westy, love your knockdown. [But I think our knockdown is worse than your knockdown!! ] Have you actually knocked down yet?? We are in the midst of the process + it's not speedy or simple ! I really think that Sydney is the place where they are used to knockdowns + they're really not regarded as that unusual ~ councils are 'geared up' to some extent with handling them efficiently. We're still raising eyebrows around the place with our decision (heck, we're raising our own eyebrows!!). Love to hear how you're going with the whole process. Your colour selections are lovely too, especially loving your externals. Will be great to watch your build go up... ~ cheers, J _______________________________________________________________ We're a knockdown | rebuild ~ Melb SE burbs Building modified version of the Fairhaven Glenaire Homeone thread: viewtopic.php?f=31&t=28429 _______________________________________________________________ Re: Mr & Mrs Westy's Demo/Rebuild in Perth - Colour Selectio 14May 02, 2010 1:01 am Thanks J. Yes, we have done the knockdown (have a look at my avatar for current block status ), it was fairly simple in the end actually. Once we'd chosen a company they handled all the council stuff, and apart from having to pay a surprise extra $800 fee to our council for kerb protection, it all went through fairly quickly and easily. The knockdown part was very cool, and quick! Here's some pics of it: We have a visitor: http://i881.photobucket.com/albums/ac17/westy2010/Homeone%20pics/11032010243.jpg Underway: http://i881.photobucket.com/albums/ac17/westy2010/Homeone%20pics/Demolition_07.jpg Almost done: http://i881.photobucket.com/albums/ac17/westy2010/Homeone%20pics/Demolition_14.jpg Clean site: http://i881.photobucket.com/albums/ac17/westy2010/Homeone%20pics/12032010245.jpg A little tip I was given that I recommend - ask your demo company to rake the site clean to a certain depth (ours was 1m!), which means that they turn the soil over and pull out any rubbish they find. Apparently people bury all sorts of stuff so it is worth doing to get a 'new block' to start on. Built with Sw1tch H0mes >Build thread< House status 15/12: Gates and A/C finally installed! Sep 09 Bought block, Dec 09 Engaged builder, Jul '11 Moved in Re: Mr & Mrs Westy's Demo/Rebuild in Perth - Colour Selectio 15May 02, 2010 1:20 am westy ... (have a look at my avatar for current block status ) westy http://i881.photobucket.com/albums/ac17/westy2010/Homeone%20pics/12032010245.jpg A little tip I was given that I recommend - ask your demo company to rake the site clean to a certain depth (ours was 1m!), which means that they turn the soil over and pull out any rubbish they find. Apparently people bury all sorts of stuff so it is worth doing to get a 'new block' to start on. Will someone hit me if I ask about the tree??? [This is getting a bit obsessive for me!!] I love that leftover tree! Is it yours? Do you get to keep it? It's enormous!! Yeah, we've been told to get the demo guys to poke around... around our area people have found old septic tanks under the ground under their old knockdowns!! Now that's something to look forward to... ~ thanks westy!, cheers, J _______________________________________________________________ We're a knockdown | rebuild ~ Melb SE burbs Building modified version of the Fairhaven Glenaire Homeone thread: viewtopic.php?f=31&t=28429 _______________________________________________________________ Re: Mr & Mrs Westy's Demo/Rebuild in Perth - Colour Selectio 16May 02, 2010 8:01 am Westy - not sure if I asked before so if I did I do apologise - but how much did you pay for the demo? We are doing it through the builder and they would instruct their subi to clean the site to their specifications – if not it’s their problem... Just had my meeting with my bank lady yesterday and did the formal application – hopefully will get unconditional by end of next week – if not mid week the following one so the moment I have their email I’ll ring the coordinator to book the demo so they can do it asap. Did you have your electrical appointment yet? Preliminary agreement 23/11 Contract 22/03 Prestart 06/04 - finalised on 30/04 Unconditional approval 10/05 Demolition 05/07 Slab 26/08 Brickwork 13/09-06/10 Roof frame started 07/10 viewtopic.php?f=31&t=32292 Re: Mr & Mrs Westy's Demo/Rebuild in Perth - Colour Selectio 17May 02, 2010 11:36 am vanilla tree Such a simple concept completely passed over my head.. vanilla tree I am so chuffed that you put these pics up westy ~ thank you! I love it!! Will someone hit me if I ask about the tree??? [This is getting a bit obsessive for me!!] I love that leftover tree! Is it yours? Do you get to keep it? It's enormous!! Yeah, we've been told to get the demo guys to poke around... around our area people have found old septic tanks under the ground under their old knockdowns!! Now that's something to look forward to... ~ thanks westy!, cheers, J I just refreshed my memory on your thread so I understand the significance of your questions.... Yes the tree is ours, and yes we are keeping it! It sits in the rear left corner of the property and was too large and old to get rid of (much to our neighbours annoyance I'm sure - they have already asked if we are getting rid of it because it is deciduous!). I grew up in the Perth hills surrounded by the Aussie bush so I am a fan of trees too. Here's a couple of pics of it to give you a better idea of its size (and if you can tell me what it is, even better ): Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ This tree is at the front and will give us good afternoon shade: Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ I think it's a jacaranda? Everything else in between was flattened and the council didn't blink an eyelid... Oh, I forgot to reply about the septic tanks - our council had a requirement that any old septic tanks were removed. We had one and I had to go and sight it being removed so I could sign a stat dec saying that it was removed! (although 7 weeks later I haven't done that and no-one has asked me for it.... ) It's a good idea anyway so that you know there isn't some random hole under the ground that could collapse in at a later date (or be dug up). Built with Sw1tch H0mes >Build thread< House status 15/12: Gates and A/C finally installed! Sep 09 Bought block, Dec 09 Engaged builder, Jul '11 Moved in Re: Mr & Mrs Westy's Demo/Rebuild in Perth - Colour Selectio 18May 02, 2010 12:33 pm Bagheera Westy - not sure if I asked before so if I did I do apologise - but how much did you pay for the demo? We are doing it through the builder and they would instruct their subi to clean the site to their specifications – if not it’s their problem... Just had my meeting with my bank lady yesterday and did the formal application – hopefully will get unconditional by end of next week – if not mid week the following one so the moment I have their email I’ll ring the coordinator to book the demo so they can do it asap. Did you have your electrical appointment yet? Hi Bagheera Has your cat turned up yet? The demo was about $15K in the end. The WA govt increased the tipping levy by 300% on January 1 so that bumped the cost up by about $3K! We decided to organise it independantly, cos you know how long builders take to do things... It took about 6 weeks from giving them to go-ahead to having it all done, so you might want to check on that to minimise the waiting! You also might still want to make sure that they do rake the site a bit so at least you know your backyard (beyond the pad) is 'clean'. My electrical appt is now booked for Tuesday May 11 (the earliest they had available at Clipsal) so at least I have a week to sort myself out (though it is another week lost, and then that has to be costed and accepted, and we still have to check and accept the prestart variations, fix any errors, and then sign the amended contract and plans...) Good luck with your finance. Do you know what the valuation is yet? We were meant to have finance pre-approval for prestart but we still haven't got it. The bank came back during the week wanting more info which I guess could be a positive sign. We have a good broker that we have used for years though so he sorts it all out for us. It's quite tight though cos we are staying in our current house and will be trying to run 4 mortgages for the duration of the build (2 on each property)... It was our wish and the broker and financial advisor reckoned it could be done, so we will give it a go. It just saves us having to move twice... Those interest rate rises are making things 'interesting' though as this was all worked out about 5-6 months ago! Cheers Built with Sw1tch H0mes >Build thread< House status 15/12: Gates and A/C finally installed! Sep 09 Bought block, Dec 09 Engaged builder, Jul '11 Moved in Re: Mr & Mrs Westy's Demo/Rebuild in Perth - Colour Selectio 19May 02, 2010 1:41 pm Hi Westy - Bagheera is still missing - I'm getting better accepting that she's gone but still waking at night listening to noises as she used to jump on our window seal and tap at the window to le her in - only when she decided she had enough wondering the outdoors... we used to call her in before going to bed - she used to come to the back and sit there deciding if she is ready or not... hehehe Funny cat... Re demolishing - we are going through the builder at almost $18K. We did ask a few quotes through some of demolishing comps which came back more expensive then what the builder was asking. Oh well at least is included in the mortgage. We did refuse their quote on the fencing as we found a local company which gave us a very good price - will have it done after h/over or during the construction if ok with the builder so we can get our levels right - there is a bit of cut and fill on our land so we will have some retaining walls - oh the joys!! hehehe Good luck with the electrical... Preliminary agreement 23/11 Contract 22/03 Prestart 06/04 - finalised on 30/04 Unconditional approval 10/05 Demolition 05/07 Slab 26/08 Brickwork 13/09-06/10 Roof frame started 07/10 viewtopic.php?f=31&t=32292 Re: Mr & Mrs Westy's Demo/Rebuild in Perth - Nothing happeni 20May 06, 2010 8:40 pm <sigh> Well, no progress on anything (so far) this week, 'tis usual I guess at this stage, but frustrating nonetheless. Our finance broker did ask for a clarification on a payslip the other day, but gave no indication on which way the bank was leaning. Their questioning could mean it is tight, or that they are just dotting i's and crossing t's... And all the while the block is just sitting there waiting to be built on and on a desk or computer somewhere at the builder's office is our final prestart pricing which all of this hinges on. Maybe this will work.... HURRY UP!! We've had the offer of a short term tenant whilst waiting for CDC/DA home approval and demolition for our knock down rebuild. It would achieve a pretty low rent as it's… 0 13750 5 6812 if the original house is in good condition most of what you listed could be added in stages without the need for KDR and costs and disruption of having to live elsewhere… 1 13673 |