Browse Forums Building A New House 1 Apr 29, 2010 1:34 pm Hi, We have our land settlement tomorrow (was behind schedule as usual) and in our PD contract we were meant to start building between 1st-30th April. I have asked our CSC for a start date but haven't heard anything yet. We were hoping to start in 2 weeks as everything should already be organised considering we should have already started. How long did it take you to start building from when your land settled? Thanks, Emma Re: PD - how long did it take to start building? 2Apr 29, 2010 3:30 pm I think it will probably depend on how fast the plans can go through council as all councils are different speeds, and I think you have to own the land before they can submit them to council. I would be surprised if they start within 3 weeks of settlement. If I was to win Lotto, I would build with a different builder, now to win lotto Re: PD - how long did it take to start building? 4Apr 29, 2010 8:14 pm Hello Emmzy, We've built with PD Access and are about 3-4 weeks from finishing our house, so the amount of time we had to wait for a site start is still fresh in our minds. We were in the same position as yourself because our land was due to settle about 3 months earlier than it actually did. We were under the impression that because our land was delayed this would give PD additional time to get everything else sorted. Unfortunately, it doesn't appear to work that way. We waited 6 weeks after our land settled for our site start. Cheers VengaPalace. Re: PD - how long did it take to start building? 5May 01, 2010 11:28 pm Emmzy We are in a identical postion we have just settleted land and site start was ment to be 20th april but we settled land on 30th and i have been in the blower to see if we can get things underway but nothing as yet .... we must have a slab before the month finish's or no FHOG boost for us ... otherwise we have to go down the path of requesting extention due to delay in land ... its frustrating .... Re: PD - how long did it take to start building? 6May 01, 2010 11:34 pm Don't get me started. Our land settled May 2009. We chose a builder July 2009. We still haven't started...maybe this month? We have been paying the mortgage on the land for 12 months, yes, one year!!!!! I really hope it doesn't take that long for you guys. <edit> just realised this thread is about PD we are not building with them. but thanks for the vent anyway! Hi Mofflepop, I would recommend finding a building designer to prepare plans, they should design to your specified budget. The benefit is you can tender the project out… 9 20434 No the fireplace doesn’t work. It’s been enclosed. I’m not sure what was removed, as it was done quite some time ago - well before what I can see with photos online… 2 11589 Congratulations! Nice to put that to bed before christmas, now you can relax 3 7187 |