Browse Forums Building A New House 1 Jan 12, 2011 9:25 pm Hi There!! This is my first post here but I've been visiting the site for advice for the past 12 months. We are building in WA with a 2-storey builder and so far things have been going ok. We were told that we would be at lock up stage in a few weeks (our slab went down in May). We were also told that after lock up, would then be the cabinets, wet area waste heights (don't know what this means) and then tiling. THEN after tiling has been completed, it would be a further 12-14 weeks untill completion. Is it just me or does that seem like a long time. As in, after the tiling is completed, why would it take another 12-14 weeks for completion. Anyway, can anybody tell me please what the average time for completion after lock up is?? I'm hoping our client rep woman has it all wrong Cheers Re: Lock up to completion - Help please?? 2Jan 12, 2011 9:28 pm Hi bec and welcome From lock up to handover for us was almost 6 months... yep, 6 whole months. Single story 32sq house through a volume builder in Melbourne. Cabinets went in mid Feb, keys handed over to us June 30th. Re: Lock up to completion - Help please?? 4Jan 12, 2011 9:38 pm Completely understand We were renting the same 2 bedroom shoe box for 7 1/2 years before moving into here. It was well worth the wait, we love our house and having space... and to be paying our own mortgage and not someone elses I'm sure ours is an extreme case... our whole build was 8 1/2 months, many on this forum have been more like 5-6 months Re: Lock up to completion - Help please?? 5Jan 13, 2011 9:35 am Your house seems to be going very slowly. Ours took 4.5 months from slab pour to completion, though it is only a single story 22 sq house. What does your contract say the build time will be? I can't see why it would be 12-14 weeks more, after tiles. They shouldn't have that much more to do after the tiles are done. contract signed: Nov 09 Released to Construction: 23 Jul 10 Slab poured: 9 Aug 10 Frame completed: 30 Aug 10 Windows & Gutters: 7 Sep 10 Bricks: 15 - 23 Sep 10 Roof: 24 Sep 10 Gyprock: 20 Oct 10 Lockup: 25 Oct 10 Kitchen: 27 Oct 10 Tiling: 6 - 9 Nov 10 Painting: 17 Nov 10 Carpet: 30 Nov 10 PCI: 15 Dec 10 Handover: 17 Dec 10 https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=35943 Re: Lock up to completion - Help please?? 6Jan 13, 2011 9:45 am Thanks for the replies. Our contract says 365 days from slab poor (I think) but I think that means working days grrrrrr. So legally they have all the time in the world to finish it. But, I just couldn't understand why it would take so long after tiling. As you said, what else is there to do after tiling??? I do know that 2 storey builds definately do take longer than single storey and we were prepared for that fact. Funilly (NOT) they are building a display of our house nearby and that started way after us and is now waaaaay in front. So this is adding salt into the wound! I'm paying for my house so surely they would be finishing my house first right? Hahaha yeah right! Maybe I'll go back and ask our client rep what things need to be done after tiling to take 3 months.... Re: Lock up to completion - Help please?? 7Jan 13, 2011 10:19 am We are building a single story house with a decent size builder in perth SOR and so far its taken us since last Jan when all the paper work was arranged and 6 months since site scrape and we still have another 5 weeks roughly to go. We had lock up around the start of December so ours is taking about 13 weeks after lock up as well. Thankfully we are nearly finished as we have been renting since sept 09 waiting on our land and our house RHI - BALDIVIS PERTH 2005 Bought/Finished WA Housing Centre Home 2010 Building the Benchmark with REDINK Homes in The Avalon 2013 Building the Michigan with Cont3nt Living In Highbury Estate! Re: Lock up to completion - Help please?? 8Jan 13, 2011 10:51 am We're also building in WA, our timeframes over here are always different to those in the East because of the different building methods used. We went to lockup in mid October and should have handover at the end of January. So unfortunately the 12-14 weeks you were told does sound plausible, especially if you are having stone benchtops and a glass splashback. Re: Lock up to completion - Help please?? 9Jan 13, 2011 11:42 am That sounds plausible to me, especially as some things are going to go wrong. The benchtops won't be ordered until the kitchen is plastered and they can get the measurements. For us we had to stall the benchtops while they lowered the kitchen window which they had put too high! All these things add up to more time. Metricon Riva 33 - http://herlihy-riva.blogspot.com Site start 15/03/2010 - Handover 23/12/2010 9 months and 8 days (284 calendar days) from site start to handover Re: Lock up to completion - Help please?? 10Jan 13, 2011 11:46 am bec1981 Funilly (NOT) they are building a display of our house nearby and that started way after us and is now waaaaay in front. So this is adding salt into the wound! I'm paying for my house so surely they would be finishing my house first right? Hahaha yeah right! Unfornately there's not much you can do. Your contract states 365 days (this wont be working days - unless it specically says so), so the build is still within schedule. You dont want a rushed job, you want a quality home, so just keep remembering that It's a long and frustrating process, but the end result will be well worth it. Re: Lock up to completion - Help please?? 11Jan 13, 2011 12:31 pm Mine was 295 working days in contract from slab to handover ( with inclement weather this could work out to over 17 months ) Actual lock up to handover was 26 weeks. Probaly not the news you wanted. ( 22 weeks for benchtops ) Timeline Aug 08-Land Mar 09-Demo/Titles Sept 10-Handover No1 Sept 11-Handover No2 April 12-Sold No2 Aug 14-Land/Demo Jan 15-Slabs viewtopic.php?f=31&t=25736 Re: Lock up to completion - Help please?? 12Jan 13, 2011 4:22 pm Thanks Everyone for the replies. I do know that they build houses differently in the east so I understand how they can buils so fast over there I would be happy if the 12-14 weeks was from lockup. But she actually told me its from the completion of the tiling. So potentially, 3 weeks untill lockup, then a month or 2 to get cabinets and tiling etc done, AND THEN 12-14 weeks after that for completion. 12-14 weeks from lock up to get to completion sounds very reasonable but thats not actually what she said. I really hope she is wrong and it is 12-14 weeks from lockup to completion. I realise that the display home would generate revenue etc etc, but my point is, that I'm actually paying them to build my house. Obviously I know that they can build our house allot faster than what they have been because the display is proof. It's just frustrating to watch this display go up in no time and our house sits there for weeks with nothing done I suppose it doesn't help that my pregnancy hormones are running wild Thank you to all that have replied. It's nice to hear of other peoples stories and situations. Re: Lock up to completion - Help please?? 13Jan 13, 2011 5:11 pm We are building in WA. Our house 312sqm single storey and we reached lockup yesterday. We have been told to expect handover to be toward the end of next month. So thats roughly 6 weeks. Our house currently has no kitchen in, tiling, painting, doors or anything. Just the whiteset and the ceilings complete. Hope this helps. Re: Lock up to completion - Help please?? 14Jan 14, 2011 8:32 am I'm currently building a 2 story home as well. We are at a similar stage as you have posted above. We have been quoted approx 6 weeks from tiling to handover by my building supervisor. However our CSO is telling me 8-12 weeks. I can only assume the CSO is erring on the side of caution. All it takes is for a tradie to get sick, stock to not show up, and it put everything on hold. We have also found with Xmas, none of the tradies rocked up to work last week or this week for that matter. That has delayed things as well. I have found calling my building supervisor directly has helped things. I get a clear picture from the guy doing the work, rather than some lady sitting in an offfice looking at a computer screen. Re: Lock up to completion - Help please?? 15Jan 14, 2011 10:56 am Hubby spoke with the building supervisor yesterday and he said approx 8 weeks after tiling ("but don't hold me to that") lol. He also said that there is a delay with the kitchen company so he put our order in last month knowing they would be behind. So hopefully that will help the delay, but he said it will probably still be delayed. We just can't wait to get into our new house - like everyone else - so we (well I really) want everything done yesterday Hopefully all the other stages go quickly and without problems ..... It's crucial to check your contract and local regulations regarding late completion penalties. 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