Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Who's building with Clarendon? 21Jun 15, 2011 12:46 pm Hello All We are about to build with clarendon Glenlea29 in Kogarah Bay just waiting for Council Approval which should be done by first week of July Will set up a blog soon Not sure about everyone else but our journey so far I has been a nightmare as It has taken 8 months just to get to this stage and there inabilty to communicate via phone or emails has been a shocker but fingers crossed once all the dust settle I hope the building process will be much more enjoyable Ashton Re: Who's building with Clarendon? 22Jun 15, 2011 11:50 pm glenlea29 Not sure about everyone else but our journey so far I has been a nightmare as It has taken 8 months just to get to this stage and there inabilty to communicate via phone or emails has been a shocker but fingers crossed once all the dust settle I hope the building process will be much more enjoyable...Ashton I've had a pretty good experience thus far. They've been good with quoting etc. I did find that the stormwater etc was excessive, but that's part and parcel of dealing with silly council requirements. I think the biggest thing is to keep calling your CSC. I call her daily. She knows whats going on etc. Keep us posted with how you go along.. keep logging in - I will reply to your posts ASAP Ashton - so have you cleared your block etc? Auth to Commence? I'm waiting for this from CBA. Hopefully any day now.. Demo almost finalised today... The guys we choose were really good. Re: Who's building with Clarendon? 23Jun 16, 2011 11:25 pm Carolleigh juxt1n - Have you started the process with Clarendon? They give you a list of the std bricks for each location (or you can ask at the brick yard) in your ext colour pack. In the colour centre they are all on display too in Norwest. PGH had a lot of 'fritted' bricks in their std range...the ones with black tar looking chunks coming through or with the white patches on them - my parents called them the bird poo bricks when I showed them. I'm sure that gives you an idea. But you will have to go and see yourself - it really is all about personal taste. Our brick was called black & tan - PGH I'm engaging the sales rep now. First time was face to face, but we went just thinking about it. Now we are serious if there are no issues with land size, we'll start straight away. Choosing brick color won't take long for us, we know what color to choose. Re: Who's building with Clarendon? 24Jun 17, 2011 2:20 pm Our site is clear... if you demo ever make sure to think about the "Nature" Strip and whether you need to remove concrete/trees etc from that also. You need to apply seperately will council for this. Re: Who's building with Clarendon? 27Jun 17, 2011 6:24 pm Imo, when you enter a house, you should not see a guest room or study room but a living room. The only other house to rival the Sherwood is the Sunnydale 38, BUT the stairs placement is bad, and there's non entertainment room. Re: Who's building with Clarendon? 28Jun 18, 2011 12:38 am juxt1n How much did they charge you for the demo rjg? Also, has anyone engaged their laywers when building? juxt1n - Clarendon will not do the demolition for you. You will need to arrnage yourself. I used a private company - they got rid of trees and pretty much cleared our entire block - we have 3 large trees that remained. The old house was removed + detached garage for $14.8K or so. I had a lot of shrubs etc on the site.. will post some pics when I can. The building also had asbestos - I thought this would cost more but it doesn't. Make sure you enquire about nature strip - get them to tell you how you get approval etc + then you can tell them to remove as part of their quote. Basically, Clarendon will do their application and forget yours (demo). I needed to submit to council seperately. You then need to co-ordinate them to go out on a particualr day etc. Rain can delay progress, took 2.5 days in total over 1 full week (but that included long weekend). I had to lodge a Complying Development of $15K. You need to attend council/pay a fee etc. So when's the cheque in the mail - Saved you a bit there... Also Clarendon will not build retaining walls or do your driveway.. these things annoy me a little as I need to arrange myself (despite paying them $460K+) Re: Who's building with Clarendon? 29Jun 18, 2011 10:24 am juxt1n Imo, when you enter a house, you should not see a guest room or study room but a living room. The only other house to rival the Sherwood is the Sunnydale 38, BUT the stairs placement is bad, and there's non entertainment room. I agree. Standard Metricon / Dual Occupancy stuff. I despise it too. Why would you design houses like that? It's kind of niche! Sunnydale 38 stair placement is bad + those stairs would costs you at least $5k extra. The gaps don't appeal to families etc, limiting market for re-sale. I personally think the Sherwoood 42 is perfect for a couple who are growing into their house THROUGH TO a family that has 3 older children. This is a huge market & my target market for resale (when I have had enough of the house & want to do it again). It's never going to suit a retired couple as it's way too big. Sherwood has the study/bed 6 + media + upstairs living. Will try to take some photos etc + upload of the site.. Re: Who's building with Clarendon? 30Jun 18, 2011 10:34 am rjg juxt1n How much did they charge you for the demo rjg? Also, has anyone engaged their laywers when building? juxt1n - Clarendon will not do the demolition for you. You will need to arrnage yourself. I used a private company - they got rid of trees and pretty much cleared our entire block - we have 3 large trees that remained. The old house was removed + detached garage for $14.8K or so. I had a lot of shrubs etc on the site.. will post some pics when I can. The building also had asbestos - I thought this would cost more but it doesn't. Make sure you enquire about nature strip - get them to tell you how you get approval etc + then you can tell them to remove as part of their quote. Basically, Clarendon will do their application and forget yours (demo). I needed to submit to council seperately. You then need to co-ordinate them to go out on a particualr day etc. Rain can delay progress, took 2.5 days in total over 1 full week (but that included long weekend). I had to lodge a Complying Development of $15K. You need to attend council/pay a fee etc. So when's the cheque in the mail - Saved you a bit there... Also Clarendon will not build retaining walls or do your driveway.. these things annoy me a little as I need to arrange myself (despite paying them $460K+) Sounds like your block is very similar to mine. I wouldn't mind getting a few quotes for demo. It's worrying to hear clarendon don't also arrange for demo and council applications. These things are time consuming, VERY. The only time i'm fee is Sat and this could prove to be a show stopper for me. For the amount you have to pay, is it over prices compare to other builders do you think? Re: Who's building with Clarendon? 31Jun 18, 2011 8:44 pm juxt1n Sounds like your block is very similar to mine. I wouldn't mind getting a few quotes for demo. It's worrying to hear clarendon don't also arrange for demo and council applications. These things are time consuming, VERY. The only time i'm fee is Sat and this could prove to be a show stopper for me. For the amount you have to pay, is it over prices compare to other builders do you think? Was suprised when they said the site had a 2m fall over the 62m block. I did notice the slope from then to be honest. The Complying Development is pretty easy to do. You should use State Demolition as they prep everything and you just need to sign the papers. Not for a benefit other than the pleasure of them realising I referred you, please tell Rhonda that I referred you I should really hook somehting up with them though .. They are professional and timely. All in all it was 14.5K for the demolition and clearance of the entire block!! Nice one state demolition I honestly tell you that you only should pay overs for quality. From what I have seen so far Clarendon are quality ... Block is 100% cleared so happy with the demo .. Now for CBA - give me my authority to commence this week!!!! Re: Who's building with Clarendon? 32Jun 21, 2011 5:46 pm [quote="rjgCouncil - Clarendon basically know all the rules + generally, they get it right when you go to council.. we're building in the Sutherland Shire. I guess the annoying bits are organising your own demo/demo approval with council.. paying fees to council for the bond (for the gutters etc). quote] I can tell you this now Clarendon's permits dept know nothing regarding rules we had our plans submitted to kogarah council and it clearly states in kogarah's guidelines that level one can not be more that 60% of the allotment , well what do you know in our plans level one was waaaaay over the requirements and claredon had the nerve to say it wasn't when they presented the plans to council So council rejected the plans ( another 6 week delay so far ) and we had to redesign the house to suit to make things worst I received a costings amendment and they have charged me approx $1000 to resubmit the plans WTF not only that we had to reduce our floor space and yet they have charged me an extra $2000:n: So I sent Maurice Felizzi ( Clarendon's CEO ) and email because my CSC has been as As useful as a one armed trapeze artist with an itchy arse explaining the problems I have been having from day one and hopefully things will be sorted out as I would hate for the project to go into dissolution Re: Who's building with Clarendon? 33Jun 21, 2011 6:57 pm It's not acceptable for the plan to be submitted by them knowing it's over the allowable FSR. I think Clarendon should pay for redesigning as it was their fault. It's not like they haven't got any experiences in these areas. We pay them to build, and that includes paying for their expertise and experiences. I have cold feet about building now... Re: Who's building with Clarendon? 34Jun 21, 2011 7:35 pm Ours went through with 0 issues. We've levelled our block and we're hoping to get our Auth To Commence this week. Should be starting 20 days from then Also, on the surveyors plan it shows the FSR etc.. How did you/they miss this? I've known from day 1 pretty much what the FSR etc were... justxn Clarendon are a larger company & like everything it probably depends on who you get. Joe is awesome. Get rid of whoever you are using right now.. My CSC is also good. The first step after signing up is the survey. From there you have the FSR's .. I am very suprised. Re: Who's building with Clarendon? 35Jun 21, 2011 10:23 pm Hi all We are thinking of building with Clarendon in the Shire as well. A modified Byron depending on council as we have an odd shaped block. Cheers. Re: Who's building with Clarendon? 36Jun 22, 2011 12:16 am commando007 Hi all We are thinking of building with Clarendon in the Shire as well. A modified Byron depending on council as we have an odd shaped block. Cheers. good to hear from more clarendonites.. What stage are u upto? Tender done yet? Re: Who's building with Clarendon? 38Jun 22, 2011 10:28 am One of the other posters mentioned that they hadn't been provided with the FSR (Floor Space Ratio) during this stage & their plans were lodged without this being considered - can you let us know if you get it.. As far as I know, I got it then, it was on my survey/plans from the very beginning. Re: Who's building with Clarendon? 39Jun 22, 2011 10:53 am 2"" storey no more than Level 1 = 20.27m Yes 60% of depth of allotment depth = 20.7m max (based on average depth of 34.5m) My FSR was spot on but the depth of level one was set back tooo far from the front of the street Re: Who's building with Clarendon? 40Jun 22, 2011 10:55 am rjg One of the other posters mentioned that they hadn't been provided with the FSR (Floor Space Ratio) during this stage & their plans were lodged without this being considered - can you let us know if you get it.. As far as I know, I got it then, it was on my survey/plans from the very beginning. Hmm interesting, luckily I am already very conversant with our council regs regarding our block and have a very good idea of where we will need to ask for variations. Will let you know about the FSR. the stair balustrades? There is nothing special about these and I imagine literally every stair installer will be able to do this. 1 3132 The two 15mm holes are obviously not compliant. The Dept of Fair Trading would love to see this one! Do the gutters pool water after it stops raining? Although it's… 4 3916 I’m curious about how you went with this. We are planning a KDRB and considering Plantation Homes as a builder. I’m aware that after the demolition another soil test… 1 6328 |