Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Waterford County, Chisholm - Who else is there 101Aug 04, 2013 3:23 pm I am still a few months away yet. Good to see some blocks getting some progress. Re: Waterford County, Chisholm - Who else is there 102Aug 13, 2013 2:50 pm Hi everyone - good to hear the community coming together! I was wondering if anyone has had issues with Opticomm / free-to-air coverage. We finished building in Stage E late last year, and paid the $600-odd to Opticomm that was quoted by a couple of guys earlier in this thread. We actually are renting the house out for a little bit until other things get sorted, and the people in the home have told us that they can only get Channel 9 and ABC on free-to-air. They say its not a massive issue as they have Foxtel and that works fine. We have contacted Opticomm a number of times and have had nothing but issues. They have told us to test a bunch of things (which mean nothing to us simpletons), and this is hard given we don't have immediate access to the home. Can anyone please let me know if you had similar issues? Cheers Re: Waterford County, Chisholm - Who else is there 103Aug 13, 2013 6:10 pm no issues here at all. sounds weird as we even got tv reception before we were connected to opticomm, took them a couple of weeks to do after we moved in. they are doing upgrades around the area at present, so maybe something there. otherwise could be the house install. what type of infrastructure have you got installed from the ONT in the house? MDJ Homes - Bordeaux 14 + now with improvements Re: Waterford County, Chisholm - Who else is there 104Oct 03, 2013 10:13 am Yay, congrats benblinkau some action today!! MDJ Homes - Bordeaux 14 + now with improvements Re: Waterford County, Chisholm - Who else is there 105Oct 03, 2013 10:28 am fifteensixty Yay, congrats benblinkau some action today!! Awesome! About time.. Will have to come down shortly and have a look before work! Re: Waterford County, Chisholm - Who else is there 107Oct 04, 2013 8:59 am Bax27 Glad to hear its started - hope it goes OK Many thanks bax! Re: Waterford County, Chisholm - Who else is there 108Oct 04, 2013 3:08 pm There is a few EB houses around our stage so hopefully it might mean they go up a bit faster, plus they don't have as much work on at the moment. I think Rob the SS is OK, seems to be on top of things anyway, bit slack on answering emails or phone though. Building Lawson 24 +2 Pegged 9/8/13 Slabbed 18/9/13 Frame 16/10/13 Roof 21/10/13 Bricks 5/11/13 Linings 28/11/13 Re: Waterford County, Chisholm - Who else is there 109Oct 04, 2013 3:12 pm Bax27 There is a few EB houses around our stage so hopefully it might mean they go up a bit faster, plus they don't have as much work on at the moment. I think Rob the SS is OK, seems to be on top of things anyway, bit slack on answering emails or phone though. Yeh i just dropped in then and they are doing the formwork for the slab already! Rob is also my SS. Only spoke to him the once.. How has he been in letting you on site to have a look? Re: Waterford County, Chisholm - Who else is there 110Oct 04, 2013 6:45 pm benblinkau Bax27 There is a few EB houses around our stage so hopefully it might mean they go up a bit faster, plus they don't have as much work on at the moment. I think Rob the SS is OK, seems to be on top of things anyway, bit slack on answering emails or phone though. Yeh i just dropped in then and they are doing the formwork for the slab already! Rob is also my SS. Only spoke to him the once.. How has he been in letting you on site to have a look? Yes he is fine, seems reasonable - have heard that EB are putting cameras on sites - there is one site with a camera in Arrowtail. Building Lawson 24 +2 Pegged 9/8/13 Slabbed 18/9/13 Frame 16/10/13 Roof 21/10/13 Bricks 5/11/13 Linings 28/11/13 Re: Waterford County, Chisholm - Who else is there 111Oct 04, 2013 6:58 pm Bax27 benblinkau Bax27 There is a few EB houses around our stage so hopefully it might mean they go up a bit faster, plus they don't have as much work on at the moment. I think Rob the SS is OK, seems to be on top of things anyway, bit slack on answering emails or phone though. Yeh i just dropped in then and they are doing the formwork for the slab already! Rob is also my SS. Only spoke to him the once.. How has he been in letting you on site to have a look? Yes he is fine, seems reasonable - have heard that EB are putting cameras on sites - there is one site with a camera in Arrowtail. Yeh i saw the house a couple down from us had a smashed window! Re: Waterford County, Chisholm - Who else is there 112Oct 10, 2013 7:00 am Just wondering from those living there in waterford county, do you have any bug issues? At thornton, during summer we get ridiculous amounts of bugs and insects.. So much so we cant even keep just our screen door open... Re: Waterford County, Chisholm - Who else is there 113Oct 11, 2013 5:13 pm benblinkau Just wondering from those living there in waterford county, do you have any bug issues? At thornton, during summer we get ridiculous amounts of bugs and insects.. So much so we cant even keep just our screen door open... yea it does get bad sometimes. hot days that cool down reasonable in the arvo the worst. havent got a bug zapper YET but find if lights off not a prob lol. MDJ Homes - Bordeaux 14 + now with improvements Re: Waterford County, Chisholm - Who else is there 114Oct 11, 2013 6:16 pm fifteensixty benblinkau Just wondering from those living there in waterford county, do you have any bug issues? At thornton, during summer we get ridiculous amounts of bugs and insects.. So much so we cant even keep just our screen door open... yea it does get bad sometimes. hot days that cool down reasonable in the arvo the worst. havent got a bug zapper YET but find if lights off not a prob lol. Damn! Re: Waterford County, Chisholm - Who else is there 115Oct 12, 2013 11:44 pm benblinkau fifteensixty benblinkau Just wondering from those living there in waterford county, do you have any bug issues? At thornton, during summer we get ridiculous amounts of bugs and insects.. So much so we cant even keep just our screen door open... yea it does get bad sometimes. hot days that cool down reasonable in the arvo the worst. havent got a bug zapper YET but find if lights off not a prob lol. Damn! yea that down in the back corner of the plot so far. lol its not too bad just the worst time just on dusk and half hour after. thats what i hoping the bug zapper takes care of once installed MDJ Homes - Bordeaux 14 + now with improvements Re: Waterford County, Chisholm - Who else is there 116Jan 03, 2014 7:02 pm Just wondering what people are paying per year in council rates if anyone doesn't mind saying! Re: Waterford County, Chisholm - Who else is there 117Jan 03, 2014 7:14 pm Approx $1600 MDJ Homes - Bordeaux 14 + now with improvements Re: Waterford County, Chisholm - Who else is there 118Jan 03, 2014 7:52 pm Is that including both land and house on the valuation? Ours is already about $1200 with just the land... Re: Waterford County, Chisholm - Who else is there 119Jan 04, 2014 4:53 pm Council rates are based on land only value - the valuation is done by Valuer General Dept (could be called something else now) only periodically so it may be a few years between valuations. Of course there is also water rates. Building Lawson 24 +2 Pegged 9/8/13 Slabbed 18/9/13 Frame 16/10/13 Roof 21/10/13 Bricks 5/11/13 Linings 28/11/13 Re: Waterford County, Chisholm - Who else is there 120Jan 04, 2014 6:30 pm Bax27 Council rates are based on land only value - the valuation is done by Valuer General Dept (could be called something else now) only periodically so it may be a few years between valuations. Of course there is also water rates. Wow! Really? Back in SA it is calculated on both house and land value! I was worried another 300k was going to end up being added to that and it would skyrocket our rates! You have made my day! A survey must’ve completed by a certified surveyor. This form part of every DA requirement 3 223588 |