Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Building the Sahara Q1 by Henley - Our Blog 121Jun 15, 2012 5:20 pm Hi Tengals, Really glad things are sonding more positive. Henley have the muscle and can get certain things done compared to other volume builders. I'm sure you'll be fine in the end. You'll probably have moved into your new place by the time our build even starts slabbing. Hang in there and stay positive Re: Building the Sahara Q1 by Henley - Our Blog 127Jun 19, 2012 1:35 pm thanks.... im a little frustrated currently, it has been 3 months since we signed the tender, now weeks are just passing by and seems like we are getting nowhere.... im still waiting for Henley to provide me the revised facade drawings so that we can lodge with developer again this week. Cant seem to get an answer from them...they know how we are feeling now, but to no avail. I will crack it if we miss another week. Re: Building the Sahara Q1 by Henley - Our Blog 128Jun 19, 2012 4:40 pm tengals thanks.... im a little frustrated currently, it has been 3 months since we signed the tender, now weeks are just passing by and seems like we are getting nowhere.... im still waiting for Henley to provide me the revised facade drawings so that we can lodge with developer again this week. Cant seem to get an answer from them...they know how we are feeling now, but to no avail. I will crack it if we miss another week. You'll be fine Tengals. 3 months wait is annoying, I know Re: Building the Sahara Q1 by Henley - Our Blog 129Jun 19, 2012 5:07 pm yeah i know....... problem is the 600.00 per week down the drain in rent as the weeks go by.... then the whole issue of the landlord not going to go month to month after our lease expires.... Re: Building the Sahara Q1 by Henley - Our Blog 130Jun 19, 2012 11:52 pm tengals yeah i know....... problem is the 600.00 per week down the drain in rent as the weeks go by.... then the whole issue of the landlord not going to go month to month after our lease expires.... I have heard this story so many times before Tengals. It's not the best position to be in. I completely feel your pain. I have to come up with $11K in 8 days. I keep believing Re: Building the Sahara Q1 by Henley - Our Blog 131Jun 20, 2012 4:43 pm yep, as each day goes by, nothing........ no updates, nothing, send emails, doesnt make any difference.... just get the same old run aorund, well drafting hasnt got back to me yet, so...... and thats it.. anyway so the resubmission for next week needs to be in by tomorrow, they have not sent me anything. talk about a total loss of faith, and we are now starting to regret going with HENLEY Re: Building the Sahara Q1 by Henley - Our Blog 132Jun 21, 2012 12:59 pm Hi Guys .. back from a long brake . Tengals , nice to here you will be moving forward after such a long wait , it was shocked to hear that Councils are such a PIA.. We went to our Color a Appointment yesterday ... Lucky we went to Cosham 3 times before the color appointment and select all most all the stuff we needed pre hand , so we were pretty much be able to stay under the budget .. but the bad news is our Land developer had to postponed the title registration for 3 months due to Vicroads not ready to build the Entrance to the site ... frustration but cant do much ... now is the waiting game ..... we will be signing the contract on next Thursday with henley , we are been told we will not gona have a tender instead going straight to Contract due to the FHBG expiration ... Re: Building the Sahara Q1 by Henley - Our Blog 133Jun 21, 2012 9:40 pm ok so busy day today, talk about on the deathknock anyway, after so many emails flying between henley, me and the developer, most issues have been sorted, almost! henley submitted plans for review without updating a final few things, im hoping tomorrow it will be complete, and by next wednesday approved.... i shall keep you all updated... I have stories to tell!!!!!!! Re: Building the Sahara Q1 by Henley - Our Blog 134Jun 22, 2012 2:21 am tengals ok so busy day today, talk about on the deathknock anyway, after so many emails flying between henley, me and the developer, most issues have been sorted, almost! henley submitted plans for review without updating a final few things, im hoping tomorrow it will be complete, and by next wednesday approved.... i shall keep you all updated... I have stories to tell!!!!!!! I await your story Tengals. I chose Cat5 Austral Hawksburn bricks during the colour appt. Whilst I like the brick itself, I have reservations about the contrast of the mortar. I wish there was a deep coloured mortar. Henley only have 2 like many other builder; grey and off white. I wish there was a soft brown mortar colour that won't stand out so much. I called Cosham and spoke to our colour consultant and Administrator. I changed our garage. $500 extra. The plot thickens! Re: Building the Sahara Q1 by Henley - Our Blog 135Jun 22, 2012 1:08 pm ok update, so the developer has the final drawings again for approval next week and from what they have had a quick look all looks OK!!!!! fingers crossed. the past 48 hours have been hectic and Henley although some things still baffle me with simplicity, they have come to the party pretty well..... I just wish that they wouldnt leave it to the last minute all the time. Anyway, so fingers crossed for developer approval next week! Re: Building the Sahara Q1 by Henley - Our Blog 137Jun 25, 2012 8:54 am well fingers crossed for the developer meeting this wednesday, looks like everything is in order... the developer informed me that they approve during the meeting on the spot and notify the builder wednesday afternoon. with that the case, Im wondering how long until we get a site start? Henley informed me that permits have been applied for, but the developer approval makes up part of the permit. not sure exactly what that means in the way of time frames. I had been told by others that the bigger builders, apply for permits, get surveyors to sign off on permits etc, they are there waiting, and once the developer approval is granted, they add it to the doc and in some cases are ready to build within a day or two. Anyone heard of this? Re: Building the Sahara Q1 by Henley - Our Blog 138Jun 25, 2012 9:20 am Hi tengals, Glad everythinig is rolling out smoothly for you. Hopefully all approved and ready to build. Can't wait to see pictures of your progress. Not sure about approvals or permits but all I know is I have been they will start building within 30 days of receiving everything. Loan approval , demolishing (if you are redeveloping), council approvals but how long these process takes I don't know. 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