Browse Forums Building A New House 1 Apr 24, 2012 3:14 pm Hi all Based on the below facts, we would like to hear your thoughts on how should we plan for the building process and for the settlement term for the land that we are abt to bid: 1) we are abt to bid for a block of land, knock down rebuts build our dream home. 2) We have chosen the builder (but have not placed the deposit). 3) Know the design and floor plan that we want. 4) Currently renting a house. 5) settlement term for the land is 30/60/90 days We would like to move into our dream home ASAP so that we can save on the rental. But we also want to minimize our mortgage interest charges. We are thinking if we choose 60 days settlement term, will we have enough time to finalize the building contract and to start the building process soon or we are overestimating the days? Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Re: Timeline for knockdown and rebuild 3Apr 25, 2012 11:36 am Hello, It is at Whitehorse council area. We were told by the volume builder that the building permit won't take long as they have the private company (authorised by council) assists to apply. Re: Timeline for knockdown and rebuild 4Apr 25, 2012 5:33 pm Which volume builder are you looking at? Most volume builders have time frames of about 32 weeks for a single storey or 36 weeks for a double storey. Plus you need to add on rain days. I totally understand what you mean about time though and rental - every week renting can be big bucks. That was one of the reasons we went with a builder who guarantees 25 weeks then gives a rental amount. Some builders have that (or a liquidated damages clause if the build goes over the completion period). Ask your builder what their build time and liquidated damages amount is. As for contract negotiation - that will just depend on how much you want to change and how flexible your builder is. Most volume builders don't like change and take a long time to process it (putting pressure on the 90 day acceptance clause). The HIA standard contract is pretty standard though. I am rambling... Good luck! SunshineT's Build: viewtopic.php?f=31&t=34585 Designs start: 4/12/09 DA: 5/7/11 Demo: 22/12/11 Slab: 24/2/12 Keys: 31/8/12 Re: Timeline for knockdown and rebuild 5Apr 27, 2012 8:40 pm Remember the old says. Twice as Long and Twice as expensive as you think it may take/cost. We are coming up to the 2 year mark from when we bought our land and started the knock down rebuild saga. Yesterday we found a few pegs in the ground and a port-a-loo. I would say go for 90 days and save your money as the volume builders will tell you it will take x weeks to get a tender or to build. Double this figure and you will be closer to the mark. Sorry to disappoint. Re: Timeline for knockdown and rebuild 6Aug 20, 2012 10:30 pm My timeline so far: 4-5 weeks after settlement for house to be demolished 2 weeks for initial quotes with builder 4 weeks to tender appointment 4 weeks to contract appointment Estimated 2 weeks for second soil test 4-5 weeks for building permit 6 months minimum for building completion. 1 month for all defects rectification prior hand-over Re: Timeline for knockdown and rebuild 7Aug 20, 2012 10:33 pm Would be interested to know other people's knockdown and rebuild timeline! Re: Timeline for knockdown and rebuild 8Aug 20, 2012 10:44 pm 25 months See timeline below 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: Timeline for knockdown and rebuild 9Aug 21, 2012 11:52 am Site cut and slab mid Feb 2012 and handover next week! (late August 2012). eeeek!!! Our house is very 'custom', so we are very impressed with our builder. There have been ups and downs though of course. SunshineT's Build: viewtopic.php?f=31&t=34585 Designs start: 4/12/09 DA: 5/7/11 Demo: 22/12/11 Slab: 24/2/12 Keys: 31/8/12 Re: Timeline for knockdown and rebuild 10Aug 21, 2012 2:01 pm Knockdown and rebuild is certainly a long term plan, at least it has been for us. We already own a house but our existing block is too small, so we bought a bigger block with an old 1950s house. We rented that our for 1 year whilst we found a builder and went through the planning phase. Our grand plan was to demolish and start building before we had to sell the original house we're in, but as it turns out we would have had to borrow too much $ to have to do that (2 mortgages plus $ for the build). As a result we have had to push our build out by about 3 months (it was meant to start 15th Sept) and will have to sell our current house within 2 months from now. This probably won't affect you because you're renting and don't have an existing mortgage except for the property you've just purchased. Our builder has given us a time frame of 240 work days to build a double story 35sq house. Our block is sloping down so that might add some time compared to normal builds. We will be compensated $350 in rent each week they go over (I think, something like that) My Hamptons build (completed): viewtopic.php?f=31&t=63370 Moved in Wednesday 11th Dec 2013 Front landscaping completed June 2016 Re: Timeline for knockdown and rebuild 11Aug 21, 2012 9:42 pm 25 months is such a long time Echo! SunshIneT, my frIend also have her home completed 6 months from slab. Although from quotes to contract signing was quite some time and they do vary considerably depending on individual circumstance. What was your timeline from knockdown contract to slab ? It's been 1 month since we signed knockdown contract and demolition is to be completed end of next week. Looking around another month for contract signing. And another month before site start. So it would be approx 3 months from knockdown contract to slab for me. Re: Timeline for knockdown and rebuild 12Aug 21, 2012 10:14 pm Ours was a 2 year journey. 1 year for planning and getting appropriate approvals etc and another year to build and landscape etc. Thankfully it is all over now! Slab Down: 2/6/11 Moved in 13/3/2012 Current Status : Waiting for the garden to grow. My build thread : viewtopic.php?f=31&t=47031 Re: Timeline for knockdown and rebuild 13Aug 22, 2012 12:08 am SunshineT Site cut and slab mid Feb 2012 and handover next week! (late August 2012). eeeek!!! Our house is very 'custom', so we are very impressed with our builder. There have been ups and downs though of course. Hi Sunshine, Which demolition company and builder did you use? What are some of the downs that you could share to help other going down this track. Happy for you to PM me. Thanks. Re: Timeline for knockdown and rebuild 14Aug 22, 2012 12:15 am ttva 25 months is such a long time Echo! SunshIneT, my frIend also have her home completed 6 months from slab. Although from quotes to contract signing was quite some time and they do vary considerably depending on individual circumstance. What was your timeline from knockdown contract to slab ? It's been 1 month since we signed knockdown contract and demolition is to be completed end of next week. Looking around another month for contract signing. And another month before site start. So it would be approx 3 months from knockdown contract to slab for me. Hi ttva, I'm in the same boat as you. I'm going to be knocking down and rebuild. May i know who did you use to demolish your house? In terms of asset protection, were you the agent or were you able to get the demolition company to become the agent? Thanks. Re: Timeline for knockdown and rebuild 15Aug 22, 2012 10:49 am fernley SunshineT Site cut and slab mid Feb 2012 and handover next week! (late August 2012). eeeek!!! Our house is very 'custom', so we are very impressed with our builder. There have been ups and downs though of course. Hi Sunshine, Which demolition company and builder did you use? What are some of the downs that you could share to help other going down this track. Happy for you to PM me. Thanks. Hi - would NOT recommend our demo company (major major issue with damaged storm water pipe and insurance fra<d which caused 2 months delay). But I would absolutely recommend our builder - very flexible, good quality work and competitive price (slightly above project home prices but well below private builders for custom designs). I will PM you. SunshineT's Build: viewtopic.php?f=31&t=34585 Designs start: 4/12/09 DA: 5/7/11 Demo: 22/12/11 Slab: 24/2/12 Keys: 31/8/12 Re: Timeline for knockdown and rebuild 16Aug 22, 2012 10:58 am I used Victoria Wide Demolition company. They were highly recommended by a blogger which i found in this forum. So far so good with them! They are the cheapest and quite professional in their paper works. You still need to negotiate to get good price (especially if pay cash - save a couple of thousands $$). Asset protection was paid for by us including security deposit. HOwever, we have in writing that Vic Wide Demo company will pay for any damages to council assets. Re: Timeline for knockdown and rebuild 17Aug 22, 2012 11:05 am ttva SunshIneT, my frIend also have her home completed 6 months from slab. Although from quotes to contract signing was quite some time and they do vary considerably depending on individual circumstance. What was your timeline from knockdown contract to slab ? We signed our tender in September. Demolition happened in December (when the incident happened which caused 2 months delay). We signed our contract and had site cut in February. The timeline will vary depending on your circumstances and builder. The bigger companies obviously have more admin / people so it can often take longer. We were very happy with our build, but not happy with our demolition. Our demo company was SOUTH WEST DEMOLITION and we are still fighting them to get the money back that we had to pay ourselves to repair the damage they caused to the Council storm water pipe. Long story. SunshineT's Build: viewtopic.php?f=31&t=34585 Designs start: 4/12/09 DA: 5/7/11 Demo: 22/12/11 Slab: 24/2/12 Keys: 31/8/12 Re: Timeline for knockdown and rebuild 18Aug 23, 2012 9:34 pm Vic Wide Demolition applied for our abolishment of services. Electricity went well but AGL did not process the gas application due to an error on the form. Now we have to wait another month before demolition. If Vic Wide has followed this up earlier then we would have saved some time there. Re: Timeline for knockdown and rebuild 19Aug 25, 2012 7:05 am this timeline depends on so many things, like for example, we excavated a site in the hills, it has rained so much the last month or more that one cannot do the slab, just impossible so have to wait until the ground dries. and it keeps raining. leighton at clark new homes Re: Timeline for knockdown and rebuild 20Sep 21, 2012 1:16 pm Hi there, I'm also going to use vic wide demo for my project. But I'm very concerned because I'm helping my friend manage his build for a couple of weeks ad he's overseas and vic wide demo has delayed the demo for weeks . They are suppose to start today but has further delayed it until Monday. 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