Browse Forums Building A New House 1 Jul 31, 2012 5:27 pm Oh well, decision is made going to be building a new 4 x 2 with New Generation @ Harrington Waters, after weeks of two ing and throwing between New Gen and another builder we finially have a house design we wanted for what we feel is a very good specification and price. So now the fun has begun a 6-8 week wait for the plans! Will try to update as and when, any info advice any one wants to offer please do so all feedback appreciated. Until next time. PPA 30/6/12, Land 28/06/12, Contract 7/9/12, Valuation 11/9/12, Prestart 13/9/12, Settlement 18/10/12, Building Permit Issued 18/10/12, Footings 30/10/11, Slab 31/10/11 Re: Building with New Generation @ Harrington Waters Waikiki 2Jul 31, 2012 5:31 pm Welcome to the forum and make sure you check out the sticky "Things you forget" or something along those lines...if you haven't seen it already...it is a wealth of knowledge! Re: Building with New Generation @ Harrington Waters Waikiki 3Jul 31, 2012 11:43 pm Thought I'd post a copy of our PPA plans, any comments appreciated. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Also Elevations as well Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Must admit we were also looking at another builder and when the Rep said to us, he wasn't going to redo our plans as he was only getting 4%, I went elsewhere. Plot is 640 sq m, so we have 13m from the back of the house to the boundary for the garden, I've asked for the house to be as close to the front as possible they have advised it will be approx 4.5m from the boundary. PPA 30/6/12, Land 28/06/12, Contract 7/9/12, Valuation 11/9/12, Prestart 13/9/12, Settlement 18/10/12, Building Permit Issued 18/10/12, Footings 30/10/11, Slab 31/10/11 Re: Building with New Generation @ Harrington Waters Waikiki 4Aug 01, 2012 11:17 am Looks good, what are the red markings? Are you having render? Building with New Generation @ Harrington Waters Waikiki, WA 5Aug 01, 2012 12:29 pm Red is where I made additional changes. Extended work top into pantry area, reducing pantry to single. Extending island and centralising it. Walk in robes to bed 4 instead of slider. Narrow window on en suite. Yes having render all the way round with contrasting front panel in between windows. PPA 30/6/12, Land 28/06/12, Contract 7/9/12, Valuation 11/9/12, Prestart 13/9/12, Settlement 18/10/12, Building Permit Issued 18/10/12, Footings 30/10/11, Slab 31/10/11 Re: Building with New Generation @ Harrington Waters Waikiki 6Aug 01, 2012 3:54 pm I don't think I've ever heard of anyone reducing their pantry size. My 600 wide pantry is driving me insane! Building with New Generation @ Harrington Waters Waikiki, WA 7Aug 03, 2012 5:44 am We just didn't like the look of the double cupboards tbh. Also wanted a longer bench top as well. Oh well just found out our initial survey has been ordered and the estimator is firming up the prices so hopefully have proper plans and contract soon! PPA 30/6/12, Land 28/06/12, Contract 7/9/12, Valuation 11/9/12, Prestart 13/9/12, Settlement 18/10/12, Building Permit Issued 18/10/12, Footings 30/10/11, Slab 31/10/11 Re: Building with New Generation @ Harrington Waters Waikiki 8Aug 03, 2012 9:48 am Good one! I am still trying to find out what is actually included in my 'one off' design. grrr Too rushed in hindsight Building with New Generation @ Harrington Waters Waikiki, WA 9Aug 03, 2012 12:04 pm I spent many hours getting our spec to a position where I was happy. We have already added circa 39,000 to the base price and there's still Prestart yet. However made sure enough was in for siteworks as well so hopefully we are not that far away from knowing the full cost. PPA 30/6/12, Land 28/06/12, Contract 7/9/12, Valuation 11/9/12, Prestart 13/9/12, Settlement 18/10/12, Building Permit Issued 18/10/12, Footings 30/10/11, Slab 31/10/11 Re: Building with New Generation @ Harrington Waters Waikiki 10Aug 03, 2012 6:16 pm We added $30k to the base price but feel we got a lot of variations for that, plus we added $10k pre-start allowance. We are going to try to stay within that budget Re: Building with New Generation @ Harrington Waters Waikiki 11Aug 07, 2012 3:06 pm Listed below are our changes to the base price , all of these add up to $29,000 over then we have added $9,500 for Siteworks and an extra $12,000 for pre start allowance. Remove Study Extend Master Suite Move Entrance over to Left & Make it double entry Add 2nd basin , vanities etc to ensuite double shower to ensuite reconfigure WC and WIR to ensuite Add recess ceiling to Hallway Add Recess Ceiling to Theatre Raise Garage to 28C Raise All Living Areas to 31C Alfresco Raised to 28C Render All Way Round Roof Tiles In lieu of Colourbond Floor Tiling to Entrance, Halls & Living areas Carpets Elsewhere Stone Benches To Kitchen Double 600mm Ovens to Kitchen Reconfigure Pantry Additional Bench top Smart Wiring Points to all habitable rooms Reverse Cycle Air Conditioning (10 outlets, 4 Zones) Sliding door to bed 4 Undermount sink to Stone Bench Triple sliding door to Living area Painting to walls Windows blinds Extend Wall & Add Walk In Robe to bed 4, where Activity was. Hopefully stay as near to prestart budget as possbile but i know already the wife wants the following at prestart. All sanitary fittings upgraded to show house spec Upgraded internal doors & Furniture living area floor tiles upgraded from 300 x 300 to 450 x 450mm Dark colour kitchen cabinets Electrical spec (god knows how much but will be expensive, my choices) Multi Room audio lots of conduit loads of spots external lighting front & rear Power supply for pool power supply for spa power supply for additional gazebo type hut So saving like mad already for the wonders of pre start, with plans and contract due 24th August, be interesting to see when our prestart is. PPA 30/6/12, Land 28/06/12, Contract 7/9/12, Valuation 11/9/12, Prestart 13/9/12, Settlement 18/10/12, Building Permit Issued 18/10/12, Footings 30/10/11, Slab 31/10/11 Re: Building with New Generation @ Harrington Waters Waikiki 12Aug 08, 2012 3:50 pm so... can I ask what the base price was? you got a hell of a lot for $29k Building with New Generation @ Harrington Waters Waikiki, WA 13Aug 08, 2012 4:45 pm 179,950 base price incl the elevation. PPA 30/6/12, Land 28/06/12, Contract 7/9/12, Valuation 11/9/12, Prestart 13/9/12, Settlement 18/10/12, Building Permit Issued 18/10/12, Footings 30/10/11, Slab 31/10/11 Re: Building with New Generation @ Harrington Waters Waikiki 14Aug 08, 2012 5:23 pm Thanks, I spoke to my rep, Cabinetry has been a big factor in mine and the spa Re: Building with New Generation @ Harrington Waters Waikiki 15Oct 10, 2012 2:29 pm Oh well time for an update, formal mortgage approval was given, settlements agent has now been appointed and our broker came round yesterday to sign all the docs etc and we are hoping to settle on the land on 18th October! Final house design from result of wife's expenditure lol at prestart has now been drawn up, signed and returned and apparantly we are in scheduling. So far other than a few minor niggles cannot fault New Gen at all, really pleased we went with them now. Final house price was a little more than expected, however we have took the easy route and are getting them to install soakwells etc, only thing we will have left to do is the rear garden once pool is in. Now the long wait for site start , hopefully be before christmas. PPA 30/6/12, Land 28/06/12, Contract 7/9/12, Valuation 11/9/12, Prestart 13/9/12, Settlement 18/10/12, Building Permit Issued 18/10/12, Footings 30/10/11, Slab 31/10/11 Re: Building with New Generation @ Harrington Waters Waikiki 16Oct 10, 2012 2:54 pm Nice you are getting somewhere!! We didn't even get a call from Management to find out why we left them. Should have our new plans by end of this month. Building with New Generation @ Harrington Waters Waikiki, WA 17Oct 10, 2012 8:19 pm That's not good, new plans already that's great news seems like Ventura are moving along quite nicely for you. HD PPA 30/6/12, Land 28/06/12, Contract 7/9/12, Valuation 11/9/12, Prestart 13/9/12, Settlement 18/10/12, Building Permit Issued 18/10/12, Footings 30/10/11, Slab 31/10/11 Building with New Generation @ Harrington Waters Waikiki, WA 18Oct 25, 2012 11:17 pm Oh we'll file went to construction on Tuesday and today we got a sand pad down! Pleased with that that's for sure! HD PPA 30/6/12, Land 28/06/12, Contract 7/9/12, Valuation 11/9/12, Prestart 13/9/12, Settlement 18/10/12, Building Permit Issued 18/10/12, Footings 30/10/11, Slab 31/10/11 For reference, this is the Austlii reference. My take on this is, that they would be breaking the law denying access to a homeowner in Victoria, or their agent from having… 1 9068 Is it just a report written to give to the bank initially and it is based on what and how your payments are made up for, or is it a full service where they go out and… 2 5592 Hi Suku18 In NSW the statutory required insurances are: 1. 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