Hi guys,
I need some advice in regards to house siting. Just a little bit of background...
We put a deposit on a block of land in December, titles and settlement are due in September and I understand this could change. We approached a builder back in December to get the ball rolling and we had our tender last week. We are due to start building in November if everything goes to plan. We decided to approach a builder before the land titles as we want to have everything in place so we don't have many months sinking a mortgage into land whilst we run around trying to find a builder, house etc. We have engineering plans which show how the block will be developed and we will be able to provide a compaction report which states the fill has been compacted to a Level 1 standard.
Our builder did a soil and survey back in March. Our site costs are based on the way the land is now and I can understand that because they need to find out if there is rock etc. The issue is, the siting is based on the way the land is now and our builder won't provide a siting based on the engineering plans, just so we can see what the house will look like on the engineered land which is a bit frustrating.
I don't want to hold them to the siting based on engineering plans as I know things can change. All I am trying to figure out is how the house will look if the developer does what they say they will do. This will also help us with our landscaping plans which we need to submit with our house plans in a few weeks.
I guess I just want a little bit of advice - is is usual/unusual for builders to provide a siting based on engineering plans? Has anyone managed to obtain a siting based on engineering plans?
Many thanks