Browse Forums Building A New House Re: KDRB Dale Alcock -Perth Eastern suburbs - Prestart compl 47Apr 15, 2014 3:19 pm Dale Alcock Build in Honeywood Our Thread: https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=70204&p=1154102#p1154102 Re: KDRB Dale Alcock -Perth Eastern suburbs - Prestart compl 49Apr 16, 2014 2:44 am Dale Alcock Build in Honeywood Our Thread: https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=70204&p=1154102#p1154102 Re: KDRB Dale Alcock -Perth Eastern suburbs - Prestart compl 58May 11, 2014 4:05 am Posting to follow. We are building an altered version of Aurora as well. Great selections. Our build thread: viewtopic.php?f=31&t=66797 Re: KDRB Dale Alcock -Perth Eastern suburbs - Prestart compl 59May 11, 2014 7:59 pm I have been keeping an eye on your build Wolf. How have you found the process? An update of sorts. We spent three weeks of the waiting time on an overseas holiday. Whilst away, we finalised our prestart list and received our building permit. There are a few minor conditions on the approvals we're waiting on some clarification on but hopefully we're just waiting on final drawings before going to site. The rain couldn't have started at a worse time for us and with our clay site I'm worried we'll have a pond on our block until October. From our prestart list, we kept the cabinetry in the our recess and larder. We removed all paving to do our own aggregate/limestone and will go with the builders range of kitchen appliances. We also upgraded all of the doors and some tap wear along with wall mounted spouts for our ensuite bathroom. We removed the alfresco fan, laundry overheads. Some of the mark ups on upgrades appeared excessive and unjustified. We were surprised by a few items that we tried to finalise during prestart (due to their costs and design implications). These were on items that we had discussed with our sales rep prior to signing our PWC. We were told to deal with them at prestart and in hindsight we should have pushed for inclusion/pricing prior to signing the PWC. We're still discussing these items with the builder and whilst it's not going to make the builder or us rich, it's frustrating to deal with almost six months after initially requesting the changes. Re: KDRB Dale Alcock -Perth Eastern suburbs - Building permi 60May 21, 2014 11:19 pm Our wait continues, but I think we may have hit a road block. Essentially our council approval was subject to the on site retention of storm water. Our builder had assumed that we would take our storm water to council drains. There are cost implications (still being determined), but the biggest concern is how our stormwater can be retained on site whilst allowing for the future subdivision of our property. This hadn't been considered by the builder. Because we're on a clay site, our soak wells will be huge and I think the only real place to put them is on the future subdivided land. All of our bank valuations were done with the prospect of a subdivision. We'll wait and see what the builder comes up with, but it's fair to say that we're concerned our project may not proceed in its current form. Last year I had a gas leak at my house. 3 days later, I have about 1 sqm of my exposed aggregate paving broken up. I am not sure how to go about getting it repaired… 0 10411 After some ideas on making our patio kid friendly . Currently we have exposed aggregate. The patio faces west and is always in sun even though it has a shade directly… 0 3613 |