Building with Sekisui our journey started last year upon buying a old house in our area to knock down and rebuild on 4th July2013 then we went on the journey to find a builder for our land and a house that would fit on our 15.24 mtr x 48 mtr block, being that width was always going to be a issue.We had been looking prior to buying and always love the Eden Brae and Metricon, the problem was that every time we found a design we liked they said we had to make it narrower, or go down to the size below and we didn't like that, we then stumbled upon Sekisui , the sales consultants were great and weren't at all pushy, they had time to talk and listened to what we wanted,they suggested the new range the arise collection and said that we should look maybe at the acacia, we fell for it straight away, it had every thing we wanted, principle suite at the rear of the house, a room down stairs for my 17 year old daughter with ensuite and walkin robe, alfresco and a big room for my son and his mates upstairs , every one had there own space. We have made a ton of changes to give it our own personal touch. So here is the dates and our journey
4/7/13 purchase a kdr house
13/7/13 dep $2000 Sekisui to go ahead with plans and drawings
18/8/13 site analysis report
1/9/13 initial tender and pricing
18/9/13 new tender and pricing due to new offers
30/10/13 $ 3000 dep for go ahead
8/11/13 customer service person appointed
9/11/13 1st colour selection
23/11/13 2nd colour selection
2/12/13 plans to water board for stamping
9/12/13 plans to mine subsidence
13/12/13 temporary fencing by us put up for demolishen ready
17/12/13 electricity disconnected and builders pole erected
22/1/14 plans sent back from council for geo tech stamping
4/3/14 plans approved for demolishen and building
17/3/14 construction certificate approval
24/3/14 new colour selection and check
11/4/14 clearance certificate from demolishers arrived
1/5/14 new pricing final
28/5/14 peg out survey received so we can do retaining wall and excavation for pads for building .
20/6/14 on site customer service person appointed
24/6/14 bore holes done and concrete in holes yay only 40 lm and they allowed for 60 lm so we may get a credit.
That's all for now, will try and post some pics
Hope you all enjoy this thread. Cheers
Its all happening plumber tomorrow, then concretors friday to finish forming up woohoo
Good luck, will be following your thread with interest.
Oh wow, from our stage to start building it took you 8 months
We potentially still have 8 months til we start building... !
Can you please post a pic of your plan? Would love to see the personal touches you made.
I'll also be following with interest... I'll be close behind I suspect...
Hey a few questions please: Did you do your statement of environmental effects or did they do it? If they did it, did they itemise it in your proposal? Was it $100? Did they pay your council fees (ie, is it included) or was that extra on top? Did you have to pay a Section 94 payment and if so how much was it? What colour scheme did you pick inside and out? If you have pictures I'd love to see.
Still a wee bit jealous you've got that house! I'm about to model it in CAD and put it on my block and dream... And maybe convince my husband it's a good idea.
Hi Catdunc, council fees included, i got them to do for the demolish of old house at the same time with house approval, they did statement of enviromental effects and yes it was $100 and what is a section 94 payment.?Cheers and dont be jealous the house you have picked looks awesome .
Plumbers did come today Thursday 26th June, and concretors tomorrow seems to be moving along well,aleast while we have the great weather.
Friday 27th June, Concretors arrived and finished forming up, waffle pods arrived and so did steel, hopefully should be poured on Tuesday/Wednesday.
Pndwater did photobucket work? I'd love to see photos! Very exciting.
Section 94 payment is a fee some councils put on some applications. I wasn't sure if we'd be charged one in Lake Macquarie or not.
Monday 30th June, concretors arrived waffle pods and steel layed, aiming for Thursday Concrete pour .
Exciting!!
Yes photos would be grand
Wow, it's huge! You all must be very excited to see it come out of the ground!
Hey pndwater You may find using Tapatalk (phone app) handy for putting in photos to this forum.
Looked at your Blog - Almost a year since the house purchase!
Brickies starting today so, from 7/7/14 to 28/7/14, frame is up and brickies start.
http://sekisuiacacia.blogspot.com/2014/ ... nning.html
Wow its coming together quickly, that's great!
Hi PnD, just wondering how your build is going? It must be coming along quite well by now! Please update us if you can.
Coming along very quickly, nearly all of outside done. See blog just posted some pics
http://sekisuiacacia.blogspot.com/2014/ ... nning.html
It looks great!!! So glad to hear you're pleased with the progress.
I have a few questions please
Has there been many surprise costs that have appeared along the way?
How have you found your site supervisor? Have they let you on site?
Do you have a driveway quote? Is there any company you recommend?
Did you end up getting a credit for not needing as much peiring? Or any other credits along the way?