Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Is anyone building at Mawson Green, Meadows SA? 381Jul 14, 2015 11:52 pm Good luck with the sale of your house Vogue Had the steel delivered today so I guess they are still planning for concrete Thursday but who knows as this rain is terrible! Re: Is anyone building at Mawson Green, Meadows SA? 382Jul 15, 2015 4:42 pm Yes this rain is terrible for building at Meadows, was sitting in OTR at St Marys this afternoon with my granddaughter and it was lovely and sunny when my brother rang me and he was sitting in his car in front of our block and said the wind was blowing , it was raining and freezing cold ( still wondering why I agreed to go to Meadows) so definitely thinking thermal underwear might be the way to go lol. Re: Is anyone building at Mawson Green, Meadows SA? 383Jul 15, 2015 8:05 pm Am so sorry to hear about ur fur baby JakkiT. Who r u building through Shell01, we r building through hickinbotham and have the same problem. On the up side wd finally get to do our colour selection next week on Friday yay, now to just sell this house. Re: Is anyone building at Mawson Green, Meadows SA? 384Jul 15, 2015 8:10 pm It's funny you say that Vogue, I said exactly the same thing Sunday & actually when I think about it, every day this week We had first appt with site supervisor yesterday, slab all finished, but almost $1500 in contract variations for rubble to provide access to the block because of the mud framework to be delivered & hopefully start next week. He also said we'll know by end of October if we'll be in before Xmas, so I won't be planning Xmas lunch at our place anytime soon! Re: Is anyone building at Mawson Green, Meadows SA? 385Jul 15, 2015 8:19 pm prutherford Am so sorry to hear about ur fur baby JakkiT. Who r u building through Shell01, we r building through hickinbotham and have the same problem. On the up side wd finally get to do our colour selection next week on Friday yay, now to just sell this house. We are hickinbotham too prutherford! We have selections on Tuesday next week, so at least that something to look forward too. Re: Is anyone building at Mawson Green, Meadows SA? 386Jul 15, 2015 11:26 pm Thankyou We are with them too- well states man. Things are moving quickly. The steel was delivered yesterday and the pest control stuff put on the pipes today. Our footings are full of water, and its hard to walk on the block as the mud is so thick and slippery. We have to go back tomorrow to level out the sand for the tanks. Can't compress it though as it's far too wet up there. I am surprised it hasn't snowed lol. It is bitterly cold up there. Probably won't see me through winter-I will be inside in front of my fire! We atleast know something-the yards HAVE to be done immediately as there is no way we could live through a winter without them done, can't even walk on the grassy patches. Bugger treechange-didn't realise they would charge more? Hope we don't get that too. Although they charged us 5k for rock digging but there is no sign of rock and we were supposed to be called if they hit rock and that didn't happen, so we should be credited 5k, but we want that to go towards a shed. We have some limestone and heaps of slate where we have dug out the tanks, but that just crumbles, so no extra work required. I'm fairly sure we were already charged for rubble as they have to provide that anyway. We now have a piece of stell mesh over the driveway, which I think must be for access Re: Is anyone building at Mawson Green, Meadows SA? 388Jul 16, 2015 8:26 am Vogue Good news today as our footings and excavation were only $6000 more and it looks like we will start mid Sept providing we can sell our home in time. Hi Vogue, That's good news about your build starting soon. Hopefully when they finish your place they can move straight onto starting our place. Do you remember if they originally quoted you for extra deep footings? We had them include that for ours so if they come back with extra footing costs we won't be impressed, especially considering how flat our block is. Looking forward to watching the progress of your place. Re: Is anyone building at Mawson Green, Meadows SA? 389Jul 16, 2015 1:58 pm Hi Katmeow Yes they did but deeper footings were required in a few spots also they have to bring in some dirt for the fill as we have a small slope on our block and needed some cut and fill so this is why $6000 extra but this does not include any variances to fixtures and fittings we may want to do at selections. We sign final contracts on Mon next week but the variances from selections are not included on this so we have a small contingency that will hopefully cover these. Will let you know in s few weeks time after we have done selections. Who is your salesman at Dechellis we have Brent Sinclair. Has infrastructure and subdivision started in Saxon Hyde yet? Re: Is anyone building at Mawson Green, Meadows SA? 390Jul 16, 2015 5:48 pm Vogue Hi Katmeow Yes they did but deeper footings were required in a few spots also they have to bring in some dirt for the fill as we have a small slope on our block and needed some cut and fill so this is why $6000 extra but this does not include any variances to fixtures and fittings we may want to do at selections. We sign final contracts on Mon next week but the variances from selections are not included on this so we have a small contingency that will hopefully cover these. Will let you know in s few weeks time after we have done selections. Who is your salesman at Dechellis we have Brent Sinclair. Has infrastructure and subdivision started in Saxon Hyde yet? Sam is the salesman we are dealing with. No start on the infrastructure yet, council have approved the development. I have been ringing the developer weekly for updates. He keeps telling me that construction should start soon and we should be able to start building at the end of December (I am not confident). It still feels like it is all talk right now, I guess it will feel real once they eventually break ground. Re: Is anyone building at Mawson Green, Meadows SA? 391Jul 17, 2015 10:46 am Vogue-are you able to get your own fill to save some $$?? We have HEAPS to get rid of at the back of our block Re: Is anyone building at Mawson Green, Meadows SA? 392Jul 17, 2015 6:29 pm Did a drive by today and our concrete is in! So exciting! They will let it sit for 7 days then start framing. http://i296.photobucket.com/albums/mm163/brekkibel/20150717_171_zpsi39kx69c.jpg Re: Is anyone building at Mawson Green, Meadows SA? 393Jul 17, 2015 6:31 pm Re: Is anyone building at Mawson Green, Meadows SA? 394Jul 17, 2015 6:47 pm That's awesome Jakki! Oh god, it is SO muddy down there :/ I'm am going to be hating winter Our build - viewtopic.php?f=31&t=77368 Re: Is anyone building at Mawson Green, Meadows SA? 395Jul 17, 2015 6:52 pm It's great! Yep sure is-buy some wellies! You sink to your ankles :0 I'm putting the pressure on to have our yards both done to a reasonable standard before next winter hits. I couldn't stand the mud either. Is anyone building at Mawson Green, Meadows SA? 397Jul 18, 2015 8:26 pm So yesterday (Friday) we got an update saying we will have slab done by the end of the week (we got the email at 2pm Fri :/ ) and frames up mid next week! Buuuuut we don't have a slab yet so how will they frame mid next week? Wondering if they were meant to send this update NEXT week for the week after?! Also, by paying each payment are we essentially signing off on being happy with that particular stage? So if we want to get the slab checked do we do that before we pay? Our build - viewtopic.php?f=31&t=77368 Re: Is anyone building at Mawson Green, Meadows SA? 398Jul 18, 2015 8:55 pm Haha katmeow-yes a little! BUT it looks so perfect and smooth I don't want to ruin it lol I think it must be Mahalia-but they usually let it set for a week or more before starting the frames? Little confusing-maybe email back and ask. Super exciting though!!! Re: Is anyone building at Mawson Green, Meadows SA? 399Jul 19, 2015 1:43 pm JakkiT thanks for the offer of fill will check with builder regards actual costs and get back to you. Mahalia if you are going through a bank for finance for your build generally they have a building inspector that goes out and checks the various stages before they pay progressive payments if however if you are funding your own build then it is wise to engage a building inspector to sign off on the various stages before payment is made, hope this helps good luck with it all. Re: Is anyone building at Mawson Green, Meadows SA? 400Jul 20, 2015 10:41 am No worries vogue Went up this morning and discovered we have 2 cracks across the front if the slab! One is big and near the corner and the slab appears to have dropped on an angel there. Feeling stressed about now! Have emailed pics to the builder. Wish you all the best. Once you signed the contract, they will find millions excuses to charge you. And have seen their sites unfinished for a long time. 4 24824 As title suggests, looking at using the interlocking Pentablock stacked stone products to replace failing timber retaining… 0 17866 I am building in claymore NSW and this is shown in the building envelope plan. … 0 10034 |