Browse Forums Building A New House 1 Jun 14, 2015 9:12 am Hi all, I have been going through this forum quite a bit but I thought now it's time for me to post. I'm building a Vienna 21 in the Livingston estate in Cranbourne East Stage 7A. Just wanted to see if there is anyone else out there on these forums in a similar situation as me and just hasn't posted yet either because I can't find a lot on Livingston estate on here, same with a Vienna 21 by Porter Davis. Hoping to maybe talk to some people either building soon in Livingston estate stage 7 or another stage close Or someone who is building or has built a Vienna 21 Im am at the stage of just waiting for land to settle and building to commence and this forum has helped me quite a bit and also made me worry a bit with formal approvals and vaulation too. So far no major issues have happened but would love to hear anyone's story in a similar situation. Re: Livingston estate Cranbourne East- porter Davis Vienna 2 2Jun 14, 2015 9:15 am Sorry should of also stated its a Vienna 21 H which is hebel instead of brick. Havnt read any stories of anyone with that house type at all as I understand it's a new introduction to porter Davis Re: Livingston estate Cranbourne East- porter Davis Vienna 2 3Jun 16, 2015 4:37 pm Hey Moore91. Finally found someone from Livingston. We are building in stage 7. Ours is a Carlisle home, Bridgeport27. I've been lurking around the homeone forums too off late and have managed to gather a lot of information till now. So my land titles sometime in July. I am guessing Stage 7A titles are going to be sometime later this year/early 2016? We are still waiting for finance approval. Have you put down the 5% deposit for your land? Re: Livingston estate Cranbourne East- porter Davis Vienna 2 4Jun 16, 2015 5:14 pm Hi MelbDreamHome So glad to finally hear from someone from Livingston stage 7! Yeh our land titles in July also with land settlement to be late July as I was told by Jason. Yeh we have paid the 5% deposit for the land and yeh we just got formal approval last week. God that was a nervous wait but the valuation came in and was all good so very happy. Oh nice I've heard Carlisle homes is also a very good builder, are you happy with them so far? Just looked up your house design and it looks awesome love the layout and that extra living space. We only have the one but oh well first house. Besides being a single story and ours a two story there have there similarities What lot number are you? We are lot 747 Re: Livingston estate Cranbourne East- porter Davis Vienna 2 5Jun 17, 2015 10:10 am Hey Moore91, Nice to hear from you. We are on lot 714, Elmslie Drive. I can see you're on the next street. Gonna be future neighbours yayy!!:) Had a look at your plan. Love the extended pantry from the kitchen. Also the alfresco is so cute!! We didn't want to go for a double storey coz of the extra cleaning etc considering how lazy I am..lol I'm scared about valuation. So I'm assuming your valuation figures came exactly around the sale price? Really happy with Carlisle so far. Almost finalized Burbank, however we weren't too happy with how many inclusions we had to keep on adding to bring it to display home standards. Was so impressed with Carlisle coz almost evey nice inclusion was standard. Also the reviews are very promising and we fell completely in love with the house plan. Porter Davis is very classy. How has your experience been with them so far. Its our first house too.Lets see how it goes. Don't want too many hiccups. I wish you all the best for your build !! Re: Livingston estate Cranbourne East- porter Davis Vienna 2 6Jun 17, 2015 11:53 am Hi MelbDreamHome I'm Ben btw, nice to meet a fellow Neighbor. Yeh we are pretty happy with porter Davis and we are using there broker ( choice home loans) which has also been very easy to deal with. The only thing was I emailed all variations to building co-ordinator before contract and when we got to contract none of them had been put in but it's alright been fixed now. Everything else has been smooth sailing, touch wood. Yeh valuation they actually didn't tell use what it came in at just that it was enough and it had been approved, would of liked to know the figure though. So have you applied for formal approval and are just waiting to see? Or havnt applied yet? Don't stress yourself out about valuation, I did by reading heaps and heaps of forums about it and it was all added stress for nothing. Just be positive that it will come in fine. You heard anything from Jason lately about the land? He said he will contact us when we are a couple of weeks out. I'm hoping it's still on schedule. im guessing it's still fenced off I havnt been there in a couple of weeks but I did have a look around a couple of weeks ago and the paths were in and street lights were up. It's getting exciting. You know much about the settlement process? I find that all a bit confusing I wish you all the best for your build too!! Might come check ur block out once we are allowed in to that stage haha Re: Livingston estate Cranbourne East- porter Davis Vienna 2 7Jun 22, 2015 4:03 pm Hey Ben, Today's our valuation..fingers crossed..hopefully by the end of this week we'll knw if our loan is approved.. Not heard anything from Jason off late.. the last thing he told us was that everything's on track and we might have our land titled by mid July and settlement can then happen late July/early August.. Yup the paths and street lights are up. We might go and have a look at our piece of land once our loan is approved to get a greater sense of ownership..hehe When r u looking to start your build? Carlisle's told us they can start building only after November.. Re: Livingston estate Cranbourne East- porter Davis Vienna 2 8Jun 22, 2015 4:15 pm Hey MelbDreamHome, Fingers crossed for you that everything goes alright with valuation. Let me know how u go. Yeah I need to have another look haven't been in a while will be good to see some progress hopefully. We have a guaranteed start in September so a bit of a head start on you haha. Although it still doesn't feel close enough Re: Livingston estate Cranbourne East- porter Davis Vienna 2 9Jun 29, 2015 11:34 am Hey Moore91/melbDreamHome, We are also building in Livingston, stage 7. We are on Lot 703 . Glad to find our future neighbours here Building the Bermuda 23 (In Frame Stage) by Porter Davis in Livingstone , Cranebourne East Re: Livingston estate Cranbourne East- porter Davis Vienna 2 10Jun 29, 2015 2:04 pm Hi hsingal, Welcome and nice to hear from another fellow neighbour. How you going with the process? Who are you building with? Would love to hear any information you have to share Re: Livingston estate Cranbourne East- porter Davis Vienna 2 11Jun 30, 2015 7:57 am Hello Moore91, We are building Bermuda 23 with Porter Davis. We are done with our color selections and build contract .Like yours we also have a September site start . Just waiting anxiously for our valuation and final loan approval to be done. They gave us early July for settlement , just keeping fingers crossed that all goes within time without any delay . Building the Bermuda 23 (In Frame Stage) by Porter Davis in Livingstone , Cranebourne East Re: Livingston estate Cranbourne East- porter Davis Vienna 2 12Jun 30, 2015 11:00 am Oh the Bermuda 23 I looked on the porter Davis website that looks really nice. Yeh I know how u feel with the anxious wait for the valuation but you should be ok. Do you actually have a settlement date? Looking at the lots your in 7B and we are in 7A. Maybe 7B settles first?. Yeh fingers crossed too! Re: Livingston estate Cranbourne East- porter Davis Vienna 2 13Jun 30, 2015 11:14 am yes ideally 7A should be settling first . No we don't have an actual settlement date as of now just anticipated date. During sale we were told July so keeping fingers crossed Building the Bermuda 23 (In Frame Stage) by Porter Davis in Livingstone , Cranebourne East Re: Livingston estate Cranbourne East- porter Davis Vienna 2 14Jun 30, 2015 12:36 pm Yeh we don't have a settlement date either but last time I spoke to Jason which was a a week or two ago he said land is on schedule to title mid July and settle July/August. Just waiting for him to contact us and tell us a exact settlement date as he said he will contact us a couple of weeks out from settlement Re: Livingston estate Cranbourne East- porter Davis Vienna 2 15Jun 30, 2015 12:47 pm @Moore91.. still waiting for finance to be approved...end of financial yr..so banks r pretty busy valuation was perfect.. so just waiting to see the words "Unconditional approval".. ahh september start..lucky u..will be nice to see progress pics of ur build.. do u think most of the ppl around our area are gonna start building as soon as the settlement's done? its sure been a long wait for those who've signed their contracts earlier this yr..so i'm guessing they're goin to jump straight into the build asap.. Hey hsingal..welcome to the thread.. I guess your lot is on Elmslie drive too..same street.. all of us r gonna be future neighbors .. love the floor plan of bermuda23 .. Re: Livingston estate Cranbourne East- porter Davis Vienna 2 16Jun 30, 2015 1:18 pm @ MelbDreamHome, That sucks that your still waiting but great news the valuation came in perfect so it should be a couple of days of waiting but you will definitely hear soon! I hope most people are going to build after settlement or else it will be pretty lonely haha. I will definitely post some pictures as long as you do! Re: Livingston estate Cranbourne East- porter Davis Vienna 2 17Jun 30, 2015 1:24 pm @MelbDreamHome Thanks ... Even Bridgeport27 looks good. I agree @Moore91 ... hoping people start their build soon else it will be pretty lonely. But having said that atleast we know 3 of us are building around the same time to give each other company Building the Bermuda 23 (In Frame Stage) by Porter Davis in Livingstone , Cranebourne East Re: Livingston estate Cranbourne East- porter Davis Vienna 2 18Jul 01, 2015 11:18 pm Yup..thats true.. atleast we 3 know each other now..moore91, surely will post pics once build starts..but that'll only be in November. So u first lol.. Our color selection n tender is only happening in August beginning n august end respectively so contract won't be ready until September. Phew..long wait Re: Livingston estate Cranbourne East- porter Davis Vienna 2 19Jul 03, 2015 11:17 am Just got an email from Peet. We are about 6 weeks out from settlement of stage 7. With titles to be end of July and settlement early to mid August. Still no specific date as yet though. Little bit later then expected but hopefully the time flies by. Re: Livingston estate Cranbourne East- porter Davis Vienna 2 20Jul 03, 2015 12:31 pm Received a call from Jason and according to him all civil works have been done. Looking at mid August for settlement. Hopefully, everything goes fine. Planning to make a trip to the site this Sunday. Building the Bermuda 23 (In Frame Stage) by Porter Davis in Livingstone , Cranebourne East Three options 1 Ask the liquidator 2 Find another PD customer and ask the source of their report 3 Pay for new report 3 12345 The warning is on the sticker on the door too. Second the aluminium powdercoat 6 18204 Hi, can anyone recommend a custom home builder who can build in north east area? Looking to build a custom 4-br energy-efficient home with a max budget of 750k. If they… 0 22826 |