Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Knock down and rebuild with Bentley Homes 30Jul 10, 2017 1:27 pm Yep only other volume builder that would build on ours was metricon (not great reviews) and it would be a big cut and fill job we're still going through abolishments (and putting in the underground pit took ages and $5k...) Re: Knock down and rebuild with Bentley Homes 31Feb 14, 2020 3:05 pm raffiki The story of our knock down and rebuild with Bentley Homes is now finished. We had a handover o 6 Sep. We're living in the new house already. On the boxes and plenty still to be done by ourselves. See below a short timeline summary for the building process: 28/3/2015 - first deposit paid 11/7/2015 - we moved out from the old house 7/8/2015 - building contract signed and contract deposit paid 23/9/2016 - demolition completed 1/2/2016 - slab poured 29/2/2016 - frame stage 25/5/2016 - lock-up stage 16/6/2016 - fixing stage 16/8/2016 - final inspection 6/9/2016 - handover! Hi Raffiki, Thabks for this thread, it has been really helpful. I also posted this on another thread but I am looking at building in the South East Suburbs with Bentley and given you did a KDRB with them I wanted to ask how was your experience with them? What would you do differently? What should we be cautious of? Were there issues post handover? And finally how were they when it comes to upgrades? We are doing a KDRB but its a flat block with minimal trees so we have been told is should be straight forward to get the site ready. Thanks in advance. We've had the offer of a short term tenant whilst waiting for CDC/DA home approval and demolition for our knock down rebuild. It would achieve a pretty low rent as it's… 0 13691 Hi I live in a 100yr old semi and my neighbour added an additional floor last yr and our architect has advised that we can knock down our semi and build a free-standing… 0 37601 if the original house is in good condition most of what you listed could be added in stages without the need for KDR and costs and disruption of having to live elsewhere… 1 13658 |