Hello everyone
I thought I would like to show people our build with Aveling and discuss some of the ups and downs and experiences with various building companies. The first post will be about some of our experiences and the subsequent posts will be about our building process.
A timeline is shown below and I will look to hyperlink the timeline to show what page it is on.
14/04/2015 - Started shopping around for builders. We spent a lot of time looking at the displays online to get a sense of what we liked.
19/04/2015 - Met with some sales reps - most happy with New Generation
22/04/2015 - Signed for our land and put down the deposit. We were given 60 days to complete everything.
25/04/2015 - Went to some more displays. Aveling sales rep recommended to go to another display for something more to our liking. Met the sales person there.
27/04/2015 - Received sketch plan from sales rep from Aveling. Next week was spent going back and forward to change a few little things.
30/04/2015 - Signed with Aveling
3/05/2015 - Arranged our settlement agent
27/05/2015 - Met with Intelligent Homes to deck out our house.
10/06/2015 - Received building plans. Contacted Balwyn for an extension on the land.
16/06/2015 - Confirmation of prestart
24/06/2015 - Flooring and window treatment quotes
9/07/2015 - Prestart
13/07/2015 - Loan approved through Bankwest
29/07/2015 - Settlement
31/07/2015 - Final documents posted and signed
Some time between the 4/08 to the 11/08 - Earthworks and Footings. Link TBA.
20/08/2015 - Slab Down
9/09/2015 - Bricks Delivered
14/09/2015 - Bricklaying Commenced