Browse Forums Building A New House 1 Aug 14, 2017 6:02 pm It seems to be going pretty quickly. So far, I've received the invoices on the following dates: 13 June - SLAB COMPLETE 19 July - FRAME COMPLETE 26 July - LOCK UP COMPLETE 14 August - FIXING COMPLETE Keen to hear others' experiences and when you reckon mine will end up done at this rate. Cheers. How long for each stage of construction? 2Aug 14, 2017 6:09 pm Keen to follow and see other peoples experiences. Slab invoice - 17 July Frame invoice - expecting this week. Re: How long for each stage of construction? 3Aug 14, 2017 6:21 pm Talkey It seems to be going pretty quickly. So far, I've received the invoices on the following dates: 13 June - SLAB COMPLETE 19 July - FRAME COMPLETE 26 July - LOCK UP COMPLETE 14 August - FIXING COMPLETE Keen to hear others' experiences and when you reckon mine will end up done at this rate. Cheers. Yours is a similar timeline as ours. Our slab was done on the 22nd June and our fixing invoice a week ago. We are due for handover around the 20th September is all goes according to plan from here on in. Who is your builder? Re: How long for each stage of construction? 5Aug 14, 2017 6:28 pm Talkey Thanks for the reply. We are building with Boutique Homes. 20th September, eh. Crap, that's soon. I'm thinking I should organise the landscaping so I can put it up for rent asap! lol we only just found out today and my head is spinning with everything we have to do. Our painters are there this week and then it is just the bench tops and other bits and pieces to go in. Good to see another builder is as fast as ours. Our neighbour had their slab poured the same day as ours and their bricks aren't even finished yet. They are all so different. Re: How long for each stage of construction? 7Aug 14, 2017 7:22 pm How long is a piece of string... Ours is a relatively complicated build, with split level and heaps of retaining. 5/4/17 - site start Easter Break in between 12/5/17 - slab complete 17/5/17 - frame complete Formal lock up still not complete - roof has been on since end of May, bricking has been 98% complete for 3 weeks, plasterboard is all in and flooring is commencing this week, and cabinetry is scheduled to go in next week. There was a 6 week delay through June / Jul for an issue with our garage guttering. They continued to do all the internal rough ins though; so at least it wasn't completely wasted. Brickwork has taken over 3 weeks when projection was 6 days. I think our site manager has had a family emergency too in the last few weeks, so that hasn't helped. Not unless you have managed to put it as a special condition into the contract somehow. 1 6155 The fastest thing a builder will do is bank your cheque, those systems work perfectly with lightning speed, everything else is slow burn. Just the way it is. 1 8707 1 4695 |