We have a contract on land in the next release. I had a look last weekend and it looks like a November completion is highly unlikely.
Our land was unregistered and was registered in the timeframe quoted by developer.
Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Who's building in Capestone, Mango Hill ? 141Sep 11, 2016 8:22 pm butters7388 Did anyone buy unregistered land? Did the developer meet their timeframe for registration? Was it registered early before any building works could actually take place? We have a contract on land in the next release. I had a look last weekend and it looks like a November completion is highly unlikely. Our land was unregistered and was registered in the timeframe quoted by developer. Re: Who's building in Capestone, Mango Hill ? 142Sep 11, 2016 8:24 pm jaedencook Yay! Thats fantastic Deucecoupe- we cannot wait to see actual physical progress! Congrats! When is your expected completion? Yes we are very excited. The builder quoted 16wks from beginning of construction, so I'm hoping it will be ready early December. Re: Who's building in Capestone, Mango Hill ? 143Sep 13, 2016 4:09 pm deucecoupe jaedencook Yay! Thats fantastic Deucecoupe- we cannot wait to see actual physical progress! Congrats! When is your expected completion? Yes we are very excited. The builder quoted 16wks from beginning of construction, so I'm hoping it will be ready early December. 16wks.... wow.... 40 weeks been quoted ..still waiting to be started Re: Who's building in Capestone, Mango Hill ? 144Sep 22, 2016 11:42 am So we are essentially deciding between two houses with different builders. We have quotes from both, and I have tried to compare like with like where possible. We are planning on including a pool. All the costs/inclusions are very similar all except for 1 area. Concrete piering and some site works. Builder 1 (Plantation) has provisioned for some piering on the slab near where the pool will go. Otherwise has said piering for the rest of the slab not required, his reasoning was the soil would be compacted. Builder 2 (GJ) has provisioned for similar piering for the pool area and has said piering is required for the rest slab. This builder has also added costs for temporary fencing, tight sight, and are charging for us putting a pool in (presumably for access to power and what not?). Builder 1 has said these costs are already factored in with them. All up the difference is around $20K and could be a deciding factor. For those of you far enough along, was concrete piering for the slab required? Just wondering if Builder 1 will spring the piering requirement further down the track. Re: Who's building in Capestone, Mango Hill ? 145Sep 23, 2016 9:21 pm Bug82- just saw this post which explains why you may require piers. All I can say is that we have found the costs with Plantation have remained pretty consistent from preliminary quotation to tender to contract. Some costs changed slightly but some went up and some went down so it ended up pretty in line with our original expectations. We tried to avoid 'provisional costs' as much as possible- are you able to access your block for site surveys and soil tests? If you can then they will be able to give you more accurate costings and really do not have any excuse to change costs after these tests are completed. Goodluck with your decision!!! Plantation Homes Vienna Q1 Build Thread: viewtopic.php?f=31&t=83971 Blog: https://plantationviennabuild.wordpress.com Re: Who's building in Capestone, Mango Hill ? 146Sep 24, 2016 12:06 am caitnkase 0434673975 business name is Chris brown constructions Thanks for sharing this info. I tried in vain to obtain quotes for concreting from a few people, but they didnt bother getting back with a quote despite me sending the siting plan as they had asked for. Maybe it could be that they didnt want to waste their time considering my build has not yet started. Anyway, it's their loss. I shall give Chris a call once my build has commenced. I got a fencing quote from Northside Fencing, who came down to the site by appointment, measured and got back to me with a quote on the same day. Good on them! Re: Who's building in Capestone, Mango Hill ? 147Sep 24, 2016 11:40 am Try calling Manny from MPA concrete (http://www.mpaconcretesolutions.com). I have seen his work, he has done lot of work around in Mango Hill Re: Who's building in Capestone, Mango Hill ? 148Oct 05, 2016 11:29 pm Hi all, just got our contract YAY. Builder has stuffed up and made our master massive but means we would need a rear boundary relaxation (corner block). Has anyone tried to do it? We don't think they will even let us but before we get the builder to reduce our master, we thought we would ask Re: Who's building in Capestone, Mango Hill ? 149Oct 05, 2016 11:41 pm caitnkase Hi all, just got our contract YAY. Builder has stuffed up and made our master massive but means we would need a rear boundary relaxation (corner block). Has anyone tried to do it? We don't think they will even let us but before we get the builder to reduce our master, we thought we would ask I wouldn't sign anything until they get it right. A relaxation will require approval and likely additional expense. We had a boundary relaxation needed on one design we liked and it was quoted at $1600 or so. Re: Who's building in Capestone, Mango Hill ? 150Oct 05, 2016 11:45 pm bug82 caitnkase Hi all, just got our contract YAY. Builder has stuffed up and made our master massive but means we would need a rear boundary relaxation (corner block). Has anyone tried to do it? We don't think they will even let us but before we get the builder to reduce our master, we thought we would ask I wouldn't sign anything until they get it right. A relaxation will require approval and likely additional expense. We had a boundary relaxation needed on one design we liked and it was quoted at $1600 or so. Yes I think you're right, whilst it would be nice to have a massive master... I don't want the trouble of worrying about it being approved and the costs that come with it! Re: Who's building in Capestone, Mango Hill ? 151Oct 06, 2016 7:12 am I am building on a corner block and my previous builder did some what similar and put garage on zero boundary to next door neighbour. The plan was never approved and ended up cancelling the whole contract as they were offering to cut and reduce the size of house to match requirements. If you have given Building guidelines to your builder, they should be able to read and follow setback plans. Re: Who's building in Capestone, Mango Hill ? 152Oct 10, 2016 11:35 pm My house is being handed over this week. I'm frantically trying to organize a landscaper, tiler and a fencer. And so far, I have not had many responses to any of the jobs. The ones who responded are apparently booked out until next year!! Who knew that finding tradies will be so hard! Re: Who's building in Capestone, Mango Hill ? 153Oct 10, 2016 11:41 pm lazybones1987 My house is being handed over this week. I'm frantically trying to organize a landscaper, tiler and a fencer. And so far, I have not had many responses to any of the jobs. The ones who responded are apparently booked out until next year!! Who knew that finding tradies will be so hard! For fencing, try these guys : Northside Fencing. They were very professional when i contacted them to get a quote for my fencing. If you do find a landscaper, share the info. I would need to contact one to get a Quote to include as part of my loan application. Re: Who's building in Capestone, Mango Hill ? 154Oct 10, 2016 11:44 pm qldben lazybones1987 My house is being handed over this week. I'm frantically trying to organize a landscaper, tiler and a fencer. And so far, I have not had many responses to any of the jobs. The ones who responded are apparently booked out until next year!! Who knew that finding tradies will be so hard! For fencing, try these guys : Northside Fencing. They were very professional when i contacted them to get a quote for my fencing. If you do find a landscaper, share the info. I would need to contact one to get a Quote to include as part of my loan application. I have already contacted Northside Fencing, however they consider the job to be "too small" and wouldn't take it on. I only require the side gates to be installed as the remaining 3 sides of the house are already covered by the neighbours' respective builders. As far as landscaping goes, I spoke to a few that I found online and they just seem to be booked out!. Hopefully I will find someone reliable. Re: Who's building in Capestone, Mango Hill ? 155Oct 10, 2016 11:49 pm lazybones1987 qldben lazybones1987 My house is being handed over this week. I'm frantically trying to organize a landscaper, tiler and a fencer. And so far, I have not had many responses to any of the jobs. The ones who responded are apparently booked out until next year!! Who knew that finding tradies will be so hard! For fencing, try these guys : Northside Fencing. They were very professional when i contacted them to get a quote for my fencing. If you do find a landscaper, share the info. I would need to contact one to get a Quote to include as part of my loan application. I have already contacted Northside Fencing, however they consider the job to be "too small" and wouldn't take it on. I only require the side gates to be installed as the remaining 3 sides of the house are already covered by the neighbours' respective builders. As far as landscaping goes, I spoke to a few that I found online and they just seem to be booked out!. Hopefully I will find someone reliable. Have you tried Chris brown? Re: Who's building in Capestone, Mango Hill ? 156Oct 10, 2016 11:58 pm lazybones1987 I have already contacted Northside Fencing, however they consider the job to be "too small" and wouldn't take it on. I only require the side gates to be installed as the remaining 3 sides of the house are already covered by the neighbours' respective builders. As far as landscaping goes, I spoke to a few that I found online and they just seem to be booked out!. Hopefully I will find someone reliable. That's sad. No job should be considered too small. caitnkase : Is Chris a landscaper? If yes, i would also probably reach out to him. In other news... we got our soil test reports, and we got H2. Anyway, our site costs were fixed with Metricon, so that didnt end up with increasing costs. What soil types did others get in Capestone? Re: Who's building in Capestone, Mango Hill ? 157Oct 11, 2016 12:00 am qldben lazybones1987 I have already contacted Northside Fencing, however they consider the job to be "too small" and wouldn't take it on. I only require the side gates to be installed as the remaining 3 sides of the house are already covered by the neighbours' respective builders. As far as landscaping goes, I spoke to a few that I found online and they just seem to be booked out!. Hopefully I will find someone reliable. That's sad. No job should be considered too small. caitnkase : Is Chris a landscaper? If yes, i would also probably reach out to him. In other news... we got our soil test reports, and we got H2. Anyway, our site costs were fixed with Metricon, so that didnt end up with increasing costs. What soil types did others get in Capestone? Caithi @Caitlin.S CaitPes81 @Caito29 @caitlynroycee @Caitlyn_Seth @Caitleen23 caitnkase Yea he is. He is doing my fencing, landscaping and concreting. Seems like a good guy and reasonably priced, he is also building in capestone and seen some good feedback about him on the capestone Fb page. I posted his number a couple of pages back but if you can't find it I'll re post it. Re: Who's building in Capestone, Mango Hill ? 158Oct 11, 2016 12:00 am Yea he is. He is doing my fencing, landscaping and concreting. Seems like a good guy and reasonably priced, he is also building in capestone and seen some good feedback about him on the capestone Fb page. I posted his number a couple of pages back but if you can't find it I'll re post it. Re: Who's building in Capestone, Mango Hill ? 159Oct 11, 2016 12:04 am caitnkase Yea he is. He is doing my fencing, landscaping and concreting. Seems like a good guy and reasonably priced, he is also building in capestone and seen some good feedback about him on the capestone Fb page. I posted his number a couple of pages back but if you can't find it I'll re post it. Thanks for that. I shall look for his contact details. Damn, i dont know what happened with my last post.. i got a SQL syntax error when posting, and thought i lost the typed content. So, i typed it all again, and posted, just to see my post actually went through, with some gibberish thrown in. LOL! Re: Who's building in Capestone, Mango Hill ? 160Oct 11, 2016 12:05 am qldben caitnkase Yea he is. He is doing my fencing, landscaping and concreting. Seems like a good guy and reasonably priced, he is also building in capestone and seen some good feedback about him on the capestone Fb page. I posted his number a couple of pages back but if you can't find it I'll re post it. Thanks for that. I shall look for his contact details. Damn, i dont know what happened with my last post.. i got a SQL syntax error when posting, and thought i lost the typed content. So, i typed it all again, and posted, just to see my post actually went through, with some gibberish thrown in. LOL! 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