Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Building with Dennis Family Homes 558Sep 06, 2017 8:44 pm rattleAU Ah, the joys of moving into a new home. Hope it all comes together nicely soon enough. Our block backs onto a forest and there was quite a bit of old wood piled up and random bits of machinery and tin, which the forestry people had used over the years or decades I guess. Went to the local forestry office to see if they could help with cleaning it up and what I could and could not do to tidy the other side of our fence and the guy says "I know exactly where you are talking about, as I am your neighbour 2 doors down". He said to leave it to him. Went to the block today for a look and they have removed everything, burnt the old wood and flattened and scraped the entire area with a bulldozer. Looks awesome. Kids are going to love getting out there with their push bikes and radio controlled cars. That area then goes back for miles, all the way along the Murray River. Really looking forward to going for our walks and bike rides on the tracks out there. Sounds really nice esp with 6 kids, you kinda need the space look forward to seeing some pics once your place gets started Building with Dennis Family Homes Re: Building with Dennis Family Homes 559Sep 21, 2017 4:01 pm We had a little bit of progress yesterday. Got the amended contract/plans back and it was pretty good. Only a couple of minor things that we had to question and they seemed to be cut and paste things that they just include, which are not relevant to us at this point. Need to check with the council though, as it still says that we need to build a screen due to overlooking into the neighbours. Problem is that we deleted that bedroom window, so there is no looking from that wall now. We do have a bathroom window a few meters across though. Only further amendment we had to make, was with the bathroom and en suite tiles. They got it mostly correct, but some minor parts were missed, so we got them filled in. We are doing floor to ceiling tiles on all walls and had the en suite and bathroom squared off (no cornices). Keen to see what it looks like in reality, as you can only imagine it in your head and look at your own sketches at the moment. Then went to the flooring company and gave them all the info for the tiles and they are drawing it up and will give us the pricing soon. We are rural, so we have a tiling rebate. We basically select, order and pay for the tiles throughout the house and DFH will pay us back at lock up. Anyway, that stuff with the tiles will be submitted and depending on how busy they are, we should get a start date in a few weeks I guess. Re: Building with Dennis Family Homes 560Sep 23, 2017 8:43 am Nice rattleAU...sounds like good progress to me. We had completed our colour selection and awaiting contract. What makes me nervous though is the time the council is taking to approve a planning permit to remove 8 trees from the build site. The experience so far with Dennis has been great but council is where this may sour the experience...from what i've read about our council anyway.. Hi everyone, Newbie renovator here, after some advice for combining our family room in the picture and the alfresco and make a larger family room. There is a flush sill… 0 4899 Ask for references and speak to them. If they are defensive or try to avoid the request, walk. 1 74719 I would never build with Fowler homes. I built with them in 2021 and till date maintenance issues are pending. All their existing trades and businesses don't work with… 14 105617 |