Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Building at Bardia - New Breeze 484Feb 07, 2018 8:18 pm Congratulations Iamsam who are you building with? Re: Building at Bardia - New Breeze 486Feb 08, 2018 1:28 pm Can I ask a very newbie question for those who have built before? how long do you expect a tender to take? once land is registered and the tender is in place- how long before the build would start to build (fairly straight forward with minimal changes)? Im looking at Wisdom- which look like great quality but the horror stories of the admin wait times! Thanks in advance Re: Building at Bardia - New Breeze 487Feb 08, 2018 3:24 pm Bardia5128 Can I ask a very newbie question for those who have built before? how long do you expect a tender to take? once land is registered and the tender is in place- how long before the build would start to build (fairly straight forward with minimal changes)? Im looking at Wisdom- which look like great quality but the horror stories of the admin wait times! Thanks in advance Most big builders take over 3 weeks to come back to you with the proposed changes and its incremental costing. Without doubt you will have multiple iterations of variations. This period could get even more frustrating if land is already registered. Even when you say "minimal changes" you would have variations once you reach the color appointments stage. Consider 2 months between registration and build start. Re: Building at Bardia - New Breeze 488Feb 08, 2018 3:50 pm Oh wow! So even with the colour upgrades etc they need to be in the contract and so before finalisation of the tender and conversion to contract? Do I understand that right? Apologies for my ignorance! Re: Building at Bardia - New Breeze 489Feb 08, 2018 4:06 pm Bardia5128 Oh wow! So even with the colour upgrades etc they need to be in the contract and so before finalisation of the tender and conversion to contract? Do I understand that right? Apologies for my ignorance! Yes you got that right. Builders will charge admin fees upto $1000 to make any variations post contract. The way it worked for me - (1) Got a base price for the standard build (2) Did initial variations (mostly structural - adding a skylight, changing window sizes, resizing rooms within the footprint, repositioning doors etc) till a logical stage and then signed up to a tender. (3) Did further variations (mostly colors related) that culminated into a contract. Re: Building at Bardia - New Breeze 490Feb 08, 2018 9:20 pm IamSAM Bardia5128 Oh wow! So even with the colour upgrades etc they need to be in the contract and so before finalisation of the tender and conversion to contract? Do I understand that right? Apologies for my ignorance! Yes you got that right. Builders will charge admin fees upto $1000 to make any variations post contract. The way it worked for me - (1) Got a base price for the standard build (2) Did initial variations (mostly structural - adding a skylight, changing window sizes, resizing rooms within the footprint, repositioning doors etc) till a logical stage and then signed up to a tender. (3) Did further variations (mostly colors related) that culminated into a contract. Thank you! that makes it so much clearer- and logical Re: Building at Bardia - New Breeze 491Feb 14, 2018 10:58 pm anyone check 5xxx series lot lately ? Building Wentworth 33 CDC lodged to Council : 22 June 2018 Site excavation 31 July 2018 Slab 08 Aug 2018 Frame 22 Aug 2018 Roof 10 Sep 2018 Brick 24 Sep 2018 Re: Building at Bardia - New Breeze 492Feb 15, 2018 9:36 am Can someone explain what the relation to recycling water tap to water tank. I do not know that this art. But I thought my builder is giving water tank which collect rain water and the we reuse it. How would council giving recycle tap would take away need fir water tank. Where would rain water flow to? Re: Building at Bardia - New Breeze 493Feb 15, 2018 9:37 am Can someone explain what the relation to recycling water tap to water tank. I do not know that this art. But I thought my builder is giving water tank which collect rain water and the we reuse it. How would council giving recycle tap would take away need fir water tank. Where would rain water flow to? Re: Building at Bardia - New Breeze 494Feb 15, 2018 10:00 am absep19 Can someone explain what the relation to recycling water tap to water tank. I do not know that this art. But I thought my builder is giving water tank which collect rain water and the we reuse it. How would council giving recycle tap would take away need fir water tank. Where would rain water flow to? 1) Sydney Water runs its own recycled water units and supplies that to some designated areas only. At Bardia, such connection is available to every lot. This does away with the need to install a separate Rain Water tank. 2) Many builders do provide a credit (money back) if rain water tank is not required. However the builder still has to do a good amount of plumbing connections, so do not expect entire cost back. 3) Recycled water conx ensures an assured supply of treated water, where as rain water tank does not. When there is no rain, normal water gets supplied instead of from the tank. 4) You have a point there, and to best of my knowledge - in absence of rain water tank the rain water would just end up with in storm water drain. 5) The rain water tank occupies prime space and is not really nice to look at. If you insist you could have recycled water feeding into rain water tank (which also takes input from normal water line) and that way minimal rain water is poured down storm drain. However you pay for tank and for usage of recycled water and for extra engineering/plumbing to have this setup. I don't know if this is done or feasible without manual intervention. Re: Building at Bardia - New Breeze 495Feb 15, 2018 10:31 am IamSAM absep19 Can someone explain what the relation to recycling water tap to water tank. I do not know that this art. But I thought my builder is giving water tank which collect rain water and the we reuse it. How would council giving recycle tap would take away need fir water tank. Where would rain water flow to? 1) Sydney Water runs its own recycled water units and supplies that to some designated areas only. At Bardia, such connection is available to every lot. This does away with the need to install a separate Rain Water tank. 2) Many builders do provide a credit (money back) if rain water tank is not required. However the builder still has to do a good amount of plumbing connections, so do not expect entire cost back. 3) Recycled water conx ensures an assured supply of treated water, where as rain water tank does not. When there is no rain, normal water gets supplied instead of from the tank. 4) You have a point there, and to best of my knowledge - in absence of rain water tank the rain water would just end up with in storm water drain. 5) The rain water tank occupies prime space and is not really nice to look at. If you insist you could have recycled water feeding into rain water tank (which also takes input from normal water line) and that way minimal rain water is poured down storm drain. However you pay for tank and for usage of recycled water and for extra engineering/plumbing to have this setup. I don't know if this is done or feasible without manual intervention. It's just a bit expensive for me for $150 a quarter plus the normal water line will be around $500 together:-? Re: Building at Bardia - New Breeze 496Feb 15, 2018 11:14 am juliennegd IamSAM absep19 Can someone explain what the relation to recycling water tap to water tank. I do not know that this art. But I thought my builder is giving water tank which collect rain water and the we reuse it. How would council giving recycle tap would take away need fir water tank. Where would rain water flow to? 1) Sydney Water runs its own recycled water units and supplies that to some designated areas only. At Bardia, such connection is available to every lot. This does away with the need to install a separate Rain Water tank. 2) Many builders do provide a credit (money back) if rain water tank is not required. However the builder still has to do a good amount of plumbing connections, so do not expect entire cost back. 3) Recycled water conx ensures an assured supply of treated water, where as rain water tank does not. When there is no rain, normal water gets supplied instead of from the tank. 4) You have a point there, and to best of my knowledge - in absence of rain water tank the rain water would just end up with in storm water drain. 5) The rain water tank occupies prime space and is not really nice to look at. If you insist you could have recycled water feeding into rain water tank (which also takes input from normal water line) and that way minimal rain water is poured down storm drain. However you pay for tank and for usage of recycled water and for extra engineering/plumbing to have this setup. I don't know if this is done or feasible without manual intervention. It's just a bit expensive for me for $150 a quarter plus the normal water line will be around $500 together:-? https://www.sydneywater.com.au/SW/water ... /index.htm It appears that the recycled water supply is not yet commenced !! Re: Building at Bardia - New Breeze 497Feb 15, 2018 12:45 pm well that is frustrating! I wonder if this still negates the need for the water tank- or because the water isn't yet connected we will end up with both? thanks for the info! Re: Building at Bardia - New Breeze 498Feb 15, 2018 1:06 pm Bardia5128 well that is frustrating! I wonder if this still negates the need for the water tank- or because the water isn't yet connected we will end up with both? thanks for the info! My recent CDC approval is without requiring the Rain Water tank. I know someone who got his approval in late 2016 (completion in mid 2017) without the Rain Water tank. So my best guess is that "as Sydney Water's recycled water unit is not functional..they are pumping normal water thru the pipes...." For reference, this is the Austlii reference. My take on this is, that they would be breaking the law denying access to a homeowner in Victoria, or their agent from having… 1 4985 Is it just a report written to give to the bank initially and it is based on what and how your payments are made up for, or is it a full service where they go out and… 2 2988 Hi Suku18 In NSW the statutory required insurances are: 1. HBCF ( Home Building Compensation Fund) - This is if the builder dies or goes broke. But this only covers 20%… 1 1279 |