Browse Forums Building A New House Re: First jome build SA Hickinbotham 150Sep 01, 2017 10:10 pm nothign as yet and when i mentioned tiem frame for scrape and other stages i got no response to that section of my email. Nothing had happened as of midday yesterday and im up that way again tomorrow and or sunday. but the letter i got said the usual might be 4-6 weeks but that depends on other houses in area and trades/subbies availability so hopefully will see action soon. meanwhile i will be going out there twice a week and asking a friend who works in davoren park for playford council to go past when convenient and let me know when soemthign has happened Re: First jome build SA Hickinbotham 151Sep 01, 2017 10:15 pm Oh goodnes! Not really helpful to arrange soil from scrape to be removed then. Afriend settle Wednesday on her lot in Salisbury so we are at least 3 around herethats bout a week a part from each other. Hope they don't wait or more homes to go to construction before they start. Thought that part would be quick Re: First jome build SA Hickinbotham 154Sep 02, 2017 9:31 pm Can I ask how long it took to go through the council? We got a call this week saying soil report is done and will be lodged with council. They told hubby it could take up to 18 weeks to go through council WTF. Re: First jome build SA Hickinbotham 155Sep 02, 2017 9:35 pm joey77 which council ? We are playford Our council was super quick Application lodged 27/7 Stage 1 approval 1/8 Stage 2 started 2/8 abd approval 2/8 Stage 3 approval 8/09 So fir ys under 2 weeks a friend in salisbury waited 6 weeks Generally stage 1 is 6-8 weeks Stage 2 us 2 weeks and stage 3 is 1 week if thaf help Re: First jome build SA Hickinbotham 157Sep 02, 2017 9:40 pm Oh my! Sorry we heard they are terrible with the approval times and takes ages But Hickinbotham has gotten approval the quickest that we have seen so there is hope they usually give you worst case senario and timd frames Re: First jome build SA Hickinbotham 159Sep 07, 2017 12:39 pm Nice. by the time i start you probably wont be that far behind me depends on weather. still waiting for scrape to be done. nothing as of when i went for a drive yesterday - will be going back out there again on saturday or sunday afternoon to do more weeding and poisoning to ensure i keep as small amount of vegetation as possible Builder has told me the less vegetation there is then the smaller the pile of soil and the cheaper to dispose of it if required. which is what i am already endeavoring to do So it looks like we finally have some movement on site! Definitely later than expected, but I'll take any progress at this point. I'll drop by over the weekend to get… 5 29182 hi guys. Please be nice. First time home builder in Qld. I would like some feedback please on whether I should build my granny flat first before my main house at the… 0 4758 Thank you so much everyone. This all makes a lot of sense. I guess when you talk to a builder who butters up everything to look very polished, you get to start believing… 7 18298 |