Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Building with Bentley Homes 119Sep 05, 2018 1:02 am Hi guys, just an update - house is coming along great, very fast, I reckon in a month or two we'll be done. We wound up signing the variation form for the generator hire $2,700 for something beyond our control... Other than that, our build with Bentley has been very smooth. They have been good (if not a little inflexible with some things, imho). House is looking great even with minimal upgrades. Now we are encountering another problem. Our neighbour's foundation is much higher than ours...it's like they built on a mound and now runoff from their property is pooling beside our house. If I didn't notice it, Bentley would not even have mentioned it. They just put some small sandbag like material beside our house to protect it. Anyway, Bentley is saying we have to liaise with our neighbour as it is a civil matter. Fair enough (not much give where Bentley is concerned...it's like you sign the papers, they build it and wipe their hands off anything else...but anyway...). Our neighbour is a small builder called Mehar Homes who will sell the house on completion. They are being very defensive, saying they were approved to build with those specifications and won't do anything about it. They don't want to put in a retaining wall. Yet, when we bought our property, the entire landscape was FLAT. They were the ones who built their house at such a high elevation. I have started asking advice from the Disputes and Settlement Centre who said the person who changed the landscape has to pay for the retaining wall. Here are some pictures. What do you think? Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ and pics of the landscape when we bought the property and nothing was built on it yet - totally flat! Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Re: Building with Bentley Homes 120Nov 07, 2018 8:17 am Hi Cat with the elevation thing I do feel your pain but I am in the other neighbors condition.. it is bizarre that at the beginning the land was flat but when our house went up it was higher than back and side Neighbour. We are really happy but not so much the neighbors.. well the back house told us off for not putting a retaining wall but the guy was like oh well what the hell whatās done is done and he got over it .. the other neighbors also got over it but I think it would be good if your fence is not up yet then ask them to put more sleepers from your side for protection.. also your fence is gonna be shi**tty so ask the neighbors to do the 1.8m or 2m from their side of fence otherwise they will look over your house .. I did the higher fence from my side just to give neighbors privacy so I think they were happy with this. Ask for references and speak to them. If they are defensive or try to avoid the request, walk. 1 74688 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 105494 Hi there! Putting the feelers out there for those who have (or almost) built with Arli homes! Interested in your experiences who've built from their stock home designs… 0 23467 |