Browse Forums Building A New House 1 Jan 12, 2019 7:20 pm Hi All I am happy to share our build experience with Eden Brae building Windsor 40 in Western Sydney. This is a long waiting thread as I was waiting for the build to start and it just started after the Christmas (2018)/New Year holidays (2019). The whole process start on 18 Feb 2018, as my wife was forcing me to visit this LOT (604 sqm - to be registered on March 2018) and we straight away paid the $2000 to lock the deal. This is my first experience in buying a property in Australia and doesn't know much about it. The LOT was irregular shaped but I booked it assuming that we can build anything in it. After all the cool-off period and we paid the 10% deposit. Since the proposed registration was on March 2018, we started looking at builders. Then, came the blow. Most of the project builders' Home Plans doesn't fit into the LOT because of the irregular shape. The rear of the LOT is smaller than the front (17.5m frontage) like a Triangle, so longer Home Plan doesn't fit. After multiple visits with different builders, we end up with EBH and selected Windsor 40 as we liked the plan. Let me fast forward these boring story. 18 Feb 2018 - Booked the LOT 01 Mar 2018 - Paid 10% Deposit 28 Mar 2018 - Paid Tender Fee $750 to EBH 17 Apr 2018 - Tender Presentation (EBH) 28 Apr 2018 - Accepted Tender (EBH) and paid $2500 as Tender acceptance fee 14 May 2018 - Signed Contract and Paid 5% of the Tender amount excluding the Tender Fee + Tender Acceptance fee 08 Jun 2018 - Home Option Gallery - Appointment DAY 1 (Electrical, Aircon, Colors) 12 Jun 2018 - Home Option Gallery - Appointment DAY 2 (Windows, Tiles & Carpet) 06 July 2018 - Land Registered 20 July 2018 - Land Settled 16 Aug 2018 - DA Lodged (Penrith Council) 04 Oct 2018 - DA Determined 12 Oct 2018 - SA told me to pay the Infrastructure Restoration Bond in the Council. Paid on the same day. 31 Oct 2018 - Paid the remaining 5% of actual contract price after all PCVs (we got 24 PCVs) 11 Nov 2018 - Peg Out 30 Nov 2018 - Got the loan approved and provided ACC to the builder 10 Dec 2018 - SA emailed me to clean my LOT as the other tradies dumped the rubbish. I found a nice lawn mowner nearby who helped me cleaning the LOT next day. 17 Dec 2018 - File released to contruction 30 Jan 2019 - Slab Poured 13 Feb 2019 - External drainage & Power undergrounds done 15 Feb 2019 - Got BuildWatch installed!! 18 Feb 2019 - Frame started 05 Mar 2019 - Frame completed 12 Mar 2019 - Bricklayer started 12 Apr 2019 - Bricklayer completed (as per the my SA) 15 Apr 2019 - Started on Roofing 31-May-2019 - Roof completed (Lockup stage completed) 10-Jun-2019 - Lining started 28-Jun-2019 - Lining completed 02-Jul-2019 - Stairs completed 10-Jul-2019 - Waterproofing completed 15-Jul-2019 - Wet Area Tiling started 17-Jul-2019 - Kitchen completed 16-Aug-2019 - Painting completed 20-Sep-2019 - PCI completed 04-Oct-2019 - Handover (Got the keys) The following are some issues which we faced with the builder in the above mentioned timeline. We have huge setback before lodging to DA due to EBH wants us to choose few options for BASIX requirement. After 8 weeks of arguments, pressure and stress, we didn't budge and we got the BASIX certificate without any problem. viewtopic.php?f=31&t=92592 viewtopic.php?f=31&t=92809 viewtopic.php?f=31&t=92416 In the whole timeline, we visited land every weekend and happy to see people around us building in their LOTs. And today (12 Jan 2019), we were jumping to see our LOT is leveled and half fence. I will let the pictures talk. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ LOT Mowed and Cleaned Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ I will keep posting our progress here going forward. There are many details I have missed. Will post them one by one soon. Happy to hear your feedback/experience. Current State: Slab/Frame/Bricklayer/Lockup/Lining/Stairs/Kitchen/Wet flooring/Painted/PCI/Got the Keys My Thread: Building Windsor 40 with Eden Brae (Caddens) Construction Started!! 2Jan 12, 2019 7:25 pm The fence was up and they started working on the site. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Hoping to see more progress next week. I haven't had any formal conversation with my SS yet as he is still enjoying his vacation. Will post more... Current State: Slab/Frame/Bricklayer/Lockup/Lining/Stairs/Kitchen/Wet flooring/Painted/PCI/Got the Keys My Thread: Building Windsor 40 with Eden Brae (Caddens) Re: Building Windsor 40 with Eden Brae (Caddens) 4Jan 16, 2019 7:28 am Niel07 Congratulations on the start! Hope its all smooth sailing for you from now. Thank you! Current State: Slab/Frame/Bricklayer/Lockup/Lining/Stairs/Kitchen/Wet flooring/Painted/PCI/Got the Keys My Thread: Building Windsor 40 with Eden Brae (Caddens) Re: Building Windsor 40 with Eden Brae (Caddens) 5Jan 16, 2019 7:34 am Went to the contruction site yesterday. Seems like some more work been done. The slab piers are done. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Are these cracks are common? Should I ask the SA about it? Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Thanks Current State: Slab/Frame/Bricklayer/Lockup/Lining/Stairs/Kitchen/Wet flooring/Painted/PCI/Got the Keys My Thread: Building Windsor 40 with Eden Brae (Caddens) Re: Building Windsor 40 with Eden Brae (Caddens) 7Jan 16, 2019 1:52 pm MyFirst I'm sure if you can see the whole length of your bored piers that are underground there will be various small cracks on it. Just want to know if its common. These bored piers itself new to me based on my experience (First time). The place I am from we use steel to re-enforce the piers and the foundations are done differently. Current State: Slab/Frame/Bricklayer/Lockup/Lining/Stairs/Kitchen/Wet flooring/Painted/PCI/Got the Keys My Thread: Building Windsor 40 with Eden Brae (Caddens) Re: Building Windsor 40 with Eden Brae (Caddens) 8Jan 16, 2019 9:05 pm One of my Neighbour who is building there send some pictures of our progress today. 16/01/2019 Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Current State: Slab/Frame/Bricklayer/Lockup/Lining/Stairs/Kitchen/Wet flooring/Painted/PCI/Got the Keys My Thread: Building Windsor 40 with Eden Brae (Caddens) Form board is up this week (17/01/2019) 9Jan 20, 2019 8:15 pm The form board is up. SA sent me an update on last Thursday. I had to complete an religious rituals which I did on Friday (18/01/2019) Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Current State: Slab/Frame/Bricklayer/Lockup/Lining/Stairs/Kitchen/Wet flooring/Painted/PCI/Got the Keys My Thread: Building Windsor 40 with Eden Brae (Caddens) Re: Building Windsor 40 with Eden Brae (Caddens) 11Jan 20, 2019 8:21 pm kks Gotta say, with waffle pod slabs a bit of a prayer or two in their general direction is actually no bad idea! I believe if it's done right, waffle pod is not bad at all. I am hoping for it. Current State: Slab/Frame/Bricklayer/Lockup/Lining/Stairs/Kitchen/Wet flooring/Painted/PCI/Got the Keys My Thread: Building Windsor 40 with Eden Brae (Caddens) Re: Building Windsor 40 with Eden Brae (Caddens) 12Jan 29, 2019 8:19 am The waffle pod arrangements are half way done. Hoping to slab to be completed this week if the climate permits. The water on the sheet due to rain on the previous night. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Current State: Slab/Frame/Bricklayer/Lockup/Lining/Stairs/Kitchen/Wet flooring/Painted/PCI/Got the Keys My Thread: Building Windsor 40 with Eden Brae (Caddens) Pouring Slab Today!!! 13Jan 30, 2019 9:22 am They are pouring the slab today. Watch them pouring for 2 hours. It is exciting to see progress in the build. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ They still pouring, but I have to get back to work. Back from work and stoked to see the completed slab!!! Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Current State: Slab/Frame/Bricklayer/Lockup/Lining/Stairs/Kitchen/Wet flooring/Painted/PCI/Got the Keys My Thread: Building Windsor 40 with Eden Brae (Caddens) External drainage & Power undergrounds done! 14Feb 14, 2019 7:44 am Went to see the site yesterday, saw they can done the External drainage & Power undergrounds. They have also setup the Build Watch camera. Haven't got the credentials for build watch yet. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Current State: Slab/Frame/Bricklayer/Lockup/Lining/Stairs/Kitchen/Wet flooring/Painted/PCI/Got the Keys My Thread: Building Windsor 40 with Eden Brae (Caddens) Re: Frame work started! 15Feb 18, 2019 1:50 pm Excited to see some work happening today. EBH started doing the Frame. Yay!! Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ 1 comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Current State: Slab/Frame/Bricklayer/Lockup/Lining/Stairs/Kitchen/Wet flooring/Painted/PCI/Got the Keys My Thread: Building Windsor 40 with Eden Brae (Caddens) Re: Building Windsor 40 with Eden Brae (Caddens) 17Mar 09, 2019 7:27 pm Niel07 Hey mate. Hows progress? Frames up? They invoiced us saying frames up. But few of the windows are not installed yet. We are on vacation at the moment. But no progress yet Current State: Slab/Frame/Bricklayer/Lockup/Lining/Stairs/Kitchen/Wet flooring/Painted/PCI/Got the Keys My Thread: Building Windsor 40 with Eden Brae (Caddens) Re: Building Windsor 40 with Eden Brae (Caddens) 19Mar 25, 2019 8:00 am Frame completed on 05 Mar 2019. Since I was not around that time, couldn't update the post. One thing, I noticed with the builder is, they invoice me couple of days before the complete the stage. You can see the windows are not installed on the Front and First Floor. The SS gave me a stupid reason for that. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Current State: Slab/Frame/Bricklayer/Lockup/Lining/Stairs/Kitchen/Wet flooring/Painted/PCI/Got the Keys My Thread: Building Windsor 40 with Eden Brae (Caddens) Re: Building Windsor 40 with Eden Brae (Caddens) 20Mar 25, 2019 8:03 am Raw materials for the Bricklayering was delivered on the next after the frame was completed. But the work only started on 12 Mar 2019. The brickies are working every alternate days as they are working on other projects nearby as well. Also it was raining in Sydney in past few weeks. We are at this stage now. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Current State: Slab/Frame/Bricklayer/Lockup/Lining/Stairs/Kitchen/Wet flooring/Painted/PCI/Got the Keys My Thread: Building Windsor 40 with Eden Brae (Caddens) I built with EB back on 2009. Check out this thread on this forum. viewtopic.php?f=31&t=12911&p=154061#p154061 I can't speak for recent expericience however, we had no… 1 22023 Any advice on a builder in NSW who is demanding an extra 22000k after the house is completed and contract paid in full .Standard HIA contract. Never received a variation.… 0 20493 Thanks for your reply. I will just wait and see I guess. Trying to get some more information from our builder. 9 29919 |