Browse Forums Buying Land Re: How long is too long 3Aug 13, 2012 2:36 pm grom40 My advice to new buyers is take what the developer tells you, add 12 months and you may be pleasantly surprised if it titles "early" Excellent advice. When we built in Warner Lakes it was 8 months between paying the deposit (December 2007) and the land actually titling (July 2008). It was meant to happen in February, however rain delayed the construction of the stage. Still we ended up getting into our place in December 2008. I doubt that you would have a house before the baby arrives. As Grom has pointed out, best advice is to contact your solicitor to see what clauses are in your contract - you might be able to get out of it - however if it hasn't been more than 12 months its unlikely. Best case scenario you might lose your deposit (hopefully not substantial) and chalk it up to a lesson learned. It will be neat but you won't have much freeboard. At least they are not weep holes. Are you in a high intensity rainfall region? The regulatory slope is only required… 3 8265 Firstly, if your house is still under builder's warranty (10 years in Victoria) you should have no need to crawl into roof space but let the builder handle it, unless you… 3 5638 Not sure if that works? I was told the issue is the headspace clearance requirement on step 4. My builder is proposing shifting the beam 310mm towards the kitchen...I'm… 2 2536 |