Browse Forums Building A New House Re: BUILDING IN MANOOKA VALLEY CURRANS HILL 249Sep 30, 2013 8:52 am Ours was a bit different because we bought our house and land with one loan. So we payed the cash difference when we settled on the land. Which leaves 100% of the funds for the build available to draw on in progress payments once the build starts (soon we hope!) Same thing in the end I guess. Re: BUILDING IN MANOOKA VALLEY CURRANS HILL 252Oct 02, 2013 10:46 am Ashsue WOO HOO WOO HOO......pegs..... well its a start!! Awesome According to John I have a fence to add to my loo too I know Wisdom are super busy at the moment so things are taking a little longer than planned. Anyone got a site supervisor's contact yet? Good luck with the rental's Pikey, it took us a while to find something nice, and we ended up paying $50 a week more than we originally planned to find it Just think once you move in it will all be a distant memory. Re: BUILDING IN MANOOKA VALLEY CURRANS HILL 254Oct 02, 2013 8:40 pm Hey Guys this is the latest we have heard reg our file "Your file is now sitting with my manager for review before heading to Production" We are still waiting to hear back from the bank with regs to the valuation of the land so they can calculate our mortgage insurance or something. Plus as it is a long weekend we have been told it may not get processed until middle or next week. So i doubt we will have anything done on our block this month I really hope we can be in our new home before next winter! I just put away all the winter sheets and was very close to actually putting them all in storage bags ready for when we move. But now I am scared we will still be here next winter We got to see the glass splash back design today and we needed to sign off on it. I wonder if this was something that had been left out of our file?? A little strange to only see it now and not back when we did our kitchen. Anyway all good. Building a Wisdom Impression 33 5 bed + study, outdoor leisure + lanai, Jasper colorbond roof Re: BUILDING IN MANOOKA VALLEY CURRANS HILL 255Oct 02, 2013 8:50 pm oh and looking for a rental was horrible!!! It was our most stressful time. We really didn't want to pay a large amount so opted to move out of the area ie out of Currans Hill and now in Bradbury. But we ended up renting from a friend. We only pay $420 a week and have 3 toilets 2 bathrooms and double lock up garage and 4 bedrooms, a little tiny patio area but undercover and no back yard. So the kids hate it here but we are saving money. It is a 3 level unit with new kitchen a big pantry and having the double garage allowed us to store a lot in there. We still have lots in boxes even our kids huge trampoline again our kids hate that. BUt if we rented in Currans Hill or Mt Annan the houses that would fit a family of 6 were in the $500 or even more a week. Way out of out budget. So fingers crossed you can find something. Building a Wisdom Impression 33 5 bed + study, outdoor leisure + lanai, Jasper colorbond roof Re: BUILDING IN MANOOKA VALLEY CURRANS HILL 256Oct 03, 2013 3:14 am Thanks chapo6 - well its 3am and I have insomnia about moving and reality has hit about how stressful it is finding somewhere to live...I have a nice boss but how many more times will I be telling him "I'm off to look at a house" Villina Grande Handover 10/9 Re: BUILDING IN MANOOKA VALLEY CURRANS HILL 257Oct 03, 2013 12:50 pm Hi All, Just recently reserved Lot 507 and looking to get some help about deciding to go through with the purchase. I can see how excited you all are about the area and it seems lovely. The issues i need help haven't quite been addressed here yet. I found out that the majority of the lots are H1 reactive soil and saline affected to some extent. In other words medium level risk of plants dying due to quality of soil. I understand that Camden Council wants a H Class slab regardless, as part of the saline management plan within the LGA in general. Can anyone give me an idea of what extra costs this will add. For example upgrade from M to H class slab, exposure grade bricks...etc etc. At the momemt looking to go with Sekisui House, a 30m2 single storey and hope to achieve this for $270k, mind you no upgrades just the basics and need to do driveway, tiles, landscaping etc myself. Your help is appreciated, been through a roller coaster of emotions on whether to commit due to quality of soils and potential long term issues it may present. FYI i spoke with an EMR (electrical magnetic radiation) expert about the mobile tower and electricity tower and seems to think it's okay. Anyone did some research on this? Thanks Abe Re: BUILDING IN MANOOKA VALLEY CURRANS HILL 258Oct 03, 2013 1:47 pm Have you seen some of the gardens around Currans Hill? If you know what you're doing your plants wont die. The soil isn't that bad. Just get some good organic soil for your garden bed and lawn and till it in with the existing soil. Re: BUILDING IN MANOOKA VALLEY CURRANS HILL 259Oct 03, 2013 2:47 pm Abe we paid $2950 for a H1class slab but a M class was in the standard inclusions with wisdom homes. We did not do any research reg to the power lines but we decided to stay away from the larger power lines and the tower. I would not think the soil would be a major problem. We used to live in Currans Hill and we just added soil to all our garden beds. We will do the same when landscaping the new place. With regs to bricks we had a few choices in the standard brick range that were exposure grade. So it was not hard to find a brick we liked. I think problems would only arise if you were not aware of the saline soils. But as you and Im sure your builder and the council are all aware of it it should be fine. Abe the only thing i would think about with regs to extra cost would be the excavation cost if the lot has a big gradient ie a big slope you may have extra cost with drop edge beams and lots of excavation to level out the lot etc. Also check for easements but sounds like you have already done a lot of investigation. Building a Wisdom Impression 33 5 bed + study, outdoor leisure + lanai, Jasper colorbond roof Re: BUILDING IN MANOOKA VALLEY CURRANS HILL 260Oct 03, 2013 3:13 pm Well we received this info today in a email 1. Orders will start to be processed for your home 2. Within the first 21 working days, you will see the Site Fence, Toilet & Excavation 3. Your file will be allocated to a site supervisor and he will contact you and be able to advise regarding slab dates and activities on site thereafter. Please note that due to recent rain delays and internal staff movements, there is a delay in the slab pour time. Your site supervisor will be able to discuss time frames once allocated to your file. We have been told that our 26 weeks will start when excavation starts. So i better not pack away those winter sheets. Looks like June next year is a more realistic move in time frame. Anyone have their land valuation go up from when they bought the land last year? Our valuation was stuffed up yesterday and the valuer did not increase the value of the land. His total valuation was $5000 less then our actual cost...??? So now it may take another week to sort out as we have had to put in a complaint.This was the same person that was sent all our information 3 times with all of our inclusions etc ... Our mortgage broker is not happy he had a few choice words to say about the valuer. Building a Wisdom Impression 33 5 bed + study, outdoor leisure + lanai, Jasper colorbond roof thanks guys! yes this is how I've exactly raised it with the builder. still awaiting response. 12 6551 Howdy all. 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