Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Our forever after in Honeywood - SO IT BEGINS 2Mar 20, 2014 6:06 am Our build thread: viewtopic.php?f=31&t=69984 If you want the rainbow, you gotta put up with the rain. Re: Our forever after in Honeywood - SO IT BEGINS 3Mar 20, 2014 9:34 am Dale Alcock Build in Honeywood Our Thread: https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=70204&p=1154102#p1154102 Re: Dale Alcock Build in Honeywood - SO IT BEGINS 5Mar 20, 2014 9:43 am Dale Alcock Build in Honeywood Our Thread: https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=70204&p=1154102#p1154102 Re: Dale Alcock Build in Honeywood - SO IT BEGINS 6Mar 20, 2014 9:46 am Dale Alcock Build in Honeywood Our Thread: https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=70204&p=1154102#p1154102 Re: Dale Alcock Build in Honeywood - SO IT BEGINS 8Mar 20, 2014 11:36 am Dale Alcock Build in Honeywood Our Thread: https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=70204&p=1154102#p1154102 Re: Dale Alcock Build in Honeywood - SO IT BEGINS 10Mar 20, 2014 6:34 pm Building with Dale Alcock Homes in Aveley Our thread: https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=63880 And yes, my pants are indeed fancy. Re: Dale Alcock Build in Honeywood - SO IT BEGINS 11Mar 20, 2014 7:12 pm Dale Alcock Build in Honeywood Our Thread: https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=70204&p=1154102#p1154102 Re: Dale Alcock Build in Honeywood - First drama of the buil 12Mar 24, 2014 3:45 pm Dale Alcock Build in Honeywood Our Thread: https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=70204&p=1154102#p1154102 Re: Dale Alcock Build in Honeywood - First drama of the buil 13Mar 25, 2014 6:29 pm Dale Alcock Homes. We love building. T: 08 9242 9200 Mon – Fri 8am-5pm Sat - 10-4 thedacrew@dalealcock.com.au http://www.dalealcock.com.au http://www.facebook.com/dalealcockhomes Re: Dale Alcock Build in Honeywood - First drama of the buil 14Mar 25, 2014 6:44 pm Building with Dale Alcock Homes in Aveley Our thread: https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=63880 And yes, my pants are indeed fancy. Re: Dale Alcock Build in Honeywood - First drama of the buil 15Mar 26, 2014 12:06 am The DA Crew Hi Kelsey78, subscribing so I can follow your build! -Shannon Thanks Shannon!! Dale Alcock Build in Honeywood Our Thread: https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=70204&p=1154102#p1154102 Re: Dale Alcock Build in Honeywood - First drama of the buil 16Mar 26, 2014 12:11 am fancy pants Well that's crap! Sorry to hear your block has been rated differently. Shouldn't they have finalised all of that before the sale? Aren't you supposed to be fully informed of what it is you're buying? Fingers crossed it won't cause too many problems with finance. Thanks FP! I'm trying not to get too upset its still early days. We are trying to fight it, it was not mentioned in our contracts or by the agent (He actually made a comment about how lucky we were not having to pay for a BAL rating). Apparently within a month of signing (early October) they made this decision, I feel that's so wrong especially considering we only just found out about it! Dale Alcock Build in Honeywood Our Thread: https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=70204&p=1154102#p1154102 Re: Dale Alcock Build in Honeywood - First drama of the buil 17Mar 26, 2014 1:45 pm We had the same thing with our block in Hammond Park. It was about 2 months after settlement on the block that we got a letter from the developers advising that our block had a BAL of 12.5. Before that nothing was mentioned, we tried to fight it but all it did was cause delays, apparently not advising you at settlement of the fire management plan is not any kind of breach of contract and they did nothing wrong, we even contacted some fair trade government department or something (can't remember what they were called). Finance had already been processed so all extra costs had to be paid by us so good thing we had extra saved up. It also put a 2 months delay on construction starting because our builder had to get all these reports done to know exactly what was needed etc. Our developer paid for a fire assessment on the block since the fire management plan only covered the estate and gave each block a rating but not enough detail. That would have cost about $800 our builder said. Ended up being abiout $5k though, that include weep holes covers, garage door seal, the front door frame being made of different wood, and sarking in the roof (which was the biggest cost of about $3.5k for our 260m2 roof (rough size). The sarking does help with insulation so we should have reduced energy costs going forward BUT it was the biggest nightmare of our build. Hopefully you can get your costs down to around $5k like ours was.. your house is fairly similar in size to ours so shouldn't cost so much I would think. All I can say is GOOD LUCK! And don't let it get you down, with building, nothing ever goes to plan so you have to take it all in stride. The bush that caused our BAL is already planned for development so we paid for BAL rating and won't even live there a year before the bush is long gone. Re: Dale Alcock Build in Honeywood - First drama of the buil 18Mar 31, 2014 2:26 pm felicity01 We had the same thing with our block in Hammond Park. It was about 2 months after settlement on the block that we got a letter from the developers advising that our block had a BAL of 12.5. Before that nothing was mentioned, we tried to fight it but all it did was cause delays, apparently not advising you at settlement of the fire management plan is not any kind of breach of contract and they did nothing wrong, we even contacted some fair trade government department or something (can't remember what they were called). Finance had already been processed so all extra costs had to be paid by us so good thing we had extra saved up. It also put a 2 months delay on construction starting because our builder had to get all these reports done to know exactly what was needed etc. Our developer paid for a fire assessment on the block since the fire management plan only covered the estate and gave each block a rating but not enough detail. That would have cost about $800 our builder said. Ended up being abiout $5k though, that include weep holes covers, garage door seal, the front door frame being made of different wood, and sarking in the roof (which was the biggest cost of about $3.5k for our 260m2 roof (rough size). The sarking does help with insulation so we should have reduced energy costs going forward BUT it was the biggest nightmare of our build. Hopefully you can get your costs down to around $5k like ours was.. your house is fairly similar in size to ours so shouldn't cost so much I would think. All I can say is GOOD LUCK! And don't let it get you down, with building, nothing ever goes to plan so you have to take it all in stride. The bush that caused our BAL is already planned for development so we paid for BAL rating and won't even live there a year before the bush is long gone. Wow felicity01 I can’t believe you didn’t have a leg to stand on considering it wasn't until after you settled that council enforced the BAL rating. I feel like I’m fighting in a losing battle with this. I don’t want it to hold up our build. I may just have to accept it. DA has given us a PS of $8,257.00 to meet the rating, I wish it was closer to your amount Dale Alcock Build in Honeywood Our Thread: https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=70204&p=1154102#p1154102 Re: Dale Alcock Build in Honeywood - External Colours 19Mar 31, 2014 3:01 pm Recently we had our Pre-Contract Meeting where we selected the exterior colours of house. Overall the whole experience was a bit overwhelming. I wasn’t impressed with our pre-start consultant. Being young I felt like she didn’t take us seriously. She was also really pushy. I came out of that appointment more stressed and confused than when I walked in. Here are our colour selections Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Brick – Collie 1c Tile – Vienna Cocoa Facia, Garage Door, Entry Door – Surfmist Frames – White Lustre Render – Solver Vitesse Feature render – Solver Lundy Grey 200% I’m really uncertain about the feature render we were wanting a brown that contrasts well with the tile but I’m really unsure Dale Alcock Build in Honeywood Our Thread: https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=70204&p=1154102#p1154102 Re: Dale Alcock Build in Honeywood - External Colours 20Mar 31, 2014 3:08 pm Hi Kelsey78, This is exactly how I felt after our exterior colour meeting. I was so unsure and ended up changing the exterior colours to the same as the display a week or so later. I them changed it all again at pre-start and I am so glad I did as it was the right decision. If it is any help I think your colour choice is great! Everything is the same as ours except roof colour as we went surf most colorbond. Check out my thread if you want to see lundy grey and vitesse together. I will try and get another close up pic for you today. 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 17591 Can anyone recommend a good/affordable retaining wall and fence builder that I can get a quote from located in Sydney? 8 45795 If you are in Victoria you have a statutory right to your own building inspector regardless of builder's consent. No negotiations are required. However the builder will… 1 2930 |