Wow that seems like a long time, is there any reason it is taking literally months to get signed off ??
I can only imagine it will get even worse when the upcoming stages finally settle.
Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Anybody building at Googong ? 1176Apr 05, 2014 6:23 pm Enporched How did the BBQ go, Crazy Big Al? Did they make any announcements about 2B? (We're in 2B too - in Insley St) No announcement. Was a good day and nice to meet some of our future neighbours. At least we know now that we are not the only ones with our frustrations. Re: Anybody building at Googong ? 1177Apr 06, 2014 3:53 pm Thanks Crazy Big Al. Our builder mentioned passing on their stamp duty costs if we couldn't exchange before their settlement date, so it's actually in our favour for 2B not to be ready to settle yet! (I'm sure I'll have a COMPLETELY different view of delays in a few weeks' time though!) Have they given you ANY indication of settlement date yet? Re: Anybody building at Googong ? 1178Apr 06, 2014 9:15 pm Hi all.. i believe my wife and i can call ourselves apprentice googonians now that we have dropped our deposit for a block. We got block 638 near the new christian school, Hoping its not going to have any issues..
i have a few questions if i may.. - Did anyone question the clause stating half of any interest your deposit incurs until seettlement going to the developer? if so, how did you go? Ive asked my Solicitor to query that one with predjudice.. - has anyone hit rock on their block? which block? how much rock, and how did you combat it? $$ incurred to do so? ive also got some feedback re solar for those who discussed it a few pages back.. My opinion, It will pay itself off within the 5-10 year period. Im hoping that LUMO will be available as a vendor for electricity. If so, this is who im with now in qbyn and with my 3kw system, ive dropped my bills from 15-18kw/day to 5-9 kw/day. Feed in tarrif.. well thats usually between $50-110 per quarter at 7.7c/kw but we dont factor that in when planning. The main savings come from reducing usage, we now do most things on weekends, when on time of use plans, weekends are off peak. Ill be going for 4.5kw if roof space permits this time, just to give us more headroom, to cover our evap cooling plans, and all other power usage during daytime... Off grid setups are still too expensive. We have pretty much decided on MJH, their written quote has come in alot less than some others who have given us estimates (i must state we have only been given one quote to this date), hopefully we wont have any gotchas pop up. Still, never say never. Im a little worried about the banks valuation of the blocks.. our current house just came in at $430k which was less that we wanted but still not bad, though the block we bought is $30k higher than our council valuation on our qbyn block. Fingers crossed i guess.. Look forward to meeting some of you guys int the future.. Re: Anybody building at Googong ? 1179Apr 07, 2014 10:20 am meeso71 Hi all.. i believe my wife and i can call ourselves apprentice googonians now that we have dropped our deposit for a block. We got block 638 near the new christian school, Hoping its not going to have any issues.. i have a few questions if i may.. - Did anyone question the clause stating half of any interest your deposit incurs until seettlement going to the developer? if so, how did you go? Ive asked my Solicitor to query that one with predjudice.. I wouldn't waste too much time on that one. Half or all of not a lot, is still not a lot. If you spend an hour or two of your Solicitors time on it, anything you might have gotten by getting all of it will be gone. My understanding from talking with a few people who have dealt this CIC over the years is that this is a normal contract, and if you don't like it "you are welcome to go buy land somewhere else" is the general attitude. Re: Anybody building at Googong ? 1180Apr 07, 2014 10:22 am mr2psht Another mile stone for googong. It appears on google maps now. Not all the streets/names are there yet though. I've been slowly working my way through adding all the streets and names when I find time. Google Maps is largely a community based effort... I've added your street just to keep you happy Hey guys building a new place through a volume builder and just wondering if i should complain to the site supervisor as we just had plasterboard installed. Looks like… 0 12099 Elvis has left the building... The site supervisor quit after 2 month on the project. I guess he was just instructed to bark at people, but didn't like when he was… 26 22201 |