Avonlee Stage 6 Brabham W.A

Posting this here because it might be relevant to stage 6'ers when it comes time.

It appears that getting a building permit in a strata development requires a development application with the council as well. My builder submitted the permit application a day after settlement, but weren't advised by City of Swan about this requirement until about a month later.

And now, the icing on the cake, the DAP (page 2 of this http://www.avonlee.com.au/downloads/Verdelho%20DAP.pdf) has an error, showing the garage for my lot and my neighbours (16 and 17) as being butt up against the private road. The earlier versions of the DAP had a 1m setback (i.e. 1m driveway).

Council thus advised my plans didn't comply, so I amended them with the builder to extend the garage to meet the requirement.
Now council advise that because of the stormwater connection which was to be in the driveway (which needs an inspection pit over it) and cannot be inside the garage, they are going to revise the DAP back to the originally proposed one (with the 1m setback).
But naturally this takes time (DAP is currently with the town planner, Whelans, for amendment). Once this is complete, the change needs to be advertised for 21 days. I'm not sure if this is a case of sending a letter to all adjacent lots for their commentary/approval; or if it needs to be advertised in a newspaper/council gazette.

Presently, the DAP is still with Whelans to be changed. This may well be holding up other 3Aers from getting their building permits (I note that only two so far have permits).

I believe there was some earthworks machinery out there a few weeks ago. I've not been by in a while but may pop by this weekend and will let you know if I see anything

Hey Veeshan,
I popped by the estate yesterday afternoon. It looks like dewatering is being done in stage 6, there was a pump running while I was there. Also a few roos hopping about.

I note from the Avonlee website there is stage 6A (Cabernet) and 6B (Chenin). Do you know which one you are in, and which one is closer to Cob Road?
The land further south from Cob Road (past Constable St, presumably 6B) looks less ready than that further north (between Cob Road and Constable St).

Also I saw someone has driven a 4wd/quad bike or something on the lawn in the park and torn it up

in your contract the is a Cap on the cost of which they can charge you if they have a significant price increase (it is a % but from what I can remember it wouldn't be much in terms of the overall costs ) we are with homebuyers also have our pre start next month which is odd as we are still a long way off lol but pretty happy chose all our stuff within an hour floors bathrooms cupboards feature tiles carpet was good fun actually ppl at crosby tiles were great

were block 15 so nearly neighbors lol , yeah I get why u delayed it , we knew pretty much what color scheme we wanted so just thought may as well smash it out and are very happy with what we chose look forward to the active pre start meeting I got some prices off of homebuyers already so we could budget for additional stuff like power points etc how are your plans looking all pretty much decided ?

I went to have a look at my slab in stage 3A ( the only slab that time ). I think i went there with my wife few days ago. you might have seen me. I have a Dark Grey Kia Rondo so if you see me next time feel free to come for a chat.
My builder keeps telling me that there is a shortage of bricklayers so do not know when they are going to start it...