Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Masterton Homes - The next thread 4.0 2042Sep 20, 2014 7:27 am Masterton Overture 17/12/14 - Handover ...... we got the keys !! blog - http://www.mcnamaraadventure.blogspot.com Re: Masterton Homes - The next thread 4.0 2043Sep 20, 2014 7:39 am Masterton Overture 17/12/14 - Handover ...... we got the keys !! blog - http://www.mcnamaraadventure.blogspot.com Re: Masterton Homes - The next thread 4.0 2046Sep 22, 2014 1:33 pm Masterton Overture 17/12/14 - Handover ...... we got the keys !! blog - http://www.mcnamaraadventure.blogspot.com Re: Masterton Homes - The next thread 4.0 2048Sep 22, 2014 5:20 pm Masterton Overture 17/12/14 - Handover ...... we got the keys !! blog - http://www.mcnamaraadventure.blogspot.com Re: Masterton Homes - The next thread 4.0 2050Sep 22, 2014 8:34 pm Masterton Overture 17/12/14 - Handover ...... we got the keys !! blog - http://www.mcnamaraadventure.blogspot.com Re: Masterton Homes - The next thread 4.0 2058Sep 24, 2014 12:04 pm wow, redwynne, you certainly have had a busy morning catching up! I really think that 90 days is completely inadequate in a lot of cases. We were very lucky to not get charged as we made it in pretty close to the 90 days (can't remember the exact number, but I know our preconstruction lady said she would have to do a count back to see if we would be charged), and that was with a pretty quick council approval (only 3 weeks). There must be a lot of people who end up paying more, not because of things they may have done to delay the process, but things that are outside of their control (ie: council). And $9000 is a pretty big hit to the already stretched budget. Theres just so many things that keep adding on (costwise) to get to the finished home that we are all looking forward to....... certainly don't need to be giving it away! Yes, I am a fairly patient person (luckily!). I just figure that jumping up and down at our SS or at M in general will probably only p*** them off and won't help in the long run. This time next year, we'll be in our gorgeous new home and all the delays will be a dim, dark memory. We got our pendant lights for the kitchen from Beacon Lighting. I looked around a lot online first. When you find what you like, then you can see who stocks it...... saves lots of driving all over the place looking through light shops! Masterton Overture 17/12/14 - Handover ...... we got the keys !! blog - http://www.mcnamaraadventure.blogspot.com Re: Masterton Homes - The next thread 4.0 2059Sep 24, 2014 12:38 pm redwynne Villinaeliters - recessed to me means that it's flush but then again, knowing M is could mean a few cms into the wall. I had a little chuckle about your comment regarding the big doors not fitting into the little doorways. We also went with the 2340 sized doors as we have higher ceilings all round. They must just not think outside the square and just go with the template?? That's horrible about your window debacle and would really peeve me off. Wow, things companies do... Redwynne the answer is recessed means recessed into the brickwork but not flush (ours is attached to the timber frame) - or so my SS tells me - and still not sure why it cost over $400 to get it done - should be a discount (as they have less brickwork to do. If not "recessed" I think that it gets attached after the bricks go on. A lot of money for about a 15cm gain! Door heights we hope are being addressed - someone forget to communicate something somewhere! Funnily enough when the SS pulled up our colours schedule (which has door heights) - he had 2 versions - one a PDF or word document - which had all wrong heights (eg all doors 2040) - and one which was the scanned and signed version we sent back in - all 2340!!! Makes me a bit worried that every other choice on my colours document might not be getting through to the right people ... Re our "window-gate" issue .... still waiting for a resolution, hopefully today??? 2013 1st tender 24/10 Dep. 18/11 2014 5% 25/02 CDC approval 5/5 Demo 26/5 Pool 3/7 Valid'n 10/7 Slab 11/8 Frame 19/9 Bricks 23/10 2015 Roof 3/12 Lock up 11/2 PCI 31/3 Final insp. & keys 30/4 Re: Masterton Homes - The next thread 4.0 2060Sep 24, 2014 2:00 pm hi everyone, just wanted to introduce myself. I have been stalking this forum for a while and have finally decided to become a member. We are also building a modified version of the Villina 32 - seems to be a popular choice! We love our layout and cannot wait for things to start happening. A bit of background - we love our house now and love our position, but with two girls now we feel our original little red brick home is just too small. We have played with the idea of building a new home many times but have never really followed through - until now! When we went out to Oran Park we fell in love with the Villina and after discussions with a lovely sales guy at Warwick Farm, building our dream home didn't seem as scary as what we first thought. We took the plunge and paid the initial $3900 to M on the 1st of March. After many, many variations and just as many draft plans, we were finally happy with everything and signed contracts on the 13th of June. That's where our story has stopped! We are now into the 101th day of the 90 day validation period, and M has yet to submit our plans to council. We have been more than patient, but our patience is starting to dwindle. One of the things keeping a smile on my face, is seeing all your beautiful homes come to life - some faster that others! I am hoping that all this waiting and frustration is all going to be worth it! 4 17237 i imagine you also have another contract with an architect? and yeah, whatever other's said about special conditions and appendices 16 16698 Hi all I am looking to run a water line under my concrete footpath which is directly next to my home, was seeing if this is possible without cutting the entire section… 0 20760 |