Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Anyone building with Homebuyers Centre in VICTORIA? 1943Dec 20, 2014 7:46 pm Build Permit-17/12/13 Earthworks-13/1/14 Slab-30/1/14 Frame-10/2/14 Lock Up-7/3/14 Fixing Stage Complete-20/3/14 New Home Presentation-6/5/14 Moved in 17/5/14! Blog: http://dandesbuild.blogspot.com.au Re: Anyone building with Homebuyers Centre in VICTORIA? 1949Dec 21, 2014 5:46 pm Build Permit-17/12/13 Earthworks-13/1/14 Slab-30/1/14 Frame-10/2/14 Lock Up-7/3/14 Fixing Stage Complete-20/3/14 New Home Presentation-6/5/14 Moved in 17/5/14! Blog: http://dandesbuild.blogspot.com.au Re: Anyone building with Homebuyers Centre in VICTORIA? 1950Dec 21, 2014 5:52 pm 19.03.14 - Land Settlement 15.04.14 - Building Permit 28.04.14 - Earthworks 14.05.14 - Slab Stage 20.05.14 - Frame Stage 11.06.14 - Lock Up Stage 03.07.14 - Fix Stage 15.08.14 - New Home Presentation Re: Anyone building with Homebuyers Centre in VICTORIA? 1952Dec 22, 2014 3:50 pm Indigo 22 Potters Grove, Officer, Vic Aug '13 - Signed PWC Oct '13 - Conditional Approval Dec '13 - Formal Approval Apr '14 - Land Settlement Jun '14 - Site Start Oct '14 - Keys Re: Anyone building with Homebuyers Centre in VICTORIA? 1953Dec 22, 2014 3:51 pm Congratulations Box and Happy Holidays everyone!!! Take care Indigo 22 Potters Grove, Officer, Vic Aug '13 - Signed PWC Oct '13 - Conditional Approval Dec '13 - Formal Approval Apr '14 - Land Settlement Jun '14 - Site Start Oct '14 - Keys Re: Anyone building with Homebuyers Centre in VICTORIA? 1954Dec 22, 2014 4:56 pm Well I have some news... You might remember that I had water pooling towards the house, on the alfresco, instead of drainking away from the house. Anyway, someone from Boutique came by and measured up and sure enough it had to be fixed. So today, someone from Relux came by. Originally his understanding was that he just needed to do a grind and seal. He brought out the level and saw that in some places, there would need to be 20mm more concrete for it to drain properly. He called his boss who told him to grind it down and seal it "to prepare it". It made a holy mess, that's for sure, white everywhere! But that wasn't his fault. After the seal dried, I started to move back my potted plants and saw the edge of my concrete slab had very big cracks. I'm worried. This slab was poured at the same time as my whole house. I'm also thinking that if the concrete were wet enough, it would find its own level. The fact that it's not even level, but draining towards the house, tells me that the concrete was too dry when they poured it and set too fast. Not that I'm an expert, but makes sense to me. See attached photos. I tried to contact HBC, but they're closed for the holidays. I can't worry about it over the holidays or I'll make myself miserable. But I'm very concerned. What do you think? Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ 19.03.14 - Land Settlement 15.04.14 - Building Permit 28.04.14 - Earthworks 14.05.14 - Slab Stage 20.05.14 - Frame Stage 11.06.14 - Lock Up Stage 03.07.14 - Fix Stage 15.08.14 - New Home Presentation Re: Anyone building with Homebuyers Centre in VICTORIA? 1955Dec 22, 2014 5:57 pm Out of curiosity, when u say relux, do u mean relux slabs/commercial? Where they the ones who did ur original pour? Second Build, this time with Carlisle 2016, can't wait! Beckham: viewtopic.php?f=31&t=67280 Canterbury: viewtopic.php?f=31&t=81175 Re: Anyone building with Homebuyers Centre in VICTORIA? 1956Dec 22, 2014 6:15 pm Yes Pearz - they're the company that did the original pour, almost exactly 6 months ago. 19.03.14 - Land Settlement 15.04.14 - Building Permit 28.04.14 - Earthworks 14.05.14 - Slab Stage 20.05.14 - Frame Stage 11.06.14 - Lock Up Stage 03.07.14 - Fix Stage 15.08.14 - New Home Presentation Re: Anyone building with Homebuyers Centre in VICTORIA? 1957Dec 22, 2014 6:52 pm I think that's not a crack.... the plastic sheets wrapping the slab was there, saw this somewhere else. Do you remember the black HUGE plastic sheet underneath and around the slab? caused by that, from what I'm seeing Re: Anyone building with Homebuyers Centre in VICTORIA? 1958Dec 22, 2014 7:16 pm I wondered the same trambay. And I choose to believe that's the case, until January 5th. 19.03.14 - Land Settlement 15.04.14 - Building Permit 28.04.14 - Earthworks 14.05.14 - Slab Stage 20.05.14 - Frame Stage 11.06.14 - Lock Up Stage 03.07.14 - Fix Stage 15.08.14 - New Home Presentation Re: Anyone building with Homebuyers Centre in VICTORIA? 1959Dec 22, 2014 7:28 pm We used relux at work on 2 of our major projects and let me tell u they were not a good subbie. There were so many defects that we had other subbies come in and rectified plus going into liquidation did not help. Im assuming this were their domestic side of things. Good luck, get them to come back and voice ur concerns to both relux and hsbc. Second Build, this time with Carlisle 2016, can't wait! Beckham: viewtopic.php?f=31&t=67280 Canterbury: viewtopic.php?f=31&t=81175 Re: Anyone building with Homebuyers Centre in VICTORIA? 1960Dec 22, 2014 7:33 pm Fantastic news! Yes, they will all hear from me. Hope they have a good rest over the holidays. They'll need it. 19.03.14 - Land Settlement 15.04.14 - Building Permit 28.04.14 - Earthworks 14.05.14 - Slab Stage 20.05.14 - Frame Stage 11.06.14 - Lock Up Stage 03.07.14 - Fix Stage 15.08.14 - New Home Presentation I havent, and i havent looked to much into it, but on face value its not the saviour its trying to make out to be. Shared equity in your home is never a good idea. The… 1 4290 Hi, have purchased a house with 2 single garage doors. The Centre pillar one side sits proud to the other. Can I change 2 doors into one. Please see picture. 0 7525 For reference, this is the Austlii reference. My take on this is, that they would be breaking the law denying access to a homeowner in Victoria, or their agent from having… 1 10490 |