Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Building in Northern Tas 4Jul 12, 2015 12:37 pm Jen (& Dave) Plantation Bronte, Ormeau Ridge, Gold Coast QLD 12/03/2015 - Commencement... 26/08/2015 - Handover! viewtopic.php?f=31&t=76446 Re: Building in Northern Tas 9Jul 18, 2015 7:16 pm Jen (& Dave) Plantation Bronte, Ormeau Ridge, Gold Coast QLD 12/03/2015 - Commencement... 26/08/2015 - Handover! viewtopic.php?f=31&t=76446 Re: Building in Northern Tas 10Jul 29, 2015 5:17 pm So this last couple of weeks I have been getting anxious about starting the build ! Just worried that things won't be right like the roof colour ( we went nights sky roof and gutter and Monument for fascia ) but it's too late now lol Also feeling bad this week we realised the lounge / media room didn't have doors as standard so had to ask to add them ( even though we had asked our sales guy on sign off too add it which he says he doesn't remember ....) we couldn't decide between a cavity slider ( 820mm ) or two double doors ( 2x720mm doors ) and went with the cavity slider being cheaper and after thinking about it changed our mind to double doors for the aesthetics of the room ect - and got a bit of a cranky reply back from the builder saying it was the absolute last variation they would do - I feel a bit annoyed about it as we are spending a lot of money on it - I realise it would be a pain to change things and extra work but for what they make off it I'm sure it shouldn't be a big deal. Anyway just waiting them getting all the things ordered to go on site eek Re: Building in Northern Tas 11Jul 29, 2015 5:55 pm Oh that's annoying nat_luke1. I think they're a smaller builder right? But still, they should be open to working with you even if they charge you or something. That's pretty unreasonable. Jen (& Dave) Plantation Bronte, Ormeau Ridge, Gold Coast QLD 12/03/2015 - Commencement... 26/08/2015 - Handover! viewtopic.php?f=31&t=76446 Re: Building in Northern Tas 12Jul 29, 2015 6:21 pm It's with gj Gardner, they have been really great and he did the variation on the doors with no variation fee because of the mix up which is awesome or it would have been at least $200 more but I hate feeling like I'm being a pain when I just want it to be right Re: Building in Northern Tas 13Jul 29, 2015 6:30 pm GJ should be more flexible I would have thought. Don't let them bully you, just be polite but firm. Like you said, it's your house and you're paying a LOT of money! Jen (& Dave) Plantation Bronte, Ormeau Ridge, Gold Coast QLD 12/03/2015 - Commencement... 26/08/2015 - Handover! viewtopic.php?f=31&t=76446 Re: Building in Northern Tas 14Aug 02, 2015 1:59 pm Hi Ilaeria, your plans and colours look great. Congratulations on starting your building journey. I think sometimes our builders forget that we don't do this everyday. From my experience no matter how throughly you go through your plans something is always going to be missed. It wasn't until we were on site that we got a call about what colour we wanted our colourbond roof (we are having tiles). We didn't realise but in a part of our roof (and not visible to the street) the pitch only allowed for a colourbond roof in that particular area. Anyway, that's been sorted now and we just kind of took it in our stride and moved on. Talking about downpipes - we are in a bit of a predicament. We chose jasper (brown) to blend in with our bricks but we've been out to site and they have actually put up surfmist (white). So now we have to decide if we ask them to change it or not. I don't mind the surfmist but our water tank will be jasper and so will our laundry door. I'm wondering if it will look odd or not?! Erin Re: Building in Northern Tas 15Aug 02, 2015 3:07 pm Are they actually colorbond downpipes, or are they just plastic ones that aren't painted yet? If they're definitely the wrong ones, and different to your color selection, and you're not happy, then they have to change them. Jen (& Dave) Plantation Bronte, Ormeau Ridge, Gold Coast QLD 12/03/2015 - Commencement... 26/08/2015 - Handover! viewtopic.php?f=31&t=76446 Re: Building in Northern Tas 16Aug 04, 2015 11:19 am I would ask them to change it, I'm sure if it was you who made a mistake they would be the first to jump on it and your paying so much you want to have it exactly how you want it. But yeah just ask first if it's yet to be painted because it's not the colour you chose Re: Building in Northern Tas 17Aug 19, 2015 2:56 pm Just got word work will begin first week in sept so that's only two weeks away !!! yay! But means that completion date works out around 23rd Dec arghhhhh so of course their time off due to Christmas isn't included in construction time - so a tad stressed about the delays there and getting everything sorted around that time does anyone know how long it roughly takes between completion and moving in ? Re: Building in Northern Tas 18Aug 31, 2015 9:06 pm nat_luke1 Just got word work will begin first week in sept so that's only two weeks away !!! yay! But means that completion date works out around 23rd Dec arghhhhh so of course their time off due to Christmas isn't included in construction time - so a tad stressed about the delays there and getting everything sorted around that time does anyone know how long it roughly takes between completion and moving in ? Our site was scrapped about May 22 & we are looking to have a completed house in a month, so say end of sept, but we have another 3/4 weeks of outside stuff that not everyone gets. Driveways, front yard landscaped/grassed. We should be doing PCI mid Oct. They moved very fast on ours, so use our times as a 'best case scenario' perhaps. Re: Building in Northern Tas 19Aug 31, 2015 9:43 pm We are doing all the landscaping and driveway after handover so at least that won't hold us up. On the other hand I wish they were doing t so it was all finished when we move in but hubby enjoys landscaping ect so should keep him busy lol that's exciting room2breathe that's not very far away !!! Re: Building in Northern Tas 20Sep 01, 2015 8:27 am I would base 6 months for the whole build. Ours started in April and everything except for the finishing touches (paint, door hardware, wardrobes, carpet, blinds, site clean up etc) were finished a month ago and we have a completion date still 6 weeks away. Our builder won't let more than one trade into the home at a time and although the first stages went super quick the end is dragging along. Every builder is different and i'd base it on the contract times. Follow our build - viewtopic.php?f=31&t=77542 Hi, I am wondering if anyone has built with Montgomery in the last few years on the Northern Beaches? 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