Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Serpentine Build - with Cachet Homes 3Jun 18, 2015 11:11 pm Our build thread: https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=66620 Re: Serpentine Build - with Cachet Homes 14Aug 05, 2015 11:00 pm Great news!! How exciting to see something happening You must be feeling very pleased! Re: Serpentine Build - with Cachet Homes 16Aug 06, 2015 6:05 am I love your plan- especially how everything opens out from the big living area. Look forward to seeing your progress. If it makes you feel any better- we have been waiting 20 months(!!) to start. We bought land in November 2013 and had significant (understatement) delays due to BAL restrictions. We are expecting earthworks early next week so are on a similar timeline to you from here. 11/11/13- dep paid 4/4/14- settlement Feb '15- DA app 6/8/15- CC site works begin 19/8/15- Formwork 25/8/15- slab 3/9/15- elect. appt 13/10/15 - frame started 19/10- bricks started 31/10 - roof done Re: Serpentine Build - with Cachet Homes 17Aug 06, 2015 8:34 pm Oooo that's a bugga caff we were honestly expecting massive delays after our BAL rating too but it came back pretty good so thankfully no major changes ! Fellow doing the sand today had a slight hiccup - I was pretending for a while I hadn't seen he was bogged until I could see he had no chance without help :p think he owes someone a carton lol Re: Serpentine Build - with Cachet Homes 18Aug 06, 2015 10:25 pm Camowen77 Oooo that's a bugga caff we were honestly expecting massive delays after our BAL rating too but it came back pretty good so thankfully no major changes ! Fellow doing the sand today had a slight hiccup - I was pretending for a while I hadn't seen he was bogged until I could see he had no chance without help :p think he owes someone a carton lol That carton currency certainly comes in handy Our BAL initially came back FZ on 3 sides and BAL 40 on the front. We were devastated and went through every avenue to change it. In the end, we had to modify the design slightly and move it by 1 metre(!) to reach BAL 40 on 3 sides and 29 on the front. To be honest that all seems a distant memory now that we've started. Our earthworks actually started today:) 11/11/13- dep paid 4/4/14- settlement Feb '15- DA app 6/8/15- CC site works begin 19/8/15- Formwork 25/8/15- slab 3/9/15- elect. appt 13/10/15 - frame started 19/10- bricks started 31/10 - roof done Thank you so much everyone. This all makes a lot of sense. I guess when you talk to a builder who butters up everything to look very polished, you get to start believing… 7 17629 3 48409 Ask for references and speak to them. If they are defensive or try to avoid the request, walk. 1 74717 |