Browse Forums Buying Land Re: How long did your settlement go over by? 5Jan 27, 2016 9:13 pm Building a Porter Davis Livingstone 23 in Mayfield, Cranbourne East | Our thread 18/05/15 - Contract Signed 24/12/15 - Land Settlement 30/1/16 - Slab poured 9/06/16 - Handover Re: How long did your settlement go over by? 6Jan 27, 2016 10:18 pm deejay08 Oh god Huggy-B! I'd be a stressed out mess if that happened! Yeah the worst part was I had hung in there that long I couldn't see any sense in bailing. It tied up my finances for ages, such that I ended up selling the block as soon as it titled. The developer was eventually committed to an insane asylum and within 2 months of the new guy being put in we got titles. Re: How long did your settlement go over by? 9Jan 28, 2016 4:33 pm Wow. Sounds like my experience isn't the worst out there.. not sure if I should feel better or sorry for everyone else? Problem is once your a year or so in, walking away seems too hard.. its such a high cost to have your finances tied up in land ;-; Re: How long did your settlement go over by? 10Jan 28, 2016 6:02 pm thewoodies Lol we were peeved but our situation doesn't seem too bad! Deposit March '15, anticipated Mid-May '15, titled end of Nov '15 That's not too bad...pretty sure ours will go close to a year Re: How long did your settlement go over by? 14Mar 11, 2016 8:40 pm I paid deposit and signed contracts in Sep 15, settled on time in Dec 15. Re: How long did your settlement go over by? 15Mar 19, 2016 8:48 pm We have purchased in the Harpley estate. We were told to expect titles in mid November 2015 - and to Lend Lease's credit, we settled in December 2015. We were very happy - particularly because other estates in the Werribee, Wyndham Vale area have had so many delays. Re: How long did your settlement go over by? 17Mar 30, 2016 8:22 pm Paid a nominal deposit in October (my situation was a simple subdivision of one title into 2) and got title and paid for settlement the following May and I started site excavations 4 weeks later in June and building another 4 weeks later in July. Re: How long did your settlement go over by? 18Apr 17, 2016 4:16 pm I paid 10% on May 2015, was told to be settle in July , but ended up in Feb 2016. I have to pay 3k for my builder due to late site start . The thing is now about Eden Brae Homes, They took 3 months but cant bring the job to the site and is asking for another 2 months. A Post contract variation has sent out asking another 2k because of the later site start, I was telling them thats because of them ( EBH ) taking 5 months since land settle , not from me but they told me its because of my land is required more docs . I won't build anymore with Eden Brae Home if I have another chance . How long did it take for your builder to take your job to construction ? No the fireplace doesn’t work. It’s been enclosed. I’m not sure what was removed, as it was done quite some time ago - well before what I can see with photos online… 2 11680 Congratulations! Nice to put that to bed before christmas, now you can relax 3 7240 What? It's a lighting question, the control joint is only needed at 12m centres, a bulkhead or change of direction will suffice as a 'break' in the ceiling, just make… 8 8656 |