Hi all,
We have been stuck on frame stage for the past 4 weeks. Our top frame which was meant to be delivered on the 21st of Apr just got delivered yesterday morning. So fingers cross the top frame will be done tomorrow and they can start on brick work the following week.
Cant wait to see photos Miss Shanty.
Ahoythere; i would probably get paperworks through council and get it approved and ready for when Mojo advise u of the construction date.
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Browse Forums Building A New House  07 Mar 2016 22 NSW Junior Member Re: Mojo Homes 202May 16, 2016 12:11 am My suggestion is to start the process with mojo ASAP. It took us a good 12 mths to get to construction phase. If you have minimal changes you might be a chance to start early next year when you're land registers but i certainly don't think it's too early if you're decision is to go with Mojo. As for inclusions im.not sure I'm good to answer. We made loads of changes and did a lot of upgrades, so our build cost is close to double.... but until you pay the $3k and get a site report i don't think that you will get a true idea of the site costs or slab required. I don't recall the cost for rain tank, might have been $10k??? Best of luck with your decision... as you have rightly pointed out there is no "perfect builder"... i hope this time around is a better experience than your last tho. 07 Mar 2016 22 NSW Junior Member Re: Mojo Homes 203May 16, 2016 12:20 am Rollercoaster the photos look great. Im sure the delays are frustrating tho. I can just imagine. Please keep us updated with your progress. I'll check out the Facebook group too, thanks for the heads up. Sounds like everyone except for miss shanty are having delays at the moment. We're still yet to see anyone on our site. Day 20 is this Thursday. I'm really hoping we see something ( anything! ) happening in the next couple of days. But im already bracing myself for more of the same. 16 May 2016 1 NSW New Poster Re: Mojo Homes 204May 16, 2016 5:43 pm Hi I went last sat to mojo homes... Looking to build bolero and asked for a free tender... They said we need to deposit $3000 after the tender... This is our first home I am only worried about site cost ?As I have a very limited budget Do they give fixed site cost.... Do we need to pay any amount after construction... Can anyone please help me... 10 May 2016 3 NSW New Poster Re: Mojo Homes 206May 16, 2016 8:03 pm  VithalMaddala01 RollercoasterHi All, Haven't been on here in ages (originally posted as Brad and Penny1 back on about page 2) but though I'd share our experience so far.... We are building the Melody 39 in Kirrawee NSW after having knocked down our old place in October 2015. Building started in December 2015, and Mojo were able to get the slab down and the first floor frame up before Xmas. The Christmas break was long, and in spite of receiving an email from Mojo on 11 Jan saying that all staff were back at work we didn't see any further action on our site until Feb when the second storey from went up and the Hebel was delivered. I think from memory the heel sat in the front yard for about two weeks before an installation team from Melbourne arrived to complete the ground cladding around the end of Feb. Waited another couple of weeks before another crew arrived in mid-March to start work on the second floor Hebel. The rendering and painting of the second floor has now been completed, I think they still have some things to fix with the Hebel ( I could be wrong but I remember the S/S saying something about that a couple of weeks ago when we last met on site). Electrical and plumbing rough ins, insulation, air con ducting and cables, TV co-ax etc have now been completed and the gyprock is going up on the internal walls (ground floor completed today I think). Anyway that's where we're at - its been a long and at times frustrating journey thus far. Our S/S has been helpful and responsive, although I think he gets as frustrated as we do at the unreliable nature of the trades he has to deal with. CSR have been particularly painful in getting people on site. Given the speed at which the Hebel goes up it just kills you to see it sitting there in your yard for a month knowing that it is holding everything else up. In spite of the frustrations we are closer the the end than the beginning, and the building is of a high quality. I'll post some photos if I can figure out how.... http://imageshack.com/a/img921/2520/3NQi1L.jpg http://imageshack.com/a/img922/2222/FGLKks.jpg http://imageshack.com/a/img922/4605/gjA5ri.jpg http://imageshack.com/a/img921/711/1JtxRo.jpg http://imageshack.com/a/img923/386/eWvvHH.jpg http://imageshack.com/a/img924/5994/kGp4OX.jpg Hi Rollercoaster, Thanks for sharing the pics. Just wondering, is your facade a variation of Grande? Cheers, Vithal Hi Vithal The facade Coastal. Was what drew us to Mojo in the first place... 19 Jun 2015 148 Senior Member Re: Mojo Homes 207May 16, 2016 8:59 pm Rollercoaster VithalMaddala01 RollercoasterHi All, Haven't been on here in ages (originally posted as Brad and Penny1 back on about page 2) but though I'd share our experience so far.... We are building the Melody 39 in Kirrawee NSW after having knocked down our old place in October 2015. Building started in December 2015, and Mojo were able to get the slab down and the first floor frame up before Xmas. The Christmas break was long, and in spite of receiving an email from Mojo on 11 Jan saying that all staff were back at work we didn't see any further action on our site until Feb when the second storey from went up and the Hebel was delivered. I think from memory the heel sat in the front yard for about two weeks before an installation team from Melbourne arrived to complete the ground cladding around the end of Feb. Waited another couple of weeks before another crew arrived in mid-March to start work on the second floor Hebel. The rendering and painting of the second floor has now been completed, I think they still have some things to fix with the Hebel ( I could be wrong but I remember the S/S saying something about that a couple of weeks ago when we last met on site). Electrical and plumbing rough ins, insulation, air con ducting and cables, TV co-ax etc have now been completed and the gyprock is going up on the internal walls (ground floor completed today I think). Anyway that's where we're at - its been a long and at times frustrating journey thus far. Our S/S has been helpful and responsive, although I think he gets as frustrated as we do at the unreliable nature of the trades he has to deal with. CSR have been particularly painful in getting people on site. Given the speed at which the Hebel goes up it just kills you to see it sitting there in your yard for a month knowing that it is holding everything else up. In spite of the frustrations we are closer the the end than the beginning, and the building is of a high quality. I'll post some photos if I can figure out how.... http://imageshack.com/a/img921/2520/3NQi1L.jpg http://imageshack.com/a/img922/2222/FGLKks.jpg http://imageshack.com/a/img922/4605/gjA5ri.jpg http://imageshack.com/a/img921/711/1JtxRo.jpg http://imageshack.com/a/img923/386/eWvvHH.jpg http://imageshack.com/a/img924/5994/kGp4OX.jpg Hi Rollercoaster, Thanks for sharing the pics. Just wondering, is your facade a variation of Grande? Cheers, Vithal Hi Vithal The facade Coastal. Was what drew us to Mojo in the first place... Cool. We are getting the Grande facade. They both look the almost the same except for the timber for the balcony on Coastal. We will have glass. Nice selection. Cheers, Vithal Re: Mojo Homes 208May 17, 2016 1:41 pm Hi all, I have a quick question. My laundry needs about 3 steps to reach ground level. Is this included in our contract or its our own responsibility after handover? I thought it was part of the structure of the house. 07 Mar 2016 22 NSW Junior Member Re: Mojo Homes 210May 20, 2016 12:10 am mah31Hi I went last sat to mojo homes... Looking to build bolero and asked for a free tender... They said we need to deposit $3000 after the tender... This is our first home I am only worried about site cost 😞As I have a very limited budget Do they give fixed site cost.... Do we need to pay any amount after construction... Can anyone please help me... They will give you an estimate for site costs in that tender but you'll need the soil report to get a more accurate idea of slab requirements... there's always a slim chance something unexpected comes up when they start to build (E.g we need to get sewage encased and that was extra $10k.). Hope this helps? Re: Mojo Homes 211May 20, 2016 12:40 am Hey Maccy, Hrm i havent spoken to my CLO as yet but spoken to SS who said he will look into my contract which doesnt sounds like its included if hes saying he need to check my contract? Just waiting for the SS to get back to me. 23 May 2016 1 NSW New Poster Re: Mojo Homes 212May 23, 2016 3:23 pm Not actually seen anyone finish ? Looks like some good progress albeit slow. I am early stage with Mojo, and have a lot of time. We started with tender in Feb, Consolidated tender was this week but we had several changes and we still have more (yes dangerous if not careful), but from prior experience we want everything locked down completely before we go to plan stage. We are going the Enigma 46 anyone else doing this. (FYI just joined the facebook group as well). The plan is to knock down in November and start sometime between December and February. We want to be in late 2017, but must be in by January 2018. Re: Mojo Homes 215May 24, 2016 3:37 pm For those that have done electrical appointment, how much to allow over base costs, if you stay sensible architect, blogger at homedesignedge.com, Spacesave.co and author of Guide to Planning and Building a Home on a Budget 25 May 2016 6 NSW Junior Member Re: Mojo Homes 216May 25, 2016 6:38 pm Maccy_73My suggestion is to start the process with mojo ASAP. It took us a good 12 mths to get to construction phase. If you have minimal changes you might be a chance to start early next year when you're land registers but i certainly don't think it's too early if you're decision is to go with Mojo. As for inclusions im.not sure I'm good to answer. We made loads of changes and did a lot of upgrades, so our build cost is close to double.... but until you pay the $3k and get a site report i don't think that you will get a true idea of the site costs or slab required. I don't recall the cost for rain tank, might have been $10k??? Best of luck with your decision... as you have rightly pointed out there is no "perfect builder"... i hope this time around is a better experience than your last tho. HI Macey_73. sorry to butt in on your post, if you were over 12month to get to construction stage did your tender period expired? were you hit with this as an extra cost? 07 Mar 2016 22 NSW Junior Member Re: Mojo Homes 217May 25, 2016 9:27 pm amanda_j81 Maccy_73My suggestion is to start the process with mojo ASAP. It took us a good 12 mths to get to construction phase. If you have minimal changes you might be a chance to start early next year when you're land registers but i certainly don't think it's too early if you're decision is to go with Mojo. As for inclusions im.not sure I'm good to answer. We made loads of changes and did a lot of upgrades, so our build cost is close to double.... but until you pay the $3k and get a site report i don't think that you will get a true idea of the site costs or slab required. I don't recall the cost for rain tank, might have been $10k??? Best of luck with your decision... as you have rightly pointed out there is no "perfect builder"... i hope this time around is a better experience than your last tho. HI Macey_73. sorry to butt in on your post, if you were over 12month to get to construction stage did your tender period expired? were you hit with this as an extra cost? Yes we did have to pay extra for an extension but we negotiated on the cost they wanted to charge us because most of the delays were their end. 25 May 2016 6 NSW Junior Member 07 Mar 2016 22 NSW Junior Member Re: Mojo Homes 220May 31, 2016 1:08 pm We did do lots of changes but often not all changes would be reflected is the variation. The was lots of to and fro. And often weeks would go by with no contact. And then we had to wait two months or so for the colour appointment. Just all adds up to about three months of delays. 1 24634 Hi all, We are considering Enigma 46 from Mojo Homes in Gables, NSW. Has anyone built with Mojo and any pointers and feedback. Also, if anyone has built similar design… 0 20107 |
