Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Building in SA! 210Jan 28, 2009 4:07 pm http://buildingatfreeling.blogspot.com/ Building at Freeling Estate Adelaide MKII WE ARE NOW OFFICIALLY FIRST HOME OWNERS AND WE BUILT A NEW HOME FROM SCRATCH Re: Building in SA! 214Jan 29, 2009 7:18 pm [/quote]We are also building in Freeling. Who are you building with sammy? We have just signed with Statesman to build on Lot 8.
How much did you footings come back at? We have allowed 30K for ours so will be interesting to see how far out they are.[/quote] Well your never going to beleive it but we're lot 31. This means we are back neighbours. You only back onto us a little bit though. We are also building with statesman. They estimated our footings at $29K but after doing soil tests they have came in just over $20k. There was then an extra $1500 for soil removal and about $600 (i think) for wind speed. We had to provide a certificate of compaction becuase they have put some extra fill on top of our land. Since you back onto us you may also need to get this as well. But it was only a few blocks that had this done apparently so you may not. If you need the certificate the real estate guy Jeff can give it to you. By having this certificate it reduced our footings by $7k I wondered how long blocks 8 and 9 would take to sell as they are weird shaped. What design are you building we are building the Leabrook. Well it would be good to keep in touch throughout this building process since we are neighbours... may even bump into you out at the blocks one day Re: Building in SA! 215Jan 30, 2009 10:31 am Hi , just updated my blog (but not with pics yet), as I've been up to the block this morning. So happy with the brickies, they've now made it round the corner!! We've got almost 1.5 walls done, I was expecting they'd be doing nothing in this heat, but they've been out there since 5.30 every day apparently!
We now have scaffolding on the roof! I can't believe it, after so long of nothing, it seems likes it all scooting along. We don't have our tiles delivered yet, but surely with the scaffolding up they must be expecting something soon. The brickie said that the tiles can start while the bricks are still going (I thought the bricks would have to be finished first). So, we're a bit excited that we're going to have bricks and roof very shortly, and it will resemble a real house, finally! yolbarnes, welcome! Our brickie is also building at the point with Statesman. He said he signed in April last year and is still waiting on final footings costs etc, he hasn't been given an OK to start date yet. He's building on the slopey side, overlooking the river. Beautiful view there. I often drive through the point (we live in Hackham ATM), just to have a nosey As you may have noticed we're in Seaford Rise, so not far. Sorry to hear you also had the long wait until construction, seems to be the way things worked with them as there was a massive boom in building. DH thinks they bit off more than they could chew , I think so too, I'm just glad it's all started now at least! I think Mel was waiting ages too (melanie02). We both signed up in July 07 Sammy_sj and craigandamy, what a small world!! You guys will be neighbours Keep cool everyone Re: Building in SA! 216Jan 30, 2009 10:58 am Fantastic news Tamsin
You have to feel sorry for them working in this heat though It,s amazing how quickly things happen once they get going.....July 07 seems such a long time ago now! It,s just as well that we didn,t know how long we were going to have to wait for building to start wasn,t it I keep meaning to do a drive by past your block on the way to Seaford to do the grocery shopping,but for some reason I never leave myself enough time When I drive over the Pedlar Ck bridge I try to have a look then....I can see a house with a frame with a red bin outside....I,m not sure if it,s yours but I,ve got it in my head that it is Cheers everyone Mel Building on 9 acres Re: Building in SA! 217Jan 30, 2009 11:17 am Hi All
I'm wondering what heating and cooling all the Adelaide people are putting in. We've been quoted for Brivis F53 (Evap-8 outlets) $4762 and Brivis Classic 2PW (20kw) (heating-10 outlets) $4520. Is this expensive? I know I would definitely upgrade the heater, but I'm not sure about the cooling. Our house is 20.3squares (4 beds + 2 Living areas). What has everyone else done and how much did it cost you? (if you don't mind) Re: Building in SA! 218Jan 30, 2009 1:07 pm Hi Mel, Yep, I reckon that'd be the one! It's the only one on the top of the hill which still is at frame stage. It faces the bridge (our back is to the sea), and yes, there's a red bin outside lol!
And now we have a bit of scaffolding around the carport, just to help you identify it a little better Dudleydog, we aren't getting a ducted system so I have no idea about price sorry. Our house is 21.20 squares, and we're opting for 2X r/c split systems. We have only done a quick look, but will go with 7.? kw each system. Since our house is divided pretty much into two distinct parts, we'll run one upstairs and one downstairs in the living areas. We're allowing about $6k for both systems, including installation, hoping we'll have a bit of change....while we would love ducted, we just can't afford it Have a nice day Re: Building in SA! 219Jan 30, 2009 1:37 pm Hi All
I don't think I have posted in this topic yet, but I am trying to buy/build a cottage (unit) in Aldinga Eco-Village. Everything has been selected now and the slab has been poured and concrete polished. The only hold up for me is settlement. It has been a long time coming and it was meant to occur this Wednesday, but they are having issues getting the money from the FHOG to use as a deposit. I am hoping it is all going to work out. My broker hopes to hear today from the banks. It should be all ok as I have been told you get your FHOG when you get the first progress payment for construction and I received that before xmas. I have only just discovered this topic, but look foward to watching the progress of other SA people's houses. I haven't had the time to read through the 15 pages, but I have had a look at the blogs and the houses look fantastic! Hope you are all keeping cool Kristy Re: Building in SA! 220Jan 30, 2009 2:12 pm Well we've got the contacts on our land. It has a soil report with it and it says classification s ys= 11mm so I'm hoping thats good. Its also got near level so not much retaining, yippee.
We still have to sell our current house and the saleslady didn't put subject to sale but has put subject to finance (she said if we didn't sell we probably wouldn't get finance anyway) and has extended the settlement to 20th July, with finance by 20th June, which I'm pleased with, should give us plenty of time to sell. We're living with my folks at the moment (yikes) in a villa house! But its all good at the moment, and we need to save us much us possible while we're here cos its going to be tight once we're in. Especially if we get all the extra caesarstone, pantry's and alfrescos that I want Hey guys building a new place through a volume builder and just wondering if i should complain to the site supervisor as we just had plasterboard installed. Looks like… 0 11754 Elvis has left the building... The site supervisor quit after 2 month on the project. I guess he was just instructed to bark at people, but didn't like when he was… 26 21492 |