Browse Forums Building A New House Re: JG King modified Heywood - Contract signed! 343Jan 25, 2017 7:30 am Our Build Thread - JG king Memphis Re: JG King modified Heywood - Contract signed! 347Feb 03, 2017 7:13 pm I am just gut renched for you bank. This is the crappiest situation and so trivial its ridiculous. I cant believe the back and forth of it all and he wont approve anything for you. Im sure youve wanted to give up on more than 1 occasion. Re: JG King modified Heywood - Contract signed! 348Feb 03, 2017 7:22 pm Oh gosh 😔, I am gutted for you both. This is so unfair on yous. Is there anyone higher up that yous can speak to? What if you suggest pulling the plug? Do you think they will be a bit more understanding, and listen to your suggestions? Building is emotionally and mentally tough enough as it is. No one should have to go through this too Re: JG King modified Heywood - Contract signed! 349Feb 03, 2017 11:49 pm Thanks for the sympathy guys. We're gutted but moving on and looking forward. Most of the time I'm feeling pretty positive, unfortunately we keep having to relive the whole saga every time we see anybody or the phone rings. We need to have a party to gather everyone and just tell the story once We have certainly thought about cutting our loses and walking away many times. We probably would have sold the block if we did, I don't think I could face going through another admin phase again anytime soon Re: JG King modified Heywood - Contract signed! 350Feb 06, 2017 10:10 am We updated our landscape plan with the new setback for re-submission to the developer on the weekend. Just waiting on the plans from the builder now. ETA is tomorrow but in our experience it's rare for them to be done when they say so I'm trying not to get my hopes up. I'm worried that they will come back wrong and we'll have to go around again. Should be a simple case of moving everything back 590 and fixing a dimension that had popped off. Re: JG King modified Heywood - Contract signed! 351Feb 06, 2017 10:49 am oh what a drama, hopefully this is now the turning point for you and you can actually get somewhere near breaking ground! Our Build Thread - JG king Memphis Re: JG King modified Heywood - Contract signed! 352Feb 06, 2017 10:55 am surtees oh what a drama, hopefully this is now the turning point for you and you can actually get somewhere near breaking ground! Hopefully! I have a serious case of regret this morning. I wish we hadn't let them push us around in regard to removing the bit from the north. I think I got out of the wrong side of the bed today. I hate that I feel this way towards the builder and we haven't even started yet. Re: JG King modified Heywood - Contract signed! 353Feb 06, 2017 10:57 am I can feel you, but it's not too late if you really want it, push for it and see what can be done. Sometimes I think they relie on us being beaten and just accepting things, even though you aren't really happy. Our Build Thread - JG king Memphis Re: JG King modified Heywood - Contract signed! 354Feb 06, 2017 11:06 am bank surtees oh what a drama, hopefully this is now the turning point for you and you can actually get somewhere near breaking ground! Hopefully! I have a serious case of regret this morning. I wish we hadn't let them push us around in regard to removing the bit from the north. I think I got out of the wrong side of the bed today. I hate that I feel this way towards the builder and we haven't even started yet. I know the feeling, but when things start to improve you'll feel better towards them again. *hug* Hope everything works out and quickly!! Re: JG King modified Heywood - Contract signed! 355Feb 06, 2017 1:37 pm Day made! The drawings came back! And they have gone to council! Hubby says it's so cold outside because hell froze over . I stand corrected drafting can get things done ahead of their eta . Looks like they have managed to keep the earthworks off the easement so hopefully no more permits required yay! I'm not sure how practical it will be with the cut so close to the alfresco but I guess we can deal with that later. Re: JG King modified Heywood - Contract signed! 356Feb 06, 2017 1:45 pm Great news bank! I have everything crossed for approval asap fir you Re: JG King modified Heywood - Contract signed! 358Feb 06, 2017 6:42 pm Yippe that's great news now hope approval gpes through quickly there. Our Build Thread - JG king Memphis Re: JG King modified Heywood - Contract signed! 359Feb 07, 2017 12:11 pm Council has let us know that the letters for our neighbours comments have gone out today! Yay! So glad it didn't take him weeks to look at it again. I found it very amusing that our admin bolded the bit of her email where she asked him to do it quickly . The neighbours have until the 21st to respond, fingers crossed they send it back sooner. Now the council guy has asked for our developer approved plans to be sent through , which of course we don't have because they were only resubmitted yesterday. We have emailed our contact at the developer to see if he has any influence to get it done quicker than the 2 weeks we are expecting. The drawings also went straight from drafting to engineering yesterday. This time they have added the sewer pipe that is in our easement (presumably because we are closer now) however when we checked them last night we realised that they used the size and position of the pipe that is in our rear neighbours easement, not ours. Ours is a smaller pipe almost 3m down, theirs is only 1.35m down, so bit of a difference. Easy enough mistake to make but I'm sure the drafty will be kicking himself. Hopefully won't be an issue because it was correct on the first lot of engineering drawings but we have alerted them just in case. Some dimensions in the kitchen also jumped off again, must be a glitch in the matrix, i think this is the third time we've had trouble in the same spot . We are hoping to be all done and have the building permit by the end of the month and the builder has confirmed that this is what they are aiming for as well I would never build with Fowler homes. I built with them in 2021 and till date maintenance issues are pending. All their existing trades and businesses don't work with… 14 110963 1 10285 Ideally you would engage a landscaper to give you some insight what they may need in the space to make your vision come to life… 1 14569 |