Browse Forums Building A New House 1 Jan 12, 2017 12:22 pm Build thread: https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic. ... e#p1709726 Blog: https://werebuildingahousesite.wordpress.com/ Re: Building our forever home in Western Melbourne 5Jan 15, 2017 10:08 am Follow our build on instagram @henley_ivory32 Our first build Mainvue Homes Ivory 436 / Henley Ivory 32 https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=86187 Re: Building our forever home in Western Melbourne 12Feb 13, 2017 11:33 am Quote: Which floor plan are you going with anythurs? I'm going to build Kyalami345 but I still looking for more reviews of bentley. Thank you so much for your thread that I can read. Happy with you that you nearly finished everything. Building our forever home in Western Melbourne 13May 17, 2017 8:53 pm It's happening!!! Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ I found this during a drive by on Tuesday! We also have a loo and temp fencing. Bit surprised as we hadn't heard anything from the builder and later found out that they started last Thursday. Hope they are better at building houses than they are at communicating. Spoke to site supervisor and advised that we have arranged for Darbecca to do inspections, the first one being pre-pour and was told that pre-pour inspections are often difficult to coordinate as the concreters often don't finish the prep until just before the concrete is poured and they won't delay the pour waiting for an inspector... hope that isn't the case. Slab pour has been pencilled in for the 29th May. Fingers crossed! Who would've thought that a dug up piece of dirt could bring so much happiness. Re: Building our forever home in Western Melbourne 14May 18, 2017 9:05 pm I went past again today and the meter box has been installed. It looked a little close to the front of the cut I measured it and it's about 3000 from front of cut, but according to the plans, it should be 4310 from the front of the house. I'm wondering if it's been installed in the wrong location or if it's temporary. Do builders usually install temporary meter boxes? Re: Building our forever home in Western Melbourne 15May 24, 2017 4:04 pm Our build has stopped. The plumber couldn't find the water point to install the meter, so waiting for the water authority to come out and find it. And the meter box isn't temporary, it's permanent. Regulation says it has to be within 1.5m from the front of the house. The plans were signed off on by the surveyor and no one picked up that it didn't comply and the electrician who installed the meter "used his initiative" and moved it where he thought would be best. Never mind that's right where the slab for the HWS is meant to go. We've spoken to our builder and he's going to try and get a dispensation to have the meter box moved back to where we want it. So slab can't be done without a water meter and with the meter box where it is. Meanwhile there's a house almost in front of our that had the site cut done the same time as us and they had there slab poured yesterday. Sucks watching other houses go up whilst your block has at a standstill. Re: Building our forever home in Western Melbourne 16May 27, 2017 3:04 pm Found your thread! Just caught up on it. It does suck watching other houses go faster than yours. The house next to mine is fully bricked and plastered and only started 2 weeks before mine! And so far I have plumbing and a porta loo hopefully both our builds will catch up with the neighbours. I love your floorplan, there's so much living space Re: Building our forever home in Western Melbourne 17May 27, 2017 4:05 pm You found me! Thanks, we love the floor plan too. We have 2 girls, 7 & almost 4, so they will essentially have their own wing. The house across from us had their windows delivered yesterday and they started the frame today. Looks like it'll be a double storey. We've had delay after delay, with the fence, power and water meters and even our finance, took 6 weeks because our "loan specialist" applied for the wrong amount. Our SS says we will be in by Christmas. I hope so. Fingers crossed! Re: Building our forever home in Western Melbourne 18May 27, 2017 5:19 pm Mrs_W You found me! Thanks, we love the floor plan too. We have 2 girls, 7 & almost 4, so they will essentially have their own wing. The house across from us had their windows delivered yesterday and they started the frame today. Looks like it'll be a double storey. We've had delay after delay, with the fence, power and water meters and even our finance, took 6 weeks because our "loan specialist" applied for the wrong amount. Our SS says we will be in by Christmas. I hope so. Fingers crossed! Ugh, my loan manager stuffed up big time and got fired 2 weeks before settlement. Then when the manager took over found out he had not done everything he was supposed to have and it all ended up pushing settlement back to the latest possible date. Seriously don't know why people can't just do their jobs!! Look forward to seeing some progress soon for you 🤞 Re: Building our forever home in Western Melbourne 19May 27, 2017 5:25 pm Oh what a mess! Thanks, and hoping to see some progress for you soon too! X This certainly doesn't look good. I would be engaging with an independent inspector to have a look at this. As for the unscheduled site visits, most builders are quite… 1 28149 Hi I live in a 100yr old semi and my neighbour added an additional floor last yr and our architect has advised that we can knock down our semi and build a free-standing… 0 37590 Hi All It has been a few weeks since my last update. The build has been progressing well. No major issues to report. 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