Browse Forums Building A New House Re: JG King modified Heywood - Contract signed! 361Feb 07, 2017 1:39 pm Our Build Thread - JG king Memphis Re: JG King modified Heywood - Contract signed! 366Feb 11, 2017 8:29 pm Our Build Thread - JG king Memphis Re: JG King modified Heywood - Contract signed! 368Feb 16, 2017 7:46 pm Our Build Thread - JG king Memphis Re: JG King modified Heywood - Contract signed! 372Feb 17, 2017 7:50 pm Our Build Thread - JG king Memphis Re: JG King modified Heywood - Contract signed! 377Feb 18, 2017 1:14 pm Nico If you changed the facade to something more traditional would it make the council approval easier? It should because the parapet wall is causing the height problem. It's not an option though, we probably would have walked away a long lime ago if we weren't in love with our facade. There are lots of similar plans out there but not many facades that we like. We have always had our hearts set on a skillion, we never even considered builders who didn't offer one. Our estate guidelines prefer flat, skillion, or curved roofs and if you go hip or gable it has to be 25 degrees which we're not a fan of. The guidelines were a big part of why we bought in our estate, we really like that they are encouraging non standard and custom design, sadly the council doesn't seem to be on the same page. I'm not sure kings would allow a change that big at this point anyway, they wouldn't let us change the rear of the house because it meant changes to the roof. We're stuck between a rock and a hard place at the moment . We have drawn up a solution that we believe works we just have to see what kings have to say about it. Re: JG King modified Heywood - Contract signed! 378Feb 22, 2017 2:33 pm Drawings are back! Rev 12! There was another one last week that we weren't aware of, looks like they just shaved 40mm off the blob on the right hand side, I haven't noticed any other changes. We always knew this was an issue and pointed it out very early on but they seem to prefer to wait until someone officially tells them to fix things. I suspect this would have been pointed out by the building surveyor the first time it was submitted for approval but I don't know, maybe drafting just worked it out. The boundary wall height issue has been fixed with the solution that we proposed. Step down the garage 3 brick courses to deal with the max height, and remove 3 brick courses from most of the boundary wall parapet. Hopefully this was the best solution . We are quite happy with it, we will have 2 steps up from the garage to the house and a 2040 door rather than the 2340 door, however the positives are a flatter driveway and more articulation on the facade between the porch and the garage parapet. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ The drawings have now been sent back to council and engineering. Fingers crossed we get an answer quickly, and as admin said, it had better be a yes this time . Kings are moving mountains to get this done quickly which we really appreciate, it's been a very stressful time worrying that we may never get to build this house. We have binge watched all 6 seasons of Suits over the last few weeks to distract ourselves, but we're all caught up now, so we need to get this thing moving . Re: JG King modified Heywood - Contract signed! 379Feb 22, 2017 3:21 pm Oh I have everything crossed it gets passed this time! It looks great still I think! Love suits, I've just watched season 6 Ep 13 after a break from it since season 5 ended! Love it Re: JG King modified Heywood - Contract signed! 380Feb 22, 2017 3:28 pm kylz4 Oh I have everything crossed it gets passed this time! It looks great still I think! Love suits, I've just watched season 6 Ep 13 after a break from it since season 5 ended! Love it Yes bring on Thursday night! I need another ep. I assume you've seen Madmen? If you love suits, you'll like Madmen. 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 110979 1 10291 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 14573 |