Hi again, can anyone let me know if they had their slab laid in June / July? We've been massively delayed by the contractor at Bluestone so it looks like our mid May start will now be late June or early July. Any help would be great!
Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Mount Barker Thread 308Mar 17, 2017 5:03 pm Oh wow thats a long wait! Is there anything in your land contract to help you? My land has been delayed by 3 months (springlake), and just now I have received an email saying it will now be advanced by a month lol... very odd. What house are planning to build? Do you have a thread? Building in Springlake Mount Barker SA Re: Mount Barker Thread 309Mar 19, 2017 5:10 pm Unfortunately not it basically says they're under no obligation to get it done in a timely manner. The most annoying thing if we've constantly had to chase them to get an update. I would be fine if they had straight up said 'look we don't know when it will be ready' rather than just telling us it'll be next month and then nothing happens. We are building the Lincolnshire Alfresco Mark 2 with Hickinbotham which by the look of it they have changed the basic plans since we signed off about this time last year. They rushed through our selections in June so everything is ready to go as soon as we have access. Katie Bluestone Estate Re: Mount Barker Thread 310Mar 31, 2017 3:23 pm Blake+Louise HFBMPC Blake+Louise Just had our slab poured in Springlake too Oh awesome! What house are you building? Is your land release Brookside or Parkside? We're building the Rossdale Flaxley (modified) in the Brookside release You? Hi HFBMPC and Blake+Louise My partner and I just settled on land in Brookside release. Building with Simonds and very excited to get onto finalising contracts with the builder! Definitely looking forward to hearing what you two are both doing! Re: Mount Barker Thread 311Mar 31, 2017 7:15 pm kp2806 Unfortunately not it basically says they're under no obligation to get it done in a timely manner. The most annoying thing if we've constantly had to chase them to get an update. I would be fine if they had straight up said 'look we don't know when it will be ready' rather than just telling us it'll be next month and then nothing happens. We are building the Lincolnshire Alfresco Mark 2 with Hickinbotham which by the look of it they have changed the basic plans since we signed off about this time last year. They rushed through our selections in June so everything is ready to go as soon as we have access. Hey KP We actually built our first home in Barker a few years ago but originally had purchased a block in The Orchard at Bluestone and actually ended up pulling out of the contract and getting all our deposit back etc (not the only ones to do so either) because of similar delays - We just weren't ever seeming to get definite answers on when anything actually would happen and from what I understood was that they actually don't start works until a certain % of the blocks are officially sold so that they can fund the works but that was before the new developers bought Bluestone (think they are onto the third company now!) - whether that funding bit is true or not but sounds like you have been mucked around for a long time!!! Great to see there's still people on here building in mt barker we made some great friends last time around just by chatting on this forum! We are now building again just down the road at The Grove estate off sims where we built our first house with Metricon we managed to snap up a 1025sqm block so jumped at the chance and have had it just over a year now Current Build with Gall3ry Living https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=87680 First Build Thread : Our Mt Barker Build @ The Grove Re: Mount Barker Thread 312Apr 02, 2017 10:27 am Davelle19 kp2806 Unfortunately not it basically says they're under no obligation to get it done in a timely manner. The most annoying thing if we've constantly had to chase them to get an update. I would be fine if they had straight up said 'look we don't know when it will be ready' rather than just telling us it'll be next month and then nothing happens. We are building the Lincolnshire Alfresco Mark 2 with Hickinbotham which by the look of it they have changed the basic plans since we signed off about this time last year. They rushed through our selections in June so everything is ready to go as soon as we have access. Hey KP We actually built our first home in Barker a few years ago but originally had purchased a block in The Orchard at Bluestone and actually ended up pulling out of the contract and getting all our deposit back etc (not the only ones to do so either) because of similar delays - We just weren't ever seeming to get definite answers on when anything actually would happen and from what I understood was that they actually don't start works until a certain % of the blocks are officially sold so that they can fund the works but that was before the new developers bought Bluestone (think they are onto the third company now!) - whether that funding bit is true or not but sounds like you have been mucked around for a long time!!! Great to see there's still people on here building in mt barker we made some great friends last time around just by chatting on this forum! We are now building again just down the road at The Grove estate off sims where we built our first house with Metricon we managed to snap up a 1025sqm block so jumped at the chance and have had it just over a year now Ooh thats interesting, I was a bit tempted to cancel when I heard land was delayed but from what I saw all of the other land available was going to be a big wait anyway. Do you know who youre going to build with yet? Building in Springlake Mount Barker SA Re: Mount Barker Thread 313Apr 03, 2017 8:44 am HFBMPC Ooh thats interesting, I was a bit tempted to cancel when I heard land was delayed but from what I saw all of the other land available was going to be a big wait anyway. Do you know who youre going to build with yet? Yeah I'm not sure what the estates are like at the moment looking around you would have thought you could pretty much buy and build but I suppose looks can be deceiving! Mt Barker is so full of land though - spoilt for choice! We only cancelled because we just felt like the delays were going to continue (which they did) we had actually been speaking to the actual development company regarding it and compensation etc but just didn't want to have to keep waiting around when we could settle and build straight away at that point Yes we are building with gall3ry living - the first home we built was a solid brick home so we wanted something a bit different this time around We are just waiting for our final approval in council basically and our final energy report and we will be good to go to site Current Build with Gall3ry Living https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=87680 First Build Thread : Our Mt Barker Build @ The Grove Re: Mount Barker Thread 314Apr 13, 2017 3:40 am Hey very quick and odd question to anyone whose built in Mount Barker already, is close to completion or would have insight into the answer - Did you have to have or plan to have a septic tank? Whose responsibility is this if yes, yours or the builder or the developer (if buying in an estate)? I just noticed a note about septic vs sewer on the Mount Barker council pdf files when reading up on the application process, and nobody (builder or developer, and we've bought a house and land package which was developed between those two) has mentioned a thing about it to us! Re: Mount Barker Thread 315Apr 13, 2017 8:48 am We had a septic to common effluent on our previous built and had our builder do it however can get in contracted after - we also are getting our builder to get it installed again Suprises me no builders have mentioned it to you though we have always had in included in our quotes bit dodegy all the sales guys up there would no you'd need one by now surely! Current Build with Gall3ry Living https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=87680 First Build Thread : Our Mt Barker Build @ The Grove Re: Mount Barker Thread 316Apr 13, 2017 9:27 am (also the septic placement etc should be included on your plans for council etc) Current Build with Gall3ry Living https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=87680 First Build Thread : Our Mt Barker Build @ The Grove Re: Mount Barker Thread 317Apr 13, 2017 10:02 am Perhaps the builder has already factored it in without informing me? I'll chase that up with them, but we did actually have to be put with a sales guy who mainly works out north...due to an annoying stuff up of who was contacted first. Re: Mount Barker Thread 318Apr 13, 2017 10:14 am It appears (courtesy of confirmation from our developer), that our development is 100% mains sewer rather than septic. Which seems odd given I've heard people building just a few roads over in a different development do not have sewer. However yay! Cost saved, but definitely appreciate your feedback!! Re: Mount Barker Thread 319Apr 13, 2017 2:09 pm Thats great - funny as yes I'm pretty sure the rest of mt barker has commons would be strange for them to miss something like that! Current Build with Gall3ry Living https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=87680 First Build Thread : Our Mt Barker Build @ The Grove Re: Mount Barker Thread 320Apr 13, 2017 2:12 pm It definitely had me in a post-midnight panic(!!) that there was something we'd not heard about at all, however perhaps it's a recent change or something specific for the development that they've planned. Regardless, if I find we need one - better believe I'll be taking it up with the developer after this! If what you describe is correct then the brick wall has been dry lined with villa board. 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