Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Who is building with Beechwood 14763Apr 17, 2017 8:45 pm 20/11/15 - Settled land 06/11/15 - Request 1st tender BH 21/04/16 - Colour Selections and Contracts Signed 31/05/16 - Commencement Letter 24/06.16 - Started work onsite - cut and benching begun Re: Who is building with Beechwood 14766Apr 18, 2017 12:30 pm Nov 2016 - Land deposit Feb 2017 - Beechwood deposit August 2017 - Land registered (finally) * * OUR BLOG * * https://buildingabeechie.wordpress.com/ Re: Who is building with Beechwood 14770Apr 18, 2017 6:22 pm Buildingabetterhome.blogspot.com.au Land deposit - Oct 14 Deposit - Jan 16 Land registered - June 16 Settlement - July 16 Colour selection and approval -Sept 16 Slab- Nov 16 Frame - Dec 16 Re: Who is building with Beechwood 14771Apr 18, 2017 7:02 pm We are getting our carpets in today. I cant believe how quick this build has gone. We havent got a PCI date yet but the SS says probably late next week. Buildingabetterhome.blogspot.com.au Land deposit - Oct 14 Deposit - Jan 16 Land registered - June 16 Settlement - July 16 Colour selection and approval -Sept 16 Slab- Nov 16 Frame - Dec 16 Re: Who is building with Beechwood 14772Apr 18, 2017 8:02 pm Grace33 We are getting our carpets in today. I cant believe how quick this build has gone. We havent got a PCI date yet but the SS says probably late next week. wow Grace that's so exciting, Is yours a 34 week build? Ive been following along your blog since we are building the same house! Moscato5 newb Hi yes they are standard but if you want them in the 1/3 pattern then you have to pay extra so I don't think of them as standard as I personally would not have them stacked as a floor tile. Thanks for the welcome, yes we are almost at the same stage i think you have been just ahead of me so far. I have already put extra power points in each of the bedrooms as we only have one now and its not enough, plus one extra in the kitchen. Its so hard to know what to put in ive got my plan sitting on my coffee table with the extra electrical i am thinking of and just keep checking over it every time i sit down lol. Where are you building newb? Are you using the South Coast (Nowra) office? Yes we are on the South Coast. Tom2016 tapasr_Lexia4 newb Hi yes they are standard but if you want them in the 1/3 pattern then you have to pay extra so I don't think of them as standard as I personally would not have them stacked as a floor tile. Thanks for the welcome, yes we are almost at the same stage i think you have been just ahead of me so far. I have already put extra power points in each of the bedrooms as we only have one now and its not enough, plus one extra in the kitchen. Its so hard to know what to put in ive got my plan sitting on my coffee table with the extra electrical i am thinking of and just keep checking over it every time i sit down lol. How much extra are we talking about newb? Our electrical appointment is on the 27th so unless our other mates here can give us any info as to what they have done or what they could have done then that whittled be great for us who are just about to ink and finalise our electricals then that would be great http://buildingourhumblehome.blogspot.com Land Deposit - 20.08.2016 Land Registered - 27.09.2016 Land Settlement - 07.11.2016 House Deposit - 27.11.2016 House Contracts - 16.02.2017 House Build Starts - 10.04.2017 Building with Beechwood Homes Some of the other things we did at electrical Lights down the side of the house Extra circuits for power ( allows splitting later) Smoke alarm on standalone circuit (as fire fighters we go to many houses with hard wired smoke alarm and the only thing you can do is turn the light circuit off then you got no lights till they fixed) Sensor activated lights out the front facade Data points (hills home hub wasn't worth it for us) 2 & 3 way switching in certian areas Outside power points SPA circuits Tv points Phone points as well as lead in inside main power trench Extra light points Power in Thanks Tom! Some great ideas. Re: Who is building with Beechwood 14773Apr 18, 2017 8:12 pm My contract says its a 33 week build. It will only be 22 weeks on Thursday and that includes the 4 weeks close down at Christmas. You never know what will happen but I am hoping to be in by this time next month. We have been waiting for this for 3 years. Our SS has been amazing booking-in trades. Cant wait to move in. Buildingabetterhome.blogspot.com.au Land deposit - Oct 14 Deposit - Jan 16 Land registered - June 16 Settlement - July 16 Colour selection and approval -Sept 16 Slab- Nov 16 Frame - Dec 16 Re: Who is building with Beechwood 14774Apr 18, 2017 8:14 pm bredani Hi all Just wondering who pays for water and power during the construction process? Is this our responsibility or does Beechwood build it into the construction fee? Thanks heaps We got electricity bill during build. As for water, we literally just had the water meter installed today. Been living here nearly 4 months. 20/11/15 - Settled land 06/11/15 - Request 1st tender BH 21/04/16 - Colour Selections and Contracts Signed 31/05/16 - Commencement Letter 24/06.16 - Started work onsite - cut and benching begun Re: Who is building with Beechwood 14775Apr 18, 2017 9:28 pm kdrb2016 The smoke alarm on a standalone circuit is a very clever idea - I wish we'd thought of that! We also got ceiling fans in the bedrooms - even though we will have ducted air conditioning, ceiling fans use hardly any power and are really nice for sleeping. You may also want to consider a ducted vacuum - much harder to put in later on. Around $1500. If you're wall mounting your TV(s), then you may want to consider conduit piping inside the wall to allow for cables to feed through. I'm pretty sure 2 way switches are extra. From memory, the 'included' electrical plan was very basic - a standard light fitting in each room, and minimal power points. we will do ceiling fans later as we didn't have them on the plans. do you know if southwest do the conduit for the walls and how much it is or is that something that is easy enough to do later. we added a 2 way switch at colours but they didn't give us a breakdown of the extra electrical so im not sure if it was extra or not. Re: Who is building with Beechwood 14776Apr 18, 2017 10:15 pm kdrb2016 We've been getting water bills. Power is Beechwood's responsibility. That's interesting kdrb. We're not in the construction stage yet but we hit an email from SouthWest electricals that we need to connect to AGL in preparation for the upcoming construction http://buildingourhumblehome.blogspot.com Land Deposit - 20.08.2016 Land Registered - 27.09.2016 Land Settlement - 07.11.2016 House Deposit - 27.11.2016 House Contracts - 16.02.2017 House Build Starts - 10.04.2017 Building with Beechwood Homes buildingourhumblehome.blogspot.com.au Re: Who is building with Beechwood 14777Apr 18, 2017 10:19 pm Grace33 We are getting our carpets in today. I cant believe how quick this build has gone. We havent got a PCI date yet but the SS says probably late next week. Wow Grace in so happy for you...that was quick indeed...how long from frame to now? http://buildingourhumblehome.blogspot.com Land Deposit - 20.08.2016 Land Registered - 27.09.2016 Land Settlement - 07.11.2016 House Deposit - 27.11.2016 House Contracts - 16.02.2017 House Build Starts - 10.04.2017 Building with Beechwood Homes buildingourhumblehome.blogspot.com.au Re: Who is building with Beechwood 14779Apr 19, 2017 5:22 pm Tom2016 tapasr_Lexia4 newb Hi yes they are standard but if you want them in the 1/3 pattern then you have to pay extra so I don't think of them as standard as I personally would not have them stacked as a floor tile. Thanks for the welcome, yes we are almost at the same stage i think you have been just ahead of me so far. I have already put extra power points in each of the bedrooms as we only have one now and its not enough, plus one extra in the kitchen. Its so hard to know what to put in ive got my plan sitting on my coffee table with the extra electrical i am thinking of and just keep checking over it every time i sit down lol. How much extra are we talking about newb? Our electrical appointment is on the 27th so unless our other mates here can give us any info as to what they have done or what they could have done then that whittled be great for us who are just about to ink and finalise our electricals then that would be great http://buildingourhumblehome.blogspot.com Land Deposit - 20.08.2016 Land Registered - 27.09.2016 Land Settlement - 07.11.2016 House Deposit - 27.11.2016 House Contracts - 16.02.2017 House Build Starts - 10.04.2017 Building with Beechwood Homes Some of the other things we did at electrical Lights down the side of the house Extra circuits for power ( allows splitting later) Smoke alarm on standalone circuit (as fire fighters we go to many houses with hard wired smoke alarm and the only thing you can do is turn the light circuit off then you got no lights till they fixed) Sensor activated lights out the front facade Data points (hills home hub wasn't worth it for us) 2 & 3 way switching in certian areas Outside power points SPA circuits Tv points Phone points as well as lead in inside main power trench Extra light points Power in Hi, sorry what do you mean by power in? Re: Who is building with Beechwood 14780Apr 19, 2017 5:24 pm tapasr_Lexia4 kdrb2016 We've been getting water bills. Power is Beechwood's responsibility. That's interesting kdrb. We're not in the construction stage yet but we hit an email from SouthWest electricals that we need to connect to AGL in preparation for the upcoming construction http://buildingourhumblehome.blogspot.com Land Deposit - 20.08.2016 Land Registered - 27.09.2016 Land Settlement - 07.11.2016 House Deposit - 27.11.2016 House Contracts - 16.02.2017 House Build Starts - 10.04.2017 Building with Beechwood Homes AGL contacted me to organise connection not long after commencement letter. Beechwood sent them the request for a NMI, did they not do that for you? Elvis has left the building... The site supervisor quit after 2 month on the project. 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