Browse Forums Building A New House Re: KDR - SE Melb - Simonds Flinders 19Apr 25, 2017 6:22 pm Hi Bri123, We moved out at the end of Jan into a rental - 10mins from our rebuild. We literally have the demo company pulling down the house this week. It's great to see some movement finally as we started this process back in Jan last year, min d you we did change builders along the way. We had the power pit sorted October, and we signed our tender in Feb with Henley Reserve (was Mainvue). For the temp fencing, I hired this, as I really could not be bother having to resell later, there is enough to do and the hiring company delivered and installed. It was about $400 for 6 months for 40m. We needed the 40m as we are keeping our garage 6 x 18m and need to fence around that as well as across the front. Your perimeter fencing will depend on Simonds - check with them if you can keep the existing fence. I have to remove part of our side fence and add temp fencing there as the house that we are building will have an attached double garage and this is going close to the fence line. That will be done after the demo As for moving, that is the tricky part as to timing of everything. We are fortunate that we have some cash flow, so extra rent whilst not ideal, is possible. Depending on the area that you want to rent you will need to review what is available. We saw some shockers, that I would not have my animals live in, let alone my husband and kids. It took us about 3 months for find a suitable rental. We were very lucky that the first place we applied for, accepted us and the animals. We did downsize, and this is brought us a lot closer. Can't wait for the new house to be built, two teenagers in a smaller house is.... interesting.. lol. We found that having the demo company sorted out was the lynch pin, to getting things rolling, whilst they sorted demo permits with the council, we hunted for a rental, once moved we sorted disconnection and abolishment for gas and electricity, our demo company was great and I just kept them updated on progress for the abolishment. They moved our booking a couple of times and started last week. Ring your gas and electricity company and ask long time abolishment after disconnection takes - this will assist you with timing. Re: KDR - SE Melb - Simonds Flinders 20Apr 26, 2017 11:56 am oh wow how exciting for you. We have a contract date for Mid July so at this point we are thinking time wise move into a rental in June and organise to get the services abolished ready for demo after contract. We were going to try and move after contract but I think we'll be pushing our luck and would risk holding things up if we can't find a place. I've been keeping an eye on rentals and hopefully we shouldn't have a problem, fingers crossed. We're also looking for somewhere for 2 adults, 2 kids and 2 dogs. Not too fussed size wise as we are currently living in a tiny house (hence the build, lol). It will be so great to have some more space. Not sure if it's allowed on this site but would you recommend your demo company? Feel free to PM me. I have about 7 quotes so far and we really need to sit down and go through them and make our decision. One company had been recommended but after 3 calls I still haven't got a quote from them. I'm leaning towards just getting the fence demolished and renting temp fencing. Sometimes paying that little extra is worth it for less stress. We were lucky in that our old house was so small (86 square metres) compared to the new house, they were able to take enough readings around the old backyard house before… 8 23038 The biggest challenge will be if you take out a loan and then run out of money - you'll have an incomplete security and lenders do not like this so you can get stuck.… 2 12680 Hi, I am looking into doing a KDR in Melbourne and am contemplating using Kialla Homes. I am looking for feedback on them from others who have built with them. 0 7578 |