We fell in love with the Manhattan series by Coral Homes last year, here is the original plan:
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Our favourite features is the media and master at the back, the open living / dining / kitchen area and the alfresco location - we want to do cornerless stacker doors to open it up.
However, due to the shape of the block we could not get it to fit on the block without making major changes, our Coral homes salesperson advised us not to make major changes as the pricing would be different and it could take months and months to organise.. So after searching through hundreds of floor plans and other builders (we would of loved to have gone with GJ Gardeners Bedarra but the price came back over our budget with the same inclusions as Coral's current promotions) we decided to compromise and make it work. This included losing about a metre of width from our already small media room which devastated me as it will now only be 2.7m wide instead of 3.6m.
We are now waiting to get pricing confirmed by head office so we can pay the rest of our deposit and sign off on everything.. our land is set to settle in early June however I am assuming July/Aug based on everyone else's experiences with delays, just hoping we will definitely still get the FHOG!
Builder: Coral Homes
Land: 490m2 (21m frontage, 30-32m long, 9.5m at the back)
Floor Plan: Manhattan 23
Promotions: Elegance Inclusions + Ducted Air Con & Floor Covering (Big New Home Sale) $1999 + Colorbond Roof $2999
BAL Rating: 12.5
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TIMELINES
PRE-BUILD
Land Deposit: 19th February 2017
Builder Deposit: 26th March 2017
Contract Signing: 11 June 2017
Loan Approval: 21 June 2017
Tile Appointment: 23 June 2017
Colour Appointment: 10 July 2017
Electrical Appointment: 10 July 2017
Land Registration: Estimated July 2017... pushed to August... then September.. Registered on 26 September 2017
Settlement: 10 October 2017
Plans sent to Private Certifier: 11 October 2017
Plans sent to Council: Unknown
Building Approval (BA): 1 December 2017
Commencement Letter to Coral: 6 December 2017
Start Date Received: 8 December 2017
Build Start Date: 21 December 2017
BUILD TIMELINE
Week 1 - Scrape & Prep
- Site scrap (20/12/2017)
- Requested meter installation with Origin (9/1/2018)
- Footings, Piers & Plumbing (10 & 11/01/2018)
Week 2 - Nothing
- Nothing completed - pending power connection for slab
Week 3 - Slab
- Slab prep (24/1/2018)
- Slab laid (25/01/2018)
Week 4 - Frames
- Frames delivered (1/2/2018)
- Frames started (2/2/2018)
Week 5 - Frames
- Frames completed (5/2/2018)
- Roof frames completed (6/2/2018)
- Advised build on hold due to neighbour retaining not complete and our storm water pipe being ripped out (6/2/2018)
Week 6 - Nothing
- Nothing completed - neighbour retaining filled however they need to get a machine in with limited access to re-dig the hole for the storm water and get it in. Advised it would happen following Monday.
Week 7 - Gutters, Fascia & (hopefully) Roof
- Advised storm water will be done over coming weeks.. build is moving again with gutters / fascia due mid-week and roof to follow
It has been over a week since we paid our initial deposit and advised of everything we want included, does anyone know how long we can expect until we hear something back?