Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Building with Wisdom Homes 6414Jun 17, 2017 9:36 pm My Phoenix by Metricon in Melbourne viewtopic.php?f=31&t=83584&p=1570829&hilit=my+phoenix+by+metricon+in+melbourne#p1570829 Re: Building with Wisdom Homes 6419Jun 18, 2017 7:26 pm ozmonkeyoy Washington29 ozmonkeyoy [quote="Washington29"]Hi guys, We recently submitted our landscaping plan but the developer came back requesting we put the fence set back past the stairwell (purple line). Meaning the laundry door would open onto the front side yard?! Crazy. W spoke to them and managed to gain approx 3.7m back to allow for the laundry door to access the rear yard (yellow line). We're still not happy though as it means the downstairs lounge window (which will be a spare bedroom) will open on to the street. Our original and ideal position was just behind the corner facade, but in front of the window. I'm going to call the developer today - but thought I'd see if anyone has any tips or advice before I do? We're so disappointed as one of the reasons we bought our corner block is because of the extra side yard we were getting. Thank you in advance!! Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Hmmm, your developer seems to be acting pretty harsh, but I guess you need to find out why they are making that judgement. Do you have a pic of the site plan, showing your building envelope compared to the block. Are your building setbacks only the bare minimum required? There must be a reason why the developer is not allowing you to fence up to the side column. With ours (being a corner block), the developer allowed us to have the fence/gates right up against the corner treatment columns. Yeah it's bizarre! Here is our siting... Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Yes I can understand why you want the fence moved forward - its a bit of a wasted space in front of the fence. From the site plan, I can't see any reason why they wouldn't let you place the fence where you want it. Sight access from road shouldn't be an issue because its set back so much from your building line. Ours you can see below, and I actually want to move it now up to our front building line, because Wisdom have installed a tap to the front corner of the house, which I want to be in the backyard, but we'll see. I'm one of the last ones building in my estate, so I don't think the developer cares too much anymore, as other builds are getting away with a lot. Good luck with yours, definitely need to ask them why they want it set back so much. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ [/quote] Thanks Oz! Hopefully we can get it sorted asap. Building the Washington 29 with Wisdom Homes Re: Building with Wisdom Homes 6420Jun 18, 2017 7:26 pm MandM+4 Washington29 Hi guys, We recently submitted our landscaping plan but the developer came back requesting we put the fence set back past the stairwell (purple line). Meaning the laundry door would open onto the front side yard?! Crazy. W spoke to them and managed to gain approx 3.7m back to allow for the laundry door to access the rear yard (yellow line). We're still not happy though as it means the downstairs lounge window (which will be a spare bedroom) will open on to the street. Our original and ideal position was just behind the corner facade, but in front of the window. I'm going to call the developer today - but thought I'd see if anyone has any tips or advice before I do? We're so disappointed as one of the reasons we bought our corner block is because of the extra side yard we were getting. Thank you in advance!! Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Best of luck! Unless it's in your design guidelines, it's very cheeky of them IMO, you paid for land you can't really use when you thought you could! Hopefully they come to the party. Thank you! 🤞🏼 Building the Washington 29 with Wisdom Homes Can someone please offer some advice? Im DESPERATE. Because I'm completely and utterly exhausted. How long are variations taking with other companies at the moment? We… 0 18249 In fairness nobody gave a crap about the ACCC and the gag clauses continued in the pro forma templates of a few other builders after the ACCC took on Wisdom, and more… 19 73086 Hi Everyone, I am exploring builder in NSW and received a very tempting quote from Wisdom home for their momentum series. I just want to know experience of building… 0 8032 |