Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Henley Aegean 38 - KDR in Bayside 17Oct 19, 2017 8:03 am Hi Firsttime. I’ve been following all the Aegean threads too - Rachel has had a tough ride, but things seem to be progressing at last. The waiting is trying as nothing can happen until council approves R&C dispensation, then everything kicks off all at once to get demo done followed by not much activity while contracts are finalized.... I am learning to be patient, but am not a great student Re: Henley Aegean 38 - KDR in Bayside 18Oct 20, 2017 8:02 am SAFA1 Hi Firsttime. I’ve been following all the Aegean threads too - Rachel has had a tough ride, but things seem to be progressing at last. The waiting is trying as nothing can happen until council approves R&C dispensation, then everything kicks off all at once to get demo done followed by not much activity while contracts are finalized.... I am learning to be patient, but am not a great student Hello.... did I hear my name Our dispensation was the easy part and quite smooth to be honest but we demo'd before getting dispensation. What was the killer was that we found out that the detached garage that we are keeping was built over City West Water easement, so that had to go thru approvals. Thankfully we have a caveat on it but get to keep the shed. The other killer was our energy rating - that took 6 weeks to sort out. There are things along the way that you will wonder why it takes so long. I have just accepted the fact that there is a process somewhere in Henley that is different for each build and god knows why it's different for each. We have been in construction for a month with nothing happening for the past week and a bit, so again just having patience that this build will be done within the specified 290 day and to the standard that we expect. Safa1 - we are all in the same boat and just remember that you do have an online support group Good Luck. Rachael Re: Henley Aegean 38 - KDR in Bayside 19Oct 20, 2017 9:04 am Hi SAFA1 Just jumping into to tell you we are bayside Melb too (Kingston Council) and we had ALL of our provisional costs returned by Henley at the end of our build which was a huge relief, I have my fingers crossed for you...hopefully you will be lucky too Re: Henley Aegean 38 - KDR in Bayside 20Nov 07, 2017 8:48 am firsttime_homies1401 SAFA1 Anybody out there?ECHO....Echo....echo.... This thread seems more like a diary, but I’ll press on in case someone finds it useful at some point.... Had some small changes and got to tender version 4. Nearly signed but there is a clause that states that I need to be at contract by 8 November. Thought it strange as I’d spoken to Henley about the timing of R&C being likely only mid November in which case it would likely be January for contracts IF I could get abolishment and demolition done by Christmas. CSA informed me that it’s a standard inclusion (on my personalized contract?) and Henley wouldn’t hold me to it as it’s superseded by a different clause. I read a lot of contracts and there is no indication that this is the case. My work makes me pessimistic about leaving unwanted clauses in contracts so I scratched it out and submitted it and it seems ok. Back to waiting.... I try and follow every Aegean 38 thread to see what changes and colours everyone has chosen. I've always used homeone as a diary and if anyone responds than it's a bonus. It helps me keep my sanity while I endure the long wait for the build to happen. These volume builders are notoriously difficult when it comes to KDR just check out Rachel's thread who's also building the same house. How is it all going! I apologise...we havent been on here for quite some time #waitingwaitingwaiting ... We had our tender last week :O ... contract on Thursday! Hoping for February Site Start! 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 24832 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 13513 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 8194 |