Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Coral Homes general build thread 10132Nov 28, 2017 8:19 pm xjanex Hi Xjanex, The concrete footings give the concrete slab the strength to support the structure being built on top of the concrete slab. they will follow the external walls of the structure and have stiffening ribs at specific centres across the slab span. In simple terms, if the alfresco is under the main roof structure, then they are supposed to be there. The builder will bolt support posts to hold up the roof for the alfresco to the footings to allow you to pour an infill slab at a later date. The structural drawings for your house will show these footings and support columns for the alfresco area. Hope this clarifies it for you 👍 Re: Coral Homes general build thread 10133Nov 28, 2017 8:19 pm Can anyone please tell me the process with final payment, PCI and handover. Just a tad confused and dont want to hold anything up. Has anyone had handover moved forward rather than 2 weeks after PCI? viewtopic.php?t=88323&f=31&p=1771329#p1771329 Re: Coral Homes general build thread 10134Nov 29, 2017 6:36 am H Family Can anyone please tell me the process with final payment, PCI and handover. Just a tad confused and dont want to hold anything up. Has anyone had handover moved forward rather than 2 weeks after PCI? viewtopic.php?t=88323&f=31&p=1771329#p1771329 Re: Coral Homes general build thread 10135Nov 29, 2017 11:37 am Hudson House Did anyone else get this? Good Afternoon, Christmas is not far away so to help you plan your accommodation and living requirements coming into the Christmas and New Year period, Coral Homes wish to advise of our annual Christmas shut-down period as follows: Coral Homes Head Office: Closed from: 4:00pm on Friday 22nd December 2017 Re-open at: 8.30am on Monday 8th January 2018 Following a review of the construction progress of your home, Coral Homes advise that we will be unable to handover your home by Friday 22nd December 2017. We hope this information assists you with planning for the coming festive season. If you have any queries regarding the progress of your home, please contact your Building Supervisor. Kind Regards, Coral Homes Yes we also got this yesterday we are so over this build and can't wait till it's over our contract date is the 21st of December so really annoyed with them! Giving us 4 weeks notice when we have asked and asked just frustrated me how they operate and the excuse that we got as to why our build has been delayed is just poor and puts us out financially. Re: Coral Homes general build thread 10136Nov 29, 2017 11:42 am Feel sorry for all you guys not being able to get the handover done before xmas. That totally sucks. Re: Coral Homes general build thread 10137Nov 29, 2017 2:20 pm I'm in the same boat regarding handover now being after Christmas. By the sounds of it, they still want to have the PC walkdown prior to Christmas though. I asked my CSO does this mean I get additional weeks for the maintenance defect warranty period and she said no. She advised me not to sign the PC certificate as the clock starts ticking once you do Re: Coral Homes general build thread 10138Nov 29, 2017 2:42 pm sawtelljai I'm in the same boat regarding handover now being after Christmas. By the sounds of it, they still want to have the PC walkdown prior to Christmas though. I asked my CSO does this mean I get additional weeks for the maintenance defect warranty period and she said no. She advised me not to sign the PC certificate as the clock starts ticking once you do They will also stop calculating liquidated damages from PCI so don't sign until you have to M Y C U S T O M C O R A L B R O N T E 43 ...............Kitchen! 16 Nov 2016 https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=79581 Re: Coral Homes general build thread 10140Dec 01, 2017 11:49 am So with a 'Start Date' is it due 10 days from when we provide the 'Letter of Commencement' from the bank or 10 working days? I can't see anything on this in our contract... Sorry has probably been asked 100 times! I am wondering because we should have our commencement letter to them by Monday and with Christmas so close.. are they allowed to push it back until next year even though technically 10 business days would be the 18th of December and they still have that week of work? Should they not do a weeks worth of work? Thanks in advance You should check your detail drawings, it may show downpipe within brick pier. 14 14559 Ask the council if there is a chance of getting build over easement exemption. Sometimes easements are unused and 24cm is not all that much. Good luck. And yes any builder… 2 14922 In Qld it is a requirement that a builder must have a cost breakdown, for building a home to the same specification, with the same inclusions and the same finish. So ask… 1 5032 |