Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Building At Macarthur Heights (UWS Campbelltown) 165Feb 03, 2018 8:24 am Mish018 Hopefully they will open it up soon. Just lodged our DA with Council. Anyone had experience with Campbelltown Council? Wondering how long their DAs take to approve. I'll be lodging a DA once my land registers in stage 4. I take it your unable to use the private certifiers as well? Re: Building At Macarthur Heights (UWS Campbelltown) 166Feb 12, 2018 9:46 pm Can anyone recommend a budget builder for our sloping block? Our site costs have blown out by 70k from the estimate to the paid tender. That can’t be right. We need a builder who knows the area but is at the lower end of the market. What ball park figure shall I be looking at for single story 4 bed with single garage and granny flat on 2-3m slope (no upgrades and basics finishes). Re: Building At Macarthur Heights (UWS Campbelltown) 167Feb 12, 2018 10:13 pm Unfortunately site costs on sloping sires will be significant. We have a relatively flat block at Macarthut Heights and our site costs are around an extra 2OK so about 60K all up. Unfortunately most builders site costs will be roughly the same and it’s not something you really want to skimp on. Re: Building At Macarthur Heights (UWS Campbelltown) 168Feb 13, 2018 8:15 am Amarshdoll Can anyone recommend a budget builder for our sloping block? Our site costs have blown out by 70k from the estimate to the paid tender. That can’t be right. We need a builder who knows the area but is at the lower end of the market. What ball park figure shall I be looking at for single story 4 bed with single garage and granny flat on 2-3m slope (no upgrades and basics finishes). The problem with Mac Heights, most of the blocks there have at least some slope. Then there's issues like when the water board builds the sewer line inside your block boundary and your forced to pay thousands of $ to encase the sewer line. This is land which suposedly designed for people to build houses on. Sorry to be negative but sometimes the frustration cannot be contained.. Re: Building At Macarthur Heights (UWS Campbelltown) 169Feb 13, 2018 8:32 am Amarshdoll Can anyone recommend a budget builder for our sloping block? Our site costs have blown out by 70k from the estimate to the paid tender. That can’t be right. We need a builder who knows the area but is at the lower end of the market. What ball park figure shall I be looking at for single story 4 bed with single garage and granny flat on 2-3m slope (no upgrades and basics finishes). http://nuerahomes.com.au/about.html Re: Building At Macarthur Heights (UWS Campbelltown) 170Feb 15, 2018 3:42 pm miss peach Hi thx for the info. Lucky you. The proposed BAL rating for stage 3 opposite bush corridor is 29 (document was made in 2014...i think), hopefully they clear more trees by the time the land is registered and assessed. Hi Miss Peach, We are opposite the bush corridor in Stage 3. Any idea where I an get the document you are referring to? Would be much appreciateed Re: Building At Macarthur Heights (UWS Campbelltown) 173Feb 26, 2018 5:14 pm "Correct. Not sure why weren’t able to use a private certifier though. Wasn’t really explained by our builder." The way it's been explained to me is to use private certifiers the build has to meet specific criteria. Basically it has to be a straitforward build. Not just the house but the land as well. Some builders apparantly always use the Council because their houses are more complicated designs. For me it is because of the shape of my blockand how they have to position the house to fit. Re: Building At Macarthur Heights (UWS Campbelltown) 174Feb 26, 2018 5:26 pm Our block is pretty standard with a double storey home which isn’t really anything out of the ordinary. We have plenty of backyard and side access. Perhaps it was the size of the home? Re: Building At Macarthur Heights (UWS Campbelltown) 175Feb 26, 2018 5:39 pm CDC has a list of criteria you must meet. If you fail anyone of these you will be forced to get DA approval via your local council. Off the top of my head: 3rd garage E4 zoning MInimum 450sq lot Floor space ratios (FSR) also come into play Building Standards; Getting It Right! We bought a house in 2015 advertised as a 7/2/2, 4br up, 3br down (7br), and to date, it’s a great house. However, we’ve just had it valued and it’s come in as a… 0 12351 Hey guys building a new place through a volume builder and just wondering if i should complain to the site supervisor as we just had plasterboard installed. Looks like… 0 11880 |