Hi all
Happy to see all neighbours here
Im lot 219, anyone here who is lot 218 and 220
Im wih thrive and they suppose to handover us first week of July, but i couldnt see it will be possible.
Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Lucere estate at Leppington 91Jun 14, 2018 10:46 am Pranav Andy909 Hi Pranab, Is it possible for you to share the details of your inspector. And I know all of them have license but was he thorough in his inspection and do you recommend him? Re Thrive Vs Rawson. Thrive is a sister company of Rawson's established to make houses under budget therefore you will see reasonable price (approx $50k cheaper), standard designs with no changes allowed and use of budget materials. But despite all this I think they would still meet all the building rules. I missed on one of those $590k thrive houae and land package and got Rawson. I would definitely go for Thrive if I am not going to live in that house forever, which is the case for most of the buyers Regards Andy Hey Andy, It was from http://www.hnkryan.com/. Had seen previous +ve comments from Homeone only. They were responsive without any fussy T&Cs for organizing or rescheduling . The report came on same day. The report did cover lot of points with some defects (misalignments, uneven flooring etc.). Don't know if someone else could have done better , may be. But to my experience, the report covers most aspects of construction. I will go with them for final one as well. And yes, even they use budget material, everything need to Aussie compliant, else they are in trouble. on a +ve note, i am getting timely updates from SS. Cheers, Pranav Hi Pranav, Is it necessary to have the inspection done during the built or can we get an independent inspection done after the build is complete, can anyone please share some ideas as I'm new to this? Also how is you build progressing? I'd noticed you mentioned your brickwork was completed in February, is it anywhere close to completion, I'm building with thrives too and the cladding installation on my property has just started so just wanted to get an idea of the time frame of the phases and when can I expect what to complete, if that make sense. Thanks Re: Lucere estate at Leppington 92Jun 14, 2018 2:55 pm splendid_12 Pranav Andy909 Hi Pranab, Is it possible for you to share the details of your inspector. And I know all of them have license but was he thorough in his inspection and do you recommend him? Re Thrive Vs Rawson. Thrive is a sister company of Rawson's established to make houses under budget therefore you will see reasonable price (approx $50k cheaper), standard designs with no changes allowed and use of budget materials. But despite all this I think they would still meet all the building rules. I missed on one of those $590k thrive houae and land package and got Rawson. I would definitely go for Thrive if I am not going to live in that house forever, which is the case for most of the buyers Regards Andy Hey Andy, It was from http://www.hnkryan.com/. Had seen previous +ve comments from Homeone only. They were responsive without any fussy T&Cs for organizing or rescheduling . The report came on same day. The report did cover lot of points with some defects (misalignments, uneven flooring etc.). Don't know if someone else could have done better , may be. But to my experience, the report covers most aspects of construction. I will go with them for final one as well. And yes, even they use budget material, everything need to Aussie compliant, else they are in trouble. on a +ve note, i am getting timely updates from SS. Cheers, Pranav Hi Pranav, Is it necessary to have the inspection done during the built or can we get an independent inspection done after the build is complete, can anyone please share some ideas as I'm new to this? Also how is you build progressing? I'd noticed you mentioned your brickwork was completed in February, is it anywhere close to completion, I'm building with thrives too and the cladding installation on my property has just started so just wanted to get an idea of the time frame of the phases and when can I expect what to complete, if that make sense. Thanks Hi Splendid, I would like to share my own views on this. There are people and even my friends who go to site every week and check progress and speak to SS. Well no judgements but none of that really matters. When you are investing more than half a million dollars in the property it is worthwile to invest $500 to get an expert check whether the builder has done the right thing. My brickwork has been completed and I had chat with an inspector. He said 2 inspections are enough. One during lock up stage or prelining stage and another during handover. I am going to do both. There are more stages of inspection but those are not necessary unless you are investing millions. Regards Andy Re: Lucere estate at Leppington 93Jun 14, 2018 3:46 pm Andy909 Venky splendid_12 Hi to all neighbors, Just recently came across this forum, glad this exists . We are building our house with Thrives too and already have had many disappointments, there was a significant delay in the framework and recently some hurdles around bricks availability, at last it seems like things are finally moving ahead but not sure how far its gonna go before we hit another wall again. Anyways just wanted to share and ask if anyone else is in the same situation. Hi All, I just found this forum. Happy to see all neighbours here. We are also building with Thrive Homes. I thought I was only one who has issues during construction. I am disappointed with the way construction is progressing, even DA approval took lot of time, because they haven't supplied all required documents. After my slab went down on Mar 7th, my frames work just started. When I called up, they said frames company delayed frames. I need to call up these guys every time and ask them about progress. Hopefully it would be smooth from now on, but you never know @spendid did you reach anyone from Thirve office? Hi Venky, Welcome to the group and to the lucere community. I think the issues won't stop until the construction is complete and you perform your inspection. I had an email this week saying that they had different facade in plan and contract. I had to threaten with legal recourse and they explained and apologized and said the contract is correct and there was mistake in plan. Regards Andy Thanks Andy, Glad you found it before it was too late, I am not sure what's happening at Thirve/Rawson. As you said issues won't stop, I still see construction progressing at snail pace. I am just concerned if they have comprised on construction quality. I am planning to have private inspection as Pranav suggested after my brickwork is done and another one at end of construction. Re: Lucere estate at Leppington 94Jun 14, 2018 3:59 pm splendid_12 Venky splendid_12 Hi to all neighbors, Just recently came across this forum, glad this exists . We are building our house with Thrives too and already have had many disappointments, there was a significant delay in the framework and recently some hurdles around bricks availability, at last it seems like things are finally moving ahead but not sure how far its gonna go before we hit another wall again. Anyways just wanted to share and ask if anyone else is in the same situation. Hi All, I just found this forum. Happy to see all neighbours here. We are also building with Thrive Homes. I thought I was only one who has issues during construction. I am disappointed with the way construction is progressing, even DA approval took lot of time, because they haven't supplied all required documents. After my slab went down on Mar 7th, my frames work just started. When I called up, they said frames company delayed frames. I need to call up these guys every time and ask them about progress. Hopefully it would be smooth from now on, but you never know @spendid did you reach anyone from Thirve office? Yes I did but it wasn't very helpful, they didn't had anything convincing to tell me either 😕😕😕😕 For those who are expecting to have their build completed by mid july, can your please advise me what is your build time frame and start date? Our is 33 weeks and our job onsite only started 2nd week of Jan, although we were told they will attempt to finish most of the excavation and on site preparation before the Christmas shutdown.. Hi Splendid, Our contract states build time is 33 weeks, started 2nd week of Feb. If they take more than 33 weeks, see 1.11 section of your building contract where they have mentioned details about it. Re: Lucere estate at Leppington 95Jun 14, 2018 4:14 pm VenkyA Hi Splendid, Our contract states build time is 33 weeks, started 2nd week of Feb. If they take more than 33 weeks, see 1.11 section of your building contract where they have mentioned details about it. Sorry to hear that your construction is moving so slowly, ours seems to be moving along quite well now. The slab was laid in April and we have a frame, a roof and windows. We weather held up our bricking last week, so hopefully we will have that started this week. Our builder has also been quite good at keeping us informed, he even sends us pictures some weeks. It makes for a nice change after all the issues we had with the Thrive Office staff that's for sure! Thanks for sharing your findings about inspecting the property Andy, I have been leaning towards having this done as I also felt a bit out my depth checking things myself and not knowing what quality the build would be Re: Lucere estate at Leppington 96Jun 14, 2018 4:58 pm VenkyA Hi Splendid, Our contract states build time is 33 weeks, started 2nd week of Feb. If they take more than 33 weeks, see 1.11 section of your building contract where they have mentioned details about it. Thanks Venky, for the start date did you go with the date when they said they will commence building or did they tell you it was officially second week of February, as in our case we were told they will commence most of the pre work for the slab b4 Christmas and then the site supervisor contacted me on the first week of the jan but when i inquired they said the commencement date was third week of January so not sure how to tell your official start date.. Re: Lucere estate at Leppington 97Jun 14, 2018 5:02 pm Andy909 Hi Splendid, I would like to share my own views on this. There are people and even my friends who go to site every week and check progress and speak to SS. Well no judgements but none of that really matters. When you are investing more than half a million dollars in the property it is worthwile to invest $500 to get an expert check whether the builder has done the right thing. My brickwork has been completed and I had chat with an inspector. He said 2 inspections are enough. One during lock up stage or prelining stage and another during handover. I am going to do both. There are more stages of inspection but those are not necessary unless you are investing millions. Regards Andy Thanks Andy, which company did you go with if you don't mind sharing their details? not sure if it is too late for prelining inspection but I would like to get it done too if possible Re: Lucere estate at Leppington 98Jun 14, 2018 6:17 pm splendid_12 VenkyA Hi Splendid, Our contract states build time is 33 weeks, started 2nd week of Feb. If they take more than 33 weeks, see 1.11 section of your building contract where they have mentioned details about it. Thanks Venky, for the start date did you go with the date when they said they will commence building or did they tell you it was officially second week of February, as in our case we were told they will commence most of the pre work for the slab b4 Christmas and then the site supervisor contacted me on the first week of the jan but when i inquired they said the commencement date was third week of January so not sure how to tell your official start date.. That's start date on site. I have received commencement email 1st week feb Re: Lucere estate at Leppington 99Jun 14, 2018 8:24 pm splendid_12 Andy909 Hi Splendid, I would like to share my own views on this. There are people and even my friends who go to site every week and check progress and speak to SS. Well no judgements but none of that really matters. When you are investing more than half a million dollars in the property it is worthwile to invest $500 to get an expert check whether the builder has done the right thing. My brickwork has been completed and I had chat with an inspector. He said 2 inspections are enough. One during lock up stage or prelining stage and another during handover. I am going to do both. There are more stages of inspection but those are not necessary unless you are investing millions. Regards Andy Thanks Andy, which company did you go with if you don't mind sharing their details? not sure if it is too late for prelining inspection but I would like to get it done too if possible I have gone with apbi.com.au. They are planning inspection next week so can't say about their performance. So far they are good in communication and quoted reasonable rates <$400. However all of them are licensed so select what best suits you. Re: Lucere estate at Leppington 100Jun 14, 2018 11:41 pm Andy909 splendid_12 Andy909 Hi Splendid, I would like to share my own views on this. There are people and even my friends who go to site every week and check progress and speak to SS. Well no judgements but none of that really matters. When you are investing more than half a million dollars in the property it is worthwile to invest $500 to get an expert check whether the builder has done the right thing. My brickwork has been completed and I had chat with an inspector. He said 2 inspections are enough. One during lock up stage or prelining stage and another during handover. I am going to do both. There are more stages of inspection but those are not necessary unless you are investing millions. Regards Andy Thanks Andy, which company did you go with if you don't mind sharing their details? not sure if it is too late for prelining inspection but I would like to get it done too if possible I have gone with apbi.com.au. They are planning inspection next week so can't say about their performance. So far they are good in communication and quoted reasonable rates <$400. However all of them are licensed so select what best suits you. Thanks Andy, that seems very reasonable. I think they all pretty much the same as long as they are licensed i will probably go with them too. |