Building with Ausbuild at Harrington Estate, Bridgeman Downs

Harrington · Aug 03, 2018 8:26 pm

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Harrington

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There are very good reasons they do not build a fence when the garage wall is built to boundary - especially if there is only 20cm between wall and boundary. A fence will hide the weep holes so you can't inspect to ensure they are not obstructed. Leaves and rubbish can get trapped and block weep holes as can wasps and other insects. Plus weeds grow everywhere and would be hard to keep under control if you cannot access this area with a fence in the way.

Our neighbour built to boundary and we are glad Ausbuild left the brick wall as the boundary divider - so are our neighbours who wish to keep this area free of obstruction (fence) so they can inspect their brick wall as required.

We did not build to boundary and have clear access around both sides of our house - but are not concerned our neighbours chose this option.

Regards, Paul

Hi Paul,

Yes - all well and good in a perfect world providing you get along well with your neighbours. Also, when/if you go to sell and the boundaries don’t align as per the surveyor and plans?

If it weren’t an Ausbuild estate and other builders were building as well they would put fencing. It’s cost driven.

Not sure what you are talking about. You do not require a fence at all on the boundary. As long as the garage wall is on the neighbours property all is good. The boundary is the boundary whether there is a fence/wall there or not.

Anyhow, this has been resolved legally and Ausbuild will now erect the fence when they previously refused to.

Just in the past week I have had a list of further issues that require rectification work. Be vigilant folk.

BuLe · Aug 26, 2018 6:57 pm

Hi

Does anyone have information on Lot75 development plans? This is the big lot on the right as you enter the estate. It seems too big for 1 residential house and i am hoping it's not going to be units/apartments given the tight road network in the estate.

Irish16 · Aug 26, 2018 8:04 pm

BuLe

Hi

Does anyone have information on Lot75 development plans? This is the big lot on the right as you enter the estate. It seems too big for 1 residential house and i am hoping it's not going to be units/apartments given the tight road network in the estate.

There is an existing house on that lot.
I think this might be the owner of the land that Ausbuild bought it from.

Irish16 · Aug 27, 2018 7:47 pm

A question to everyone who was or is building with Ausbuild - do you have stormwater gully traps with grates at or above ground level in your yard?
If so, how many and what do they look like when completed?

Tajana · Aug 29, 2018 7:28 pm

Hi BuLe,

I am not sure regarding your estate but when I had a chat to Brett the sales rep, he told me that each estate has to have a townhouse lot/area now, as I was concerned about townhouses opposite of my house , which I only found out after the contract .
I am not sure if this is only a bayside rule or something that came in recently but check with the sales person , they should have the info.

BuLe · Aug 29, 2018 9:07 pm

Tajana

Hi BuLe,

I am not sure regarding your estate but when I had a chat to Brett the sales rep, he told me that each estate has to have a townhouse lot/area now, as I was concerned about townhouses opposite of my house , which I only found out after the contract .
I am not sure if this is only a bayside rule or something that came in recently but check with the sales person , they should have the info.

Thanks Tajana. That will be unfortunate as it will make the estate really crowded. Will check with sales agent.

Irish16 · Aug 30, 2018 4:22 pm

BuLe

Tajana

Hi BuLe,

I am not sure regarding your estate but when I had a chat to Brett the sales rep, he told me that each estate has to have a townhouse lot/area now, as I was concerned about townhouses opposite of my house , which I only found out after the contract .
I am not sure if this is only a bayside rule or something that came in recently but check with the sales person , they should have the info.

Thanks Tajana. That will be unfortunate as it will make the estate really crowded. Will check with sales agent.

BuLe, please let us know what you find out.

Valandra · Sep 08, 2018 4:10 pm

Irish16

Just about to start building our new home with Ausbuild at Harrington Estate in Bridgeman Downs.

Will post updates and progress photos here

Timeline so far:
21/5 Build contract signed
11/6 Land registered
25/7 Land settled

28/7 Build contract signed
13/7 Tile selections
24/7 Colour and electrical selection

How's your build coming along irish16? So many houses going up now in stage 2! Exciting times

Valandra · Sep 08, 2018 4:14 pm

Irish16

BuLe

Tajana

Hi BuLe,

I am not sure regarding your estate but when I had a chat to Brett the sales rep, he told me that each estate has to have a townhouse lot/area now, as I was concerned about townhouses opposite of my house , which I only found out after the contract .
I am not sure if this is only a bayside rule or something that came in recently but check with the sales person , they should have the info.

Thanks Tajana. That will be unfortunate as it will make the estate really crowded. Will check with sales agent.

BuLe, please let us know what you find out.

Did you end up finding out about lot 75? I keep forgetting to ask!

Irish16 · Sep 09, 2018 5:38 pm

Valandra

Irish16

Just about to start building our new home with Ausbuild at Harrington Estate in Bridgeman Downs.

Will post updates and progress photos here

Timeline so far:
21/5 Build contract signed
11/6 Land registered
25/7 Land settled

28/7 Build contract signed
13/7 Tile selections
24/7 Colour and electrical selection

How's your build coming along irish16? So many houses going up now in stage 2! Exciting times

Hi Valandra,

Slab being poured next week, so it's all happening.
Looking forward to a quick and smooth building process

Valandra · Sep 11, 2018 5:54 am

Irish16

Valandra

Irish16

Just about to start building our new home with Ausbuild at Harrington Estate in Bridgeman Downs.

Will post updates and progress photos here

Timeline so far:
21/5 Build contract signed
11/6 Land registered
25/7 Land settled

28/7 Build contract signed
13/7 Tile selections
24/7 Colour and electrical selection

How's your build coming along irish16? So many houses going up now in stage 2! Exciting times

Hi Valandra,

Slab being poured next week, so it's all happening.
Looking forward to a quick and smooth building process

Oh yay, very exciting!! Good luck!

BuLe · Sep 11, 2018 12:49 pm

Thanks Tajana. That will be unfortunate as it will make the estate really crowded. Will check with sales agent.[/quote]
BuLe, please let us know what you find out.[/quote]

Did you end up finding out about lot 75? I keep forgetting to ask![/quote]

I have not had a chance to talk to Scott yet, if you get a chance please do ask him.

Irish16 · Sep 12, 2018 12:01 pm

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Slab preparations underway

Valandra · Sep 12, 2018 1:13 pm

Woohoo!! How exciting! Whole neighborhood is starting to take shape now!

pbwhi0 · Sep 12, 2018 8:49 pm

Looking good Irish. Won't be long and you will have a frame and can finally appreciate the dimensions of rooms.

All the best for a hassle free build :-D

Irish16 · Sep 21, 2018 11:03 am

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The frame is up! Now have some idea how big/small each room and area is...

Irish16 · Sep 30, 2018 7:45 pm

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And we’ve got the roof!

In other news - got a call from Ausbuild earlier this week advising that Austral Bricks has changed the colour of the brick we originally chose (urban one chiffon), originally grey, new version - brown. Very unfortunate as all our other selections don’t match with the new colour...

Wondering if anyone else on this forum has had a similar experience?

pbwhi0 · Oct 01, 2018 9:24 am

Have Ausbuild given you an option to revise your selection? The Austral brick we had originally signed off on had a substantial colour variance between the one in the Ausbuild display centre and the sample we obtained from Austral direct.

We spoke to the Austral rep who obtained a couple of bricks from the actual batch we would have received. The difference was too great so we were allowed to switch bricks - in the end we went with a PGH brick that was closer match to the colour we were after.

Worked out better as the feature brick we had chosen with Austral was a lot extra whereas PGH had a similar feature brick that was in standard range. The saving in bricks we put towards off-white mortar all round.

The PGH display centre is great to compare bricks and mortar. They have walls of the same brick but half are normal grey mortar and half off-white. The difference is so different in some cases you think they are different bricks. This is what sold me on the off-white mortar.

Good luck with your choice!

Irish16 · Oct 03, 2018 7:50 pm

pbwhi0

Have Ausbuild given you an option to revise your selection? The Austral brick we had originally signed off on had a substantial colour variance between the one in the Ausbuild display centre and the sample we obtained from Austral direct.

We spoke to the Austral rep who obtained a couple of bricks from the actual batch we would have received. The difference was too great so we were allowed to switch bricks - in the end we went with a PGH brick that was closer match to the colour we were after.

Worked out better as the feature brick we had chosen with Austral was a lot extra whereas PGH had a similar feature brick that was in standard range. The saving in bricks we put towards off-white mortar all round.

The PGH display centre is great to compare bricks and mortar. They have walls of the same brick but half are normal grey mortar and half off-white. The difference is so different in some cases you think they are different bricks. This is what sold me on the off-white mortar.

Good luck with your choice!

Crisis averted. Ausbuild managed to source the brick that we originally selected...

pbwhi0 · Oct 03, 2018 7:56 pm

Excellent! Always good when the original plan comes together.