Browse Forums Building A New House Re: KDR Vantage Mode facade modified 43Jun 06, 2019 10:32 pm ![]() Progress I will keep updating these dates as best I can. Intial deposit 9 April 2018 Preliminary contract 3 August 2018 Final contract signing 10 December 2018 Final variation signing 17 April 2019 how come theres a long gap between preliminary contract to final contract and final variation ? is that normal? Re: KDR Vantage Mode facade modified 44Jun 06, 2019 11:34 pm ![]() ![]() Progress I will keep updating these dates as best I can. Intial deposit 9 April 2018 Preliminary contract 3 August 2018 Final contract signing 10 December 2018 Final variation signing 17 April 2019 how come theres a long gap between preliminary contract to final contract and final variation ? is that normal? Re: KDR Vantage Mode facade modified 46Jun 09, 2019 6:43 pm ![]() ![]() ![]() Progress I will keep updating these dates as best I can. Intial deposit 9 April 2018 Preliminary contract 3 August 2018 Final contract signing 10 December 2018 Final variation signing 17 April 2019 how come theres a long gap between preliminary contract to final contract and final variation ? is that normal? Yep it is really too long. Takes weeks to get answers for anything that is not standard. Studio M questions have a time limit, so if you ask them after that it's gonna take forever. If you need the drawings changed, expect a big wait. Also our csc was away for a month, so the person that replaced her did absolutely nothing. Things started moving slowly again when she came back. Admin is the bottle neck in the process. I did not mind it to much though. I am determined to enjoy the whole building process. Re: KDR Vantage Mode facade modified 48Jun 15, 2019 7:28 am Looking good Macher. Yes the invoice will be there the day they finish, the accounts dept. is very efficient. Re: KDR Vantage Mode facade modified 49Jun 15, 2019 8:00 am ![]() Looking good Macher. Yes the invoice will be there the day they finish, the accounts dept. is very efficient. Haha! More efficient than any other dept at M....amazing isn’t it. First coat of render went on our cladding yesterday and we got lock up invoice by midday. Re: KDR Vantage Mode facade modified 50Jun 15, 2019 1:37 pm Looking good! It's so exciting to see it taking shape. ![]() Re: KDR Vantage Mode facade modified 51Jun 19, 2019 7:34 pm Another horrible day with the neighbours. Frame is just coming together and they have already trespassed on my property to get a good view of their backyard from my first floor. We have a big window in our void and if anyone has seen the vantage display, this is the highlight of the home. Neighbours are demanding I frost the stair well window and the void window which I spent much $$$$ upgrading. They are banding together and demanded drawings and suggesting that show some respect as I'm joining the neighbour hood. I don't want to make them hate me before I come to live there but I don't want to look up at a frosted window. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Re: KDR Vantage Mode facade modified 52Jun 19, 2019 9:03 pm ![]() Another horrible day with the neighbours. Frame is just coming together and they have already trespassed on my property to get a good view of their backyard from my first floor. We have a big window in our void and if anyone has seen the vantage display, this is the highlight of the home. Neighbours are demanding I frost the stair well window and the void window which I spent much $$$$ upgrading. They are banding together and demanded drawings and suggesting that show some respect as I'm joining the neighbour hood. I don't want to make them hate me before I come to live there but I don't want to look up at a frosted window. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ If council approved it, there is nothing they can do. Same happened to us and these were neighbours we have lived next to for 28 years. Re: KDR Vantage Mode facade modified 53Jun 19, 2019 9:21 pm Agree with the above post! I would say just ignore them. They will come around after a while. May be if they really causing trouble just agree to frost the staircase window with a film so that to show you did something. Later may be you can remove that too! Re: KDR Vantage Mode facade modified 55Jun 20, 2019 7:30 am M do not like rebating the doors but they will do it if asked multiple times. I got it done after a kind forum member provided the paragraph entry in here contract. Re: KDR Vantage Mode facade modified 56Jun 20, 2019 10:45 am Fu*k the neighbors! I swear it's the absolute worst part of building. Nothing but non-stop complains and requests when it's really non of their business. I've built 3 times now, and it's the same issues every time, very common when building in an old established area. Just jealously, it's a terrible look. And yes, the rebating of doors definitely possible with persistence. But looks like you're very close to getting doors and windows installed. Perhaps try talk directly with your SM and pay him cash to make it happen. They can still cut the slab to suit before the door frames go in. Re: KDR Vantage Mode facade modified 57Jun 22, 2019 2:46 pm ![]() M do not like rebating the doors but they will do it if asked multiple times. I got it done after a kind forum member provided the paragraph entry in here contract. Re: KDR Vantage Mode facade modified 58Jun 23, 2019 10:01 pm ![]() ![]() M do not like rebating the doors but they will do it if asked multiple times. I got it done after a kind forum member provided the paragraph entry in here contract. We were thinking about concreting it up to height of the home slab. Re: KDR Vantage Mode facade modified 59Jun 23, 2019 10:27 pm ![]() ![]() ![]() M do not like rebating the doors but they will do it if asked multiple times. I got it done after a kind forum member provided the paragraph entry in here contract. We were thinking about concreting it up to height of the home slab. Your best bet might be to go visit the display homes and walk around in them, and take photos. Get a feel for it in person instead of deciding from the floor plan. There… 1 21437 ![]() 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 37140 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 19096 ![]() |