Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Long delays building with SPH - Advice needed :-( 7Feb 16, 2010 1:45 pm viewtopic.php?f=31&t=22766 - my build thread! Time waits for no man. Unless that man is Chuck Norris. Re: Long delays building with SPH - Advice needed :-( 10Feb 16, 2010 1:54 pm viewtopic.php?f=31&t=22766 - my build thread! Time waits for no man. Unless that man is Chuck Norris. Re: Long delays building with SPH - Advice needed :-( 13Feb 16, 2010 2:10 pm viewtopic.php?f=31&t=22766 - my build thread! Time waits for no man. Unless that man is Chuck Norris. Re: Long delays building with SPH - Advice needed :-( 14Feb 16, 2010 2:21 pm Building in Seville Grove Perth Floreat by Scott Park Homes Earthworks 16th February Thread https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=24936 Re: Long delays building with SPH - Advice needed :-( 15Feb 16, 2010 2:23 pm Cooper's Build - Perth NOR viewtopic.php?f=31&t=30525 Prelim- mid Sept 2009, Pre Start 2 Feb, Siteworks- 21 April 2010, Slab- 10 May, Deliveries- all by 26 May Bricking- 28 May - 26 June, Roof complete 5 Aug, Float 28 Aug, Lock up 16 Sept Cabinets 1 Oct, Tiling 22 Oct, PCI 18 Nov, KEYS 3 Dec 2010 MOVED IN 17 DEC 2010 Re: Long delays building with SPH - Advice needed :-( 16Feb 16, 2010 2:24 pm Jodie80 Am sending you plenty of luck To my mind tho, there's just no way they can justify it dragging on for such a HUGE amount of time!! And either way, they should have kept in constant touch with YOU so that you know what is happening. And I agree with locust, definitely keep in touch with the Council once your plans get to them Thanks for the support Re: Long delays building with SPH - Advice needed :-( 17Feb 16, 2010 4:06 pm Cooper32 Had pre start beginning feb (only 2 week wait there to get appointment) plans resubed to council (more changes on our part!!) & they only took 6 days to re approve new design. How lucky are you? I hope ours gets reapproved that quick!! Samadon, I guess it's luck of the draw with SPH. Some people have managed to get good times and some others I know are way behind. Good luck! Summit/New Gen Homes Slab - 9/4/10 PCI - 13/9/10 Handover - 22/9/10 Re: Long delays building with SPH - Advice needed :-( 18Feb 16, 2010 6:16 pm There must be some factor at play surely? It cant just be luck? I'm hoping that there is something else as the wife and I just signed to build a Floreat with SPH and we are hoping the dramas are ending now we arent having to deal with the sales consultant... My thread has been deleted... Re: Long delays building with SPH - Advice needed :-( 19Feb 16, 2010 6:39 pm Nursepeter There must be some factor at play surely? It cant just be luck? I'm hoping that there is something else as the wife and I just signed to build a Floreat with SPH and we are hoping the dramas are ending now we arent having to deal with the sales consultant... Funny you should say that, our sales guy resigned before we got our plans & since dealing with SPH direct we have had a very smooth run (not without the waiting tho!!!) When you get plans back, along with pre start pack make sure you triple check everything as there were heaps of things our sales rep told us (& charged us for) that were incorrect & ended up costing us a few $k to fix up his mistakes. Thankfully SPH office staff have helped us in sorting things out. Just make sure you go over plans with fine tooth comb regarding sizes & postioning of things & that you are getting exactly what was quoted by sales rep!!!!! Cooper's Build - Perth NOR viewtopic.php?f=31&t=30525 Prelim- mid Sept 2009, Pre Start 2 Feb, Siteworks- 21 April 2010, Slab- 10 May, Deliveries- all by 26 May Bricking- 28 May - 26 June, Roof complete 5 Aug, Float 28 Aug, Lock up 16 Sept Cabinets 1 Oct, Tiling 22 Oct, PCI 18 Nov, KEYS 3 Dec 2010 MOVED IN 17 DEC 2010 Re: Long delays building with SPH - Advice needed :-( 20Feb 16, 2010 6:57 pm We signed up in early September and got our working plans at the end of January. We had prestart last week so within two weeks of receiving the plans which was unexpectedly quick. I think a lot of the delays have been caused by the success of the Vittoria range in particular and the need to process the first home buyers to meet the grant deadlines. Unfortunately that means anyone who wasn't a first home buyer has had to wait longer. I just keep telling myself the house will be all worth it in the end! Just to makea point about this, an approach that some people have found sucessful in negotiating these rises down, Is to provide some workings to the builder, specifying… 4 81770 In fairness nobody gave a crap about the ACCC and the gag clauses continued in the pro forma templates of a few other builders after the ACCC took on Wisdom, and more… 19 73606 While i was across this behavior's pre appointing my (the builders) surveyor, I did tell the builder i was aware what they were doing and while i disagreed with it, they… 13 14626 |