Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Somerfield Estate Keysborough 1329Feb 24, 2011 2:14 pm Building Henley Monterey Q3 at Somerfield, Keysborough. Land Purchased: 23rd December 2009 Land Settled: 14th December 2010 Developer Approval: 18th January 2011 Building Permit: 20th January 2011 Site Scrape: 9th February 2011 Slab Poured: 23rd February 2011 Build thread: viewtopic.php?f=31&t=43214 Re: Somerfield Estate Keysborough 1337Feb 28, 2011 5:52 pm 1L will finally settle on 7th March, yeah!!! Building with Places Homes - Drysdale 26 Re: Somerfield Estate Keysborough 1338Feb 28, 2011 6:58 pm guagua77 the_milesy Did anyone in the estate have any problems with flooding recently? Just wondering how the Wetlands / drainage faired. I haven't seen any problem so far in the estate. I live in Stage D Clarendon Drive, there was one occasion there it flooded up to the footpath.. everyone had to move their cars to higher grounds, btw our house is infront of a drain Building with Orbit Homes - Alcott 20 Pacific Urban Facade Stage 1D, Somerfield Estate, Keysborough. Moved In Sweet! Re: Somerfield Estate Keysborough 1339Mar 01, 2011 9:14 am smartadam Hello friends, Just wondering with the ISP, is Telstra our only choice? Is it possible to get ADSL in the estate? Thanks in advnce. Adam Hi Adam, The estate is a Telstra Smart Community. I.e. Telstra has laid fiber optic cable, not copper. They don't wholesale their fiber, so yes Telstra is the only Choice for a wired phone / internet connection. You cannot get ADSL as there is no copper. In saying that, Telstra is currently in negotiations / voting to sell their fiber to NBNco. Its probably a couple of years off, but eventually we should just be patched to the NBN, and then you will be able to choose any ISP (will actually be known as an RSP (Retail service provider)). In the mean time, either sign up with Telstra (you should get $1500 credit), or go wireless. As a side note, your Free to Air TV is also supplied over this fiber optic cable ( no need for an antenna). I have spoken to Telstra myself, and have been told that if I don't want any paid services (Phone, internet, Pay TV) then they will come out and hook up the fiber for the Free to Air TV for no cost. Hope that helps, Milesy. PS. I don't have anything to do with the estate or Telstra etc. I'm just a nerd. A lot of those Covenants are put in place at the time the Developers are still involved and marketing a certain look and they get ignored or expire after a time. If the… 1 14398 |