Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Somerfield Estate Keysborough 1379Mar 18, 2011 10:05 am Could anyone let me know how long it took for their plans to pass the DAP. Our first attempt failed, and it took well over a week for our builder to make contact with them personally, which finally happened and they came to a verbal confirmation so a new set of plans were sent 3 weeks ago, no answer yet as to when the plans will be approved, only this reply from them. Unfortunately because Somerfield have hired architects to review the home designs I am unable to directly access anyone involved in reviewing your home. Our builder spoke with Somerfield about a revised driveway (which does meet the new driveway guidelines) and this reply was - " they asked me to email the information through. The following email was sent back…. “Dear Somerfield builder Thank you for your submission, we will respond as soon as possible. Sincerely Design Assessment Panel” Friday 11.3.11 I think the DAP should be called "Dead A.....e People" Why do they not respond to people, a while ago I posted on this forum that I sent them a personal email that I needed clarification on something and it got returned by the Mail Administrator, and I did use the correct address. I am sorry for my rant but I am getting quite stressed about this as we put wheels into motion on Day 1 when the land was titled and we are no further advanced. Re: Somerfield Estate Keysborough 1380Mar 18, 2011 1:20 pm Our DAP took about 3 weeks when we did it. We had to go through twice too. They put you to the bottom of the pile each time. We are in stage 1a, so i'm guessing a lot longer now that there are so many more stages going through. 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 2870 |