Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Our Benham 33 journey 1461Nov 21, 2012 6:22 am Built the Seaview 36 with Rawson Homes - Read about it on my blog http://lamaisondemorgan.blogspot.com.au/ Re: Our Benham 33 journey 1462Nov 21, 2012 6:28 am Building The Benham 29 in The Ponds With Rawson Homes http://buildingwithrawson.blogspot.com.au/ Site Start 13/2/13 Handover 7/8/13 Re: Our Benham 33 journey 1463Nov 21, 2012 9:02 am My very first blog http://benham33.blogspot.com.au/ Re: Our Benham 33 journey 1464Nov 21, 2012 5:26 pm Built the Seaview 36 with Rawson Homes - Read about it on my blog http://lamaisondemorgan.blogspot.com.au/ Re: Our Benham 33 journey 1465Nov 21, 2012 8:01 pm Modified Fernside 38 Rawson Homes Blog: http://www.thehousethatmatandjenbuilt.blogspot.com Build Thread: https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=60501 Re: Our Benham 33 journey 1467Nov 22, 2012 8:20 am My very first blog http://benham33.blogspot.com.au/ Re: Our Benham 33 journey 1468Nov 22, 2012 10:55 am Modified Fernside 38 Rawson Homes Blog: http://www.thehousethatmatandjenbuilt.blogspot.com Build Thread: https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=60501 Re: Our Benham 33 journey 1469Nov 22, 2012 12:01 pm Jen1977 lovely day I am having. Got a nice call from the council We took out two additional trees. One was leaning towards the house and the other one was damaged when the other trees came down, so it was removed. So I am going to get a letter from the council tree preservation person over that one. They didn't seem to care that we have 27 gum trees left on our block. Secondly the cut and fill is too big. On the Rawson plans we were supposed to have a 700 fill at the back of the house as per the elevation below Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ As you can see, Rawson were going to fill only to the right hand side of the alfresco and then we were going to have a 700mm drop back to the ground. So we made the fill pad longer so that it was usable. Apparently that is against the DA consent and we could only fill where it was on the approved plans. Same with the front of the block. They said we have cut too much. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ That we should have only cut exactly what was on the plans. If you look at the garage at the front of the house we have a 700 cut into the garage, if we left it how it was on the plans we would have had major water problems and the garage would have been unusable. So now we are going to get a letter about that one as well. Just what I wanted for a Thursday Ridiculous! I feel sorry for you.... Building The Benham 29 in The Ponds With Rawson Homes http://buildingwithrawson.blogspot.com.au/ Site Start 13/2/13 Handover 7/8/13 Re: Our Benham 33 journey 1470Nov 22, 2012 12:05 pm Hey Jen, you poor thing.. I was just thinking about it. Do you think one of your neighbours complained so thats why council came out to visit ??? Re: Our Benham 33 journey 1471Nov 22, 2012 12:23 pm Quote: Do you think one of your neighbours complained so thats why council came out to visit ??? No the council came out as they are the certifiers. They came out on Monday to inspect the piers. I have spoken to the SS and he said that the council rung him kicking up a fuss saying we were removing Koala habitat trees which is a crock of ****. When we first bought the block they thought it might be koala habitat. The Council sent the koala person out and he said there was no evidence of koala activity and it wasnt a habitat. None of the neighbours have ever seen a koala, plus the block is surrounded on 3 sides with people that have dogs, so there is no chance of koalas. It seems as soon as we wanted to build on the block it is a koala area. They are now saying the block had strict restrictions and that the fill couldnt go past the building envelope. I said that was rubbish as the restrictions said no shed or dwelling. So what the council are saying is we should have a 700mm drop off the back of the alfresco area and nothing else and the garage should be un-usable as we have a 700mm drop to get into it that is only a metre in front of the garage. Modified Fernside 38 Rawson Homes Blog: http://www.thehousethatmatandjenbuilt.blogspot.com Build Thread: https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=60501 Re: Our Benham 33 journey 1472Nov 22, 2012 12:59 pm Jen, it sounds like your local council are a bunch of twits! I hope you guys get everything sorted out soon... UPDATE: Still waiting on our second lot of draft plans, I sent them back nearly 3 weeks ago. We signed our tender 2 months ago today and still don't even have plans to council! Our 120 day tender to contract isn't looking good... especially since the Christmas break is coming up.. Re: Our Benham 33 journey 1474Nov 22, 2012 1:18 pm Quote: Hi all, my CSO has told me that the 120 days is working days only. Have any of you been told this? It doesn't say working days only in any of the tender docs I'm sorry but that is a crock. 120 working days no one has ever told me that. That is nearly 170 days. I wouldnt accept that, or get them to give you the information where it says 120 working days. Quote: Jen, it sounds like your local council are a bunch of twits! I hope you guys get everything sorted out soon.. They are a bunch of twits - now we have to explain the reason we did things. "Sorry we cut out our driveway so we could use our garage. Sorry we cut further away from our house than the metre Rawson was going to cut it so it didnt end up in a 700mm hole and have water problems" "Sorry we extended the fill from the back of our house so we wouldnt have a 700mm drop off the alfresco" Quote: UPDATE: Still waiting on our second lot of draft plans, I sent them back nearly 3 weeks ago. We signed our tender 2 months ago today and still don't even have plans to council! Our 120 day tender to contract isn't looking good... especially since the Christmas break is coming up.. Our revised plans took 3 weeks from when all of the variations were signed off on. We signed our tender mid June and our plans were lodged with council 24/08/12, only because I picked up the paperwork and paid to have the plans stamped at Hunter Water. If it was left to Rawson it would have taken quite a few more weeks. Question - I have gone through my tender again and noticed that there is a 'fixed' charge in there for provide concrete pump for piers. No concrete pump was provided for the piers. I know it says fixed, but there is an amount for this and they didn't use it. I asked Maree this morning about it and she said she doesn't deal with me anymore now i am in construction and I need to speak to the SS. Should i ask the SS for a credit? Modified Fernside 38 Rawson Homes Blog: http://www.thehousethatmatandjenbuilt.blogspot.com Build Thread: https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=60501 Re: Our Benham 33 journey 1475Nov 22, 2012 1:23 pm Jen1977 Quote: Hi all, my CSO has told me that the 120 days is working days only. Have any of you been told this? It doesn't say working days only in any of the tender docs I'm sorry but that is a crock. 120 working days no one has ever told me that. That is nearly 170 days. I wouldnt accept that, or get them to give you the information where it says 120 working Thanks Jen1977 appreciate the feedback. Think they might be trying to buy themselves some time.... Sigh.... So irritating. Will ask for docs where is states working days. Hope you issues get sorted out...that would send me wild! Bureaucracy is ridiculous sometimes. Re: Our Benham 33 journey 1476Nov 22, 2012 1:37 pm Quote: Hope you issues get sorted out...that would send me wild! Bureaucracy is ridiculous sometimes It just makes me angry that the stupid council person says we cant cut anything more than what has been approved, even though I kept explaining that we could not get into the garage he kept saying but you can't cut more. Sorry lets build a house spend a shed load of money doing it, but the garage cant be used as you can't cut dirt without permission. I guess they have to justify their existence and the council rates they charge Modified Fernside 38 Rawson Homes Blog: http://www.thehousethatmatandjenbuilt.blogspot.com Build Thread: https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=60501 Re: Our Benham 33 journey 1477Nov 22, 2012 1:46 pm Jen1977 Quote: Hope you issues get sorted out...that would send me wild! Bureaucracy is ridiculous sometimes It just makes me angry that the stupid council person says we cant cut anything more than what has been approved, even though I kept explaining that we could not get into the garage he kept saying but you can't cut more. Sorry lets build a house spend a shed load of money doing it, but the garage cant be used as you can't cut dirt without permission. I guess they have to justify their existence and the council rates they charge Maybe you need to draw them a picture of how you won't be able to get into your house.... Re: Our Benham 33 journey 1478Nov 22, 2012 1:58 pm Quote: Maybe you need to draw them a picture of how you won't be able to get into your house.... They have the picture it is on the DA plans. Nothing more that I can do than wait and see what my letter says. Modified Fernside 38 Rawson Homes Blog: http://www.thehousethatmatandjenbuilt.blogspot.com Build Thread: https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=60501 Re: Our Benham 33 journey 1479Nov 22, 2012 2:06 pm Jen1977 Quote: Maybe you need to draw them a picture of how you won't be able to get into your house.... They have the picture it is on the DA plans. Nothing more that I can do than wait and see what my letter says. Fingers crossed that they see sense! Any advice on how to ensure the kit home granny flat that im thinking of buying will get council approval. 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