Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Who is building with Beechwood 14086Dec 15, 2016 10:33 am LickitySplit nataliea Yeah they have given us the keys but said we can't move in till we get the certificate. I'm hoping for a resolution by tomorrow so we can move in on the weekend Who is telling you you can't move in? We got so many different stories depending on who you talked to. Forget the IOC and just move in, then get the drive and landscaping sorted over the next three months and get your final OC. That's correct. I have gone to council in our area in Sydney and they confirmed that not having landscape or driveway cannot stop people of moving in. I have been told to move in and then can get them done later in 3 till 6 month. They understand people already spent heaps on construct and land! Re: Who is building with Beechwood 14087Dec 15, 2016 10:36 am LickitySplit nataliea Yeah they have given us the keys but said we can't move in till we get the certificate. I'm hoping for a resolution by tomorrow so we can move in on the weekend Who is telling you you can't move in? We got so many different stories depending on who you talked to. Forget the IOC and just move in, then get the drive and landscaping sorted over the next three months and get your final OC. The private certifier is saying it. Apparently it's illegal to move in without any occupation certificate and we can get fine for doing so. They said council need to put it in writing to them Building Beechwood Bordeaux Four in Newcastle area Re: Who is building with Beechwood 14088Dec 15, 2016 10:37 am nataliea LickitySplit nataliea Yeah they have given us the keys but said we can't move in till we get the certificate. I'm hoping for a resolution by tomorrow so we can move in on the weekend Who is telling you you can't move in? We got so many different stories depending on who you talked to. Forget the IOC and just move in, then get the drive and landscaping sorted over the next three months and get your final OC. The private certifier is saying it. Apparently it's illegal to move in without any occupation certificate and we can get fine for doing so. They said council need to put it in writing to them You can get interim OC to move in. Re: Who is building with Beechwood 14089Dec 15, 2016 10:39 am nataliea The private certifier is saying it. Apparently it's illegal to move in without any occupation certificate and we can get fine for doing so. They said council need to put it in writing to them Ignore them. Council are going to break up for Christmas soon anyway. Doubt you will find anyone that can be bothered chasing you up for a fine. Re: Who is building with Beechwood 14090Dec 15, 2016 10:40 am This is the condition in our DA they are referring to. As I say, every new house that has been built in our estate has this condition, still people are moved in, have council bins (which you need at least an IOC to get) with no landscaping at front and no fence at the front. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Building Beechwood Bordeaux Four in Newcastle area Re: Who is building with Beechwood 14091Dec 15, 2016 10:41 am Sparkie nataliea LickitySplit [quote="nataliea"]Yeah they have given us the keys but said we can't move in till we get the certificate. I'm hoping for a resolution by tomorrow so we can move in on the weekend Who is telling you you can't move in? We got so many different stories depending on who you talked to. Forget the IOC and just move in, then get the drive and landscaping sorted over the next three months and get your final OC. The private certifier is saying it. Apparently it's illegal to move in without any occupation certificate and we can get fine for doing so. They said council need to put it in writing to them You can get interim OC to move in. [/quote] I know..it's the way it should be but certifier won't even do that Building Beechwood Bordeaux Four in Newcastle area Re: Who is building with Beechwood 14092Dec 15, 2016 10:48 am nataliea This is the condition in our DA they are referring to. As I say, every new house that has been built in our estate has this condition, still people are moved in, have council bins (which you need at least an IOC to get) with no landscaping at front and no fence at the front. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Everyone has those requirements. Beechwood themselves told me to just move in and sort it out in the next 3 months. For the bins, ring Waste Management and they will deliver the bins. They won't care about the OC. Re: Who is building with Beechwood 14094Dec 15, 2016 11:39 am nataliea lol Beechwood couldent give me a straight answer when I spoke to them yesterday. ahh so frustrating Ignore them all and move in as planned. Just get everything sorted within about 3 months. You will never get a straight answer from anyone as there stories change from day to day and person to person. The council have better things to do than chase up people moving into houses that don't have a driveway. Re: Who is building with Beechwood 14095Dec 15, 2016 11:40 am Just got off the phone with council. They cant do anything and cant influence. They said its up to the certifier. Lookslike i'll be trying to appoint a new certifier. Building Beechwood Bordeaux Four in Newcastle area Re: Who is building with Beechwood 14096Dec 15, 2016 11:47 am nataliea Just got off the phone with council. They cant do anything and cant influence. They said its up to the certifier. Lookslike i'll be trying to appoint a new certifier. You are making a mountain out of a molehill. Move in, ring waste management and order bins, get driveway etc sorted, then get certifier back out to finalise the OC. Is the certifier BuildCert? Re: Who is building with Beechwood 14097Dec 15, 2016 11:59 am LickitySplit nataliea Just got off the phone with council. They cant do anything and cant influence. They said its up to the certifier. Lookslike i'll be trying to appoint a new certifier. You are making a mountain out of a molehill. Move in, ring waste management and order bins, get driveway etc sorted, then get certifier back out to finalise the OC. Is the certifier BuildCert? Yes its buildcert Building Beechwood Bordeaux Four in Newcastle area Re: Who is building with Beechwood 14098Dec 15, 2016 11:59 am nataliea Just got off the phone with council. They cant do anything and cant influence. They said its up to the certifier. Lookslike i'll be trying to appoint a new certifier. Front landscaping is ridiculous that takes months. On our last house we did our own slab on the alfresco area. So there was a small drop between the door and the ground. They said we had to put a temporary step and we got a conditional approval. we sent photos once it was finished to get the full occupation cert months later. I hope you can sort it out quickly . Buildingabetterhome.blogspot.com.au Land deposit - Oct 14 Deposit - Jan 16 Land registered - June 16 Settlement - July 16 Colour selection and approval -Sept 16 Slab- Nov 16 Frame - Dec 16 Re: Who is building with Beechwood 14099Dec 15, 2016 1:21 pm Hope you get it sorted Nataliea. Was not at all happy when i did our driveby this morning. The front has had the moroka put on. Yay one might say, except its white and we want Dune. Ok, so apparently that is just an undercoat. But it gets better... we had on the plans that the corbell on the front piers were to be left without moroka. Guess what, they put moroka on it. Seriously, the rest of the bricks are red and this 1 row is the orpheus. Did the painter think it was put orpheus just to make it look pretty until they put moroka on. Grrrr 20/11/15 - Settled land 06/11/15 - Request 1st tender BH 21/04/16 - Colour Selections and Contracts Signed 31/05/16 - Commencement Letter 24/06.16 - Started work onsite - cut and benching begun Re: Who is building with Beechwood 14100Dec 15, 2016 1:38 pm nataliea paulsingh Does anyone know when beechwood homes remove the excess dirt from site. Since theyve done piering and slab, there's a big pile sitting at the back and front of the house. Our house is nearly ready. Or do we have to get it removed?, our tender has a fixed cost of $1100 for site soil management. We had to remove our excess ourselves . It said in our contract it was our responsibility. Unfortunately it cost quite a bit as we had heaps to get rid of try posting on Facebook free soil... people will often come collect with a trailer if it's free! especially if they have a lot of landscaping or fill required Thanks for your reply. I will just wait and see I guess. Trying to get some more information from our builder. 9 29917 go upvc window frames ensure insulation under colorbond. not just sarking, lighter color roof also not sure if you have seen this viewtopic.php?t=5823 last couple of pages… 4 110209 |