Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Building in Beaumont Rise? 44Oct 13, 2010 7:49 am Building a Newhaven 33 (now 36) at Beaumont Rise (Stage 5) sandrineandcraig.com 4/10/09 - Land dep | 8/7/10 - Council apprv | 30/8/10 - Site start | 24/12/10 - Lockup | 18/4/11 - PCI | 4/5/11 - Handover Re: Building in Beaumont Rise? 53Oct 25, 2010 12:05 pm They can be quick when they want to! DKP - sorry to hear about your neighbourly set back. I hope it isn't a sign of things to come with neighbour relations. We are in the process of signing off on orur final plans - there was one small error on the plans which we are hoping can be quickly rectified and then we're done! There's a lot of building starting in our stage now and I just wanna see a slab on our land!!!! Re: Building in Beaumont Rise? 54Oct 28, 2010 9:00 pm Aussie_Chik They can be quick when they want to! We are in the process of signing off on orur final plans - there was one small error on the plans which we are hoping can be quickly rectified and then we're done! There's a lot of building starting in our stage now and I just wanna see a slab on our land!!!! How exciting for you, Aussie_chik! We received some more info from the council. We are asked to provide a detailed landscaping plan, drafted by a qualified landscape designer. We have to address the neighbours concerns (overlooking) and show that on the landscaping plan. It also does not help that the neighbours raised the matter directly with some councillors. The town planner looking after our DA is very helpful. Luckily she will help us getting through this as quickly as possible. Re: Building in Beaumont Rise? 55Oct 29, 2010 1:25 pm What a bummer DKP! Is the neighbour one of the pre-established homes? I heard from Jim they established a residents committee in protest to the development. I remember you were already looking at some landscape design prior to lodgement, did you choose someone in the end? We now have pegs! Hopefully excavation next week. Most of our neighbours now have commenced build so the landscape is going to look very different in a few weeks time. How is everyone else travelling? Re: Building in Beaumont Rise? 56Oct 29, 2010 4:38 pm Aussie_Chik What a bummer DKP! Is the neighbour one of the pre-established homes? I heard from Jim they established a residents committee in protest to the development. I remember you were already looking at some landscape design prior to lodgement, did you choose someone in the end? Yes, the complaints come for the established house. Jim told me the residents tried hard to oppose the development but couldn’t do much about it at the end. I did not know there was a committee though. We had pre-selected a landscape designer but did not start work on it as we were too busy doing the colour selections for the house. Now is the time! More info on my blog... Re: Building in Beaumont Rise? 57Nov 01, 2010 7:54 am Did the council / developer require you guys to have lanscape design before you can even apply? We are actually also looking around for a landscape designer. We also went to the new Clarendon Dispaly Homes at Parklea over the weekend just to get some idea for our landscaping. I must say, their new designs are so much better than the old ones. Then went to see our construction development and we already have frames up, only on 1st level though. It's starting to look like a house now. Re: Building in Beaumont Rise? 58Nov 01, 2010 11:19 am Hi Eoh, The council did not initially require a landscaping plan and our builder nor the developer asked for one. For some others (like Aussie_chik) the council asked for a plan after the application was assessed. A hand-written plan was fine though. For us the council is asking a professional landscape plan complying with the council DCP (part D, I think). This is very confusing as everyone I have talked to (in the council and outside) seem to have a different opinion on what is required! Anyway the latest news from the council is that their policy now requires a landscaping plan and they are updating their “DA checklists” to make this clear to anyone submitting a DA. I don’t know though whether this is has to be a professional plan or if “home made” is fine DKP Re: Building in Beaumont Rise? 59Nov 01, 2010 2:21 pm Hi Everyone Well I drove past the land today to find that some excavation work had already begun - very exciting!!! Finally after almost a year since paying for our deposit on the land we have some action. Just to clarify our situation with the landscape plan. We were asked by our CSR to submit a "basic, hand drawn" landscape plan prior to DA. We queried why this was so and were informed they just wanted to give council an idea of hard/soft surface area ratio. It was funny to see our little drawings and colouring in up on the DA search on the website. Anyway, as it turned out this didn't prove to be an issue. Hoping this current rainy spell doesn't slow down the build process too much for everyone. Re: Building in Beaumont Rise? 60Nov 16, 2010 11:36 am Hi everyone! We are getting worried with our DA! This is an unconfirmed story: apparently the land behind ours on Chessington Terrace had a DA lodged for a double storey house. The DA was heavily opposed by the residents of the established houses on the South of the estate, and ultimately rejected. Now that land is restricted to single storey house only. Has anyone heard about this? Could this be true? I also found out that one of the councillors asked if there was a DA lodged for my lot at a council meeting in July. This is weird. I am checking out if this is really about my lot they are after and why... 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