Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Building @ Harcrest, Wantirna South 241Nov 18, 2011 12:16 pm Tramsok Building Montana 27 with Carlisle Homes @ Harcrest 23/10/11 Land Ballot 05/12/10 Deposit 27/07/11 Contract 20/08/11 Site Start 13/09/11 Slab 22/09/11 Frame complete 13/10/11 Lock-up 25/11/11 PCI Re: Building @ Harcrest, Wantirna South 242Dec 01, 2011 12:00 am Tramsok Building Montana 27 with Carlisle Homes @ Harcrest 23/10/11 Land Ballot 05/12/10 Deposit 27/07/11 Contract 20/08/11 Site Start 13/09/11 Slab 22/09/11 Frame complete 13/10/11 Lock-up 25/11/11 PCI Re: Building @ Harcrest, Wantirna South 252Dec 15, 2011 9:53 pm Tramsok Building Montana 27 with Carlisle Homes @ Harcrest 23/10/11 Land Ballot 05/12/10 Deposit 27/07/11 Contract 20/08/11 Site Start 13/09/11 Slab 22/09/11 Frame complete 13/10/11 Lock-up 25/11/11 PCI Re: Building @ Harcrest, Wantirna South 253Dec 15, 2011 11:05 pm Tramsok Building Montana 27 with Carlisle Homes @ Harcrest 23/10/11 Land Ballot 05/12/10 Deposit 27/07/11 Contract 20/08/11 Site Start 13/09/11 Slab 22/09/11 Frame complete 13/10/11 Lock-up 25/11/11 PCI Re: Building @ Harcrest, Wantirna South 255Dec 22, 2011 9:25 am Hi both Tramsok and Twakky, Great to hear that you are in and nearly there. Our builder has said that we might be in around mid to late Feb, lets see how things go. Tramsok, I drove past your house the other day. The driveway looks impressive, can I ask who did you use, and roughly how much it costs? Our drive is about the same size as yours. Also the link you gave on the water tank which you had made, was this allot more expensive than say something you would get at Bunnings? Gren Re: Building @ Harcrest, Wantirna South 256Dec 22, 2011 12:02 pm Hi Tramsok and Twakky, Congratultaions on your handover. Good to see that you guys are fairly happy with the outcome of the PCI. Tramsok, Your driveway and the conrete around your house looks great. And your render colors present well. Twakky, your façade and color choice are really good. Well done. Gren, good to hear that you will be in by March. In the new year, you must be busy organising other stuff like driveway, fence, water tank etc. Good on you. We are at lock up stage and our stair case has been fixed and the doors have arrived. Once the guys are back, in the new year, they will start working on the kitchen. Things have been progressing well and I understand that we are ahead of schedule, as of today. PD have been doing a good job. Our site supervisor is a very good guy and he seems to be across every tiny bit of detail. Our independent inspections came back with some minor observations/remarks and the site supervisor has fixed most of them and agreed to take care of the remaining few issues. As things stand today, we might be in there by May. Exciting…. By the way, there have been reports of plenty of stuff being stolen from the sites and so, those of you who have completed handover, please be mindful of that. Needless to say, you would have adequately covered yourselves with relevant insurance cover. Good Luck everyone and Wish you all a Merry Xmas and a very Happy New Year Building with PD 01.06.11 Contract Sigd 01.10.11 Site Start 04.11.11 Frame Complete 20.01.12 Fix Stage Complete 31.03.12 Handover Complete *16.04.2012 Moved in* Re: Building @ Harcrest, Wantirna South 257Dec 22, 2011 1:16 pm Hey All! Thanks Bruno We have the keys!! Good to hear everyone else's builds are going well. Ah yes... those pesky burglars.... Our Supervisor (FYI he has been fantastic and very accommodating, not sure if it's the same one as yours Bruno) was going to hold off on the installation of the appliance until handover but now at our request he won't be installing them until we get our floorboards in. This morning at the final inspection I noticed that someone has taken the top sleepers(WAT THE!?), all 5 of them, off our back retaining wall. Only from our boundary none from blocks on either side. A bit annoyed (a bit worried that the soil might wash down to the adjacent block during a storm), yet a bit amused... they don't cost much buy. But anyways we're going to contact Mirvac about it since they technically own the walls. I'll post some pics up soon (Sorry Wateman, I know I said I'll post some up!) MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR!! Can't wait to meet you all next year Built the Montrose 19 with PD @ Harcrest (Stage 1) 03.05.11 House Contract 01.07.11 Land Settlement 01.09.11 Site Start 12.10.11 Lock up 14.12.11 PCI 22.12.11 Handover Re: Building @ Harcrest, Wantirna South 258Jan 07, 2012 7:39 pm Tramsok, Where did you get your quote for the exposed aggregate? I am having trouble getting a proper provider. Also, I noticed there are a few first residents over there... one at the corner of Cerise and Honey Avenue (has a van called "uplift events" lol) and the house looks really nice. Cheers Re: Building @ Harcrest, Wantirna South 259Jan 09, 2012 6:41 am Gren Twakky and Tramsok, How did you PCI go? I hope it was all good and that you are bale to move in before xmas. Just think you will be the first people to move in on the estate. We have been given an initial PCI date of around late Jan/early Feb. getting quite close now, getting all nervous about meeting and moving into the new house. Will have loads to complete in the 3 months living there in-order to get back our $10K deposit back. Gren What do you have to do to your house in 3 months in order to get your $10k deposit? Re: Building @ Harcrest, Wantirna South 260Jan 10, 2012 12:02 am Hi everyone, Happy new year. Not much activity on the post, but I'd give a quick update. Been busy as hell, mainly unpacking and cleaning. Our place still looks like a bomb site but we're slowly packing things away. Our garage is still full with boxes, so unfortunately we cannot park our cars inside just yet. aasz1978, we used 1300 Driveways for our exposed aggregate driveway. www.1300driveways.com.au, I am happy with the job and they were friendly and professional. Gren, our driveway costs around $3K but we also got the sides of our house done with drainage and that costs another $3K. Yeah the water tank will definitely be more than something you pick up an Bunnings. They will custom make it for you and in colorbond not plastic, so we paid just under $3K to have it installed with a internal pump inside the tank. twakky, great meeting you the other day. I hope your flooring is coming along well. In regards to the retaining walls, our builder installed that as part of the site cut and was factored into the site costs. I've noticed a lot of homes that have had a site cut have no retaining walls. Not sure if people plan to install them later as I presume they will have a lot unsupported soil around their block otherwise. It's been great living here, very quiet at night but there have been quite a lot of suspicious cars driving around at night which makes me kind of uneasy. Be good to have some company and neighbours move in as it can get pretty lonely. We still have no fencing so I don't like having our house fully exposed. Good thing is that security do patrol the estate at night at regular intervals. Not sure what cars are doing driving around the estate at midnight, but I did catch one car at a building site near Cellar lane either unloading or loading something into his car one night. He quickly drove off when they saw me but I managed to get the number plate. Mirvac have provided us wireless mobile broadband which has been great while NBN is being rolled out. We got our blinds last week, so pretty happy about that. Also got our decking done just before Xmas. Next on the agenda is to get some aggie pipes and drainage installed in the small backyard as it gets pretty flooded during heavy rain. Has anyone checked out the new display homes? They have just opened, well PD have - very nice homes. Metr1c0n are aren't far off. How is everyone else going with their builds? Hopefully a few of you move in soon to give us some company Tramsok Building Montana 27 with Carlisle Homes @ Harcrest 23/10/11 Land Ballot 05/12/10 Deposit 27/07/11 Contract 20/08/11 Site Start 13/09/11 Slab 22/09/11 Frame complete 13/10/11 Lock-up 25/11/11 PCI Adam Baines Grad Cert Bldg Surv / Grad Dip Bldg Surv / MSAAPA Accredited Building Professional APB20210035 Builders Lic 183023 Pest Control Lic 84868 Ph 0412202336 PO… 3 46842 Well these guys are not looking good... I sent them a written enquiry last week and they have not yet replied. If they cannot respond to a simple… 4 10636 Keen to hear from people in the area who have got KDRB done on whom they got the build from? 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