Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Fairhaven Homes: Building in Livingston Cranbourne 8Sep 28, 2012 4:45 pm Hi DCharger, Thank you for the prompt reply! We are coming down on Sunday to look around at a number of Estates for land... we were keen on Cranbourne West's Ambrosia estate, but we have been currently scared to move to Cranbourne when we started looking into the 'Methane' incident that happened 4yrs ago... as we found that Methane can last up to 20yrs to disperse... so we are looking to be as far away as possible from ground zero, but still in the same area. The only other thing I'm not too big on is the block sizes, I feel 448sqm is too small for our house... it only gives us a 2meter backyard!... so i'm looking around for well priced larger blocks... 512sqm at least. I've only just had my walk through done on the Seven.1 home and I was extremely suprised as to how little it cost to add beyond the inclusions, my partner and I chose a lot of upgrades yet it cost very little, Evap cooling being the most exp at $4,600 which isn't too bad... we didn't add the Alfresco ($7,500) or the gas fireplace ($5,500) as we will add them later, after market style. We will go through some of the Fairhaven displays this weekend and some other brands too... we want to book an appointment with another builder just to see how their processes go. Thank you for your information DCharger!.. maybe we'll end up being neighbors?! Re: Fairhaven Homes: Building in Livingston Cranbourne 9Oct 01, 2012 12:29 pm Hi Cl1ck, Hope you had a good weekend checking the estates around cranbourne. And thanks for letting me know about the Landfill Issue as well. I wasn't aware of it..!! We were down at Cranbourne on Saturday as well & looked at a few other estates as well - Casiana Grove, Alarah, Ambroisia & Quarters. But when I checked on the landfill gas leak issue, i realised that most of these estates are really close to the site. further issue with Quarters is that the area is too low - you can actually see the fall over to Quarters from Hall Rd. The height of the estate is 30-38 mts above sea level which is approx 10-20 mts less than the other estates (45-50 mts above sea level). This leaves the Quarters estate prone to potential flooding - Thompsons Road x Evans Road was flooded (temporarily) during this year's heavy rainfall & Cranbourne normally get above average rainfall as compared to metro melbourne. As a result we might give 'West' a miss & focus towards 'East'. So far Livingston has ticked a lot of boxes - bus outside the estate, Casey Indoor Recreation Centre across the road, Casey Fiels Sporting Complex 200m to the right, Sth Gippsland Hwy & Centro Cranbourne less than 1km on the left, etc. Re the lot size, i understand that most estates' average lot size is 400-450sqm with a few 512's. Only estate selling large blocks is Botanic Ridge (600-2000+sqm). but then again it's really close to brookland greens (methane leak issue site). Don't know if you have kids, but we being a couple with no immediate plans of starting a family, we want to go for a medium maintenance house (20-25sqs @ 400-450sqm). Trick to getting a backyard (4-5m+) is to go for a squarer house design. That's what i'm working on atm. But in the end it's all individual choice & circumstances (family, kids, etc). Oh & how did you go with your walkthrough @ fairhaven.?? Also, I'm looking at organising a walkthru with 8 homes, could you tell me what sort of escalation over base price am I looking at? And Yes - we maybe future neighbours..!! Regards DCharger Re: Fairhaven Homes: Building in Livingston Cranbourne 10Oct 05, 2012 11:44 pm DCharger Thanks Ed. But i've already checked their website & they fit my requirements. however, I would like to know if anyone has built with Eight Homes & how the quality & the experience has been. 8Homes is the budget line of Urbanedge Homes. Re: Fairhaven Homes: Building in Livingston Cranbourne 11Oct 06, 2012 12:02 am We're building in the Pasadena Estate which is just up the road from Livingstone and Casey RACE - but the address is Clyde. Worth checking out - it feels like it's going to be a nice place to live! Building the Ascot 35 with Carlisle Homes in Pasadena Estate, Clyde VIC My build thread: viewtopic.php?f=31&t=59776 Re: Fairhaven Homes: Building in Livingston Cranbourne 12Jan 17, 2013 11:23 am Hi there, We're building next doors in ParksEdge Just saying hi! How far away from completion are you? x Smiely. bought land - Oct' 11 Builder decided - Nov' 11 deposits paid - Mar' 12 Land titled -Sep' 12 Site start - 29 Sep 12 Home handed and moved in - 31 Jan 13 We are looking to do a KDR with fairhaven homes, Have seen plenty of good reviews about them pre construction and plenty of negative reviews about them during contruction… 0 18041 Ask for references and speak to them. If they are defensive or try to avoid the request, walk. 1 74709 I would never build with Fowler homes. I built with them in 2021 and till date maintenance issues are pending. All their existing trades and businesses don't work with… 14 105574 |