Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Building Henley Palace Lux Q1 5BR with MODs in West MEL 175Jul 12, 2017 8:34 am immu999 Hope your land titles soon. I called the estate today as i was about to finalize a builder and she told me not to sign the contract as there might be delays. I am thinking to delay the builder contract for a couple of months now. Really hope there will not be significant rise in price till i engage one. Hi immu999 yes developer advised the delay of our stage means a delay in your maplewood estate. Our street is not a huge street so it is very surprising it is taking so long, but as long as all is done properly and land is stable - that is what matters rather than a rushed job. The upside it is helped us to make late changes that we were wanting to do after handover and its given us more time to save up for those changes. We managed to relocate the HWS which I didn't think was possible so that is great. Which builder and design are you going with? Re: Building Henley Palace Lux Q1 5BR with MODs in West MEL 176Jul 13, 2017 11:40 am spice girl immu999 Hope your land titles soon. I called the estate today as i was about to finalize a builder and she told me not to sign the contract as there might be delays. I am thinking to delay the builder contract for a couple of months now. Really hope there will not be significant rise in price till i engage one. Hi immu999 yes developer advised the delay of our stage means a delay in your maplewood estate. Our street is not a huge street so it is very surprising it is taking so long, but as long as all is done properly and land is stable - that is what matters rather than a rushed job. The upside it is helped us to make late changes that we were wanting to do after handover and its given us more time to save up for those changes. We managed to relocate the HWS which I didn't think was possible so that is great. Which builder and design are you going with? They delays comes with a lot of frustration, that is the reason i decided not to lock a builder now. My stage is located at the entrance of the estate. Roads, driveways are already done. The only thing left is sewerage and other lines. Still they need 6 months to do it. I considered 4 builders, Carlise, Easyliving, Metricon and a custom builder. Each had a promotion expiring before site start June next year which is certainly difficult to achieve considering the pace of work. Re: Building Henley Palace Lux Q1 5BR with MODs in West MEL 177Jul 13, 2017 11:57 am immu999 spice girl immu999 Hope your land titles soon. I called the estate today as i was about to finalize a builder and she told me not to sign the contract as there might be delays. I am thinking to delay the builder contract for a couple of months now. Really hope there will not be significant rise in price till i engage one. Hi immu999 yes developer advised the delay of our stage means a delay in your maplewood estate. Our street is not a huge street so it is very surprising it is taking so long, but as long as all is done properly and land is stable - that is what matters rather than a rushed job. The upside it is helped us to make late changes that we were wanting to do after handover and its given us more time to save up for those changes. We managed to relocate the HWS which I didn't think was possible so that is great. Which builder and design are you going with? They delays comes with a lot of frustration, that is the reason i decided not to lock a builder now. My stage is located at the entrance of the estate. Roads, driveways are already done. The only thing left is sewerage and other lines. Still they need 6 months to do it. I considered 4 builders, Carlise, Easyliving, Metricon and a custom builder. Each had a promotion expiring before site start June next year which is certainly difficult to achieve considering the pace of work. I contacted developer for update yesterday. Now saying titles late Sep due to issues with under ground water main works in the area. Now I'm hoping we actually title this year. Our build may not start til next year. At least it has helped to decided to enroll children in school in current schools for all of next year rather than trying to commute. We will just keep saving. Hoping our preapproval doesn't expire again. What stage in Maplewood are you in? Re: Building Henley Palace Lux Q1 5BR with MODs in West MEL 179Jul 13, 2017 4:12 pm immu999 Thats really sad I am in Stage 1A, Forde Avenue Our conveyancer has confirmed the delays are very much common and standard process. Re: Building Henley Palace Lux Q1 5BR with MODs in West MEL 180Jul 14, 2017 9:11 pm Spice girl - just catch up on your progress - so sorry to hear that titles are to be delayed again. Not sure who you're with for pre-approvals but I had mine expire about 3 times since I started the journey and have had them renewed along the way via email of all things but I'm presuming this is because we are not using a broker and working directly with the bank manger directly. Can you talk with your finance, to see how you can keep your pre-approval current whilst you are waiting on land title? I hope that you not caught out to badly with your current housing. Good luck and stay positive. Hi All It has been a few weeks since my last update. The build has been progressing well. No major issues to report. The scaffolding was dropped today, gyprock will be… 96 356960 Hi I live in a 100yr old semi and my neighbour added an additional floor last yr and our architect has advised that we can knock down our semi and build a free-standing… 0 37714 It might be a bit darker in the mornings but the light is still light, so you should be getting it. 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