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8 years8 yearselisenelisen posted:
Who's building with Clarendon??

I've finally just finished building with Clarendon in NSW, and they wouldn't tell us any of our provisions or anything until the end with the final invoice, which we got…

8 years8 yearselisenelisen posted:
Who's building with Clarendon??

I was told it starts when your site is scraped.

8 years8 yearselisenelisen posted:
Who's building with Clarendon??

We have a 30 week build in our contract, handover tomorrow at about 38 weeks...

8 years8 yearselisenelisen posted:
Who's building with Clarendon??

Thanks! We're so excited to finally be at the end of this long and tiring journey! And the bonus is the house is looking awesome!

8 years8 yearselisenelisen posted:
Who's building with Clarendon??

Had a phone call from our SS this afternoon to confirm handover is booked for this Friday at 4pm! WooHoo!! I am so over the whole process (have been going…

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8 years8 yearselisenelisen posted:
Who's building with Clarendon??

Definitely make a complaint to your area manager about the lack of communication and progress and let them know about your frustrations. As soon as I did this, our build…

8 years8 yearselisenelisen posted:
Who's building with Clarendon??

Just tell them if they hit you with too big of a price rise that you will go with another builder. That should get them to be not quite so…

8 years8 yearselisenelisen posted:
Who's building with Clarendon??

Thanks bmitchel! Yeah, we started on site in mid June, but moved in with my parents at the end of March, so it feels like it has taken forever... After…

8 years8 yearselisenelisen posted:
Who's building with Clarendon??

We had our PCI this morning with our SS and all went well. Only took 2 hours which I was pretty happy with. Our SS was SOOO thorough and found…

8 years8 yearselisenelisen posted:
Who's building with Clarendon??

We have got Houspect in for all stages for inspections, and really we just did it for peace of mind... They have picked up a few minor things, but nothing…

8 years8 yearselisenelisen posted:
Who's building with Clarendon??

Yeah, I saw the "buckets" of paint, they get the massive I think 20L tubs of paint? And there were no undercoat ones that I saw.... My sister build with…

8 years8 yearselisenelisen posted:
Who's building with Clarendon??

My husband has a very good eye for that kind of thing, so we will be relying on him... He is a spray painter / panel beater, so when it…

8 years8 yearselisenelisen posted:
Who's building with Clarendon??

Thanks! To say we are over it is an understatement! We are into about week 35 of our 30 week contract, and are sick of living with my parents....
We went…

8 years8 yearselisenelisen posted:
Who's building with Clarendon??

YAY! Just got a text from our bank that our final payment cheque is ready to be picked up from the bank! ANZ certainly don't mess around! (THANK GOD!) I…

8 years8 yearselisenelisen posted:
Who's building with Clarendon??

Once the gyprock goes up is when things really look bigger...

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8 years8 yearselisenelisen posted:
Who's building with Clarendon??

Who is your SS?

8 years8 yearselisenelisen posted:
Who's building with Clarendon??

Thanks! SO excited to be getting so close to the finish line! Hoping to have keys in about 2 and a half weeks so long as there are no dramas.....

8 years8 yearselisenelisen posted:
Who's building with Clarendon??

Oh I'm so happy to be almost done with the whole process! Although I honestly think it wouldn't have been bad if we weren't living with my folks.... I haven't…

8 years8 yearselisenelisen posted:
Who's building with Clarendon??

Well today we managed to get our concrete piering AND a site fence!
In our contract we were charged extra for site fencing because of our large block and being a…

8 years8 yearselisenelisen posted:
Who's building with Clarendon??

Make sure you question it / fight for that credit! They won't just offer it up.

8 years8 yearselisenelisen posted:
Who's building with Clarendon??

We need retaining walls, but ours aren't too bad, so we were told to do them after handover.

8 years8 yearselisenelisen posted:
Who's building with Clarendon??

Our contract guy at Clarendon told me that they're not allowed to recommend trades (whether that is true or not, I'm not sure). So you would probably be safest to…

8 years8 yearselisenelisen posted:
Who's building with Clarendon??

Oh beautiful concrete! I can't wait to be doing this in a couple of weeks!

8 years8 yearselisenelisen posted:
Who's building with Clarendon??

They don't do retaining walls in NSW either, so your retaining walls will be an extra cost on you above the site costs... And what MirandB said is sooo true…

8 years8 yearselisenelisen posted:
Who's building with Clarendon??

Your kitchen is beautiful!!
I just booked in our PCI with our SS for next week, with handover hopefully the following week!

8 years8 yearselisenelisen posted:
Who's building with Clarendon??

Something like that would actually be awesome!

8 years8 yearselisenelisen posted:
Who's building with Clarendon??

Glad you got a response! They do trawl through posts on this blog, and if they know you have a blog, they will keep an eye on that too! The…

8 years8 yearselisenelisen posted:
Who's building with Clarendon??

If you haven't already, put your blog address on your email signature whenever you have email communication with Clarendon - trust me! haha!!
It is pretty pathetic that they haven't…

8 years8 yearselisenelisen posted:
Who's building with Clarendon??

Yeah, at first I thought "really? shouldn't you know that?" Then I kicked myself up the backside and reminded myself that it is a great thing because it means avoiding…

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