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7 years7 yearsLickitySplitLickitySplit posted:
Who is building with Beechwood

Tell me about it. I just finished the fencing. Luckily two sides were already done where we have neighbors, but it still took 2 days for about 40 metres of…

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7 years7 yearsLickitySplitLickitySplit posted:
Who is building with Beechwood

That looks great. I'm dreading having to do ours as we have about 600 sqm to do. Might start with the short side which is similar in size to what…

7 years7 yearsLickitySplitLickitySplit posted:
Who is building with Beechwood

We have an Apple TV which gives us all the free to air for 9 and 7 and ondemand for 10. We haven't bothered with an aerial yet.
I don't…

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7 years7 yearsLickitySplitLickitySplit posted:
Who is building with Beechwood

It's only 11am. They are just waking up. You have to give them time.

7 years7 yearsLickitySplitLickitySplit posted:
Who is building with Beechwood

Hi Moscato5,
Here are the things we found when going through ours. It may not be everything, but it is something to keep in your mind. Things will stick out like…

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7 years7 yearsLickitySplitLickitySplit posted:
Who is building with Beechwood

Just spoke to my wife nataliea and she said you don't have to ring the council for the bins, just go online and order them there (

7 years7 yearsLickitySplitLickitySplit posted:
Who is building with Beechwood

Ask your insurance company about the OC. Ours didn't require it, otherwise there would be a whole lot of houses that are uninsured because as soon as you get the…

7 years7 yearsLickitySplitLickitySplit posted:
Who is building with Beechwood

You are making a mountain out of a molehill. Move in, ring waste management and order bins, get driveway etc sorted, then get certifier back out to finalise the OC.…

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7 years7 yearsLickitySplitLickitySplit posted:
Who is building with Beechwood

Ignore them all and move in as planned. Just get everything sorted within about 3 months. You will never get a straight answer from anyone as there stories change from…

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7 years7 yearsLickitySplitLickitySplit posted:
Who is building with Beechwood

Everyone has those requirements. Beechwood themselves told me to just move in and sort it out in the next 3 months. For the bins, ring Waste Management and they will…

7 years7 yearsLickitySplitLickitySplit posted:
Who is building with Beechwood

Ignore them. Council are going to break up for Christmas soon anyway. Doubt you will find anyone that can be bothered chasing you up for a fine.

7 years7 yearsLickitySplitLickitySplit posted:
Who is building with Beechwood

Who is telling you you can't move in? We got so many different stories depending on who you talked to. Forget the IOC and just move in, then get the…

7 years7 yearsLickitySplitLickitySplit posted:
Who is building with Beechwood

Running the cable through the roof is the easy part, it is getting it down the walls which is the pain as you always hit a noggin. Would cost you…

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7 years7 yearsLickitySplitLickitySplit posted:
Who is building with Beechwood

I added data ports, pendants, fans, in-wall conduit and additional down lights with the electrician directly. I also got a NBN pull through installed as well to save time later…

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7 years7 yearsLickitySplitLickitySplit posted:
Who is building with Beechwood

We were in the same boat except we were in Denmark at the time. Was hard to organise. In the end we paid them $500 to move the pile 4…

7 years7 yearsLickitySplitLickitySplit posted:
Who is building with Beechwood

Soilage removal is normally at your cost. Check your contract because they will charge you if you don't get it sorted because it will delay them.

7 years7 yearsLickitySplitLickitySplit posted:
Who is building with Beechwood

Welcome to the world of building a house. It is all council crap and differs depending on what council you are from. Unfortunately, it will come out of your pocket…

7 years7 yearsLickitySplitLickitySplit posted:
Who is building with Beechwood

Did you pay for an interim one? Lake Mac don't really require it. Just move in and call waste management. They will deliver your Green and Yellow bins. You can…

7 years7 yearsLickitySplitLickitySplit posted:
Who is building with Beechwood

Do you require it for your bank loan? If not, just move in. You have around 3 months to get the driveway and landscaping done for the OC, otherwise you…

7 years7 yearsLickitySplitLickitySplit posted:
Who is building with Beechwood

We finally have the keys to our house!!
July 2015 - Purchased block
Nov 2015 - Plans approved in council
June 2016 - Slab went down
Nov 2016 - Keys in our hands
It's been…

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7 years7 yearsLickitySplitLickitySplit posted:
Who is building with Beechwood

Off to pick up the keys tomorrow. Dropped by the house yesterday and there were one or two things still to be completed so hopefully the SS gets onto the…

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7 years7 yearsLickitySplitLickitySplit posted:
Who is building with Beechwood

Definitely sounds like an improvement on communication. Wish we had weekly updates. Ours is hopeless. Always sounded defeated when we spoke to him, always denied receiving phone calls when he…

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7 years7 yearsLickitySplitLickitySplit posted:
Who is building with Beechwood

So looks like I spoke too soon. Went for the PCI today and there is still a weeks worth of work left to go. Cleaners were in there today cleaning…

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7 years7 yearsLickitySplitLickitySplit posted:
Who is building with Beechwood

Our build has been bang on target. 24 weeks since the slab went down.

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7 years7 yearsLickitySplitLickitySplit posted:
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Yea, luckily ANZ doesn't require it. We finally got confirmation on what is required and will be doing the drive soon after we get the keys. Without a driveway, we…

7 years7 yearsLickitySplitLickitySplit posted:
Who is building with Beechwood

Hi Lileegirl,
Did you get Beechwood to do your driveway, or are you doing that now? Did you need an interim occupancy certificate because the driveway was not done?

7 years7 yearsLickitySplitLickitySplit posted:
Who is building with Beechwood

Congrats, must be great to finally be in and before Christmas too. We aren't far behind, only a week to go for our PCI then the rush to get in…

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7 years7 yearsLickitySplitLickitySplit posted:
Who is building with Beechwood

How exciting. We have our PCI on the 21st.
Did you organise an pre-handover inspection from a separate business at all?

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7 years7 yearsLickitySplitLickitySplit posted:
Who is building with Beechwood

Never assume anything when it comes to piers. We had a flat block of land as well and everyone around us had short piers. Not us though, we went over…

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