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7 years7 yearsraffikiraffiki posted:
Building with Bentley homes

Kenny,
Keep in mind that RedEnergy is just a billing company and they don't own any infrastructure or cables. Find out who your electricity infrastructure is and chase them.
I had similar…

8 years8 yearsraffikiraffiki posted:
Knock down and rebuild with Bentley Homes

The story of our knock down and rebuild with Bentley Homes is now finished. We had a handover o 6 Sep.
We're living in the new house already. On the…

8 years8 yearsraffikiraffiki posted:
Knock down and rebuild with Bentley Homes

Right.
I think you mean the building surveyor as council inspector. Yes they provide the approval for some stages, but surely not all and usually spend something like 10 minutes…

8 years8 yearsraffikiraffiki posted:
Building with Bentley homes

Hi,
Things progressing well at our site. Painting and tiling done. Still the floors, handles, taps and driveway to be done.
Estimated 6 weeks till handover.
Can't wait.

8 years8 yearsraffikiraffiki posted:
Knock down and rebuild with Bentley Homes

Another milestone: Fixing stage on 16/6/2016.

8 years8 yearsraffikiraffiki posted:
Knock down and rebuild with Bentley Homes

The bamboo floor (in lieu of laminate) was about 5.5k. At that time laminate floor wasn't in the standard and it was to be purchased separately with the carpets as…

8 years8 yearsraffikiraffiki posted:
Knock down and rebuild with Bentley Homes

We have 69cm level difference, 4 steps there will be, exactly between lounge and grand family.
This was designed by Bentley especially for us, as they never did Ritz split level…

8 years8 yearsraffikiraffiki posted:
Knock down and rebuild with Bentley Homes

The additional cost consists of:
- additional earth works on levelling the ground on two levels
- stronger and split level slab
- some additional site costs, like small retaining walls on the…

8 years8 yearsraffikiraffiki posted:
Building with Bentley homes

Hi lilyh2o, see this topic for our house updates:
http://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=79265

8 years8 yearsraffikiraffiki posted:
Knock down and rebuild with Bentley Homes

With this kind of slope you can probably forget Carlisle, they refused to built on our land, and we have 2-2.5m uphill slope (it looks like nothing untill you see…

8 years8 yearsraffikiraffiki posted:
Knock down and rebuild with Bentley Homes

Another milestone reached: the lock-up stage on 25/5. Estimated 10 weeks till handover. Can't wait.
The house looks like this now:

8 years8 yearsraffikiraffiki posted:
Building with Bentley homes

Hi all,
We're reaching the lockup stage with our Ritz 400. Plastering starts tomorrow.
Estimated 10 weeks to handover, which is really not bad. Can't wait.

8 years8 yearsraffikiraffiki posted:
Building with Bentley homes

Our construction of Ritz 400 in Ashwood is progressing slowly. A whole lockup stage lasts 7 weeks already and still far to go. The roof and the windows are in…

8 years8 yearsraffikiraffiki posted:
Knock down and rebuild with Bentley Homes

Quick update: the frame stage is finished now, so the construction is progressing quite well. Although our independent inspection listed about 50 issues on frame stage, some of them reasonably…

8 years8 yearsraffikiraffiki posted:
Building with Bentley homes

There were some reviews before. Although not many.
We're about to finish the frame stage in our Ritz 400.

8 years8 yearsraffikiraffiki posted:
Building with Bentley homes

It took us 6 months from colours to the actual construction start. Although we had to knock down the old house first, which was quite a lengthy process finally.

8 years8 yearsraffikiraffiki posted:
Knock down and rebuild with Bentley Homes

Some update from the building site: The construction started in Dec 2015 finally. The Xmas period delayed the works so the foundation slab was poured just recently, on 1/2/2016.
So…

8 years8 yearsraffikiraffiki posted:
Building with Bentley homes

We just started building the Ritz 400 with Bentley Homes.
The slab to be poured soon, hard to review at this stage.

9 years9 yearsraffikiraffiki posted:
Knock down and rebuild with Bentley Homes

Today is the new milestone in my saga: the gas connection has been abolished. Multinet Gas becomes a strong candidate to the title of "the worst service ever". It took…

9 years9 yearsraffikiraffiki posted:
Knock down and rebuild with Bentley Homes

I'm starting this topic as we just signed the contract with Bentley Homes to build a Ritz 400 in Ashwood (Victoria) on a site with a slight slope of ca.…

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