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Davesteph

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Joined 17 November 2010
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12 years12 yearsDavestephDavesteph posted:
Independent building inspectors

Hi Chuffy
We have just finished building, got the keys 2 weeks before Christmas. Are we VERY glad we had an independent building inspector;
They came the same day we had PCI,…

13 years13 yearsDavestephDavesteph posted:
Building the Vale by Collier Homes in Hocking

HI, Been a long time since updating our thread. We got our keys today. 367 days from the day I sat with the Sales Rep at a display home and…

13 years13 yearsDavestephDavesteph posted:
How do builders make so many mistakes?

We are having the same problem as btherl had, the kitchen servery window into the alfresco is to high, the window frame sits above the benchtop. Our building is trying…

13 years13 yearsDavestephDavesteph posted:
Our first BIG hiccup with building

Our preparation of plans does not have anything in writing about the level the window frame should finish at, just that there is two (it is a double sliding window)…

13 years13 yearsDavestephDavesteph posted:
Our first BIG hiccup with building

We have been progressing along really well until the other day I visited our home to find the guy measuring for the stone bech tops in the kitchen. As we…

13 years13 yearsDavestephDavesteph posted:
Hopefully building a new home in Perth soon

Hi Agent123, We have spoken to our Supervisor and he assures us that it will not be a problem. Apparently the plumber has to install a pan connector which is…

13 years13 yearsDavestephDavesteph posted:
anyone built/building with content living?

Sorry to hear about the problems that some are having with this builder, I have a friend who is building with them and are ready for roof coverage but there…

13 years13 yearsDavestephDavesteph posted:
Building the Vale by Collier Homes in Hocking

Gundala, We had paid $2000 deposit to the original builder which we did not get back. We decided not to follow this up as after a LOT of negotiation with…

13 years13 yearsDavestephDavesteph posted:
Building the Vale by Collier Homes in Hocking

Hi We still have no plan on here, we will keep trying. We are very happy with the customer service we have had so far from the builder. Sales Rep…

13 years13 yearsDavestephDavesteph posted:
Re: One off plan WA - Post handover...

Hi Ezi (sorry what a misnomer for this time at least) I have just spent the evening reading this forum and mostly about your trials and tribulations. What a long…

13 years13 yearsDavestephDavesteph posted:
Hopefully building a new home in Perth soon

I have to say I am pretty happy with what is happening now, overall with our build.
Just some questions re pipe damage - How often does the access pipe in…

13 years13 yearsDavestephDavesteph posted:
We need the rain but WHY this week

Our build has been going along really well to date, we had the roof timbers completed earlier this week (Tuesday) and I was hoping that the tiles would be on…

13 years13 yearsDavestephDavesteph posted:
Changes after pre start in WA

We started with their Vale design, flipped the back over and changed a few other things. We are trying to down size and also allow for enough room on the…

13 years13 yearsDavestephDavesteph posted:
Building in Hocking with Kerdels

We are very happy that we made the decision to change builders, even though it looks like there are a number of very happy customers with Kerdell's. Our site block…

13 years13 yearsDavestephDavesteph posted:
Changes after pre start in WA

Veefy, What area are you building in ? North or South of the river.

13 years13 yearsDavestephDavesteph posted:
Changes after pre start in WA

Yah. :z: :z: :z: Site works have started today. we just hope that the building…

13 years13 yearsDavestephDavesteph posted:
Changes after pre start in WA

Thanks for that Miss, If I can work out how to upload the house plans I will get that done and will look forward to the forum users questions.

13 years13 yearsDavestephDavesteph posted:
Changes after pre start in WA

We were advised yesterday that we have finished the administration stage :z: and we are now in construction stage :th:

13 years13 yearsDavestephDavesteph posted:
Changes after pre start in WA

Happy to say our builders have agreed to let us make the changes that we wanted, obviously there will be extra cost but we knew that before we wanted to…

13 years13 yearsDavestephDavesteph posted:
Changes after pre start in WA

There has been a number of phone calls and emails happening today and my Wife is now in contact with the General Manager who will have the last say. As…

13 years13 yearsDavestephDavesteph posted:
Changes after pre start in WA

We are wanting to know if anyone has had a problem with their builder with making some changes after pre start and before construction starts ? We are building in…

13 years13 yearsDavestephDavesteph posted:
Re: One off plan WA - Post handover...

We are building with C*llier in Hocking. Just been advised today that our plans have been approved by the Shire. Finance sign of next Moday and away we go.
We had…

13 years13 yearsDavestephDavesteph posted:
Building in Hocking with Kerdels

I think you will find that they have had a lot of Admin problems and delays, that is why we decided not to build with them.
But it does look like…

13 years13 yearsDavestephDavesteph posted:
Building in Hocking with Kerdels

Brendon, We had initally signed with your builder but had some serious delays so we have now opted to build with another builder. There were a lot of excuses that…

13 years13 yearsDavestephDavesteph posted:
Building the Vale by Collier Homes in Hocking

We have just signed with *** Homes to build our new home. As I am a bit of a grey nomad with computers I will try and work out how…

13 years13 yearsDavestephDavesteph posted:
Building in Hocking with Kerdels

We will also be starting to build in Hocking very shortly. Plans being drawn up over the break and will hopefully be ready next week to go to Council. We…

14 years14 yearsDavestephDavesteph posted:
Hopefully building a new home in Perth soon

Well, we received our plans (which were delivered to the wrong house in our street) earlier this week, then advised that the contract is available if I wanted to pick…

14 years14 yearsDavestephDavesteph posted:
Hopefully building a new home in Perth soon

We have basically given them till this weekend for the final plans and contract or we are walking and will start the whole process again, as I am also concerned…

14 years14 yearsDavestephDavesteph posted:
Hopefully building a new home in Perth soon

We are hopefully going to start build a new home in Perth, we have signed a preliminary contract but that was 17 weeks ago, after being promised that we would…

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