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7 years7 yearsthejurosthejuros posted:
The ivy, Doreen

When do they actually have to finish the landscaping of the wetlands?
We are directly opposite it on Lincoln way, I would have thought that it would have to of been…

7 years7 yearsthejurosthejuros posted:
The ivy, Doreen

We have settled in stage 2, just waiting to finalise our contract in October with Henley and hopefully start building November/ December.
Everything is finished in stage 2 except for the…

7 years7 yearsthejurosthejuros posted:
The ivy, Doreen

We have had valuations off nab, cba and Bankwest last week and although the land has gone up considerably in future stages,
it didn't show in the valuation at all.…

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7 years7 yearsthejurosthejuros posted:
The ivy, Doreen

I emailed Rhonda on Saturday and she said Stage 2 should get SOC very soon and Title late July with settlements late August.

7 years7 yearsthejurosthejuros posted:
Henley Homes

Thanks, were there decent options for bricks in cat1 or 2 that you can remember? Or were they all red toned bricks? Thanks again

7 years7 yearsthejurosthejuros posted:
Henley Homes

Yeah I thought they'd be the thin ones, I asked today at a display and it's around $890 to upgrade to the timber, the essence range comes with aluminium as…

7 years7 yearsthejurosthejuros posted:
Henley Homes

Thanks๐Ÿ˜Š
There's a lot of Henley going up in our estate too, do you know what stegbars aluminium stacker doors look like? They don't have any in displays and not sure…

7 years7 yearsthejurosthejuros posted:
Henley Homes

Hi, we are signing up this weekend to build the double story vogue 33.
Besides structural changes and site costs ect, what have most spent on cosmetic upgrades at their colour…

7 years7 yearsthejurosthejuros posted:
The ivy, Doreen

We are still waiting for ours (stage 2) they expect construction to finish end July and title a few weeks later. 5month delay for us

7 years7 yearsthejurosthejuros posted:
The ivy, Doreen

We are building with porter Davis. All of the volume builders have bad reviews. It's hard to pick just based on reviews.
In the end we just picked based on a…

7 years7 yearsthejurosthejuros posted:
Porter Davis homes

It's a hard situation, it's probably cheaper to just get rid of it that to take them to court, maybe a letter (with the photos/ proof) sent to the people…

7 years7 yearsthejurosthejuros posted:
Porter Davis homes

Surely the previous land owners are responsible!?
If they demolished an old asbestos house that was there they would have known the land would have been contaminated!
My husband used to have…

7 years7 yearsthejurosthejuros posted:
The ivy, Doreen

I rang her today to ask something else and asked her how they were tracking and she said stage 2 is looking like early July for title. So almost 5months…

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7 years7 yearsthejurosthejuros posted:
Porter Davis homes

Yeah exactly right! we were thinking of buying a block in another estate and for land that is slow to sell they put a $5000 'free' landscaping incentive on it…

7 years7 yearsthejurosthejuros posted:
Porter Davis homes

We get $5000 cash back from our developer if our front landscaping is done within 3months of handover.
It's a good insensitive for everyone to get it done and make the…

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7 years7 yearsthejurosthejuros posted:
The ivy, Doreen

They were levelling out/ scraping all of the blocks this morning! It can't come soon enough!

7 years7 yearsthejurosthejuros posted:
Porter Davis homes

Liz who did your exposed driveway? We are looking for someone to do ours. I hate to think of the cost as our driveway is just shy of 10mtrs ๐Ÿ˜ซ

7 years7 yearsthejurosthejuros posted:
Porter Davis homes

The surveyor is different to the inspector.
It's just that the law has recently changed in that previously builders just engaged a surveyor company on your behalf (free of charge) now…

7 years7 yearsthejurosthejuros posted:
Porter Davis homes

Liz what are the dimensions of your island bench?
Your house is looking amazing!

7 years7 yearsthejurosthejuros posted:
The ivy, Doreen

Your site costs depends on fall on the land, what soil quality is like, if they use fill on the block, the more fill the more it costs ect. So…

7 years7 yearsthejurosthejuros posted:
The ivy, Doreen

We are with porter Davis and our block is 14m x 30 with minimal fall (300ml) and ours is sitting at $20,000... we do expect ours to come down when…

7 years7 yearsthejurosthejuros posted:
The ivy, Doreen

We are directly opposite the wetlands on Lincoln way, maybe they still do have a bit to do Then ๐Ÿ˜ค
Our block hadn't been smoothed out either

7 years7 yearsthejurosthejuros posted:
The ivy, Doreen

We are in stage 2 also. We were told back at sales stage that stage 1 was meant to title December then stage 2 end of February. So they are…

7 years7 yearsthejurosthejuros posted:
Porter Davis Upgrades and Costs

Not sure on the kitchen tower but our broom cupboard that we put in our laundry cost $1700 for one that 1m wide

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7 years7 yearsthejurosthejuros posted:
The ivy, Doreen

Ps. The first number in your Lot number is what stage you are in. So if you are lot 510 for example, you are in stage 5.

7 years7 yearsthejurosthejuros posted:
The ivy, Doreen

Not too far from us ?. Their dates on titles are pretty accurate. Although ours has been pushed out by 2 months from late feb to now mid April. Xmas,…

7 years7 yearsthejurosthejuros posted:
The ivy, Doreen

Hi, sorry I only just saw your post!
We bought in the wetlands release, stage 2 ? Have you decided who to build with yet?

7 years7 yearsthejurosthejuros posted:
The ivy, Doreen

Hi, we bought in stage 2 opposite the wetlands.
Rhonda the sales agent is fantastic, very helpful and honest. She is also building in the estate!
As far as titles go stage…

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7 years7 yearsthejurosthejuros posted:
The ivy, Doreen

Hi, ours is due to title mid April.
Who are you building with?

7 years7 yearsthejurosthejuros posted:
We are building VANCOUVER 33 with PORTER DAVIS

We are building the randwick24 and land is another month off I'd say.
We are the same we have been lucky to have a fantastic sales guy who went beyond what…

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