Hi Tamara,
We constructed our fences as per the covenants in the contract. The only difference between our fences and the front fences is the the posts, which are a…

I think the cleared area parallel to Lyppards road is for the Crib Point - Dandenong Gas Line. I'm guessing they have recently done some works to it.
We had…

I spoke to the Frankston City Council last week regarding the reserve around the estate. The reserve is still owned by the developer. In the future it is to be…

Hi Everyone,
The reserve to the north east will be managed by Frankston City Council and will be the second biggest reserve they manage, behind the Seaford Foreshore. I assume…

I don't remember anything in our contract regarding penalty interest, but these penalty clauses are pretty common. Is it 15.5%p.a. (per annum), per day or just 15.5% per day? If…

The feedback we received from the CFA is that blocks under 500 sqm need a 2,500lt tank and blocks over 500 sqm need a 5,000lt tank. We are going to…

Finally got confirmation on settlement for the second stage – two weeks yesterday! We can’t wait to get started, although it is unlikely to be any time soon due to…

Our builder (Rawdon Hill) has arranged for a planning consultant to undertake an assessment and draft the Bushfire Management Statement for us.
It’s still unclear as to whether we need…

Hi Tamara,
We have spoken to the council about the water tank requirement and are planning to put forward a case of a 5000L tank considering the size of the block.…

I thought the same, Hjam. I understand that the BMO requirements are applicable to all applications submitted to town planning after 18 November 2011. Before that, you would have had…

Hi Everyone,
The compliance certificates and sign-off, including that from the CFA, are in relation to the sub-division. We need to apply to the Frankston City Council for a planning…

Hi Everyone,
Today we met with the Frankston City Council to go through the BMO requirements for the Heath.
All lots in the Heath are subject to the BMO and,…

Hi Tamara,
The BMO information is available on the Department of Planning and Community Development website:
http://www.dpcd.vic.gov.au/planning/pla ... protection
According to the relevant planning maps, the whole of…

Hi Everyone,
I’m not sure if you all know, but a Bushfire Management Overlay (BMO) is applicable to the Heath.
We have been speaking to the Frankston City Council about…

We have roads! We went past on the weekend and bitumen is down in half of the estate. Unfortunately, it’s not the half in which our block is located, but…

Hi Tamara,
The developer contacted me regarding our crossover at the request of Harcourts. I didn’t get his contact details, unfortunately. I do know that his name is Kevin Logue…

Hi All,
I spoke to the developer on Friday, who advised that the blocks will be released in two waves; approx 50 at a time. The blocks in first release…

Thanks for the update, Tamara. The sooner the better, but as long as we start building before the end of June we’re not too concerned.
We really like the…

Hi Tamara,
We drove past the estate on Friday and noticed the street lights too – very exciting! It’s great to see that some real progress is being made. We…

Hi Tamara,
We don’t know anyone else in the estate yet, but looking forward to getting to know some of our neighbors.
I did see the story on the Woods in…

Hi Tamara,
We’re planning to build with the Hawthorn Urban facade too. Lucky we’re not next to or opposite each other…
We have spoken to Lee a couple of times because…

Hi Tcorn,
We are planning to build the Hawthorn. Our sales consultant is Ros (Cascades on Clyde Displays), who has been great.
Which Rawdon Hill home are you planning to…

Hi Cblorac. Great to hear from you! Who are you looking to build with (if you don't mind me asking)? We're planning to build with Rawdon Hill. Very excited...even if…

The last time I stopped by, which was a couple of weeks ago, it still looked a long way off. I might be wrong and it looks like a lot…

Hi tcorn,
Here’s a link to a useful document for assessing your Bushfire Attack Level (BAL) - http://www.murrindindi.vic.gov.au/Files ... _Guide.pdf .
From an assessment point of…

Thanks Lainie. We contacted the council a few months ago and are aware of the BAL requirements. We’re not right against the scrub, so fingers crossed we don’t have the…

Thanks for the break down.
We've decided to go for a different block. I guess we'll be budgeting for the same site costs, although a different block could be more…

Wow, 43k seems a bit excessive. Is that above 43k above their provision or in total? What were the reasons for the blow out? I'm really interested be to find…

Hi tcorn,
Hi tcorn,
We're looking at lot 36, which is at the opposite end of the estate from you. All we are waiting for now is confirmation that we can…

We are looking to put a deposit on a  block in The Heath soon. Finding it had to confirm some information about the block with Harcourts, but it is coming…