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6 years6 yearsYarboroughYarborough posted:
Why do SS quit so often???

Good question. When ours quit the company director called me and said "he said he needed to do something easier". But it doesn't seem like that hard a job... You…

7 years7 yearsYarboroughYarborough posted:
Security

That will depend on where you want to build, the slope of the land and what size of house you want to build.

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7 years7 yearsYarboroughYarborough posted:
Security

Most big builders don't even include flooring...

7 years7 yearsYarboroughYarborough posted:
Security

Most will offer that as an optional extra, but it's unlikely to be included in any quote you obtain.

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7 years7 yearsYarboroughYarborough posted:
Land. How much did you pay?

$180k for 697 sqm at Cameron Park NSW. 20 minutes to Newcastle city centre, 30 mins to Hunter Valley vineyards, 30 mins to central coast and 1hr 30 to Sydney.

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7 years7 yearsYarboroughYarborough posted:
Building at Northlakes Estate- Cameron park

Cancelled Optus, although they were pretty annoying about it. No mention of the Fetch box!

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7 years7 yearsYarboroughYarborough posted:
Building at Northlakes Estate- Cameron park

Howd you go?
That's "rubbish" about the bin.
Thanks for the Optus update. Did they ask you to return the fetch box?

7 years7 yearsYarboroughYarborough posted:
Building at Northlakes Estate- Cameron park

Much appreciated. I'm leaning to Skymesh at the moment - couple of very satisfied customers on your street.

7 years7 yearsYarboroughYarborough posted:
Building at Northlakes Estate- Cameron park

Thanks for the info, did you just speak to technical support?

7 years7 yearsYarboroughYarborough posted:
Building at Northlakes Estate- Cameron park

They have now sent me 3 modems all up as if that is to fix the slowness. I haven't been told what you've been told. Have they offered a refund?…

7 years7 yearsYarboroughYarborough posted:
Building at Northlakes Estate- Cameron park

They could use a water

7 years7 yearsYarboroughYarborough posted:
Sloped land

Did the tender come with engineering drawings?

8 years8 yearsYarboroughYarborough posted:
Hudson Homes

I've seen them being built and they don't appear to use termite treated pine, so if you're near to trees I would check what framing they offer as standard. Where…

8 years8 yearsYarboroughYarborough posted:
Hotondo homes newcastle/port stephens

I would go Hotondo over Montgomery any day. Hotondo don't seem to mess around and you will get more included. Montgomery have been a pain to deal with for my…

8 years8 yearsYarboroughYarborough posted:
Looking for a builder

What area are you in and is the figure you're quoting inclusive of things like air con, carpet, flyscreens, driveway etc?

8 years8 yearsYarboroughYarborough posted:
Fencing dilemma

Fencing was included in our contact... I calculated the cost per metre from the total that was itemised in our contract/tender and then asked the neighbours for 50% of however…

8 years8 yearsYarboroughYarborough posted:
After feed back and suggestions.

Doesn't look like you've successfully attached them

8 years8 yearsYarboroughYarborough posted:
Who is building with Beechwood

What area is the land in?

8 years8 yearsYarboroughYarborough posted:
property virgins bought home+land in oran park

Why have they given you $10k credit? $5k for a drive seems pretty cheap. Ours was 8k and some of the neighbours have paid up to 25. Totally flat I…

8 years8 yearsYarboroughYarborough posted:
Building at Northlakes Estate- Cameron park

How'd you mean? Standard procedure to lock the site up otherwise worksafe can fine them. When others in Dunsyre were building, a lot of materials were stolen from sites and…

8 years8 yearsYarboroughYarborough posted:
Building at Northlakes Estate- Cameron park

Must just have been Joey?
Here is who Benji is using - https://www.facebook.com/mkpconcreteconstructions/
He's a friend of someone I work with and very reasonable.

8 years8 yearsYarboroughYarborough posted:
Building at Northlakes Estate- Cameron park

You pouring the concrete already? Heard you lost a Site Supervisor...
Everyone else does it; they will cut away part of the pavement and replace with a smooth driveway.

8 years8 yearsYarboroughYarborough posted:
Lower Hunter Valley non-project builders

Where abouts in the Hunter is your land?

8 years8 yearsYarboroughYarborough posted:
Lower Hunter Valley non-project builders

We used Sense Homes - what they do is put your land out to tender with a few builders and you get a few tenders back and you simply choose…

8 years8 yearsYarboroughYarborough posted:
Building at Northlakes Estate- Cameron park

Which provider you going with?

8 years8 yearsYarboroughYarborough posted:
Building at Northlakes Estate- Cameron park

I've been beaten to it but he was what I had typed;
Nope, it'll just be a case of selecting a provider. Because it's fibre to the premises, they don't need…

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