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Heading out to do our pre-settlment inspection today. Not sure quite what you can inspect when you have a big rectangle of dirt, but mostly I just need photos of damage to the crossover so the developer can get it fixed at their expense. Some money shuffling to do this week, and a call to the builder to push things along. I think the slowest bit will be getting developer approval, as they have quite a strict set of building guidelines that we have to meet.
 
blackcat20 said:
Heading out to do our pre-settlment inspection today. Not sure quite what you can inspect when you have a big rectangle of dirt, but mostly I just need photos of damage to the crossover so the developer can get it fixed at their expense. Some money shuffling to do this week, and a call to the builder to push things along. I think the slowest bit will be getting developer approval, as they have quite a strict set of building guidelines that we have to meet.
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Good luck:). Apparently our DA was average for our council-submitted 13/6/17, determined 11/8/17. I am sure it did not help that we were unlucky enough to be allocated to an officer who was taking 2 weeks leave & the council do not allocate someone else to work on it in those 2 weeks. I did mention to council that I didn't believe it was a reasonable way to do business!
 
RB said:
Good luck:). Apparently our DA was average for our council-submitted 13/6/17, determined 11/8/17. I am sure it did not help that we were unlucky enough to be allocated to an officer who was taking 2 weeks leave & the council do not allocate someone else to work on it in those 2 weeks. I did mention to council that I didn't believe it was a reasonable way to do business!
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That is unbelievably fast at only 2 months! For Melbourne anyway...
 
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Don't say that! I want them building within two months :(
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It might be a bit different and more straight forward in new subdivisions where the rules are pretty clearly stipulated, and if you stick to them the council probably just rubber stamps them, so would think it might be quite easy/fast.

All my experience is in building in existing suburbs where you have to go through things like advertising, objections, potential VCAT, etc. with your planning application. This can literally take months, if not years!
 
travelislife said:
It might be a bit different and more straight forward in new subdivisions where the rules are pretty clearly stipulated, and if you stick to them the council probably just rubber stamps them, so would think it might be quite easy/fast.

All my experience is in building in existing suburbs where you have to go through things like advertising, objections, potential VCAT, etc. with your planning application. This can literally take months, if not years!
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Yeah I've heard a knock down rebuild can be an absolute nightmare.

Our builder had the design guidelines for the estate from the start so theyve made sure we meet all the rules.
 
Zipped down after work to test the commute (80 minutes, probably a bit better without a four car pile up and the freeway works finished), and do my inspection. Everything looks good, survey posts are in and size of the block measures spot on. Plus they've mowed the whole stage.

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Parked in the driveway for the first time.
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blackcat20 said:
Zipped down after work to test the commute (80 minutes, probably a bit better without a four car pile up and the freeway works finished), and do my inspection. Everything looks good, survey posts are in and size of the block measures spot on. Plus they've mowed the whole stage.

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Parked in the driveway for the first time.
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It’s very green! Good soil perhaps.
 

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