Hi Everyone,
Been a little while since our last update, we have not had any further notice on the land registration, however sounds like registration might be end of August now, we will see. Apparently the Vendor hit some snags in council and didn't comply with certain council obligations from what we have heard.
We also tried asking MJH for an extension on our Additional Building cost's that kick in from July 22nd due to our 150 Day Quote period running out, this got shot down very quickly. So the Additional $1000 a month starts this month. O Joy!
The only good news is the Office of State Revenue approved our concession on Stamp Duty, so that's a positive for our First Home Buyer Grant being approved as well.
This was our last condition on our loan, so that looks to be fully done now.
So we wait until Registration, maybe settle on block late August, but who knows at this stage.
Wednesday, 16 July 2014
Friday, 27 June 2014
Waiting!
Just as the title says, *Waiting*.
No news on the registration at all, so we just wait!!!!
The down side is the longer this takes, the more weeks go by where we have to pay the Builder $1000 a month in additional charges on labour costs and material Costs.
This kicks in from July 22nd, so by the time registration comes in, then settlement, then DA approval then retaining walls and then finally construction list, We could be up for 2k to 4k additional charges.
Not happy with that let me tell you. What doesn't help is the lack of feedback from the vendor. they wonder why people start to get pissed and shitty. Especially when it starts to cost your customers real $$$$.
I need access to the site to conduct the Surveys, so that I can see how much retaining walls we need, and how much this could possibly cost. Cause I'll be honest, if the cost to do the retaining walls exceeds $15k, This will put me in a very tough position, where basically we might have to walk away from the deal.
What shit's me the most, is the fact we weren't advised of the 2 easements in the rear of yard and it's positioning, which forces us to have to put in retaining walls.
The lesson in this for anyone heading into off the plan purchase, *trust no one*, and prepare for the finger pointing fairies to come out in force.
No news on the registration at all, so we just wait!!!!
The down side is the longer this takes, the more weeks go by where we have to pay the Builder $1000 a month in additional charges on labour costs and material Costs.
This kicks in from July 22nd, so by the time registration comes in, then settlement, then DA approval then retaining walls and then finally construction list, We could be up for 2k to 4k additional charges.
Not happy with that let me tell you. What doesn't help is the lack of feedback from the vendor. they wonder why people start to get pissed and shitty. Especially when it starts to cost your customers real $$$$.
I need access to the site to conduct the Surveys, so that I can see how much retaining walls we need, and how much this could possibly cost. Cause I'll be honest, if the cost to do the retaining walls exceeds $15k, This will put me in a very tough position, where basically we might have to walk away from the deal.
What shit's me the most, is the fact we weren't advised of the 2 easements in the rear of yard and it's positioning, which forces us to have to put in retaining walls.
The lesson in this for anyone heading into off the plan purchase, *trust no one*, and prepare for the finger pointing fairies to come out in force.
Wednesday, 11 June 2014
No real new Updates
At the moment we really don't have to much to update on, we met with the vendor to discuss retaining walls and came to the conclusion that some will be needed due to 2 easements in the rear of the block.
To how high these will be is unknown, but the 2 metre number got thrown out the window fairly quickly due to the plans that were being reviewed by the vendor, were over 1 year old, and he had never walked the block before.
So now we wait for Registration which could be end of this month, and push for the Survey to be conducted to get a better idea of what were in for.
Wait and see, then work out how much it will cost to do the walls.
To how high these will be is unknown, but the 2 metre number got thrown out the window fairly quickly due to the plans that were being reviewed by the vendor, were over 1 year old, and he had never walked the block before.
So now we wait for Registration which could be end of this month, and push for the Survey to be conducted to get a better idea of what were in for.
Wait and see, then work out how much it will cost to do the walls.
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