2014
- June 3rd 2014 - Moved in
- May 30th 2014 - Fences complete
- May 28th 2014 - Carpet installed
- May 26th 2014 - Plantation shutters installed
- May 22nd 2014 - HANDOVER!
- May 14th 2014 - PCI
- May 8th 2014 - Floorboards installed.
- May 5th 2014 - Fireplace, glass splashback and handles completed.
- April 28th 2014 - Electrical fit out, appliances and completed bathroom fixtures.
- April 22nd 2014 - Telecommunications fit out
- April 17th 2014 - Commenced installation of bathroom fixtures
- April 15th 2014 - Benchtops and sinks installed
- April 11th 2014 - Painting Complete
- April 2nd 2014 - Kitchen Installed
- March 28th 2014 - Lock up
- March 10th 2014 - Internal carpentry completed
- February 25th 2014 - Gyprock and plastering complete
- February 11th 2014 - Eaves Complete
- February 3rd 2014 - Brickwork Complete
- January 27th 2014 - Electrical Rough-in
- January 10th 2014 - Roof Installed
- January 8th 2014 - Frame Complete
2013
- December 13th 2013 - Slab Complete
- December 4th 2013 - Site Cut
- November 18th 2013 - Construction List
- November 14th 2013 - Construction certificate and final paperwork received
- October 28th 2013 - Council Approval
- October 14th 2013 - Electrical
- October 4th 2013 - Plans sent to council
- September 27th 2013 - Final Contract Signed
- August 29th 2013 - Preliminary Plan Presentation
- August 29th 2013 - Colour Selection appointment
- August 2nd 2013 - Land Registered
- August 1st 2013 - Attended Colour Studio Walkthrough
- July 25th 2013 - Accepted Consolidated Tender
- July 17th 2013 - Signed deposit variation
- July 6th 2013 - Paid initial deposit
Love your blog! Seriously love it (and your house). I have a question I hope you can answer - we are having our quote/tender presented to us next month. On our calculations we will have our 10% deposit for our construction loan in July. Is it too early to accept the quote next month? What is this 150 days I keep hearing about and when exactly in your timeline do you formally apply for finance approval and are required to show your deposit for construction????? Sorry I'm so lost
ReplyDeleteHi anonymous, I'm so glad you have enjoyed the blog! I completely understand your confusion, we were totally the same.
DeleteFrom the date you accept your quote by paying your deposit (it was $3000 when we did ours) you have 150 days where the price remains fixed and as quoted. If you delay the process and go over there are options to pay extra and extend the fixed period or there is the chance your prices will all increase. If McDonald jones are the cause of going over the 150days obviously you aren't charged. We just scraped into ours and there weren't any delays - their process was just slow.
As for finance, we took our quote to our bank manager to check if he would lend us that amount and then went ahead with his assurances. You don't actually give finance details until you sign your final building contract right before council. We didn't do the paperwork for the loan until they needed the consent to commence construction. At that point a valuer will look at the plans/land/area and this is used to calculate your lenders mortgage insurance if you need it. We had trouble here because our house got valued low and we had to scramble to find more money!
If you want to be safe, count 150 days from when you think you will pay your first deposit and if you aren't ready with the big deposit for your building loan by then ask the sales consultant about the cost to extend your fixed price time period. Some people do this when they know their land might not register within the time as well.
I hope that all makes sense and helps :)