LickitySplit posted:Who is building with Beechwood
Tell me about it. I just finished the fencing. Luckily two sides were already done where we have neighbors, but it still took 2 days for about 40 metres of…
LickitySplit posted:Who is building with Beechwood
That looks great. I'm dreading having to do ours as we have about 600 sqm to do. Might start with the short side which is similar in size to what…
LickitySplit posted:Who is building with Beechwood
We have an Apple TV which gives us all the free to air for 9 and 7 and ondemand for 10. We haven't bothered with an aerial yet.
I don't…
LickitySplit posted:Who is building with Beechwood
It's only 11am. They are just waking up. You have to give them time.
LickitySplit posted:Who is building with Beechwood
Hi Moscato5,
Here are the things we found when going through ours. It may not be everything, but it is something to keep in your mind. Things will stick out like…
LickitySplit posted:Who is building with Beechwood
Just spoke to my wife nataliea and she said you don't have to ring the council for the bins, just go online and order them there (
LickitySplit posted:Who is building with Beechwood
Ask your insurance company about the OC. Ours didn't require it, otherwise there would be a whole lot of houses that are uninsured because as soon as you get the…
LickitySplit posted:Who is building with Beechwood
You are making a mountain out of a molehill. Move in, ring waste management and order bins, get driveway etc sorted, then get certifier back out to finalise the OC.…
LickitySplit posted:Who is building with Beechwood
Ignore them all and move in as planned. Just get everything sorted within about 3 months. You will never get a straight answer from anyone as there stories change from…
LickitySplit posted:Who is building with Beechwood
Everyone has those requirements. Beechwood themselves told me to just move in and sort it out in the next 3 months. For the bins, ring Waste Management and they will…
LickitySplit posted:Who is building with Beechwood
Ignore them. Council are going to break up for Christmas soon anyway. Doubt you will find anyone that can be bothered chasing you up for a fine.
LickitySplit posted:Who is building with Beechwood
Who is telling you you can't move in? We got so many different stories depending on who you talked to. Forget the IOC and just move in, then get the…
LickitySplit posted:Who is building with Beechwood
Running the cable through the roof is the easy part, it is getting it down the walls which is the pain as you always hit a noggin. Would cost you…
LickitySplit posted:Who is building with Beechwood
I added data ports, pendants, fans, in-wall conduit and additional down lights with the electrician directly. I also got a NBN pull through installed as well to save time later…
LickitySplit posted:Who is building with Beechwood
We were in the same boat except we were in Denmark at the time. Was hard to organise. In the end we paid them $500 to move the pile 4…
LickitySplit posted:Who is building with Beechwood
Soilage removal is normally at your cost. Check your contract because they will charge you if you don't get it sorted because it will delay them.
LickitySplit posted:Who is building with Beechwood
Welcome to the world of building a house. It is all council crap and differs depending on what council you are from. Unfortunately, it will come out of your pocket…
LickitySplit posted:Who is building with Beechwood
Did you pay for an interim one? Lake Mac don't really require it. Just move in and call waste management. They will deliver your Green and Yellow bins. You can…
LickitySplit posted:Who is building with Beechwood
Do you require it for your bank loan? If not, just move in. You have around 3 months to get the driveway and landscaping done for the OC, otherwise you…
LickitySplit posted:Who is building with Beechwood
We finally have the keys to our house!!
July 2015 - Purchased block
Nov 2015 - Plans approved in council
June 2016 - Slab went down
Nov 2016 - Keys in our hands
It's been…
LickitySplit posted:Who is building with Beechwood
Off to pick up the keys tomorrow. Dropped by the house yesterday and there were one or two things still to be completed so hopefully the SS gets onto the…
LickitySplit posted:Who is building with Beechwood
Definitely sounds like an improvement on communication. Wish we had weekly updates. Ours is hopeless. Always sounded defeated when we spoke to him, always denied receiving phone calls when he…
LickitySplit posted:Who is building with Beechwood
So looks like I spoke too soon. Went for the PCI today and there is still a weeks worth of work left to go. Cleaners were in there today cleaning…
LickitySplit posted:Who is building with Beechwood
Our build has been bang on target. 24 weeks since the slab went down.
LickitySplit posted:Who is building with Beechwood
Yea, luckily ANZ doesn't require it. We finally got confirmation on what is required and will be doing the drive soon after we get the keys. Without a driveway, we…
LickitySplit posted:Who is building with Beechwood
Hi Lileegirl,
Did you get Beechwood to do your driveway, or are you doing that now? Did you need an interim occupancy certificate because the driveway was not done?
LickitySplit posted:Who is building with Beechwood
Congrats, must be great to finally be in and before Christmas too. We aren't far behind, only a week to go for our PCI then the rush to get in…
LickitySplit posted:Who is building with Beechwood
How exciting. We have our PCI on the 21st.
Did you organise an pre-handover inspection from a separate business at all?
LickitySplit posted:Who is building with Beechwood
Never assume anything when it comes to piers. We had a flat block of land as well and everyone around us had short piers. Not us though, we went over…
