Our 7 Step Build Process
Step 1 - Contact
- From initial contact – Roger will work through this build process so you can move at your own pace
- Discuss with you how to find a suitable house design to suit your budget, your lifestyle needs and land size
- Discuss inclusions. You might be after upgrades from our standard inclusions, floor plans & facade options
- Provide you with a build estimate based on our discussions
- No changes to our inclusions
- No changes to plans
- Based on an engineered “M Class Site”
Step 2 – Preliminary Information
- First one-on-one meeting with Roger – onsite or your home after hours - I know how busy life can be
- In-depth discussion - Plan and inclusions selection
- Discuss any plan changes you might be wanting
- Discuss plan orientation to optimise your home to suit the South-East Queensland climate
- Sign a HIA Preliminary Contract to provide Readcon the permission to,
- Conduct a site inspection of your land by Roger
- Engage Engineer to perform soil tests
- Engage Surveyor to perform a contour survey
- Engage Draftsperson to add your design on your land
- Engage Draftsperson to make any changes you requested
- After all the above has been completed (approx. 2 weeks) we will document all inclusions and provide a specification of the selections made
- Provide information of your land – SP Plans, Estate Covenants
- Finalise your land contract and provide land settlement date
- Arrange your finance
- Pay the Preliminary Contract amount
- Finalize your plan and facade options
STEP 3 - CONTRACT
- Email all contract documents for your review
- Working Drawings
- Specification
- Engineering
- Final Contract Price
- Discuss with you your contract information and make sure everything is OK
- Discuss any prelodgemnt advice
- READCON will provide you with and explain in detail,
- HIA fixed price contract
- Specification
- Working Drawings
- Engineering Design & Drawings
Step 4 – Finalise Colour Selection
- Fill in the colour selection form Readcon will provide you
- If you require help, we can point you in the direction of a colour consultant
- Submit all documentation for building certification
- Forward your contract to your lending authority
- Liase with your financier
- Your covenent approval letter
Step 5 – Building Approval
- Forward the building approval to you
- Confirm construction start date
- Contact you if you wish to meet onsite at the start of construction
- Check all contract documents as these overide all previous versons or requests
- If selected – meet Roger on site on the day we start construction
- Ensure your land is clear of
- Rubbish
- Trees (if they not in the contract to remove)
- Grass is cut
- Advise your neighbour we are starting to build soon
Step 6 - Construction
Roger will contact & meet you onsite as a MININIUM at these milestones during the construction process
- Site Cut/Scrape
- Slab Completion
- Frame Completion – meet onsite & discuss plumbing & electricial plans & make sure everything is what you require
- Tiling Pre Start – Meet and discuss your tiling
- Practical Completion – all contract items are completed and your home is fit for its intended purpose, to be lived in. Perform inspections on all items in the contract and specificatrion are compelted & working corectly
- Liase with your lending authority regarding the payment of nominated progress payments as per the contract
- Arange payment of Practical Completion
- Contact your Power company
- Contact your Telephone Company & NBN Connections
- Contact your insurance company
Handover – The Home is yours
- Meet at your new home to handover the keys to your new home
- Provide you with your handover warranties and certificates
- Attend your Handover meeting
- Contact your moving company
- Make sure all payments have been paid as cleared funds is redquired for the keys to be handed over