While every person's new home building experience will vary, there are pretty-much eight steps that will be the same How long this takes will be a combination of the responsiveness of the buyer and the builder as well as the speed with which the developer provides covenant approval and how quickly the building certifier/Council provides a development approval.
1. The owner identifies the block of land he/she would like to buy. At Integrity New Homes, we offer to provide a free written site inspection report after inspecting the block you have bought or are intending to buy. This process is really important in order to determine the best home design that will fit and “work” on the site. It also allows any issues about the block to be considered and addresses (ie slope, access). There are often costs that only become apparent once the builder has inspected the site (i.e., trees that need to be removed, proximity to neighbouring dwellings, or issues with access to services).
2. The owner buys the land and gets Integrity New Homes to provide a Preliminary Estimate to build a specific home on the block (this estimated price may or may not include items such as landscaping, driveway, clothesline, letterbox, floor coverings and television antennae).
3. The owner completes the Home Design Order Form and pays a Preliminary Services Fee to Integrity New Homes to get a geotechnical report, contour survey and a set of preliminary drawings. Once the owner has paid the full fee for the soil test and contour survey, they remain the owner’s property. It is important the design is orientated to ensure energy efficiency and to maximise natural breezes and views.
4. Integrity New homes finalises a home design (it may be a custom design or one of the company’s many project homes) and a final price determined after the soil test and contour survey are received. This price will then form the basis of the contract.
5. Contracts are prepared and the process at this point varies slightly from place-to-place. For example, in New South Wales a Preliminary Agreement will also be created and signed and a Preliminary Agreement fee of 5% is finalised with a further 5% payable upon Development Approval issued. But, in Queensland, the 5% is payable upon contract signing, however, speak your local Integrity New Homes representative for the procedure that applies in your area.
6. It is then over to the owner, where applicable to obtain covenant approval (if required by the developer). However, in many instances, no covenant approval is required. Once the covenant approval is provided (where applicable), it is then time for the development/building approval application to be created, submitted and then provided. Work then begins on getting all the purchase orders for suppliers and trade contractors finalised and scheduled.
7. Commencement on site will begin in accordance with the individual contracts (which vary throughout Australia) once final written finance approval has been obtained by the Owner along with a couple of other conditions (ie proof of land title, land registration, site possession, and subject to weather).
8. Finally, construction commences and is then, completed with handover and any maintenance items addressed.
