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Building your home is an exciting adventure that starts from the moment you begin viewing display homes to when you find one that best meets your needs. There’s a lot to consider but we are here to help you with each step.
1. Awareness
Your home must be designed in accordance with our Design Guidelines and any restrictions on your Plan of Subdivision and MCP.
3. Approval
Allow 10 working days for approvals once all documents have been submitted and meet compliance. Plans that do not comply will be returned with comments. Once amended they can be resubmitted.
4. Building Permit
Once your receive approval from the Design Approval Panel you or your builder may then apply for a Building Permit with the Whyndam City Council or a Private Building Surveyor.
Building documents
Select the stage to access the different documents required before and during your build.
The aim of these Design Guidelines is to create a neighbourhood character for The Grove community.
Fill this in and return to us so that we can provide your contact details to your neighbours for the purpose of installing a fence.
With a little bit of effort and investigation, it doesn’t take long to discover the places to be and the things to do in your new neighbourhood.
A nature strip can be a grassed area or piece of land between the paved footpath and the kerb. Once your lot settled, a nature strip is public land that residents who own the property next to the strip need to maintain.
This involves mowing, weeding, trimming nature strip edges and picking up litter. It is a littering offence to blow or sweep your clippings into the road or drain.
Download the Nature Strip Landscaping Guidelines to understand what acceptable and unaccepting nature strip treatments from Wyndham City Council.
Survey pegs are used to mark out the title boundaries of your land lot. At every lot corner, there will one peg indicates the change in boundary direction.
The title pegs are made of wood, square, painted white with the top of the peg matching the ground level The tall stick with white tip is the location marker for your title peg.
The front title peg will have your lot number on it. Where the pegs are the boundary between yours and an adjacent lot the two numbers will be stamped on the peg in line with the below example. The two rear lot pegs will only indicate with white and no lot markings.
The lot pegs are usually level with lot finish surface level which often makes them hard to find/indicate. In this instance, we would recommend
1. Looking for indicator pegs first and search adjacent to them for the title peg or
2. If the indicator pegs have been removed, use the dimensions from your plan of subdivision, measuring tape and from the title pegs, you have identified measure the lot length and width to find the location of the missing pegs. Often, the lot pegs are covered by some soil/dirt so be prepared to scrape the surface to uncover the title pegs
The location of pegs is according to the registered Title and Plan of Subdivision from Council and place by a licensed surveyor. Frasers Property is responsible to provide pegs prior to your settlement.
We recommend visiting your lot a week prior to your settlement date to ensure the pegs are in place. If you have any concerns, please contact our Customer Care team via CustomerCareVIC@frasersproperty.com.au.
After settlement
Once the lots are settled, it becomes the owner’s responsibility to ensure the pegs are located with the correct location. As such, we are not in a position to be maintaining the lot or re-survey the pegs if it went missing.
To protect your land lot pegs, Frasers do recommend you install temporary fencing as soon as possible after settlement, or on settlement day. If you have found missing pegs post settlement, please contact a certified site surveyor or your builder.
Electricity: Your distributor will be Powercor. Your builder will contact them to arrange supply and after settlement you will be able to contact a Retail Service Provider (e.g. Origin) to arrange accounts in your name.
Gas: Your distributor will be AusNet. Your builder will contact them to arrange supply and after settlement you will be able to contact a Retail Service Provider (e.g. Origin) to arrange accounts in your name.
Internet: Fibre connection to your property is delivered by Opticomm. Your builder will make an application during construction for Opticomm to connect your property from the common telecommunications point to your home. After settlement you can contact your preferred Retail Service Provider to arrange a connection. Please be aware, the first time you connect to the Opticomm network, you will be required to pay a $300 New Development Charge.
Council Rates: These are issued by Council each financial year and payable in instalments each quarter.
Water Rates: Your distributor will be City West Water. Your builder will contact them to arrange supply and the installation of your Water Meter. Please note that depending on the individual design of your home, there may be the need to pay an additional charge to relocate the water connection point to accommodate your driveway or any other hardscaping to the front of your property.
Protect your lot with temporary fencing
To protect your land lot from the dumping of rubbish, soil, trash and missing pegs etc. Frasers do recommend you install temporary fencing as soon as possible after settlement, or on settlement day.
Temporary fencing is a cost-effective way to keep your land lot secure until your builder is ready to commence construction. Unfortunately, dumping by third parties on empty land lots does happen and it is far cheaper to install temporary fencing than to pay for clean-up costs if it does occur. Please note, neither Frasers Property nor the local Council will contribute to clean-up or re-peg costs by unknown third parties.
Install share fencing
Under Victorian law, the Fences Act, there are provisions for the cost of boundary fencing to be shared with neighbours. It is best to discuss the fencing informally with your neighbour in the first instance to reach an agreement on the contractor to be used and the cost to be shared. If this option is not available, you can utilise a Fencing Notice, which is a formal document setting out the proposal for the installation of a boundary fence. A Fencing Notice can be delivered in person or by mail, the government has a standard notice available for use, although many fencing contractors also have these available. It should be noted, that if you do not have your neighbours agreement or have not provided a fencing notice, it may be difficult to recover any financial costs related to the fencing works and to do so may require a Magistrates’ Court order.
Please note we do not provide fencing or contribute to the cost of fencing, including where an adjoining lot is unsold and remains the developer's property.
Under privacy laws, we are able to provide you with your neighbour's contact details when both parties signed the fence consent form to share the contact information.
Fill in the form below and return to CustomerCareVIC@frasersproperty.com.au. Once you and your neighbours have emailed through the signed consent form, we will exchange the contact details for both parties.
It's important to note that after the land is titled it is the builder/owner’s responsibility to confirm levels as we cannot guarantee that levels have not been altered post titling of the land.
When you sign a build contract, builders will hold their pricing for a set time. It is important to understand how long your quoted pricing is and if there are any unforeseeable delays how you will be impacted. There will generally be a set amount charged per month, for the number of months that your site start is delayed. Builders need to charge this amount as materials and services to build a home increase and they need to make sure that these are covered hence having a fixed price period.
We recommend all clients be cautious when signing build contracts a long time before the anticipated settlement date of your lot. The dates we provide in our monthly construction/settlement updates are indicative and could change due to inclement weather or authority approval delays. Frasers Property cannot accept responsibility for any costs incurred through builders delay penalties.
Disclaimer: The Building Documents provided above are for information purposes only and should not be relied upon. Refer to your representative for the latest updates available.
When you signed your contract you may have obtained pre-approval from your lender. A pre-approval is an indication whether the lender will be able to loan you the money you need based on an initial assessment of your credit history and borrowing capacity.
Less than 3 months prior to settlement, when the lot is close to completion, you can apply for formal approval with most lenders. You will receive a formal approval when the lender has everything they need and can confirm in the form of a letter that they are willing to lend you money. This is the final guarantee that you will need for the property purchase.
It is important to note that a pre-approval from your lender is not a guarantee. You will still need to apply for formal approval with your lender.
Disclaimer: Whilst Frasers Property has tried to ensure that all information provided on this page is complete, accurate or up to date, the content is are provided ‘as is’ and ‘as available’ and Frasers Property takes no responsibility for any error or omission relating to this information.
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