The QuickBuild Process
From A-Z
1 - Identify | - Where is the section that you want to build on? - Get Lot & DP number. - Ask your council for these if you don't have them |
2 - House Type | - Which QuickBuild Home do you want? - Decide on the available variations |
3 - Who will build it? | - You? (you will need Form 2B - Declaration of Self Build - for your council.) The rule is that you have to intend to live in it. - A local builder? - One of our approved assemblers? - If one of our assemblers, then “Shell Only” or “Full Build”? |
4 - Talk to your council | - Talk about putting a house there. They may talk about: - Boundary distances, - Recession planes (how high the house is in relation to boundaries), and - “Set-Back” distances, - Outdoor Living areas etc. - If your house doesn’t comply with these, then you may need to get “Resource Consent”. - This is not a daunting as it sounds, and you can often do it yourself. - Find out if they need a “Geo-technical Report” (A report on the quality of the ground under your house.) |
5 - Ancillary work | - Get pricing for these services, such as drains, water, power connections, and also get their lead times. |
6 - Budgeting | - Seriously. - Make sure you can get finance. |
7 - Geo-technical Report
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- Get it done if required by council. |
8 - Dates | - Get an approximate delivery date / lead time from us. - Send us a copy of the Geo-technical report if your council required it. |
9 - Sign Contract | - Sign on the dotted line with us! - Pay 15% deposit. - We will then send you plans and specification for council. - We will also do any extra design work at this stage for ground conditions if required (slope, geo-tech, etc) - Extra design work is chargeable - Sign Freight Contract. |
10 - Prepare Consent | - You prepare and submit building consent, and possibly Resource Consent if required. - Council have 10 working days to approve one of our standard houses. - If you need alterations for foundations, then they have 20 days. |
11 - Manufacture | - We will start to manufacture your kit-set. |
12 - Final Payment & Inspection | - When kit-set is manufactured, pay remaining money due. - You may come to visit and put your own padlock on your 40’ container if you want. - The whole lot is then yours! |
13 - Shipped & Start Building | - Container and panels are shipped to site and you may start building |