The Kingsbridge Journey

Our sales consultants are eager to meet with you and make your dream home a reality. They will initially discuss what designs you are interested in and what will best suit your needs, while ensuring the home is suitable for your land and budget.

• Review and choose your preferred floor plan and facade design.
• Provide the plan of subdivision and engineering drawings of your block.
• Provide information including initial pricing, design information, inclusions, and relevant timeframes.
• Pay an initial deposit of $1,500*.
• You are invited to visit the MOSAIC Colour Studio for an initial walk-through.

*The initial deposit has a cooling-off period of 14 days. It is non-refundable after the 14-day cooling-off period has expired.

Once you have chosen your floor plan and facade design, we will provide a quote complete with all structural changes. This stage is to prepare your new home order to hand over to our contract administration team.

• Finalise estimate with structural options and upgrades, including the development requirements and property checks.
• Pay a second non-refundable deposit of $3,500. The second deposit must be paid within 60 days to secure pricing.
• Allocate a site start month for the build of your new home.
• If titled, a soil survey will be ordered.
• Undertake due diligence on your new home order. Once completed, it is sales accepted. 
• Hand over your New Home Order to the contract administration team.

You’ll be introduced to your Contract Administrator, who will guide you through the next steps of your new home journey.

• Produce the initial drawings.
• Provide the initial tender to client.
• Sign off and accept the initial drawings and tender.
• Book an appointment at the MOSAIC Colour Studio.

We welcome you to your appointment at the MOSAIC Colour Studio. Here you will piece together all the elements that will transform your house into a home.

• Check your design guidelines as to what your land developer will permit, such as brick and roof styles, external materials, and paint colours. 
• Attend your MOSAIC Colour Studio appointment to make your selections.
• Make electrical selections.
• Refine pricing in line with any selected upgrades. 
• Review, sign and return pricing for optional upgrades.

This can be one of the longest parts of the pre-build process. The time will depend on how far away your land is from being titled.

• Administer pre-build tasks  once land titles, including:
  • Property information ordered and received from council and water board.
  • Soil report and survey.
  • Full working drawings upon receiving soil report and survey.
  • Developer’s approval. 
  • Engineering design. 
  • Energy assessment. 
  • Review, sign and return full working drawings
• Once your developer’s approval (if applicable), has been received, your HIA build contact will be raised. This document will include all your colour and electrical elections, energy requirements, developer requirements and engineering (if applicable). 
• Review and sign off on your HIA Build contract, and supply to financial lender (if applicable). 
• Pay the remaining 5% deposit.
• Provide unconditional finance approval from the lender covering the construction value of the loan (if applicable).

This is the final step before the construction phase begins.

• Complete a pre-site inspection. 
• Obtain an asset protection permit. 
• Obtain a build permit. 
• Review to ensure all documents are accurate.
• Your Contract Administrator will provide a copy of the build permit, stamped plans, and insurances.
• Provide the lender a copy of the build permit, stamped plans, and insurances.
• Review and approve the final drawings as a client. 

The construction process begins. The site cut and scrape is completed, levelling your land with a one metre platform where your home will be built. 

• Your Contract Administrator provides you with a site start letter, confirming the contractual build time frame, and shares photos demonstrating that site works have started.
• If you nominate an external party to conduct your inspections, provide full details and the schedule for when inspections occur.

The Base Stage is the first major milestone in the construction process. The home is pegged out, underground plumbing and electrical is installed, footings (if applicable), steel reinforcement is laid as per engineer’s design and termite barrier part A is installed.

• Complete the Building Surveyor inspection.
• Pour the concrete slab.
• Receive written confirmation and photographs that confirm the Base Stage is complete and has passed inspection.
• Base Stage payment is due – please forward the Base Stage invoice to your lender (if applicable) for payment release. Payment is due within 7 days of receiving the invoice.

During this stage, the timber is erected by our carpenters to form the frame of the house – consisting of timber walls and roof trusses. 

• Engage the Building Surveyor to complete the stage inspection.
• You receive written confirmation and photographs that confirm the Frame Stage is complete.
• You receive written confirmation and photographs that confirm the Frame Stage is complete and has passed inspection.
• Frame Stage payment is due – please forward the Frame Stage invoice to your lender (if applicable) for payment release. Payment is due within 7 days of receiving the invoice. 

Your home goes from a frame to a complete house, secure from the outside world. Your new home is really starting to take shape.

• Fit your home with roofing, windows, and external doors. Wrap the walls and complete the wall cladding.
• Receive written confirmation and photographs that confirm the Lock Up Stage is complete.
• Lock Up Stage payment is due – please forward the Lock Up Stage invoice to your lender (if applicable) for payment release. Payment is due within 7 days of receiving the invoice.

The finishing touches are coming together.

• Install plaster, skirting, architraves, and internal doors. Fit cabinetry in the kitchen, bathroom, laundry, ensuite, and powder room (if applicable). If the benchtops are laminate, install them at this stage. 
• Receive written confirmation and photographs that confirm the Fixing Stage is complete. The accounts team issues the Fixing Stage invoice.
• Fixing Stage payment is due – please forward the Fixing Stage invoice to your lender (if applicable) for payment release. Payment is due within 7 days of receiving the invoice.

Congratulations! Completion stage is the final stage of the build process. Welcome home!

• Painting, plumbing and electrical fixtures, installation of shower screens, mirrors, internal door furniture (handles), carpet, laminate, and tiled areas, are all completed during this stage. Any external render or cladding will also be completed. 
• Building Surveyor inspection and appointed independent inspection is completed. Final invoice and occupancy permit is issued.
• Occupancy permit and final invoice to be forwarded to the lender (if applicable) to complete valuation of the home in preparation of final payment being released. 
• Practical Completion inspection is completed. Practical Completion inspection is to be completed by you or a nominated party (if applicable).
• Notice of Completion is issued, and final payment is requested, to be made within 7 days. Upon receiving Notice of Completion, advise your lender to release final payment within 7 days and forward a copy of the remittance advice to your Contract Administrator.
• Once final payment is received the appliances are installed. Please allow 7 days for this to take place.
• Practical Completion inspection items are checked and your new home is presented. You will meet your Supervisor on site to complete the handover of your new home.