Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Building with Metricon 1421Feb 06, 2016 3:27 pm When signing contracts, has anyone asked (and got) M to specify that inclement weather delays must be claimed within x days of incurring the delay? They are trying to tell me the old chestnut "it's a standard HIA contract and we don't amend it". Instead saving up their "rain days" for the end of the build when they know they can't get their sh!t together and want to claim some time back to avoid liquidated damages..... (cynical much? I've built before. ) Building the Denver by Metricon on acreage Land settlement: 24/8/15 Contracts: 8/7/16 Finance approved: 5/8/16 Council approval.....? viewtopic.php?f=31&t=79213 Re: Building with Metricon 1422Feb 06, 2016 3:52 pm We just signed our contract last Wednesday and got the same spiel about the standard HIA contract. Interestingly however, they advised that they rarely take the 42 weeks specified in the contract, and the majority of homes are completed early rather than late regardless of weather. Let's hope for your sake and mine that this is true!! https://metriconhenderson.wordpress.com/ Re: Building with Metricon 1423Feb 06, 2016 3:56 pm M and T We just signed our contract last Wednesday and got the same spiel about the standard HIA contract. Interestingly however, they advised that they rarely take the 42 weeks specified in the contract, and the majority of homes are completed early rather than late regardless of weather. Let's hope for your sake and mine that this is true!! https://metriconhenderson.wordpress.com/ Yikes 42 weeks? That's like 10.5 months to build a house? I thought the standard is 9 months? @ Orph build thread: viewtopic.php?t=78328 Dream Metricon Glendale 38 (Sydney)! Orpheus Building the Metricon Glendale 38|Sydney Re: Building with Metricon 1424Feb 06, 2016 4:07 pm Orpheus leelee116 Awesome thx. I just went of dilorenxzo $35 extra to lay. Hmmm will get some quotes. Yeah I'm going to speak to m on Monday. I feel that we should be able to use Di Lorenzo I will be interested to know too as we signed contracts before they changed tile companies. @ Orph build thread: viewtopic.php?t=78328 Dream Metricon Glendale 38 (Sydney)! I'll let you know Monday. Will be trying my best to get Di Lorenzo tiles. The new selection is nothing like what m offer and also now have to pay extra for feature tiles. It's the same standard tiles across all design levels. So u pay extra for designer range but get the same as metro range. I'm not happy in the slightest. I actually cried when u walked out of the studio. We left one builder after being kicked around and now feel I've gone from bad to bad Re: Building with Metricon 1425Feb 06, 2016 4:08 pm leelee116 Orpheus leelee116 Awesome thx. I just went of dilorenxzo $35 extra to lay. Hmmm will get some quotes. Yeah I'm going to speak to m on Monday. I feel that we should be able to use Di Lorenzo I will be interested to know too as we signed contracts before they changed tile companies. @ Orph build thread: viewtopic.php?t=78328 Dream Metricon Glendale 38 (Sydney)! I'll let you know Monday. Will be trying my best to get Di Lorenzo tiles. The new selection is nothing like what m offer and also now have to pay extra for feature tiles. It's the same standard tiles across all design levels. So u pay extra for designer range but get the same as metro range. I'm not happy in the slightest. I actually cried when u walked out of the studio. We left one builder after being kicked around and now feel I've gone from bad to bad Also you don't get feature tiles included anymore. Re: Building with Metricon 1426Feb 06, 2016 4:15 pm Orpheus M and T We just signed our contract last Wednesday and got the same spiel about the standard HIA contract. Interestingly however, they advised that they rarely take the 42 weeks specified in the contract, and the majority of homes are completed early rather than late regardless of weather. Let's hope for your sake and mine that this is true!! https://metriconhenderson.wordpress.com/ Yikes 42 weeks? That's like 10.5 months to build a house? I thought the standard is 9 months? @ Orph build thread: viewtopic.php?t=78328 Dream Metricon Glendale 38 (Sydney)! I was told six months. didn't check that part of the contract. Lol. Re: Building with Metricon 1427Feb 06, 2016 4:16 pm leelee116 Orpheus M and T We just signed our contract last Wednesday and got the same spiel about the standard HIA contract. Interestingly however, they advised that they rarely take the 42 weeks specified in the contract, and the majority of homes are completed early rather than late regardless of weather. Let's hope for your sake and mine that this is true!! https://metriconhenderson.wordpress.com/ Yikes 42 weeks? That's like 10.5 months to build a house? I thought the standard is 9 months? @ Orph build thread: viewtopic.php?t=78328 Dream Metricon Glendale 38 (Sydney)! I was told six months. didn't check that part of the contract. Lol. Yeah generally 6 months for single storey and 9 months for double storey @ Orph build thread: viewtopic.php?t=78328 Dream Metricon Glendale 38 (Sydney)! Orpheus Building the Metricon Glendale 38|Sydney Re: Building with Metricon 1428Feb 06, 2016 4:19 pm bubblynutter When signing contracts, has anyone asked (and got) M to specify that inclement weather delays must be claimed within x days of incurring the delay? They are trying to tell me the old chestnut "it's a standard HIA contract and we don't amend it". Instead saving up their "rain days" for the end of the build when they know they can't get their sh!t together and want to claim some time back to avoid liquidated damages..... (cynical much? I've built before. ) Bubbly - I have worked around this by regularly asking them for contractual handover date. My date is supposed to be 23rd Feb with all the rains and shutdown BUT we are probably looking at mid March! M can claim an additional 2 weeks if you have chosen to tile higher than the standard in the wet rooms, would be interesting to see if they claim that. Either way they are most likely going to have to pay liquidation. At $30 a day that's really does not go far - I'd rather they pay the mortgage or the rent! viewtopic.php?t=78985 Re: Building with Metricon 1429Feb 06, 2016 4:28 pm Orpheus leelee116 Just to get approve in someone to lay them. Thinking around $35 a sqm Tiles are normally $60/sqm to lay. Screeding is extra too. Don't forget to tell M u need the floor prepared differently if doing tiles after handover. Also so you need to look for carpets too? @ Orph build thread: viewtopic.php?t=78328 Dream Metricon Glendale 38 (Sydney)! If you compare the cost of doing carpets/tiles yourself vs. doing it through M. It works out a lot cheaper to do it through M. Carpet call charge you by sqm when you do through M. You don't pay for wastage. The other thing to consider is doors and skirting. You will need to ensure all your doors and floor skirting installed by M have clearance for the tiles/carpets you will install post handover. Most people have to remove skirting and re-install (pain). Anyway if Tile studio does not have any tiles you like then it's worth the trouble and costs. viewtopic.php?t=78985 Re: Building with Metricon 1430Feb 06, 2016 4:30 pm Franky40 Orpheus leelee116 Just to get approve in someone to lay them. Thinking around $35 a sqm Tiles are normally $60/sqm to lay. Screeding is extra too. Don't forget to tell M u need the floor prepared differently if doing tiles after handover. Also so you need to look for carpets too? @ Orph build thread: viewtopic.php?t=78328 Dream Metricon Glendale 38 (Sydney)! If you compare the cost of doing carpets/tiles yourself vs. doing it through M. It works out a lot cheaper to do it through M. Carpet call charge you by sqm when you do through M. You don't pay for wastage. The other thing to consider is doors and skirting. You will need to ensure all your doors and floor skirting installed by M have clearance for the tiles/carpets you will install post handover. Most people have to remove skirting and re-install (pain). Anyway if Tile studio does not have any tiles you like then it's worth the trouble and costs. viewtopic.php?t=78985 Thanks frankly Just really deflated after visiting the studio. I'm so over it all!!!! Re: Building with Metricon 1431Feb 06, 2016 9:23 pm Yes, what Orph said is correct, it will be much quicker for a single storey home to be built. Franky40, we tried to negotiate on the $30 / day but we mustn't be very good negotiators because Metricon didn't budge on this one. We also discussed the additional 2 weeks due to full height tiling in wet areas. They reassured us that they they rarely run late on projects as it's in their best interests to complete projects on time. Let's hope that's true!! Re: Building with Metricon 1432Feb 06, 2016 9:33 pm Franky40 Orpheus leelee116 Just to get approve in someone to lay them. Thinking around $35 a sqm Tiles are normally $60/sqm to lay. Screeding is extra too. Don't forget to tell M u need the floor prepared differently if doing tiles after handover. Also so you need to look for carpets too? @ Orph build thread: viewtopic.php?t=78328 Dream Metricon Glendale 38 (Sydney)! If you compare the cost of doing carpets/tiles yourself vs. doing it through M. It works out a lot cheaper to do it through M. Carpet call charge you by sqm when you do through M. You don't pay for wastage. The other thing to consider is doors and skirting. You will need to ensure all your doors and floor skirting installed by M have clearance for the tiles/carpets you will install post handover. Most people have to remove skirting and re-install (pain). Anyway if Tile studio does not have any tiles you like then it's worth the trouble and costs. viewtopic.php?t=78985 Hmm i have said no to flooring from Metricon, i was getting better deals outside. for laminate: metricon insists that i need to have a joint in the middle of hallway which i fail to understand why when no other company wants to do that. for carpet: i got the price for the category 10 carpet in the same pricing for category 3 which was offered by Metricon so i would say it doesnt hurt to get more options and shop around. Re: Building with Metricon 1433Feb 06, 2016 9:36 pm leelee116 Franky40 Orpheus [quote="leelee116"]Just to get approve in someone to lay them. Thinking around $35 a sqm Tiles are normally $60/sqm to lay. Screeding is extra too. Don't forget to tell M u need the floor prepared differently if doing tiles after handover. Also so you need to look for carpets too? @ Orph build thread: viewtopic.php?t=78328 Dream Metricon Glendale 38 (Sydney)! If you compare the cost of doing carpets/tiles yourself vs. doing it through M. It works out a lot cheaper to do it through M. Carpet call charge you by sqm when you do through M. You don't pay for wastage. The other thing to consider is doors and skirting. You will need to ensure all your doors and floor skirting installed by M have clearance for the tiles/carpets you will install post handover. Most people have to remove skirting and re-install (pain). Anyway if Tile studio does not have any tiles you like then it's worth the trouble and costs. viewtopic.php?t=78985 Thanks frankly Just really deflated after visiting the studio. I'm so over it all!!!! [/quote] You should push to go with DL. Tell them one of the reasons you signed up with them was because of the range of tiles available through DL. You've also spent many hours at DL choosing tiles. Etc etc. They should really have Tile studio for people signing up now, not for those who are already in the process. viewtopic.php?t=78985 Re: Building with Metricon 1434Feb 06, 2016 9:37 pm Franky40 leelee116 Franky40 [quote="Orpheus"][quote="leelee116"]Just to get approve in someone to lay them. Thinking around $35 a sqm Tiles are normally $60/sqm to lay. Screeding is extra too. Don't forget to tell M u need the floor prepared differently if doing tiles after handover. Also so you need to look for carpets too? @ Orph build thread: viewtopic.php?t=78328 Dream Metricon Glendale 38 (Sydney)! If you compare the cost of doing carpets/tiles yourself vs. doing it through M. It works out a lot cheaper to do it through M. Carpet call charge you by sqm when you do through M. You don't pay for wastage. The other thing to consider is doors and skirting. You will need to ensure all your doors and floor skirting installed by M have clearance for the tiles/carpets you will install post handover. Most people have to remove skirting and re-install (pain). Anyway if Tile studio does not have any tiles you like then it's worth the trouble and costs. viewtopic.php?t=78985 Thanks frankly Just really deflated after visiting the studio. I'm so over it all!!!! [/quote] You should push to go with DL. Tell them one of the reasons you signed up with them was because of the range of tiles available through DL. You've also spent many hours at DL choosing tiles. Etc etc. They should really have Tile studio for people signing up now, not for those who are already in the process. viewtopic.php?t=78985 [/quote] Agreed. I think someone else on the forum had the same issue and they were allowed to select from DL. Metricon Glendale 38 - viewtopic.php?f=31&t=75696&p=1298363#p1298363 Selections: viewtopic.php?f=31&t=75696&start=60 Tiles - p25 Re: Building with Metricon 1435Feb 06, 2016 9:39 pm skami Franky40 Orpheus [quote="leelee116"]Just to get approve in someone to lay them. Thinking around $35 a sqm Tiles are normally $60/sqm to lay. Screeding is extra too. Don't forget to tell M u need the floor prepared differently if doing tiles after handover. Also so you need to look for carpets too? @ Orph build thread: viewtopic.php?t=78328 Dream Metricon Glendale 38 (Sydney)! If you compare the cost of doing carpets/tiles yourself vs. doing it through M. It works out a lot cheaper to do it through M. Carpet call charge you by sqm when you do through M. You don't pay for wastage. The other thing to consider is doors and skirting. You will need to ensure all your doors and floor skirting installed by M have clearance for the tiles/carpets you will install post handover. Most people have to remove skirting and re-install (pain). Anyway if Tile studio does not have any tiles you like then it's worth the trouble and costs. viewtopic.php?t=78985 Hmm i have said no to flooring from Metricon, i was getting better deals outside. for laminate: metricon insists that i need to have a joint in the middle of hallway which i fail to understand why when no other company wants to do that. for carpet: i got the price for the category 10 carpet in the same pricing for category 3 which was offered by Metricon so i would say it doesnt hurt to get more options and shop around.[/quote] I must add we had a tile and carpet package when we signed up for $6,990. So that probably made doing it ourselves after handover more expensive. Anyway shop around and do your sums before deciding viewtopic.php?t=78985 Re: Building with Metricon 1436Feb 06, 2016 9:41 pm I'm with you on that franky. We did go with them after asking who their suppliers were. Also the amount of time I've spent there in the past 2 months. I will be pushing the subject with m and my csc on Monday. No way will I be happy even choosing tiles for the bathrooms with them. And I have 6 bathrooms to do with no variations on offer with m. I mean it was literally 8-10 400x400 tiles charcoals brown beige and white Re: Building with Metricon 1437Feb 06, 2016 9:43 pm Franky40 skami Franky40 [quote="Orpheus"][quote="leelee116"]Just to get approve in someone to lay them. Thinking around $35 a sqm Tiles are normally $60/sqm to lay. Screeding is extra too. Don't forget to tell M u need the floor prepared differently if doing tiles after handover. Also so you need to look for carpets too? @ Orph build thread: viewtopic.php?t=78328 Dream Metricon Glendale 38 (Sydney)! If you compare the cost of doing carpets/tiles yourself vs. doing it through M. It works out a lot cheaper to do it through M. Carpet call charge you by sqm when you do through M. You don't pay for wastage. The other thing to consider is doors and skirting. You will need to ensure all your doors and floor skirting installed by M have clearance for the tiles/carpets you will install post handover. Most people have to remove skirting and re-install (pain). Anyway if Tile studio does not have any tiles you like then it's worth the trouble and costs. viewtopic.php?t=78985 Hmm i have said no to flooring from Metricon, i was getting better deals outside. for laminate: metricon insists that i need to have a joint in the middle of hallway which i fail to understand why when no other company wants to do that. for carpet: i got the price for the category 10 carpet in the same pricing for category 3 which was offered by Metricon so i would say it doesnt hurt to get more options and shop around.[/quote] I must add we had a tile and carpet package when we signed up for $6,990. So that probably made doing it ourselves after handover more expensive. Anyway shop around and do your sums before deciding viewtopic.php?t=78985 [/quote] That's what we opted for originally in our contract. But adding another $26000 just for floor tiles is unjust. The had either 600 or 800 porcelain tiles for an extra $55 a sqm. Just can't see the value if I've paid $6k Re: Building with Metricon 1439Feb 07, 2016 9:08 am After sitting down after calming down last night. If m allow me to continue my selections through Di Lorenzo then will will get floors through them. If not I'm back to the drawing board. In the new promo there are many benefits with we did not get like $20k to spend at studio m. We got the reward yourself pack and a a/c unit that needs to be upgraded to suit house anyway. Oh and the upgraded oven in the promo is actually standard anyway. So I will bring that up if I need to argue my point of using Di Lorenzo. Also a design question are feature tiles going out of fashion/trend? Lady at studio m told me no one uses feature tiles anymore as I question us not getting any ??? Re: Building with Metricon 1440Feb 07, 2016 9:20 am leelee116 After sitting down after calming down last night. If m allow me to continue my selections through Di Lorenzo then will will get floors through them. If not I'm back to the drawing board. In the new promo there are many benefits with we did not get like $20k to spend at studio m. We got the reward yourself pack and a a/c unit that needs to be upgraded to suit house anyway. Oh and the upgraded oven in the promo is actually standard anyway. So I will bring that up if I need to argue my point of using Di Lorenzo. Also a design question are feature tiles going out of fashion/trend? Lady at studio m told me no one uses feature tiles anymore as I question us not getting any ??? I kind of agree somewhat with feature tiles. I think the trend now is feature walls or 3D tiles instead. IMO, doing flooring after handover is better bc you have more choice of suppliers and tile selections. TBH, I wasn't impressed with either DL or M Tile Studio as we only found a couple of tiles we liked. @ Orph build thread: viewtopic.php?t=78328 Dream Metricon Glendale 38 (Sydney)! Orpheus Building the Metricon Glendale 38|Sydney Hi, First of all, thank you to this community for sharing your thoughts and opinions. We are in early days of our pre-contract stage for Metricon Doulton and we are… 0 12800 Hello All 🙂 We are planning to start our journey of construction our first home. We zeroed down on Metricon and henley homes based on design suitable for our lot and… 0 9707 We don’t live in VIC so want to know the exterior colours of Lumiere display so we can see it at the paint shop. Not building with Metricon so my request went… 0 19765 |