Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Wisdom Homes..........The Wise Choice 221May 13, 2013 10:34 pm Our water bill was for Jan-Apr, we were in the house approx 3 weeks, our bill said we had used 32 KL That was a huge amount, but not sure how we could contest it. Bill was about $260 We built the Wisdom Majestic 40 - moved in! Our blog - http://ourwisdommajestic40.blogspot.com.au/ Our H1 thread - viewtopic.php?t=54156 Re: Wisdom Homes..........The Wise Choice 222May 13, 2013 10:40 pm Onewheel Our water bill was for Jan-Apr, we were in the house approx 3 weeks, our bill said we had used 32 KL That was a huge amount, but not sure how we could contest it. Bill was about $260 Hi Onewheel, Guess its difficult if a reading was not taken at handover. Worth chatting with WH in any case. My meter reads 63kL at the moment. That's a lot of water. Cheers, Re: Wisdom Homes..........The Wise Choice 223May 13, 2013 10:49 pm Hi Onewheel and Ironbark Both those reading amounts sound huge!They must use a lot of water during the build! So did Wisdom pay all the water and energy usage bills during your build Onewheel? Re: Wisdom Homes..........The Wise Choice 224May 13, 2013 10:53 pm Aheron Hi Onewheel and Ironbark Both those reading amounts sound huge!They must use a lot of water during the build! So did Wisdom pay all the water and energy usage bills during your build Onewheel? Hi Aheron, My high bills is due to a leaky pipe connection that has not been fixed. I had to turn off the tap at the meter to prevent further leakage. Most of the water usage is during brickwork and subsequent cleaning. I have not contacted WH for the bill payment yet. Wanted to know what's the approach though.. Re: Wisdom Homes..........The Wise Choice 225May 14, 2013 7:59 am Aheron Hi Onewheel and Ironbark Both those reading amounts sound huge!They must use a lot of water during the build! So did Wisdom pay all the water and energy usage bills during your build Onewheel? No, we paid it We built the Wisdom Majestic 40 - moved in! Our blog - http://ourwisdommajestic40.blogspot.com.au/ Our H1 thread - viewtopic.php?t=54156 Re: Wisdom Homes..........The Wise Choice 226May 14, 2013 8:00 am IronBark Hi Onewheel, Guess its difficult if a reading was not taken at handover. Worth chatting with WH in any case. My meter reads 63kL at the moment. That's a lot of water. Cheers, Wow, that's a high reading. Would be good to hear how you go with Wisdom We built the Wisdom Majestic 40 - moved in! Our blog - http://ourwisdommajestic40.blogspot.com.au/ Our H1 thread - viewtopic.php?t=54156 Re: Wisdom Homes..........The Wise Choice 227May 14, 2013 9:30 pm Hi Ironbark Lurking here because I am considering building with Wisdom. I saw your photos and realised I drive past your home every day, dropping my kids at school. I have to say it looks terrific. How would you rate your experience with Wisdom Homes? My biggest concern is price variations. I have a rough tender from the wonderful sales guy, but wondering how accurate it is and what will I want to upgrade that I have not considered at this point? Now I understand your user name Ally Deposit paid to Masterton 30/05/13 Contracts signed and 5% deposit paid 09/10/13 CDC Approval 14/11/13 Slab 22/01/14 Frame 18/02/14 Brickwork 14/03/14 Roof 22/03/14 Lock Up 11/04/14 Re: Wisdom Homes..........The Wise Choice 228May 15, 2013 10:06 pm allyman Hi Ironbark Lurking here because I am considering building with Wisdom. I saw your photos and realised I drive past your home every day, dropping my kids at school. I have to say it looks terrific. How would you rate your experience with Wisdom Homes? My biggest concern is price variations. I have a rough tender from the wonderful sales guy, but wondering how accurate it is and what will I want to upgrade that I have not considered at this point? Now I understand your user name Ally Thanks Ally, Overall I would rate my experience as ok. If I were to built again, I would go with WH purely because I know now how they operate and what to look out for. You learn a lot during the built experience and need to keep a watch on the work being done. In terms of the tender to actual comparison, it was quiet close based on what I had on my wish list. You need to make your own list of things you want in your home and get each builder you are considering to quote to that list. This will allow apple to apple comparisons. The admin process does test the patience tolerance limits. Hope this helps... Cheers Re: Wisdom Homes..........The Wise Choice 229May 21, 2013 10:09 am hello all, Do you guys still get emails from Wisdom, asking to fill out a feedback form about your overall experience? I received 2 emails so far but that was ages ago, I am up to the site cut stage and I would like to tell them my experience at the moment(delays,delays), not positive by the way Oh and the by the way, anyone building in Oran park right now? just wanted to know if we have same SS and if he is good or not Re: Wisdom Homes..........The Wise Choice 231May 21, 2013 2:24 pm hey nats21 thank you for the info good luck for handover all the best. does your SS first name starts with S? Re: Wisdom Homes..........The Wise Choice 232May 21, 2013 6:41 pm avalanche hey nats21 thank you for the info good luck for handover all the best. does your SS first name starts with S? Not a worry at all.....no our ss starts with an A, but my neighbours ss starts with an s and they have said he has been pretty good, their house is moving along nicely started January and due to finish end of June so not too bad for a double story Good luck!!! Re: Wisdom Homes..........The Wise Choice 233May 21, 2013 7:22 pm nats21 We recieved emails after admin and after construction started. We r building in Gregory hills and our ss has been sensational!!! Handover TOMORROW Congratulations!!!!!! Hope it all goes well and enjoy your new home We built the Wisdom Majestic 40 - moved in! Our blog - http://ourwisdommajestic40.blogspot.com.au/ Our H1 thread - viewtopic.php?t=54156 Re: Wisdom Homes..........The Wise Choice 234May 21, 2013 7:24 pm nats21 We recieved emails after admin and after construction started. We r building in Gregory hills and our ss has been sensational!!! Handover TOMORROW Congrats Nat, How exciting.... It's going to be a long night Hope it goes well. Re: Wisdom Homes..........The Wise Choice 236May 21, 2013 8:26 pm Congrats Nats21 All the best for tommorow.Love to see some pics when you get a chance! Re: Wisdom Homes..........The Wise Choice 239May 22, 2013 12:03 pm congratulations Nats21 I assume Wsdoms supplier provided the plantation shutters?Were they well priced in comparison to others? Re: Wisdom Homes..........The Wise Choice 240May 22, 2013 12:16 pm I only got quotes from betterview ( wisdom's preferred supplier) and spotlight (whom were not very helpful!) I found betterview super easy to deal with and price wise were quite good, im on a budget so that helped haha Can someone please offer some advice? Im DESPERATE. Because I'm completely and utterly exhausted. How long are variations taking with other companies at the moment? 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