Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Darwin Builders 34Apr 20, 2016 4:11 pm Vantage are one off the top builders in Darwin. You will get the best finishing trades in darwin working on your house. Tom used to literally feel every tile to make sure theres no imperfections. Vantage would be my choice They have a full time designer so your hiuse will be designed properly Re: Darwin Builders 35Apr 20, 2016 4:24 pm live1991 In Darwin what is better for the inside walls, Core filled block walls or steel frame. and why ? Cheaper to put steel frame internal. Thermal mass would similar around r3.5 each. Finish on plaster would be slightly finer then white set of rendered block wall. Steel will have a more hollow sound and will carry more sound between rooms. Unless you have certain sound inhibiting insulation If you go steel inside ask go high f rating bats and maybe 16mm plaster in your bedrom. Some plaster has extra r ratingd and sound inhibiting elements. Re: Darwin Builders 36May 16, 2016 3:41 pm Thanks I spoke to DAPT and Vantage, they are both horrible at getting back to you. Anyone used http://abouthomesnt.com.au/ ? Re: Darwin Builders 38Jul 27, 2016 10:52 pm Hey guys, great post! We previously built our first home with abode homes off the plan didnt have any dramas with them, but a post like this would've been great back then! since then we have decided to upgrade and we were recommended by two of our friends to build with Alpha Homes (as they did), and i have to say they are pretty good. Worth chatting with the guys if your after a quote, its a family of 4, George, Nick, Natalie, Katina, flick them an email and they respond within the day. There standards are very good as well, and they do custom builds (which we did) and were very accommodating. One thing i didn't pay attention to last time is how builders look after there work site and Alpha keeps there site very clean (clean as a work site can be of course) compared to others and they also fence of the block, which made us feel like they put more effort into their work and keep the their tradies in line. What i also liked is you do walk through during the build tp double check everything, also amongst other things you get 2 power points in every room and extra power points are only $50 not $250 like the previous post stated lol Overall really happy with the process. Highly recommend. The other builder we were recommended was Tropical, but they didnt return our email when we were chasing quotes and overlander are good i heard.. Probably avoid the bigger ones. Re: Darwin Builders 40Sep 24, 2016 11:52 am Well, we bought the block in June, I had my heart set on having Vantage Homes build our house, so we're going with them. We signed contracts two days ago, but the house has been designed (Dennis, their designer, has been very patient), the rock breaker thingy was in on Thursday preparing for the new back fence and the pool. On the plus side, there are a lot of pretty rocks we can use in landscaping. Tom has been a delight to deal with and very obliging. He's taken us through two of the homes they've built, and I went through a four year old one a few years ago (fell in love) and they are all beautifully built and finished. We've chosen our tiles, bathroom fittings, kitchen has been designed, finishes chosen, and he's having timber samples sent up so he can lay a section for me (Forest reds). I'm very excited and looking forward to seeing our dream home emerge. I would never build with Fowler homes. I built with them in 2021 and till date maintenance issues are pending. All their existing trades and businesses don't work with… 14 109778 Thank you so much. This has been very helpful. We definitely wish to settle and get these people out of our life. They are trying to charge us interest on late… 7 15001 1 2924 |