Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Gold Ruby Homes in Canberra. Any good? 26Apr 28, 2016 2:00 pm The 10 last posts are 1 comment users raving about Gold Ruby Homes... made their 1 post and never posted again 8 months since. How's that a good sign? Yeah, nothing sus there . I personally haven't had much dealings with Gold Ruby and decided to go with another builder, but when speaking to the guy at the display home in Coombs... he seemed friendly enough, but I was turned off soon after. He spent some time with me talking about house designs in general while we walked around the house, and then asked for my personal particulars to send me some designs based on what we talked about. I was thinking he would send me some of HIS designs however, not google search ones with American dimensions and labels ("grand room" etc). As soon as I got those online examples, I knew he wasn't the builder for me. Ultimately builder choice comes down to how comfortable you feel with them... not only from the first meeting, but with followups thereafter. If something rubs you up the wrong way in those early stages, cut your losses and move on. That's when builders are at their best behaviour. If they can't score 10/10 in those early stages easily, then time to move on. There should be no questions or doubts when signing on with them or handing over any cash. I'd happyily give a free plug to Ren Homes here as they are the builders I ended up going with, but with only 1 post to my name as of this date (more to come as I'm legit), there's not a lot of weight you can put on this post either is there . Re: Gold Ruby Homes in Canberra. Any good? 28Jul 24, 2018 9:57 pm We built our home with Gold Ruby and would do it again in a heart beat. Matt was contactable and available to suit our needs. Gold Ruby's quality of build is hard to find, including the inclusions. We have recommended Gold ruby and will continue to do so. Re: Gold Ruby Homes in Canberra. Any good? 29Feb 09, 2019 5:47 pm Rating: 3-Star
Our building project with Gold Ruby Homes was for a house and land package in Harrison. I can’t comment on the final build quality of Gold Ruby homes, as we withdrew from the contract. The indications we did get when we inspected their in progress building projects on site with Matt, in 2016 prior to signing the contract, was that they did seem of quite a good standard. We withdrew from the contract as the final completion date as stated in the contract had past and there wasn’t a slab. My wife and I were under time constraints, as we had just started a new family. The timeline for our house and land package project:
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Note: Gold Ruby homes was in a 2016 Canberra Times article. Summary: I am sure Matt and his people build good quality homes, nothing with our interactions suggested otherwise. However, we were on a deadline for when we could move in but he could not deliver a house (nor a slab) by the contracted completion date. Yes, there were some external factors influencing his ability to progress the build (e.g. the banking royal commission and tightening credit at the time). However, I believe it all can’t be down to external factors (at least to pour the slab by the end of June 2018 ). Suggestions:
Re: Gold Ruby Homes in Canberra. Any good? 30Jul 11, 2019 2:14 pm cili7 The 10 last posts are 1 comment users raving about Gold Ruby Homes... made their 1 post and never posted again 8 months since. How's that a good sign? Yeah, nothing sus there . I personally haven't had much dealings with Gold Ruby and decided to go with another builder, but when speaking to the guy at the display home in Coombs... he seemed friendly enough, but I was turned off soon after. He spent some time with me talking about house designs in general while we walked around the house, and then asked for my personal particulars to send me some designs based on what we talked about. I was thinking he would send me some of HIS designs however, not google search ones with American dimensions and labels ("grand room" etc). As soon as I got those online examples, I knew he wasn't the builder for me. Ultimately builder choice comes down to how comfortable you feel with them... not only from the first meeting, but with followups thereafter. If something rubs you up the wrong way in those early stages, cut your losses and move on. That's when builders are at their best behaviour. If they can't score 10/10 in those early stages easily, then time to move on. There should be no questions or doubts when signing on with them or handing over any cash. I'd happyily give a free plug to Ren Homes here as they are the builders I ended up going with, but with only 1 post to my name as of this date (more to come as I'm legit), there's not a lot of weight you can put on this post either is there . Goldruby never had a display home so looks like your full of BS. They prided themselves on showing home they were building for others and they said they didn’t need a display home because of the quality. So as for you meeting him at the display I Coombs, they never had one. I recommend Goldruby hands down quality and service and competitive on price. Do yourself a favour and go speak with them yourself. Don’t listen to a person who has never built with goldruby and then pushes an unknown builder. Goldruby has been around a long time and they have build close to 1000 homes. You can’t beat the experience! Re: Gold Ruby Homes in Canberra. Any good? 31May 03, 2022 11:00 pm Ibby I have been recently burnt (so badly) by our builder. Lost a lot of money and very emotionally draining. Anyways, now I need to appoint a new builder to complete my home. I have looked all over the internet to see who has the best reviews and found Gold Ruby Homes. I met Matt and he is very nice and accommodating. Anyone has an experience with Gold Ruby in the past? Good and bad, I will be grateful to hear your thoughts. I don't want to get burnt again.... Thanks in advance. Ps. I'm building in Canberra My friends have been dealing with them for a couple of years now and after using covid as a excuse for no work being done, they then said they were waiting for council approval also the materials had increased and another $70000 was needed. After 2 years its still a vacant block of land, despite actually gaining council approval since October 2021 but telling my friends they haven't got it yet. I guess if my friends get there money back which they are finding hard to do at the moment, it won't be a totall lose. You make your own decision but please be careful with this builder Re: Gold Ruby Homes in Canberra. Any good? 32Oct 26, 2022 10:54 am Carly2020 Ibby I have been recently burnt (so badly) by our builder. Lost a lot of money and very emotionally draining. Anyways, now I need to appoint a new builder to complete my home. I have looked all over the internet to see who has the best reviews and found Gold Ruby Homes. I met Matt and he is very nice and accommodating. Anyone has an experience with Gold Ruby in the past? Good and bad, I will be grateful to hear your thoughts. I don't want to get burnt again.... Thanks in advance. Ps. I'm building in Canberra My friends have been dealing with them for a couple of years now and after using covid as a excuse for no work being done, they then said they were waiting for council approval also the materials had increased and another $70000 was needed. After 2 years its still a vacant block of land, despite actually gaining council approval since October 2021 but telling my friends they haven't got it yet. I guess if my friends get there money back which they are finding hard to do at the moment, it won't be a totall lose. You make your own decision but please be careful with this builder Hello. Did they eventually started the build? Hi Im having trouble getting anyone to provide useful advice on going for an insulated slab North facing extension. I had Lighthouse group do the energy assessment last… 0 2443 9 26037 Thank you. Do I use timber floorboards for stairs or do people use timber treads? Or is both the same? 6 8201 |