We are building a custom version of Grantham 37.5 from Firstyle Homes in Gables, NSW. Ours is approximately 40.3 sq.
I don't see anyone building with Firstyle anymore, but if anyone is, lets please connect to share progress (or delays

Browse Forums General Discussion Re: Anyone building with Firstyle Homes? Let's connect 9Jan 04, 2024 11:01 am thanks a lot,. you are a lagend. right next to Fontana Drive, where abouts is yours ? Re: Anyone building with Firstyle Homes? Let's connect 10Jan 04, 2024 11:13 am Ours is in Empire Drive Re: Anyone building with Firstyle Homes? Let's connect 11Apr 11, 2024 6:13 pm ![]() Hi all, We are building a custom version of Grantham 37.5 from Firstyle Homes in Gables, NSW. Ours is approximately 40.3 sq. I don't see anyone building with Firstyle anymore, but if anyone is, lets please connect to share progress (or delays ![]() hi, if you dont mind, do you have a ball park price for the grantham? we are interested in the 37.5 and cant choose our land until we know about the price for the build. Example balcony fascade, kitchen, ceiling raised, stairs. Also how did the build go? Re: Anyone building with Firstyle Homes? Let's connect 12Apr 11, 2024 6:20 pm ![]() ![]() It's going well so far. We got in touch with a few people who have already finished their build and know someone who is going to build next street to ours. Did you have any specific questions you needed help with? Hey, Thanks for getting back to me so quickly. I'm also in the process of building at The Gables and would love to connect. I have a few questions if you don't mind: -- Were there any notable delays from the builder, apart from the usual ones like council and finance approvals? -- Regarding the BASIX costs, which can be quite high, were you provided with transparent charges? Did they reach the upper limit? -- Did you experience any additional site costs beyond the standard estimate, and was the builder transparent about these? Appreciate your insights on this. Hi, what Basix Costs? i thought all these home prices include Basix? what would they charge for? Re: Anyone building with Firstyle Homes? Let's connect 13Apr 16, 2024 2:30 pm ![]() ![]() ![]() It's going well so far. We got in touch with a few people who have already finished their build and know someone who is going to build next street to ours. Did you have any specific questions you needed help with? Hey, Thanks for getting back to me so quickly. I'm also in the process of building at The Gables and would love to connect. I have a few questions if you don't mind: -- Were there any notable delays from the builder, apart from the usual ones like council and finance approvals? -- Regarding the BASIX costs, which can be quite high, were you provided with transparent charges? Did they reach the upper limit? -- Did you experience any additional site costs beyond the standard estimate, and was the builder transparent about these? Appreciate your insights on this. Hi, what Basix Costs? i thought all these home prices include Basix? what would they charge for? Hi, We signed our fixed price tender in December 2022. At the time, there was no rule to have minimum Basix rating of 7 or whatever it is now. I don't remember doing anything special for Basix. We just upgraded our insulation standards. We considered double-glazing windows, but it was getting very expensive. So we didn't go ahead with it. Our Basix rating was around 5.5 I think. Re: Anyone building with Firstyle Homes? Let's connect 14Apr 16, 2024 2:34 pm ![]() ![]() Hi all, We are building a custom version of Grantham 37.5 from Firstyle Homes in Gables, NSW. Ours is approximately 40.3 sq. I don't see anyone building with Firstyle anymore, but if anyone is, lets please connect to share progress (or delays ![]() hi, if you dont mind, do you have a ball park price for the grantham? we are interested in the 37.5 and cant choose our land until we know about the price for the build. Example balcony fascade, kitchen, ceiling raised, stairs. Also how did the build go? Compared to Box Hill display village Grantham, we have changed the floor plan a bit. We have our butlers pantry, laundry towards the rear of the house like Montara model. The total floor size was about 40.7sqm and it is costing us close to almost $700k. Above cost doesn't include downlights in first floor, security camera system, additional wall lights wiring work, WIR for master etc. We also signed this in Dec 2022. So prices may have increased since then. Electricals works outside is costing us additional of 12k. Carpenter work is 11.5k. Re: Anyone building with Firstyle Homes? Let's connect 15Apr 24, 2024 10:50 am Hi I am building avoca 34sq in box hill, it has taken around 12 months now and still haven't been completed yet as I experienced many delays at the each stage, which is very annoying. did firstyle provide a finish date to you? who is your site manager? richard or jeremy? Re: Anyone building with Firstyle Homes? Let's connect 16Apr 24, 2024 11:03 am ![]() Hi I am building avoca 34sq in box hill, it has taken around 12 months now and still haven't been completed yet as I experienced many delays at the each stage, which is very annoying. did firstyle provide a finish date to you? who is your site manager? richard or jeremy? 12 months since the construction began or since you signed the contract? Richard is our site supervisor. The finish date as per the contract is 7 June, but the kitchen company they were using went into liquidation last month. They have revised our contract to 26th June. Re: Anyone building with Firstyle Homes? Let's connect 17Apr 24, 2024 11:14 am ![]() ![]() Hi I am building avoca 34sq in box hill, it has taken around 12 months now and still haven't been completed yet as I experienced many delays at the each stage, which is very annoying. did firstyle provide a finish date to you? who is your site manager? richard or jeremy? 12 months since the construction began or since you signed the contract? Richard is our site supervisor. The finish date as per the contract is 7 June, but the kitchen company they were using went into liquidation last month. They have revised our contract to 26th June. 12 months since the construction began, My land was registered in Dec 2022, construction commenced in May 2023. ( wasting 6months to wait for constrcution) That's the reason why my kitchen is still imcomplete now, but they didn't tell me about it. The whole building experience with firstyle is very mixed. Re: Anyone building with Firstyle Homes? Let's connect 18Apr 24, 2024 11:27 am ![]() ![]() ![]() Hi I am building avoca 34sq in box hill, it has taken around 12 months now and still haven't been completed yet as I experienced many delays at the each stage, which is very annoying. did firstyle provide a finish date to you? who is your site manager? richard or jeremy? 12 months since the construction began or since you signed the contract? Richard is our site supervisor. The finish date as per the contract is 7 June, but the kitchen company they were using went into liquidation last month. They have revised our contract to 26th June. 12 months since the construction began, My land was registered in Dec 2022, construction commenced in May 2023. ( wasting 6months to wait for constrcution) That's the reason why my kitchen is still imcomplete now, but they didn't tell me about it. The whole building experience with firstyle is very mixed. Have you escalated with them already? We have escalated a few times, our build progress was bad between brick stage and pre-lining/lining stage (stage 3 and stage 4). We kept escalating and the project is almost on track except the kitchen stuff. Our understanding was Firstyle had onboarded a couple of new kitchen companies and were working with them to deliver projects on time. I am not sure if your build was affected with the kitchen company liquidation or not, best is to check with them. Let me know if you need any other details. Re: Anyone building with Firstyle Homes? Let's connect 19Apr 27, 2024 12:25 pm ![]() ![]() ![]() Hi I am building avoca 34sq in box hill, it has taken around 12 months now and still haven't been completed yet as I experienced many delays at the each stage, which is very annoying. did firstyle provide a finish date to you? who is your site manager? richard or jeremy? 12 months since the construction began or since you signed the contract? Richard is our site supervisor. The finish date as per the contract is 7 June, but the kitchen company they were using went into liquidation last month. They have revised our contract to 26th June. 12 months since the construction began, My land was registered in Dec 2022, construction commenced in May 2023. ( wasting 6months to wait for constrcution) That's the reason why my kitchen is still imcomplete now, but they didn't tell me about it. The whole building experience with firstyle is very mixed. Hey , were you ready with you preliminary plans, contract with tile selections etc before the land registration ? If you were ready with all of these shouldn't take more than 3-4 months before starting construction? I am asking cause I am trying to get into a contract them. Re: Anyone building with Firstyle Homes? Let's connect 20Apr 28, 2024 1:56 pm Hi 👋🏼 My partner and I starting our house with Firstyle in Vineyard. All seems to be going well. 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