Browse Forums General Discussion Re: Allworth Homes tender dates. Have you met the deadline? 5Jul 02, 2011 6:30 pm Once the plans are approved, what period has the builder advised prior to breaking soil. Re: Allworth Homes tender dates. Have you met the deadline? 7Aug 12, 2011 10:11 pm We didn't meet the deadline for tender period either and copped the $2900 price increase, all due to Allworth's multiple errors and laziness. We wrote numerous emails to Allworth and even got them to admit that they had caused delays but they wouldn't budge on the price increase - they basically told us to pay the increase or find another builder. They even told us to remember that our plans belonged to Allworth and were copyright! We still built with Allworth, there's no way we could handle starting the process all over again with another builder, but we're certainly still unimpressed. Re: Allworth Homes tender dates. Have you met the deadline? 8Aug 17, 2011 2:28 pm Thanks for that Dave. I too have had some issues with Allworth not really so much from the head office but from the Kellyville branch. Has Allworth finished constructing your house? if so how did that go? did you have any issues during the building process? Re: Allworth Homes tender dates. Have you met the deadline? 9Aug 17, 2011 6:46 pm dave_m We didn't meet the deadline for tender period either and copped the $2900 price increase, all due to Allworth's multiple errors and laziness. We wrote numerous emails to Allworth and even got them to admit that they had caused delays but they wouldn't budge on the price increase - they basically told us to pay the increase or find another builder. They even told us to remember that our plans belonged to Allworth and were copyright! We still built with Allworth, there's no way we could handle starting the process all over again with another builder, but we're certainly still unimpressed. You are looking like having knowledge about houses. I have a question too if you can answer. I am building a house and contractor saying he is not going to finish the house as he is having financial problems. So what i should do. Re: Allworth Homes tender dates. Have you met the deadline? 10Sep 18, 2011 10:41 pm [/quote] You are looking like having knowledge about houses. I have a question too if you can answer. I am building a house and contractor saying he is not going to finish the house as he is having financial problems. So what i should do.[/quote] Who are you building with?? Have they finally finished your house? Re: Allworth Homes tender dates. Have you met the deadline? 11Jan 04, 2012 12:38 am Hi, I am new to this forum and not sure if this topic is still active but I came across this thread and couldn't believe it! We have had the same problems with the Allworth tender period as well. Ours was delayed because the local office where the tender was being prepared was closed for two weeks and then, after giving us a provisional quote for an upgraded brick we had selected, we were told that it was against company policy to use these bricks Why we were given a quote in the first place could not be explained. The office being closed was understandable but the fact that they only have one person in this office and that this person cannot be replaced during a two week absence is ridiculous. When we did eventually get a final tender, about two weeks before the tender period expired, it was incorrect and we had to wait another week for our customer service consultant in Head Office (who incidentally very rarely answered their phone) to correct the tender and send it through. They had charged us double for some things, etc. Our bank (which is another equally frustrating story) said that they would not proceed with our application until we received a tender for the exact contract amount so we had to wait. Then, the tender period expired. We had requested that we receive a three week extension because of the time that our quote had sat in their office untouched and that the tender was being corrected and they absolutely refused, and I think, were quite rude about it. We received an email that basically said tough luck and even pointed the finger at us for not acting faster (which we absolutely would have had circumstances permitted). At one point, the email even said that the time that our tender was in the office while it was closed was not significant, (two full weeks) and when i replied that if this delay should be seen by us as insignificant, surely a three week extension on our tender was not unreasonable, I was again told that we would either have to pay the $2900 or go somewhere else. This is the tip of the iceburg on our experience in building a house. We have built before, and with Allworth, and were extremely happy with the service and finished product but this time around everything seems completely different. Have been told many things by people who then turn around and deny ever saying it or just change their mind. Ultimately, we are the ones who end up disadvantaged but a lack of professionalism and honesty. It does not seem unreasonable to expect to be told correct information when spending such a large amount of money but we are so disappointed with the level of professionalism that this experience is fast becoming a nightmare. We did eventually sign the contracts, within three weeks of the tender period expiring, (and am now $2900 out of pocket as the bank refused to lend the extra) and our slab was poured just before Christmas. Am hoping the build will go smoothly from here!! Am very curious as to how your tenders progressed. Are your houses finished yet? How have the rest of your dealings been with the company? I really hope things have improved Re: Allworth Homes tender dates. Have you met the deadline? 12Jan 08, 2012 9:58 pm anddan - What Allworth office are you dealing with? Also please keep us informed of your progress, could be looking at go through the Allworth process shortly... Re: Allworth Homes tender dates. Have you met the deadline? 13Jan 10, 2012 8:22 pm dvestate - we are going through the Newcastle office with the sales team at Waterford in Chisholm. We are in the Maitland Council area and they are excellent - house was approved in 2 weeks. I must say the problems were never with either of these places, it was the Head Office is Sydney that stuffed us around, wouldn't answer their phone and refused the extension of the tender period. We have a slab on the block but are now waiting for the workers to return after Christmas break to hopefully get the frame up and get cracking on the rest! We have received letters stating that the contract period has been extended by a total, so far, by 37 days due to bad weather and the industry shutdown over Christmas but we are hoping Allworth will move a little quicker, as they when we built with them before. If you do go down this road with Allworth I really hope it goes a lot smoother for you!! Let us know what you decide and how it goes. Re: Allworth Homes tender dates. Have you met the deadline? 14Jan 22, 2012 3:59 pm Well we are going to go through the tender process with Allworth, I'm requesting 150 day tender period before I sit down with them. Did you manage to negotiate any options into your house free? I work about 5 minutes from the Allworth Head Office so if they start to stuff me around they will find me on their door step very quickly! I door knocked a random Allworth built house yesterday and they were happy with everything Re: Allworth Homes tender dates. Have you met the deadline? 15Mar 02, 2012 8:16 am I made it in the tender period suprisingly! We actually had everything ready to sign about 3 weeks before our period expired, this was a pleasant surprise considering that our tender period included Christmas. The thing that's been a stress for us is that once you sign contracts, you have 14 days to get a letter to Allworth from the bank saying everything ready to go, otherwise you are subject to price increases. Unfortunately the bank process has been very slow, we put in for final approval on the 3rd of February and our loan isn't going to settle until 6th of March, our 14 day period ends on the 7th...! Fingers crossed that we can get a letter to them, our broker is hopeful, so I'm going to try and stop thinking about it lol. Re: Allworth Homes tender dates. Have you met the deadline? 16Mar 02, 2012 11:03 pm Fingers crossed for you Bex80! Surely if you have an approval from the bank a letter would not be that hard to come by! They send out reams of paperwork when it suits them so I hope it works out in someone else's favour other than the banks for once dvestate - sorry i missed the question in your earlier post! Allworth included a $10,000 package in our tender that had things like upgraded roof tiles, a dishwasher installed, a microwave, a water filter tap in the sink, remote garage door openers and a security alarm. It is not much compared to the grand packages that other builders give away but it is stuff that is handy or necessary and they didnt try to make the package sound better than it was which I feel other builders do. Other than that we had to pay to upgrade anything else we wanted. We didn't do a huge amount of these though as we have lots of variations just on the building! (over 100!!) We just wanted to get the structure exactly right and do the rest at our leisure. I must say, I think that the prices we did get for the upgrades were very reasonable. I have a friend building at the moment with another company and for the same kinds of things they were quoted quite a bit more. Building has been going fairly well at this stage. In the last five weeks the frame has gone up, the plumbing is in, the windows are in, fascia and guttering on, bricks up and since wednesday about 2/3 of our roof has gone on! Rained here all day today though so no more progress until it clears ... again. This has been the easiest part of the whole process so far!! Will probably feel like it is dragging a bit once they begin work inside but if we moved in tomorrow it wouldn't be soon enough for us at this stage. Hopefully will only be a few more months! Re: Allworth Homes tender dates. Have you met the deadline? 17Mar 03, 2012 10:31 pm I've almost got the quote stage done, they included something twice in the quote from the facade change I had to make to make sure the house gets through Comply and Development with Landcom. That goes back to head office Monday so hopefully mid next week I get the 'FINAL' version and from there I can begin my quest for a discount........ The good thing is that my quote for a slightly bigger home built to the same level of inclusions with Beechwood came in a fair bit cheaper so I have that to use in my quest to pay less anddan - Have you gone with any Independent inspections? Re: Allworth Homes tender dates. Have you met the deadline? 18Mar 09, 2012 9:21 am So relieved we made it without any price increases! We got the letter from the bank with one day to spare... I really can't believe how smoothly it went, especially after reading here and speaking to someoene else that built on our street. But for some reason the paperwork gods were with us... Our designs came back in 4 weeks rather than the 6, although the plans got submitted to council only just before Christmas, they came out straight after the break, it was like everything came out a bit quicker than it usually does, for whatever reason but I am totally thankful... Now we have to battle the rain!! Re: Allworth Homes tender dates. Have you met the deadline? 19Mar 09, 2012 9:26 pm My first Tender came back in 2 weeks after being told initially that they take 4 weeks to come back. Had a meeting this afternoon to negotiate a better price/to get some stuff thrown into the place for free, the 'Boss' was in a meeting until 4pm (I was at the Sales Office at 3pm). Got a call just before 5pm saying that he couldn't get hold of him but they will get back to me tomorrow.... So hopefully this weekend we will make the decision between Allworth and Beechwood On the plus side 120 day tender period would end on the 7th July if we started today, with land registration on track for a late April release I should be able to get the COnstruction Contract signed by then Re: Allworth Homes tender dates. Have you met the deadline? 20Mar 14, 2012 12:30 am dvestate - no we havent gone with independent inspections. We thought about it but since we have built before and my parents father has built a few of his own homes we are hoping that we will be able to pick up anything questionable (of course we could miss something!). Last time we built with Allworth we were very impressed with the quality of the construction and so far so good this time as well! How did you go with your tender? Were you able to negotiate anything with them re the price or inclusions? Thats great news for you Bex80! Hopefully the paperwork gods pass on the message to the rain gods about being on your side! Shouldnt be too long for you now! Hey. Head to a metal and decide on which profile you will use first. Profiles with larger corrugations can greatly change the appearance of the color in different… 0 2181 Thanks mate. Yeah good points! Leaning towards Option 3 to get a bit extra space in the cabinets but not going too crazy high (and expensive). Would require a mini… 13 30530 Ask for references and speak to them. 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