Browse Forums General Discussion 1 Feb 16, 2017 12:23 pm Picking a builder can be like buying a lottery ticket, but like buying a lottery ticket, you can increase your chances of picking a better builder, it's no certainty but any increase in getting a better build is worthwhile. My personal experience started with knowing which builders had a good reputation, a good start but by no means enough, I then visited builders last 3 builds, some current and one fully finished, after this I made my choice while learning learning learning about everything, homeone forum a fantastic tool. I constantly filled my head with information about upcoming jobs, and builder and trades all knew my expectations which were high but realistic. The result was the best build experience we have ever had, all trades and my builder and us could not have been happier, all the homework payed off, looking at display homes should be a starting point, but going no further than this becomes very very risky, it's Russian roulette with your lives and savings been gambled with. Hi Mofflepop, I would recommend finding a building designer to prepare plans, they should design to your specified budget. The benefit is you can tender the project out… 9 20410 Hi, did you get any money from insurance? if you did, does it match what you've already paid the builders? 3 9565 |