Browse Forums General Discussion 1 May 23, 2018 10:25 pm Hey guys,
We’re hoping to purchase a property that we found last week. It’s in a very nice suburb that we wish to live in, and the price of the house is really good, something we’ll just be able to afford. Another big advantage is that the property already have a granny flat built in the back. This will save us heaps of time and effort from building our own one. Which will be additional cost and take more time. Since we can just rent out the secondary straight away. The only problem is that the property has been built by a less than reputable builder – Beechwood Homes. The company doesn't seem to have a good reputation with regard to their project homes, here is how the company stands compared to the other major builders in Sydney: https://tinyurl.com/homeratinglist Most of the reviews given from previous clients have been pretty bad: https://tinyurl.com/helpfulreviews Although it seems a lot of the complaints are with regard to build times and delays, which isn’t a concern for us as the house has already been built. Also the newer reviews seem to be getting better: https://tinyurl.com/newestreviews Re: Questions regarding building quality of new home 2May 23, 2018 10:25 pm But what is definitely important for us is the quality of the finished building. We had a house 8 years ago where it had serious leakage issue in the roof. It was by an owner builder that went bankrupt and we spent a lot of time with the repair work, we’d rather not have this again. Although seeing Beechwood is a much larger company, I’m not sure how much it applies in this instance. Does anyone who have engaged with those guys before have any advice? How is the quality of their finished building? Are there any issues such as leakage or defects? And if so how hard was it to get these fixed? I’m not sure if I’m worrying too much, but this is a serious decision for us to take with regard to the home purchase. It’s a great financial commitment and we’ll be living in there for many years after all. Anyway sorry for the long post, but we’re quite lost on this atm and hope for some genuine advice. Sincerely appreciate any help that can be given! Best Regards, Matchlock Re: Questions regarding building quality of new home 3May 24, 2018 8:42 am You can have an expert check/inspection done - a few on here would be able to provide possible contacts ? Even then you may never really know. Have you had a good look about - compared the time the house has been up and the weather. Does it look good ? Are we talking a house that is just built - or has it been up 6 months etc. Re: Questions regarding building quality of new home 4May 24, 2018 10:15 pm Hey Mike, thank you so much for your reply, appreciate this! And yeah the house is just built, in fact the occupation certificate for the building and granny flat has only been issued last month. How would this affect the quality? Would this be a positive thing or negative? Re: Questions regarding building quality of new home 5May 25, 2018 6:37 am Not necessarily imo. If it had been up for some months you could look for defects was my point. Things often come to light over time. But you may need an expert to really go over the place - inside and out - top to bottom - if you really want to know. As I said though - they can only "see" what is in view - not what can be hidden Maybe do a search on here for house/building inspections/checks. You'll see a few names that should be able to help. Good luck. Re: Questions regarding building quality of new home 6May 25, 2018 7:46 am First, you need to know the soil classification. 3in1 Supadiverta. Rainwater Harvesting Best Practice using syphonic drainage. Cleaner Neater Smarter Cheaper Supa Gutter Pumper. A low cost syphonic eaves gutter overflow solution. Re: Questions regarding building quality of new home 7May 28, 2018 12:05 am Building is like a box of chocolates Never know what you are going to get... even with the same builder - different trades and different supervisors on site (or meant or be) What I should have said is -you Can’t rely on reviews alone even if they are all great. What reviews might be able to tell you is how good the building company is in maintenance. Yes get a pre purchase inspection. Strike up a conversation with neighbors as as they’ll often be able to tell you of local issues like soil, termites. https://www.domain.com.au/advice/buildi ... ust-haves/ https://www.domain.com.au/news/the-trou ... 211-1sy8e/ Hi Suku18 In NSW the statutory required insurances are: 1. HBCF ( Home Building Compensation Fund) - This is if the builder dies or goes broke. But this only covers 20%… 1 2709 i would not be signing anything on the day read your contract about when builder submits final invoice generally, have to meet builder within 7 days of receiving final… 1 4735 Hi All, Recently we have signed a contract with Burbank and we are not aware that they have just DORSET, SURREY, HAMPSHIRE, KENT, PILBARA and REDGUM bricks from PGH are… 0 3152 |