Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Who's building with Clarendon?? 7741May 25, 2015 7:57 pm Yeah all of it saved me about 30k I insisted. Yo the point where they couldn't say no all u need to say is your doing it yourself if you brother dose it for a living all the will ask for insurance and that's about it I was very persistent and they had no choice ask for no savings and if they say no there stupid as it is just cash in there pocket they are paying me to do the electricalsbut I had this put I my contract prior to signing so see how you go Re: Who's building with Clarendon?? 7742May 25, 2015 7:57 pm Yeah all of it saved me about 30k I insisted. Yo the point where they couldn't say no all u need to say is your doing it yourself if you brother dose it for a living all the will ask for insurance and that's about it I was very persistent and they had no choice ask for no savings and if they say no there stupid as it is just cash in there pocket they are paying me to do the electricalsbut I had this put I my contract prior to signing so see how you go Re: Who's building with Clarendon?? 7743May 25, 2015 8:13 pm andrew92 Cat83 Having a nightmare at the moment, just seems to be one thing after another. Signing off our final paperwork as finally going to site but have noticed that all our PCV's are not accurate and pricing is completely wrong. I've even been double charged on some items and others which I have not added in have been put in for me. Went into Clarendon offices to speak face to face with our cso who could not justify the pricing, she had to cal the estimators who also did not see how the invoices did not tally. Result after 2 and a half hours of meetings is to wait and review on Monday, i'm hoping it is all resolved quickly as our tender is to expire on the 16th June. If it was a few hundred I could understand, but its now more that $28,000 worth of non calculated additional costs. Don't know whether to laugh or cry at this point... for example I've been charged for flooring when floor coverings are included in my house contract and also for additions relating to a bushfire rating 19 (which we are not) as well as bushfire rating 12. Cat don't worry exactly the same thing happens to us and I just was just there worst night mare demand answers on the spot if they can't justify then the have to fix it I would call every half an hour to the minute even went there one day and said I was not leaving till I had answers this worked well and now we are building and our site supervisor hates me cause I call everyday To ask y things are not happening when nothing has happened that day as I go there everyday and since being persistent can be very annoying it makes them get thing done I'm sure everything will be ok. Soon enough good luck! I'm hoping they can sort it all out quickly. we are already 8 weeks behind our scheduled build, just want to start now. I guess any plans/hopes for moving in before Christmas is over now Re: Who's building with Clarendon?? 7744May 25, 2015 8:15 pm Yeah all of it saved me about 30k I insisted. Yo the point where they couldn't say no all u need to say is your doing it yourself if you brother dose it for a living all the will ask for insurance and that's about it I was very persistent and they had no choice ask for no savings and if they say no there stupid as it is just cash in there pocket they are paying me to do the electricalsbut I had this put Re: Who's building with Clarendon?? 7745May 25, 2015 8:17 pm andrew92 Yeah all of it saved me about 30k I insisted. Yo the point where they couldn't say no all u need to say is your doing it yourself if you brother dose it for a living all the will ask for insurance and that's about it I was very persistent and they had no choice ask for no savings and if they say no there stupid as it is just cash in there pocket they are paying me to do the electricalsbut I had this put I my contract prior to signing so see how you go My husband does electricals as well but we had to go through clarendon. We tried to get just what we needed really, hoping to do more after handover. Re: Who's building with Clarendon?? 7748May 26, 2015 7:43 am 1st time builders Roomeat hmm that's strange. I was told that Sheen was included? We have Sapphire inclusions so maybe sheen is included with that? Pretty sure sheen is not standard with Sapphire in QLD.. But it only costs about $350 to upgrade to sheen in the whole house. Heidimikew can probably confirm that amount. Spot on, sheen is not standard in sapphire but only $350 to upgrade entire house. Building modified Wentworth 35 Re: Who's building with Clarendon?? 7749May 26, 2015 9:06 am Itching to get the bricklaying started.. I know it's scheduled for Thursday and nothing is going to change that except for bad weather which will actually delay the laying of bricks. It's just that nothing has happened at the site since the frames went up around 3 weeks ago, except for the fixing of the damage to the slab and other concerns the inspector had. In the scheme of things, I guess, 3 weeks isn't much.. but if it's a 30 week build.. that's 10% and every week is another week that adds up! Paddington 29 @ Blue Horizon Estate (Lot 105, Wattleridge Crescent, North Kellyville) Our Build Progress Blog: http://light487.wordpress.com/ Re: Who's building with Clarendon?? 7750May 26, 2015 9:11 am light487 Itching to get the bricklaying started.. I know it's scheduled for Thursday and nothing is going to change that except for bad weather which will actually delay the laying of bricks. It's just that nothing has happened at the site since the frames went up around 3 weeks ago, except for the fixing of the damage to the slab and other concerns the inspector had. In the scheme of things, I guess, 3 weeks isn't much.. but if it's a 30 week build.. that's 10% and every week is another week that adds up! Building Sheridan 34 (38 after upgrades) @ Kellyville, NSW Check out our Clarendon Building Progress Blog Homeone Topic: Clarendon Casadream Build Re: Who's building with Clarendon?? 7751May 26, 2015 9:38 am Light. I'm not with Clarendon but i've been waiting 7 weeks for bricklayer. Unfortunate timing with building boom and shortage of bricklayers. What do you do though. I wish us both luck with bricklaying commencing soon. Re: Who's building with Clarendon?? 7753May 26, 2015 10:20 am As long as we get in this year, it will be awesome. Just hope PCI doesn't happen in September/October because we are going on a 1 month holiday then Paddington 29 @ Blue Horizon Estate (Lot 105, Wattleridge Crescent, North Kellyville) Our Build Progress Blog: http://light487.wordpress.com/ Re: Who's building with Clarendon?? 7754May 26, 2015 10:55 am light487 As long as we get in this year, it will be awesome. Just hope PCI doesn't happen in September/October because we are going on a 1 month holiday then Think Positive!! I Am lol You WILL be in this year because WE WILL be in this year and we haven't even started yet pmsl Cheers, Paul (& Lisa) Parkhill 36 by ClarendonHomes in Coomera Retreat H1 Build Thread And Blog Building Blogs List - Go Ahead And Add Yours!! Re: Who's building with Clarendon?? 7755May 26, 2015 11:31 am Roomeat light487 As long as we get in this year, it will be awesome. Just hope PCI doesn't happen in September/October because we are going on a 1 month holiday then Think Positive!! I Am lol You WILL be in this year because WE WILL be in this year and we haven't even started yet pmsl Your are lucky your in QLD though Roomeat... and especially the GC.. builds here are MUCH much faster than in NSW. How long till you will be getting started Roomeat?? So I can start doing drivebys on my school run when im over your way and have a sticky beak...hahaha Re: Who's building with Clarendon?? 7756May 26, 2015 12:05 pm HAHA Not sure to be honest. Playing the waiting game at the moment with the bank. Need to have that sorted and finalised by end of week.. so that's our time frame I guess lol Cheers, Paul (& Lisa) Parkhill 36 by ClarendonHomes in Coomera Retreat H1 Build Thread And Blog Building Blogs List - Go Ahead And Add Yours!! Re: Who's building with Clarendon?? 7759May 26, 2015 1:34 pm OMG JAYJAY!!!!! How bloody exciting!!!! So looking forward to the day i see that!! Building the Clarendon Merriden 30 (44 after Mods) @ Harrington Grove! It is Genneral stairs, but they won't deal with anyone off the street. They will only work with clients of project home builders. I tried to but some of these exact… 3 8735 The two 15mm holes are obviously not compliant. The Dept of Fair Trading would love to see this one! 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