Anyone Building with Inspired Homes/Strive Homes?

Dealing with them requires so much patience and understanding...I am just wondering whether I am just alone?

They use Strive Homes and Como Homes for their build, just dealing with them is a nightmare. You find yourself dealing with 3 companies, so confusing. Nothing like standard pricing or even price booklet. Everything single thing you request, they have to source out a quote. And most above 30 to 40% more than other volume builders. They are extremely slow in returning calls or emails. If you can avoid them, please do...some of us are already too late...

How was your colours and Electrical appointment with them? Any major price issues ?

Haven't done mine, still waiting for my internal and electrical appointment.

Strive Homes, Como Homes and Inspired Homes are not home builders. They work as a design sales agents with "custom" designs that earn a commission and pass you to Evolve Living Pty Ltd - which is the builder you sign up for. Nothing wrong with that. that's just a different way of doing things..

Note all the Special Conditions in the MBA Contract they make you sign. Also they try to sign you on Method B payment method. Note Method A is the industry standard and that Method B makes you pay more upfront.

The Special Conditions in their building contract they try to get you to sign off is a long long list... I'll recommend you make friends with someone who is building with the Big 5 and compare SC. You'll notice a lot of "extras" and responsibility in Evolve Living SC. - such as electricity, water and gas usage and connection is at your expense. (and you need to do the connection for them), or if you want an independent inspector.. they might have SC for that too. Something people might not know is SC are written by the builder themselves and are additional to Industry accepted General Conditions.
These tend to be in the favour of the builder and you can cross them off - as long as you're wiling to walk away or negotiate.

I believe this is for Como, Inspired and Strive homes as these guys actually just palm you off to Evolve Living Pty Ltd.
You'll also notice that there isn't any reviews of Evolve Living after being in the market for more than 3 decades... One needs to wonder the reason for this.

What happened ? How is the experience so far ? Is it inspired or evolve living ?

They are snail slow in getting approvals or even application. I don't think they are geared up for quick builds. It is really sad being stuck with them !!

Evolve Living..

The problem is that we are not dealing with one organisation, but multiple organisations. They are not clearly geared up for a quicker delivery. I tend to think there is a lot of mateship culture.

Whereabouts are you building?