Browse Forums Building A New House Re: BGC Company WA 16Apr 09, 2022 1:14 pm BGC is trying to sell. It's the second attempt in 4 years. From Financial Review "The BGC board has now kickstarted a renewed push to sell the company, which has been simplified after a string of asset sales, but still operates 16 businesses. It has appointed Macquarie Capital to handle the sale in a process expected to take six to 12 months." Accessible Carpentry & Cabinets accessiblecarpentry@gmail.com accessiblecarpentry.com.au https://www.facebook.com/pages/Accessible-Carpentry-Cabinets/583314911709039 Re: BGC Company WA 17Apr 09, 2022 2:43 pm drrky2k Any idea what's happening with BGC. Our building process has come to a standstill and company has stopped responding Same for us. We ended up signing with them after being reassured by the sales consultant that place would be finished within contracted timeframes. Approached the company in Oct 2020. We were told they were signing no more contracts before the grant cut-off, so we signed our PWA in Dec 2020 and contract in March 2021. Slab in late Aug 2021. Bricks were onsite for 3 months before we were told we could arrange our own brickies. We paid a bonus $3,000 to a brickie team to get them onsite in Jan- otherwise we were looking at April/May (or later) before bricks would be laid. There was an issue with our plans. The brickies did a fantastic job, but they had to knock down parts and rebuild due to issues with wrong doors being ordered and incorrect tech drawings. Bricks didn't finish until March 2022. We've also organised our own roof carpenter (another bonus we are paying of at least $1,000-$2,000). Parts of the timber arrived onsite over three weeks ago. Tried contacting BGC a few times a week via email and phone. Left multiple messages and emails, but no response from BGC about when we can arrange for our roof carpenter to start. Meanwhile, paying rent and bills where we are, plus hundreds per week on the interest/rates/utilities for the block (like everyone else in the same boat). The worst part is the interest only construction loan. We were told during our brick meeting with site supervisor back in Feb that they couldn't tell us when the place would be finished and we would get extensions of time for every stage of the build. We raised another issue with the plans (window put in the wrong place on the plans) and were told we would 'learn to live with it'. By that stage, we didn't even want it fixed, as it would cause more delays, we brought it up to confirm that our plans would be correct moving forward. I feel bad for all the people that works for them, as I can imagine they are baring the brunt of everyone's frustration. Seems that management signed on too many contracts and now they can't deliver. Re: BGC Company WA 19Apr 10, 2022 6:00 pm drrky2k Hi Thank you for your reply I have no knowledge of details of building process. I was also offered to get my own brickies. However I have no idea about this. I feel I'm just stuck I can relate. I still have no idea about it all. If you haven't been waiting long for bricks at this stage and still haven't been given a place in the queue, I would recommend talking to everyone you know to see if anyone knows a decent, reliable bricklayer. We even did Gumtree, Facebook posts and Hi Pages. The bricklayer can't already be on BGC's books. If you have the means, throw in any bonus that you can get together. I worked overtime for weeks to get a bonus together (we didn't get the main grants, so didn't have any surplus cash). Contact BGC and ask for the subcontractor pack for owner nominated trades and also ask how much per brick at the moment. If you find a brick layer that is willing to sub-contract to BGC, then they will get the price that BGC are paying. Then you will more than likely need to offer a bonus in addition to that to get a decent brick layer. The alternative is an open ended wait. Good luck either way you go - wish you all the best. We are building a house that was planned to be clad in Hardie Linea, our builder has now requested to swap this for BGC Nuline Plus. They look fairly similar and he has… 0 615 |