
How long ago did you sign the contract and how efficient were you with choosing everything?
I ask only because im curious how long we can expect to wait before we reach your exciting stage?
Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Provincial Homes 485Mar 09, 2017 8:36 am Thanks for the input on internal selections. It was very hard during the contract stage as very little pricing was disclosed. I had a few of PA (some formally written in contract tender and some via email correspondence), including an extra linen cupboard and aircon upgrade from classic to ESP plus. I expected the PAs be a fairly reasonable estimate of the final pricing. However the final pricing came back as nearly double that of the original. This is one of the explanations she gave about the price difference: " I am not aware of what previous pricing you have been given or the specific details, it may be that was a PA or a discounted price to help with incentives for you to sign to build, all of which are things that the sale sides of contract tender deal with" I cant understand that at all. How can the PA initially given be that different? I could accept a slight increase but doubling the PA is just, well, not reasonable. Also, if I was promised a discounted price to sign, should they not keep that promise? This is only 1 of the many conflicts I have faced during the internals selection. Any advice on how to approach this? Has anyone had a similar issue? Re: Provincial Homes 486Mar 09, 2017 5:41 pm Well, we had handover today. Really exciting! Had our final walkthrough on Tuesday and it was the first opportunity to see the finished kitchen, and the bathrooms. Really happy with the way it all turned out. A couple of issues at walkthrough but nothing that can't be fixed - some have been resolved already. Biggest pain is that the gas isn't connected but that's an external AGL contractor so out of everyone's hands. (Was booked ages ago). Have found the whole Provincial team really helpful and can say it's been a pretty good experience overall. Would happily recommend them. Will post more down the track when we're in and enjoying our new home. Re: Provincial Homes 487Mar 09, 2017 5:48 pm Hi zippyb, that's really good. Ours is about 80% completed. Kitchen work is finished. How long did they take from kitchen work to handover. I'm just trying understand how much more time we would have to wait for our handover. Any info is much appreciated! Re: Provincial Homes 488Mar 09, 2017 7:46 pm ![]() Well, we had handover today. Really exciting! Had our final walkthrough on Tuesday and it was the first opportunity to see the finished kitchen, and the bathrooms. Really happy with the way it all turned out. A couple of issues at walkthrough but nothing that can't be fixed - some have been resolved already. Biggest pain is that the gas isn't connected but that's an external AGL contractor so out of everyone's hands. (Was booked ages ago). Have found the whole Provincial team really helpful and can say it's been a pretty good experience overall. Would happily recommend them. Will post more down the track when we're in and enjoying our new home. We must have literally come in after/before you, we had our handover today too!!! Very exciting day, it went from seeing the house we are building to having the house in our possession. Still unlivable, but in our possession. Internet and Pay TV hooked up already, carpet in tomorrow, appliances don't come in until next week, mud heap outside due to weather. Gas! Yes, we are in the same boat here, it was ordered to be connected several weeks ago, but not done yet, and Provincial doesn't seem to have any way to find out when it will happen, could be tomorrow could be a month away, they can't tell us. We also had a couple of handover issues, but like you said, very small things that have been officially noted by supervisor. Only other niggle at the end of it is a couple of unexpected costs, we need to pay for first termite protection $355 and any certifier call out fee, $240 per call out, best get that first one right. Re: Provincial Homes 490Mar 10, 2017 6:03 pm ![]() Hi zippyb, that's really good. Ours is about 80% completed. Kitchen work is finished. How long did they take from kitchen work to handover. I'm just trying understand how much more time we would have to wait for our handover. Any info is much appreciated! Hi Kitchen went in the week before Christmas so about 8 or 9 weeks. In saying that, there was the Christmas closedown however several trades were working during that period so it didn't slow us down. Good luck! Re: Provincial Homes 491Mar 10, 2017 6:11 pm ![]() Thanks for the input on internal selections. It was very hard during the contract stage as very little pricing was disclosed. I had a few of PA (some formally written in contract tender and some via email correspondence), including an extra linen cupboard and aircon upgrade from classic to ESP plus. I expected the PAs be a fairly reasonable estimate of the final pricing. However the final pricing came back as nearly double that of the original. This is one of the explanations she gave about the price difference: " I am not aware of what previous pricing you have been given or the specific details, it may be that was a PA or a discounted price to help with incentives for you to sign to build, all of which are things that the sale sides of contract tender deal with" I cant understand that at all. How can the PA initially given be that different? I could accept a slight increase but doubling the PA is just, well, not reasonable. Also, if I was promised a discounted price to sign, should they not keep that promise? This is only 1 of the many conflicts I have faced during the internals selection. Any advice on how to approach this? Has anyone had a similar issue? Hi Our kitchen PA wasn't sufficient to cover the work, but at the time we were getting the tender we really weren't sure what we wanted to do beyond extend the bench and add some cupboards in. We didn't need to work out details at that stage and only worked out our plans prior to our colours. Our decision ended up being determined by the quotes - we worked out what was important and what we could do later. The PA worked as a credit towards what we wanted to do so helped there in pricing. However, our stormwater PA ended up being too high so we received a credit on the final invoice. That was a nice surprise! Good luck! Re: Provincial Homes 492May 17, 2017 8:57 am Hi everyone How's everyone's build progressing? We have our electrical appointment coming up in the next few days. Is there anything that we should be aware of or any suggestions as to what we should look at having installed? What sort of dollar spend should we honestly be looking at spending with a 2 storey build? Re: Provincial Homes 493May 17, 2017 3:59 pm Hi Our electricals were about $2,500. Added a few extra double power points, points for lights outside, 3 phase for a spa, a couple of fan points, a few extra downlights and upgraded all downlights to LED. Also added some power points in the garage - being on brick they were more expensive, and a point on the island bench. Also upgraded all tv points to internet so we can cable in televisions etc. Things to consider: 1. We added a power point to the island bench. We'd had one before and wouldn't not have it. Some people consider it expensive - we find it essential. 2. We put dimmers on some of the LED downlights. We've had a few issues with them flickering and have since been told that the technology on dimmers for LED downlights is still evolving. Basically the LEDs are so low in voltage that dimming them is difficult. In hindsight, wouldn't have worried about the dimmers. 3. We had ADSL2+ when we did electricals but couldn't get it when renting so changed to Optus Broadband. Bit of an issue when we moved in and didn't have the right cabling. The company who did the plans for electricals told us it was expensive and difficult to fix. Norwest Antennaes came to do the antennae and found it was a simple fix for a couple of hundred dollars. Ie, know what internet you want before you do electricals! Happy to recommend Norwest Antennaes if you are in the Castle Hill/Baulkham Hills area. Good luck! Re: Provincial Homes 494May 24, 2017 5:41 pm Hi We are building a new house with provincial homes..we have signed final construction plan by 4th april 2017 and land scrapping done on 4th of may.Since then no work strated yet .Can any one share your experience with provincial homes construction.???we experienced their paper work is faster than construction !!!My contract states that they build house with in 38 weeks. Please share your experience. Re: Provincial Homes 495May 24, 2017 6:21 pm Hi Jose Do you have the construction certificate yet? They are required to start within 28 days* of receiving the construction certificate. Starting may just mean putting up the toilet and fencing. I just have to say be patient - now and over the next 38 or so weeks. Sometimes it will seem that nothing is happening, then everything happens. Then it seems to stop again. It seems that most builds are similar. Our build was pretty close to time but note that 38 weeks doesn't include rain days. FYI we moved out 4 March, demolished. Construction certificate came through 14 April, work started 23 April. Slab 14 June. We moved into our new house pretty much 12 months after moving out. * I think its 28 days - it was a while ago. Good luck! Re: Provincial Homes 496May 26, 2017 4:07 pm Hi, thanks for your reply.They have got construction certificate end of March 2017.They came to our land and scraping did on 4th may. they have not put fence and board.i have emailed them and they were saying that due to rain in the month of March and April their previous works are pending.Other builders in same are faster than them.I found that they never give reply for my email on time. Anyway, i have to wait.... Re: Provincial Homes 497May 26, 2017 8:07 pm Hi Ours was scraped before the fencing went up too but we called scraping day 1. The rain will mean rain days and there was quite a few (we moved in during all the rain and had mud everywhere). Fingers crossed for no more rain - at least until they get inside. Cheers Re: Provincial Homes 499May 29, 2017 4:20 pm They can't start work until they have the construction certificate. Any rain after that would cause delays as there's lots they can't do in the rain or until the rain dries up. (We had a landscaper going through during the March rain and he came and went for 3 weeks as he could only do certain things depending on the weather and water.) They scraped your land on 4 May so that's when your 38 weeks starts from. Sometimes, you won't even know they've been as what they need to do isn't obvious. We lived up the road from our build and saw them coming and going often very quickly. Hi there! Putting the feelers out there for those who have (or almost) built with Arli homes! 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