Browse Forums Building A New House 1 May 02, 2007 10:00 pm Clarendon homes have closed all their Melbourne displays couple of months ago, saying they are moving in a slightly different direction and would come up with new displays within 6 months.
However, they did offer a choice to those who have already signed a contract to either walk away with the plans, or proceed and build with them. I have chosen to go ahead and build with them, and the work should start within weeks as I have just demolished the existing house on the block. Will be interesting to see how it goes, as I was initially hesitant after their restructure, yet they assured us it will all proceed as per normal. I could have taken the plans as we already have council approval for them, which isn't easy to get in our council, but it would have been hard to match the price they gave us with any small builder which was evident after a few quotes that I got. Re: Clarendon homes - Victoria 2May 02, 2007 10:31 pm Well they are still going very strong in NSW, I was in one of their display homes only last weekend.
I do know that they changed a lot of their information on the website (designs & prices etc) when they merged/bought out Domain homes Fiona Re: Clarendon homes - Victoria 4May 29, 2007 11:55 pm Talinsmum Well they are still going very strong in NSW, I was in one of their display homes only last weekend. I do know that they changed a lot of their information on the website (designs & prices etc) when they merged/bought out Domain homes Fiona What I heard was slightly differently, neighbour (who built with Clarendon) told us because Clarendon wasn't doing very well compared to Domain, but the name "Clarendon" was quite well known in the country, it's actually Domain took over Clarendon but kept the name.... Cheers Allan http://building-our-first-house.blogspot.com/ Re: Clarendon homes - Victoria 5May 30, 2007 6:05 am Domaine and Clarendon have been owned by the same property group (Investa) for a fair number of years. Investa hasn't been doing so well in the market - in a release to the Australian Stock Exchange - I remember reading something about them consolidating brands in all markets to try and get some cost efficiencies. Re: Clarendon homes - Victoria 6May 30, 2007 6:55 am Clarendon's head office is in Sydney. They opened in Melbourne under the name Domaine in 1999. (they are also in Qld and trade under Clarendon). They were bought by Investa in Sept '95.
The change in focus is from project builder to land developer/builder. Typically a builder makes 3-5% on a house but can make much more on the land. They are huge, build around 4,000 homes p.a.! No need to worry here. At least you hear what's going on in a public company - you know nothing in a private company. Ed Re: Clarendon homes - Victoria 7May 30, 2007 12:50 pm Ed Perry They are huge, build around 4,000 homes p.a.! No need to worry here. At least you hear what's going on in a public company - you know nothing in a private company. 4000 p.a. ? Wow! That's a lot.... On the street next to us, there's a Domain house just finished last year. Then another Clarendon house started mid last year. The funny thing is, both houses are built by the same contractor. The Clarendon house got lots of problems becuase it's the first time that contractor builds a Clarendon house, and they made quite a lot of mistakes... I hope the new Clarendon company would drop their price as previously their price was a lot higher than Domain and the others... Cheers Allan http://building-our-first-house.blogspot.com/ Re: Clarendon homes - Victoria 9May 31, 2007 3:15 pm News today - Investa's board is backing a $6.6b takeover by US company Morgan Stanley Real Estate
http://www.smh.com.au/news/business/inv ... 89217.html Re: Clarendon homes - Victoria 10May 31, 2007 4:33 pm stonecutter1309 News today - Investa's board is backing a $6.6b takeover by US company Morgan Stanley Real Estate http://www.smh.com.au/news/business/inv ... 89217.html[/url] I think this means little to small folks like us building a house with Clarendon Homes. Unless you're also an Investa Shareholder. Re: Clarendon homes - Victoria 11May 31, 2007 4:37 pm It's common when companies get taken over that policies and procedures change. Quite often during changeover periods, things go haywire!
The Stonecutters Ridge development was prime example - originally by Medallist - then moved to Urban Pacific - along with 18 months of delays Re: Clarendon homes - Victoria 12May 31, 2007 5:41 pm While on the subject of Investa, there is a report in today's Sydney Morning Herald that the Investa board is backing a plan to sell the business to the US firm Morgan Stanley Real Estate:
http://www.smh.com.au/news/business/inv ... 89217.html Makes no difference who owns Investa (and therefore Clarendon), but it was interesting. Cheers, Casa Re: Clarendon homes - Victoria 13May 31, 2007 11:27 pm Clarendon assured me today that it's business as usual although they are excited about this announcement. Probably because they might hold some Investa shares.
They did say they still gurantee the house will be built on time as per the contract. the stair balustrades? There is nothing special about these and I imagine literally every stair installer will be able to do this. 1 6726 The two 15mm holes are obviously not compliant. The Dept of Fair Trading would love to see this one! Do the gutters pool water after it stops raining? Although it's… 4 7847 For reference, this is the Austlii reference. My take on this is, that they would be breaking the law denying access to a homeowner in Victoria, or their agent from having… 1 9093 |