Browse Forums Building A New House 1 Jun 26, 2009 11:03 am Hi everyone, I’m a long time lurker and first time poster. It’s probably a bit late for this and our new house is now complete but I would actually like to give Clarendon some good press. After a long time searching we decided to build a slightly modified Clarendon Malibu After a horrendous initial period which started with contract signing in late April 08, incompetence followed for the next 7 months from HO, and we thought “oh my god, what have we done”. Everything, actually, surprisingly, went as follows. First peg 2/12/08 , site scrape 19/12/09, piers dug and filled 19/01/09 Slab poured 03/02/09, frame 13/02/09, bricks and tiles finished 02/04/09, house handover 25/06/09. Yes we were very surprised, as we had heard and read a lot of negative feedback on this company, so we were expecting the worst. This was not to be in our case, as our house in now complete and we are very happy with all aspects of the build. We live across the road from where we have built so we did get to keep a close eye on proceedings. No, I do not work for Clarendon, I just thought that something positive needed to be written. We may have got lucky or just maybe they have turned the corner and have got their act together. Feel free to check my blog http://coxyshacienda.blogspot.com/ I would like to post a photo, but I'm not quite sure how. Thanks to all contributors on this site, we have got some great ideas from here, and all the info has been most helpful. Re: 3 Cheers For Clar@@don 2Jun 26, 2009 12:50 pm YAY, This is the first good thing ive read. Im so happy . We are having a really good experience with them. And anything that I could "pick on" is insignificant. ( eg messy site) Our build is going quickly and our SS and CSO have been great. Always happy to return calls and emails. And weekly updates on what is happening. Anything we pointed out to our SS that we werent sure about, the SS already knew about ,and gave us a time that its being rectified! We love our house and cant wait to be in within the next 7 weeks or so. I give three cheers too!! check out my thread too if you like- in Signature lots of pics too!!! Living in Caloundra Thread****** Lovin my house all finished!!! Now tackling the HUGE task of the Garden- viewtopic.php?f=31&t=14782 Re: 3 Cheers For Clar@@don 3Jun 26, 2009 1:00 pm Wow Melly, it looks great and all done in a short time as well, won't be too long and you'll be in. All the best Re: 3 Cheers For Clar@@don 4Jun 26, 2009 1:08 pm malibu2009 Wow Melly, it looks great and all done in a short time as well, won't be too long and you'll be in. All the best Hope so . I cant wait to move in. Im so excited.. Just had a look at your blog. Your house looks great!!!! Love your kitchen!! Congrats on Handover!! We are doing our flooring after handover too!! Living in Caloundra Thread****** Lovin my house all finished!!! Now tackling the HUGE task of the Garden- viewtopic.php?f=31&t=14782 |