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I think you'll find the company is not 50% owned by Simonds but rather some of the new employees and owner were previously from Simonds and saw a great opportunity to start their own business and do it better than Simonds. Im so sorry to hear your having a bad experience. I can only put it down to the fact that your maybe a contract/customer from the previous owner? Good luck. NO EXPECTATIONS, NO DISAPPOINTMENTS! Build Thread: viewtopic.php?f=31&t=27441 Landscaping Thread: viewtopic.php?f=19&t=43969 Re: Formula Homes anyone?? 23Sep 28, 2009 10:52 am <edited - admin - mattwalker> Terms of Use Upon signing up as a member to forum.homeone.com.au you agreed to the Terms of Use as detailed below: By accessing “Home Renovation & Building Forum” (hereinafter “we”, “us”, “our”, “Home Renovation & Building Forum”, “https://forum.homeone.com.au”, "Forum", "Homeone Forum"), you agree to be legally bound by the following terms. 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Re: Formula Homes anyone?? 25Sep 28, 2009 6:29 pm OK well thanks for the heads up. Hopefully we wont experience what you have and hopefully it gets better for you. NO EXPECTATIONS, NO DISAPPOINTMENTS! Build Thread: viewtopic.php?f=31&t=27441 Landscaping Thread: viewtopic.php?f=19&t=43969 Re: Formula Homes anyone?? 26Sep 28, 2009 9:02 pm Hi arrowboys, 9 months seems like along time to be around. Also puzzled by your costs. i would have cancelled and gone some where else by now. why have you not , especially if other builder cheaper. i think not good talking abt how people dress in forum. if some one comment abt my look or race, i also not be happy. Dude, you ask us to run, but strange you still going...?? So far many of us here seem ok with the usual hiccups. I have built before and have had some probelms, but never not solved for 9 months. Can have a baby in that time dude !! Re: Formula Homes anyone?? 27Sep 30, 2009 9:11 pm <edited - admin - mattwalker> Terms of Use Upon signing up as a member to forum.homeone.com.au you agreed to the Terms of Use as detailed below: By accessing “Home Renovation & Building Forum” (hereinafter “we”, “us”, “our”, “Home Renovation & Building Forum”, “https://forum.homeone.com.au”, "Forum", "Homeone Forum"), you agree to be legally bound by the following terms. If you do not agree to be legally bound by all of the following terms then please do not access and/or use “Home Renovation & Building Forum”. We may change these at any time and we’ll do our utmost in informing you, though it would be prudent to review this regularly yourself as your continued usage of “Home Renovation & Building Forum” after changes mean you agree to be legally bound by these terms as they are updated and/or amended. 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It is more or less what I had in mind so long as the house is no sitting below the ground. Hope that they can delivery what they said / promise, and keep to the quoted cost if not lower. We will see ! All the best ! James66 Re: Formula Homes anyone?? 29Oct 01, 2009 4:05 pm Hey arrowboys I thank you so much for your point of view. Not something I want to be dealing with and that's what I came here and started this thread for. Thanks again for saving me the pain! Re: Formula Homes anyone?? 30Oct 01, 2009 10:19 pm Gemmaandlily and Arrowboys, Firstly, i'm building with Formula Homes and they've been a great help with everthing. I wouldn't say they Arrowboys 'opinion' has saved anyone 'pain', the only thing Arrowboys seems to be doing is holding an grudge against the owners of Formula Homes and A^%&. I asked Formula about being owned by half by Simonds Homes and they answer is No. I'm not sure how Arrowboys came to this conclusion, but obviously they aren't really with it especially when they discriminate against women who want to be a bit modern and wear modern clothes, and this is pretty disappointing to hear in this day and age that you can't accept differences... As for the owners always being the owners of formula, they changed hands not long ago from a previous owner. So what Arrowboys said about Rabi is incorrect. Just ask Formula yourselves. Or come to your own conclusion about formula and realise that Arrowboys is just some deliberately vexatious person who sounds suspiciously like 4816anne that I read on another Forum on Homeone not too long ago... I mean, take a look at their product, it's very well prices, they don't make out their standards to be 'extra value' like simonds and metricon in any of their deals and they make changes to their floor plans to suit the buyer. I mean, i changed quite a bit in my Port Douglas 34 (not to say it wasn't great to start with!) And Arrowboys - you say you've been waiting 'X' months to start then you said you haven't got final drawings and haven't got council approval? so obviously you haven't got the final drawings because of no council approval. Let me guess - you haven't shown your finance either? and you haven't paid your balance of 5%???!?!? it's pretty easy to guess these things cause they're what hold most people up! Also - you said 'original contract' - now obviously you cancelled your job before and you're starting again - things change! things get missed - prices change etc - get with it. Anyway FH are opening up lots of new displays in the coming months so i'd encourage people to take a different step instead of listeining to crazy Arrowboys! Miranda Re: Formula Homes anyone?? 31Oct 01, 2009 10:56 pm <edited - admin - mattwalker> Terms of Use Upon signing up as a member to forum.homeone.com.au you agreed to the Terms of Use as detailed below: By accessing “Home Renovation & Building Forum” (hereinafter “we”, “us”, “our”, “Home Renovation & Building Forum”, “https://forum.homeone.com.au”, "Forum", "Homeone Forum"), you agree to be legally bound by the following terms. If you do not agree to be legally bound by all of the following terms then please do not access and/or use “Home Renovation & Building Forum”. We may change these at any time and we’ll do our utmost in informing you, though it would be prudent to review this regularly yourself as your continued usage of “Home Renovation & Building Forum” after changes mean you agree to be legally bound by these terms as they are updated and/or amended. 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I couldn't care if she was wearing a potato sack we were inetersted in discussing and understanding the construction of our home not her fashion sense. She was very accommodating over the phone explaining everything in detail and in terms we understood, without handballing it to someone else to deal with. We went into the office to see her regarding our home and variations and she was very patient and full of information and knowledge. Sat with us, took her time and explained everything using sketches and marking up drawings to help us understand what she meant, especially site costs. Man she knows her stuff. We were a little anxious with the whole building thing to start with and walked out of the appointment feeling so comfortable, settled and excited. We asked her how long she has worked with Formula, and although she has only been managing there for a few months, she knew the products and procedures inside out. We know exactly what to expect, what is going on and extremely happy with her service. She also said she studied Engineering, Bachelor of Building and has worked with PD, Henley and a smaller builder named Bentley, so we're confident about having dealt with her. We have our colour appointment coming up and we can't wait. Sure, we heard things about Formula, but about other builder's too. We chose Formula for their floor plans, value for money and extremely happy with their service. We prefer them as they are smaller, yes, but at least we are not just another job to them, they show us that they care about this wonderful investment we are making. Every builder starts small, so did Henley, PD, $imonds, Metr1c0n and all the rest of the big builders. Re: Formula Homes anyone?? 33Oct 04, 2009 3:29 pm Will we ever go through Formula Homes again? In short... never. Construction finished August, 2008 and we first met with Formula in February, 2006! We went through 4 Site Supervisors, 2 different mortar colours used on the brickwork, driveway drainage incorrectly installed - flooded garage, painting took 5 weeks instead of 5 days - and was extremely poor quality, power point in kitchen put in wrong location, bulkhead wrong height, walls not square - flooring was a nightmare, large crack in garage slab, brickwork around sills and garage opening had to be redone, drainage around house not set deep enough and the list goes on. Our main problem was unprofessional tradespeople that weren't made accountable by our site supervisor. If you don't kick and scream, nothing will happen. Getting help after the handover has also been difficult. Watch out for 1.5 rating wall insulation - no bats so we installed them ourselves, granulated ceiling insulation - very annoying stuff to have in the ceiling, disgruntled staff who blame the company for having too many jobs and not enough workers. One piece of advice if you are thinking of signing a contract with Formula, change the penalty for them not meeting the building deadline to at least $600 a week - maybe even more. They'll tell you that it'll take 4-6months so why should it matter what figure is there. Our house sat idle for weeks at a time. Don't worry too much about site costs. Some are provisional and Formula will deduct from final payment if they weren't required. Good luck! Re: Formula Homes anyone?? 34Oct 05, 2009 9:06 am Chopsey, Formula Homes changed hands in 2008 - so you can't possibly justify making these comments about them now? Or maybe you just didn't read the other posts? Maybe you should ask the current FH before making these comments next time? Or take it up with the Building Practitioner / Director at the time of when you entered into the Contract and Built? (But i'm sure you already know who that is...) And $600 pw for penalty towards the Builder - no Builder in their right mind would accept that, and I wouldn't even think of asking formula to do that for me because like any Builder, they would just say no (rightfully!). Looking forward to building my house with Formula! Ethan Re: Formula Homes anyone?? 35Oct 05, 2009 7:07 pm Formula Homes changed hands around April 2008, about 3-4 months before the end of my building period. Many of the old employees were retained. My comments are based on facts and this is a forum for goodness sake, so I feel justified in making them and surely G...dilly is mature enough to decipher the pros and cons for themself and come to a decision; hence why they started the forum. Not sure why I needed to ask the current FH before making these comments. Any future problems with the house (at least for the next 9 years) will be the responsibility of the so-called 'new owners' so with that comes the baggage of poor service history. The person who started the forum wants honest feedback, so they got it. If you had or are having a good experience with Formula, post it and be done. I applaud FH if they've finally got their act together and improved their service... maybe it was my constant complaining! Re: Formula Homes anyone?? 36Oct 06, 2009 10:56 am I don't believe it's 9 years structural guarantee... you should probably check your Building Contract and the Domestic Building Contracts Act! - I know I did! Also, that date for change of Owner ship isn't correct- like I said, you should probably ask the current FH before putting up misleading information. And as far as i've seen, Formulas 'act' has been fantastic so far - no hiccups at all! Ethan Re: Formula Homes anyone?? 37Oct 06, 2009 2:06 pm Ethan, I don't like getting personal in forums, I know you do as it's obvious with your tone. However, I can't resist! Simple math lesson: 10 years - 1 year = 9 years And please provide correct information on change of ownership as you appear to be the expert. It's easy to say something is just 'incorrect' without providing anything concrete yourself. It's obvious in forums when someone starts to sound more like an employee of FH than an impartial commentator! Again, I applaud them for taking a proactive approach to improving their reputation. Re: Formula Homes anyone?? 39Oct 07, 2009 11:29 am For anyone planning to build a house, here's some information that you'll find useful. It's taken from the Building Commission and allows owners to have matters resolved up to 10 years after completion of your house. However, when a dispute cannot be resolved through BACV, either you as the owner or the builder can take the matter to VCAT. This avenue is available for ten years after the completion of the building project. The dispute will be heard by the Domestic Building List at VCAT which will try to resolve the dispute and can order that defective work be rectified, that terms of a contract are varied, or that compensation is paid. I never mentioned the builders structural guarantee... there's more than one way to skin a cat! Wish you all the best. Once you signed the contract, they will find millions excuses to charge you. And have seen their sites unfinished for a long time. 4 24827 I haven’t. But have a Lowe Design home. Not only did I find Matt Lowe patronising and a bully, but the home is NOT TO CODE. I have water coming through the bricks… 1 14374 Hi we are looking to talk to people who have built with them recently. We have signed mid range built contract but identified that a lot of things are not included.… 0 720 |