Browse Forums Building A New House 1 Nov 15, 2009 8:31 pm I was wondering if anyone had had a good experience using a private builder in Adelaide. Some friends of ours used one in Sydney and saved a bundle and got a superior product in the end. Thoughts? Recommendations? Blair Re: Has anyone used a good private builder in Adelaide? 3Nov 17, 2009 8:59 pm Thanks for the recommendation. Out of interest - who did you end up going with? Re: Has anyone used a good private builder in Adelaide? 4Nov 17, 2009 9:01 pm Hi blairandcallie, Where abouts are you going to build? Have you looked at any other builders? Must say we noticed with the larger volume builder that the builds seem to take a long time. Neighbors of ours built with a large builder and it took 12 months and an independent building inspector to help along the way. We are currently building with a "Custom Home Builder" in Adelaide. They have been very good so far. You can click on my link below and have a look if you like. PCI Done Re: Has anyone used a good private builder in Adelaide? 5Nov 17, 2009 9:21 pm Jose27 - we are building in Kensington Gardens and are feeling overwhelmed for choice of builders at the moment. Have mainly just looked at the larger, main-stream builders so far and wanted to sus out some other options. Thanks for the link - your place looks GREAT and look forward to going back and reading more of the details. Beautiful location too. So you've probably mentioned it in your blog but which 'custom home builder' are you going with? Did you shop around much? What made you decide to go with them? Re: Has anyone used a good private builder in Adelaide? 6Nov 17, 2009 9:38 pm blairandcallie Jose27 - we are building in Kensington Gardens and are feeling overwhelmed for choice of builders at the moment. Have mainly just looked at the larger, main-stream builders so far and wanted to sus out some other options. Thanks for the link - your place looks GREAT and look forward to going back and reading more of the details. Beautiful location too. So you've probably mentioned it in your blog but which 'custom home builder' are you going with? Did you shop around much? What made you decide to go with them? Aaah! Kensington Gardens. Lovely place is Kensington Gardens. We are building with D3ch3llis Homes. We shopped around alot. This is our fourth build. We were looking/shopping around for months. We checked out homes that they were actually building. We saw what actually went into their homes prior to the gyprock stage, second fix stage, kitchen fitting etc. We were lucky that we were able to do this as they were happy for us to look. We liked the way they presented their homes. They showed excellent quality and value for money. Their website is simple to navigate, shows their plans and styles and some photos. You will be surprised at the pricing. This is only my opinion. I do not work for them. I have never built with them before. You may have different tastes/styles than mine. Good luck and have fun! Jose PCI Done Re: Has anyone used a good private builder in Adelaide? 7Nov 17, 2009 10:24 pm I think you willl find at least 50% of main stream (project home) builders will do a custom build for you. JK Ramage were one that we looked into but budgetary issues we are going with a main stream steel frame builder with a custom plan. I would recommend have a firm budget in mind, size and sort of specifications and from there choose by budget and reputation. Remember Adelaide clay..... esp eastern adelaide budget about 25-40K for your site costs Re: Has anyone used a good private builder in Adelaide? 8Nov 17, 2009 10:41 pm My SS recommends Samuel James for high end homes. Re: Has anyone used a good private builder in Adelaide? 9Nov 22, 2009 8:33 pm Thanks for all the feedback. Very helpful. Has anyone build with Dado before? If you already have a contract, is the inspection cost stated in there? If not they would be forced to issue you a variation which you could of course object to. 12 25863 Building a new home, and looking for a garage builder (home builder not contracted to do this). Someone to build steel garage (double), colorbond, including supply and… 0 3252 there is only 20% difference in concrete strength between 20 mpa and 25 mpa, so check with your engineer first if it fits his calculation tolerances. There are ways to… 6 18298 |