Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Any experiences with Firstyle homes 419Sep 18, 2018 7:26 pm MaxAT Hello All, We are new to this forum and about to put down a holding deposit for a H & L package with Firstyle in Edmondson Park (EP), we choose Keswick 19.5. We spoke to different builders at EP, but found Firstyle package fit our budget most, also found Warren to be more accommodating with our request. Land is said to be registered in October, but builder cannot confirm the timeframe in Oct 2018. Does anyone have delay in land registration in EP and how long is the delay? What is your overall experience with Firstyle? How is their communication and how quick do they resolve any issues occurred? How much do you have to upgrade from the basic inclusion? We do have the $32,000 style upgrade from Firstyle. It's great we found this forum, for sure I will have a lot more questions from now on, thanks Hi Max, Congrats on your build and welcome! Suggestion would be to talk to your sales consultant and request your sunset clause be extended out of courtesy for 3 additional months, taking it to 6 months total. I was able to do this and Head Office approved. This will help you in regards to having to pay as little as possible if your land doesnt selttle in time. With all developers it will differ, mine settled on time so no issues and didn't need the extra 3 months. I'm around 20 days away from we earth works. My overall experience thus far has been good to date, however you need to stay ontop of everything and keep good records (tip record dates of all key actions) and you won't lose track. In relation to upgrades you could spend anywhere from 30-100k, it really depends the overall finish you are after. If you are after a quality finish, you should budget 50-80k colours and 10k electricals. All the best! Re: Any experiences with Firstyle homes 420Oct 12, 2018 7:15 pm Hi All, Just starting my home building Journey with FS, on the verge of signing the contract with the appointments for color selection and electrical to come. I'm going through some late variations and was wondering if anyone went with the standard offering for the bathroom and then upgraded to floor to ceiling tiling after handover. Is it worth it doing at a a later time? Thank you in Advance. Hi Kaiser85, We are building with Firstyle Homes. Our build has just started, slab pour is on Saturday (hopefully!). Their standard range is pretty good. We did our… 1 6475 You have mandatory building inspections and privately engaged building inspections. The difference between the two comes down to inspecting the building so it's safe and… 3 18063 Ask for references and speak to them. If they are defensive or try to avoid the request, walk. 1 74700 |