Browse Forums Building A New House 1 Aug 28, 2011 7:52 pm Hi all, We are looking to build our next double storey house with steel frames. However, finding the steel frame builder has been a challenge for us. Every single builders that we talked to (Metricon, Urban Edge, Henley, even the likes of Comdain, Urbayne and Bellemore) don't do steel frames. Even with some of them, we got knocked back pretty harsh.. They even tried convincing us to go with timber as it's more durable and cheaper.. We are aware that there may be extra cost associated with steel frames, but we are happy to pay the extra money if the house is going to last longer. We've been to JG King Display homes. They seem to be the only builder we know that do steel frames. However, we don't like their finish quality.. Do you know any builders who do steel frames in VIC? Re: Steel Frames Builder in VIC 2Aug 28, 2011 8:42 pm I can only speak from my peronal experience, but we are currently building with DIXON homes, Melbourne. Their offices are in Port Melbourne but have a single story display at Point Cook that you could visit to get a feel for their finishes. I can't fault them thus far, and as we live in Syd and building in Melb they have been extremly supportive of this sending us photos as the build progresses to a new stage and we made alot of changes to the house and they did it at no extra cost. They also include alot as standard that the other bigger builders claim as extras. If you want more info and a contact name and number of the guy we have been dealing with PM me and i will be only too happy to share. Living in Sydney - Building in Melbourne My Thread: viewtopic.php?f=31&t=50518 Re: Steel Frames Builder in VIC 4Sep 19, 2011 11:15 am The big one building with steel in NSW is McDonald Jones Homes, but I'm not sure that they build in VIC. Best of luck- 100% termite proof and no warping or movement sounds pretty good to me. That sucks! Hope it all works out. Good to move away from steel anyway for all your reasons, but it's also thermally poor. 16 17740 Hi I am wanting some opinions about the build of a steel shed I am going to get one about 4.5 x 2.5 m steel shed and the height will be about 2.3-2.4m high The one I am… 0 14434 |