Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Anyone building with MainVue Homes 3Oct 18, 2011 8:14 pm Cheers, Alpal Building PD Heathmont 40 BLOG: http://alpal-pd-heathmont40.blogspot.com/ Deposit paid 19/08/2011 Contract signing 3/10/2011 Site Start 10/11/2011 Slab 23/11/2011 Re: Anyone building with MainVue Homes 10Nov 11, 2011 9:39 am Hi , building the Amalfi 532 with the rumpus option , Dealing with saltwater coast , XP has been fantastic , Very effecient extremely helpful , knowledge of home and choices has been excellent . Responds to all E mails and phone calls he has been great to deal with , and probably the main reason along with the quality of the house we decided to explore the option of potentially building with Mainvue . Completed our color selection with the interior designer , DS young lady who also was an absolute pleasure to work thru our color choices with , Knowledge and advise with all selections and color schemes was fantastic and very proffessional , Very helpful and her input was invaluable to get the right mix thru out our home . Again cannot fault , pleasure to deal with. We were appointed our operations representative JD , Again the way she has handled my File , queries , changes and any advise i have sought has been fantastic and much appreciated , always responds promptly to e mails and returns phone calls . Has made this stage of the process an easy one . Am due to go thru the final tender in the next week , hopefully goes as smooth as all the other stages in the process to this time . I am in the construction industry and this is the first time we have built , enjoy reading the comments of others , not one to usually post on forums , but came accross this one doing my research , and as it is such a big deal in peoples family lives happy to contibute my thoughts on mainvue homes . So far ( fingers crossed ) mainvue have been great to deal with , i can only give an honest appraisal of my dealings to this stage , it may change down the track thruout the building process ( Hopefully not !!!!) . People who i know ,who have built advised me it all depends on your building supervisor who is handling your home ( i better get a excellent one ) All in all as of 11th november would highly recommend building with Mainvue homes , Hoping this remains the case thru out our new home building experience . Re: Anyone building with MainVue Homes 11Nov 11, 2011 3:59 pm Welcome mj25. The list of people building with Mainvue is growing. Good luck with your tender next week. I'm having 2 minds about employing the services of a building inspector, as Mainvue says they already employ an independent inspector to check on each phase of the construction and can provide the reports. Building inspectors do cost a fair bit. Are you guys thinking of hiring one ? Re: Anyone building with MainVue Homes 12Nov 13, 2011 10:09 am Hi guys We are also building with Main Vue. We chose the Emporio 430 and are waiting on them to start building. Im hoping it will be really soon. So far the people we have dealt with have been good. We did have quite a few errors in the contract though so would advise you to read through it over and over. I would also recommend a private building inspector regardless of who the builder is, especially if this is the first time you are building, like we are. Where is everyone building? Re: Anyone building with MainVue Homes 13Nov 14, 2011 8:15 am Hi MD@KEYS. I'm building at Greenvale Gardens, land wont be ready till end of Jan. 2012, so I'm hoping for a May build time frame. Hope everything goes well with your Emporio build. It's a very nice design, was one of the houses we had in mind initially. Keep us posted if you will on your Mainvue experience. Re: Anyone building with MainVue Homes 14Nov 21, 2011 12:12 pm Hello fellow MainVue-rs! I've been searching for a topic on building with MainVue, when i stumbled upon this thread...we are looking to build with MainVuew homes too...the Amlfi 532 with a double+ garrage. Our land in Truganina doesn't title until mid next year, so we've only just completed our colour appointment, as of now, our experience has been very satisfactory, right from the sales consultant XP to colour/interior designer DZ. We did look at all possible builders under the sun, even some boutique builders, but keeping our budget in mind, finding a floorplan with minimum alterations to suit our needs and quality of their houses, MainVue came out on top. Looking at our quote after the colour appointment, the price has shot up(almost 40%) from their listed price which is a substantial increase, but that's partly because we have opted for a fair bit of upgrades, but then again there are may things which are very heavily overpriced too. Anyway, i reckon our experience has been 'so far so good'. Re: Anyone building with MainVue Homes 15Nov 24, 2011 6:20 pm Was wondering if anyone out there has already started construction with MainVue. Would love to hear your experiences. Likewise has anyone used the financial services of Henley, i.e Waterstone Financial Services to secure a bank loan ? I was told that by going through them you get a $1000 rebate on your final contract price plus you can defer the initial payment during contract signing and move it to start of construction instead. Re: Anyone building with MainVue Homes 16Nov 25, 2011 7:16 pm hi edb, We went through Westpac, i know they dont have the cheapest home loan on the market, but one thing worth considering is the relationship of the broker and with the bank u take a loan with, especially during construction. My wife worked in the loan construction area of a big 4 bank, and we know 1st hand what happens when payments and work completed don't agree and the bank refuses to release payments and what not. Especially during construction your broker/loan manager should able to pull strings to resolve issues quickly when things get stuck. Our Loan Manager was a Ex-Westpac Bank Manger, so he knows the team who handles the construction loan. Hope this helps. Re: Anyone building with MainVue Homes 17Dec 12, 2011 7:18 am Hi All, We are building with Mainvue also, we haven't quite started but we do have the temp fencing around our block and we are told we should have a slab by Christmas. So we are expecting them to start this week So far we have been happy with them there have been a few minor issues along the way but each time something has come up they have been great at fixing it quickly! So far so good, I'll keep everyone posted on how we are going. Re: Anyone building with MainVue Homes 18Dec 12, 2011 2:04 pm Hi Ellebell, Welcome to the forum, glad to hear you are building with MainVue, whats the house type? Do you mind telling me where are you'll building? PM me should you choose to. cheers GG Re: Anyone building with MainVue Homes 20Dec 13, 2011 7:51 am Thanks GG. We are building the amalfi 632 with the added study option. We are building in Grand Lakes, Lara. We were contacted yesterday by our site manager they are starting this week ans the slab should be down by next Tuesday. Cheers 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 25672 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 15426 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 1536 |