Henley Electra 35 Building Altona 2019 - Knock Down rebuild

Thanks for sharing, totally agree with your choice on AMP, 3 phases 63 amps will give you lots of flexibility to add extra appliances

STAGE REVIEWS:

Sales: 5 Stars! Eris and Amy were very helpful, the process was pretty quick and easy. Positive experience overall and would be happy to recommend.

Designer / Showroom: 5 Stars too! Great selection, found staff extremely helpful with design tips. Priced very good. We visited 4 times in advance so we could read online reviews of products to help choose & compared prices from independent suppliers. We were very organised, had a spreadsheet with +200 rows 90% pre-filled, we were still there 6 hours, cant imagine how anyone could complete the job in the day if not prepared. We didn't feel rushed or unsure of choices, but could imagine you might if not prepared.

Administrator: Also 5 Stars! Our Admin Ashlee has been super helpful in dealing with the many customisations we are asking to quote. I'm sure she is sick of us already, I think we've been pretty annoying and she has been great, she always responds same day and with great detail. I also expected everytime we contact to change the plans there would be costs, but that was not the case at all, they were so helpful and accommodating. Near the end they did an audit of our docs & plans and they found some really small things we had missed they recommend we change, was impressed with the attention to detail.

Tender: Also another 5 stars, Nathaniel was really lovely to work with and explained everything clearly and was able to answer all our questions. We are hoping his estimates of Traffic Management and Rock Removal as correct, as what is in our tender doc is "provisional" and he advised its externally unlikely they will use it all.

Base: 4 Star. The folks onsite when we went to do the inspection were very friendly. Our inspector said the base prep was high quality, the materials used were better than most he sees, and he didn't find anything to address. However with frame installed it seems the slab is a bit small. The frame is overhang on partial areas on 2 sides about 25mm (regs allow 10mm) so Henley advised they are fixing it. Looking at slab on neighbor properties being built, ours is much thicker and deeper so overall its still very good.

Frame: 5 stars, some minor things were picked up by our inspector, but it was only small things, overall very happy with the quality and speed of construction for the frame stage.

Thanks for the sharing. it is really helpful.

We have finished our contract appointment last month.
and we are in the process of the Building Permit.
Would you mind sharing How much time they took from Building permit to go on Site for the Slab?

Thanks again for your timeline.

I am keen to follow your build as we are also considering an Electra for our knockdown rebuild. Any updates/advice would be greatly appreciated! Did you manage to get a walkthrough of any Electra's prior to signing up to build?

Something we read on another forum was to remove one of the staircase walls, to open up the hall into powder. We did that and it was great idea. No they don't have any Electra in Melbourne you can see.

Hey cobri05 - (as at late January 2020) how is the build going? From your experience with Henley so far, would you recommend them to others?

I learned something today, sarking is not installed unless specified as a variation, stated in the Next Gen Doc part of your contract. Which overrides the building code... I would have been more than happy to pay for it if they explained what it is and asked if we wanted to add it. So for anyone building any house with any builder, check. It's a layer of foil that sits under the roof tiles, increasing insulation of your home and the main one is protecting from leaks. Wish the builders asked if we wanted it, unless you are a builder how would you know to ask