Browse Forums Building A New House Re: ANYone here having issues with metr!con 2Mar 21, 2012 9:20 pm We are in the final building stage with them now and have not had any major problems, only minor things that have been fixed on our home. It really depends on the staff you get as to what your experience will be like. http://lindeman28.blogspot.com - Our building blog Re: ANYone here having issues with metr!con 4Mar 22, 2012 8:42 am Saying that you're having "problems" just based on this without actually saying what the costs are for is probably jumping the gun a little until you give us a little more info. Having said that I've been far happier with the construction team than we were with the design team, but I guess that's not unusual for a lot of builders as the site supervisors tend to be the sort of people who solve problems, not create them (at least compared to the design team/CSM anyway). Are they provisional sums? It's not unusual for some additional provisions to be thrown in when they actually start looking at the block itself (it happened with us for rock but I'm fairly confident we won't be paying much in the end). It's better for them to tack on a cost at the start of the build rather than surprising you with an additional cost at the end so you can make adjustments accordingly. Some people apparently have nothing better to do than comment on other people's sigs. Re: ANYone here having issues with metr!con 5Mar 22, 2012 3:18 pm d3vil_nik i guess so, how long have they been building your home. im hopeing as we are in construction it might get better Signed up in may 2011 and construction began january 2012. The construction side of things is definitly easier as there is rarely input from the customer but we didnt really have too many issues with the pre construction only not getting phone calls when promised was the main one. http://lindeman28.blogspot.com - Our building blog Re: ANYone here having issues with metr!con 6Mar 22, 2012 6:54 pm Hello Hamilton Srry ill explain it a bit better, we did get some variation around start of janauray such as bushfire threats which i understood was not there fault but a week before they were going to site they sent me a new set of variation such as the below - Charge me for extra 3 square meters of concrete for the drive way(they said drive was for free as part of the deal) -Provide PVC grated drain to garage -Boundary flashing to side elevation of house -provide anti pnding board to roof with no eave -Provide additional 600mm width extension to laminate vanity These come up to around 3 grand. Then two days before they call me and tell me to relocate sewer tie. Yes this was on my vartiation but i was under the idea that they take care of this. Im First home buyer so i thought they were going to help me across the process but they didnt tell me nothing about this. The sewer tie was going to cost me any between 4 to 7 k. After alot of fighting with them they agreed to pay for everthing up above but yeh still was disappointed that i had to go through all this i dont understand how they missed this in the first variation or contract. What do you think?, are they aloud to do this? cmhamilton Saying that you're having "problems" just based on this without actually saying what the costs are for is probably jumping the gun a little until you give us a little more info. Having said that I've been far happier with the construction team than we were with the design team, but I guess that's not unusual for a lot of builders as the site supervisors tend to be the sort of people who solve problems, not create them (at least compared to the design team/CSM anyway). Are they provisional sums? It's not unusual for some additional provisions to be thrown in when they actually start looking at the block itself (it happened with us for rock but I'm fairly confident we won't be paying much in the end). It's better for them to tack on a cost at the start of the build rather than surprising you with an additional cost at the end so you can make adjustments accordingly. Re: ANYone here having issues with metr!con 7Mar 22, 2012 6:57 pm yeh they gone to site for me 2 weeks ago, i find alot better they only call me once week for updates. my site manger awesome so happy atm. All i remember from head office is they only called up for extra money Trewman d3vil_nik i guess so, how long have they been building your home. im hopeing as we are in construction it might get better Signed up in may 2011 and construction began january 2012. The construction side of things is definitly easier as there is rarely input from the customer but we didnt really have too many issues with the pre construction only not getting phone calls when promised was the main one. Re: ANYone here having issues with metr!con 8Mar 22, 2012 7:19 pm d3vil_nik Hello Hamilton cmhamilton Saying that you're having "problems" just based on this without actually saying what the costs are for is probably jumping the gun a little until you give us a little more info. Having said that I've been far happier with the construction team than we were with the design team, but I guess that's not unusual for a lot of builders as the site supervisors tend to be the sort of people who solve problems, not create them (at least compared to the design team/CSM anyway). Are they provisional sums? It's not unusual for some additional provisions to be thrown in when they actually start looking at the block itself (it happened with us for rock but I'm fairly confident we won't be paying much in the end). It's better for them to tack on a cost at the start of the build rather than surprising you with an additional cost at the end so you can make adjustments accordingly. Srry ill explain it a bit better, we did get some variation around start of janauray such as bushfire threats which i understood was not there fault but a week before they were going to site they sent me a new set of variation such as the below - Charge me for extra 3 square meters of concrete for the drive way(they said drive was for free as part of the deal) -Provide PVC grated drain to garage -Boundary flashing to side elevation of house -provide anti pnding board to roof with no eave -Provide additional 600mm width extension to laminate vanity These come up to around 3 grand. Then two days before they call me and tell me to relocate sewer tie. Yes this was on my vartiation but i was under the idea that they take care of this. Im First home buyer so i thought they were going to help me across the process but they didnt tell me nothing about this. The sewer tie was going to cost me any between 4 to 7 k. After alot of fighting with them they agreed to pay for everthing up above but yeh still was disappointed that i had to go through all this i dont understand how they missed this in the first variation or contract. What do you think?, are they aloud to do this? - The free driveway is up to a certain limit in terms of square metres I suspect (a fairly standard arrangement on such inclusions) - it's good that they agreed to pay the difference in the end, given that it would only be maybe $200 extra. - For the grate in front of the garage - if they knew you had slope going down to the driveway then it should have been included in your contract (not necessarily for free but it still should have been there). - Boundary flashing and an anti-ponding board is also something that should have been included in your contract given that you have sarking in your roof (again not necessarily free but it's a cost they should have been aware of on the parts of the house that have no eaves). -Provide additional 600mm width extension to laminate vanity - this must have been resulting from something that you asked for (perhaps a double vanity or drawers in the vanity), definitely something they were entitled to charge you for. - The sewer tie I can't comment on. It is good in the end that they agreed to pay for their mistakes in the contract, so that's what you have to take away from the tribulations you have had with the design team. The construction process at least for us has been a lot more "hassle-free" than the design process was (they made all sorts of mistakes with us as well as we started with an inexperienced CSM who ended up "leaving" and was replaced with another one that was a little more switched on but was stuck with the fun job chasing the initial CSM's mistakes and omissions for a couple of months) - hopefully the same thing happens for you as well. Some people apparently have nothing better to do than comment on other people's sigs. Re: ANYone here having issues with metr!con 9Mar 22, 2012 7:41 pm Hi All, I must agree the design process was very stressful I felt like I was going to loose the plot at them, however at the end of the day you just have to stay firm and stand your ground. In their defence I guess they probably have like 100 other contracts to deal with and it would be difficult to rememeber everyones little details. However this shouldn't be an excuse considering you are spending soo much money for your new home. I hope it all goes well for you. I'm now currently in the building stage and about to lay the slab which is exciting and our SS is very pleasant to deal with and helpful with any questions I have. So there is a Light at the end of the tunnel. Re: ANYone here having issues with metr!con 10Mar 22, 2012 7:48 pm I thought i would not be going throw all this with Metr!con that why i picked them, i was wrong lol. But at the end day its all done and lucky i was firm. Piotrek where are you building?, was ur slab delayed as mines been a week delayed due to weather?. I dont think there should be a excuse at there end if they cant deal with so many contract hire extra people to take care of it as its not our problem. I looked at alot of builders and was told by alot people M and dennis h, porter were the best quality builders thats y i picked M. Re: ANYone here having issues with metr!con 11Mar 22, 2012 7:50 pm i hope they organise them self much better in furture, i wont be recommending anyone to M cmhamilton d3vil_nik Hello Hamilton cmhamilton Saying that you're having "problems" just based on this without actually saying what the costs are for is probably jumping the gun a little until you give us a little more info. Having said that I've been far happier with the construction team than we were with the design team, but I guess that's not unusual for a lot of builders as the site supervisors tend to be the sort of people who solve problems, not create them (at least compared to the design team/CSM anyway). Are they provisional sums? It's not unusual for some additional provisions to be thrown in when they actually start looking at the block itself (it happened with us for rock but I'm fairly confident we won't be paying much in the end). It's better for them to tack on a cost at the start of the build rather than surprising you with an additional cost at the end so you can make adjustments accordingly. Srry ill explain it a bit better, we did get some variation around start of janauray such as bushfire threats which i understood was not there fault but a week before they were going to site they sent me a new set of variation such as the below - Charge me for extra 3 square meters of concrete for the drive way(they said drive was for free as part of the deal) -Provide PVC grated drain to garage -Boundary flashing to side elevation of house -provide anti pnding board to roof with no eave -Provide additional 600mm width extension to laminate vanity These come up to around 3 grand. Then two days before they call me and tell me to relocate sewer tie. Yes this was on my vartiation but i was under the idea that they take care of this. Im First home buyer so i thought they were going to help me across the process but they didnt tell me nothing about this. The sewer tie was going to cost me any between 4 to 7 k. After alot of fighting with them they agreed to pay for everthing up above but yeh still was disappointed that i had to go through all this i dont understand how they missed this in the first variation or contract. What do you think?, are they aloud to do this? - The free driveway is up to a certain limit in terms of square metres I suspect (a fairly standard arrangement on such inclusions) - it's good that they agreed to pay the difference in the end, given that it would only be maybe $200 extra. - For the grate in front of the garage - if they knew you had slope going down to the driveway then it should have been included in your contract (not necessarily for free but it still should have been there). - Boundary flashing and an anti-ponding board is also something that should have been included in your contract given that you have sarking in your roof (again not necessarily free but it's a cost they should have been aware of on the parts of the house that have no eaves). -Provide additional 600mm width extension to laminate vanity - this must have been resulting from something that you asked for (perhaps a double vanity or drawers in the vanity), definitely something they were entitled to charge you for. - The sewer tie I can't comment on. It is good in the end that they agreed to pay for their mistakes in the contract, so that's what you have to take away from the tribulations you have had with the design team. The construction process at least for us has been a lot more "hassle-free" than the design process was (they made all sorts of mistakes with us as well as we started with an inexperienced CSM who ended up "leaving" and was replaced with another one that was a little more switched on but was stuck with the fun job chasing the initial CSM's mistakes and omissions for a couple of months) - hopefully the same thing happens for you as well. Re: ANYone here having issues with metr!con 14Mar 22, 2012 8:27 pm d3vil_nik im building North Eucalypt estate North epping. which hows design did u pick i picked the avoca, did u get the NBN package We building the Lumeah 34 and I don't recall the package we choose however we started our process mid to early last year and we have finally started construction. A little long but better late then never I guess. feel free to PM me for any issues you are having and maybe we can help each other Re: ANYone here having issues with metr!con 16Mar 23, 2012 12:18 pm I'm building the Santorini design and cannot be happier with the Metriicon team here in Adelaide. They are promt, diligent and understanding. They've been nothing but professional and a friend at the same time. Everyone from sales to my site supervisor is fantastic and I have really enjoyed every moment of our planning to now construction. Sad to hear about these things, but sometimes the estimators do miss things. That's why you must pay particular attention to your contract and go over every item on your contract in accordance with your plans and measurements. All the best, they're a great company. After all, we're all humans. Re: ANYone here having issues with metr!con 17Mar 23, 2012 10:05 pm hey i understand that but as a professional business i think they should double check it and not just decide to put all these extra costs a couple days before building has began. That's all i was trying to say. I was told by alot friends and family that they had no issue with them. I think luck of the draw i guess traditional gable roof facade - Have you did the dark and light gray color combination in facade with gray stone in facade… 0 4211 How do you remove one of these ceiling air con vents? And is it possible to disconnect the duct joined to the vent from inside the house, without going into the roof cavity? 0 5933 Just to makea point about this, an approach that some people have found sucessful in negotiating these rises down, Is to provide some workings to the builder, specifying… 4 81716 |