Browse Forums Building A New House 1 Mar 27, 2009 4:25 pm Hi everyone, I just joined the Forum today (thanks to Vhenie) and I find it really very informative, especially to a newbie like me in home building. I just want to get your opinion/experience if anyone of you here building or built their homes with Abode Homes, a local builder. I am about to sign up with them this Sunday but really appreciate if you can share your experience with them. Thanks in advance and good luck to all of us! Greg Re: Comment with Abode Homes 3Mar 27, 2009 10:00 pm That's good news! Thanks. Do you think there are houses being constructed by Abode within your vicinity apart from your neighbor? I'm asking because we heard that it might take longer if we are a sole client of a builder in one specific area. Greg Re: Comment with Abode Homes 4Mar 27, 2009 10:05 pm It's actually the 1st time I have heard of this builder. We are in an established area with virtually no blocks of land so I can't imagine they have built any other houses around here. Not to my knowledge anyway, there has been AV Jennings, Allworth and Masterton but this is going over the last few years on blocks that have been subdivided. Re: Comment with Abode Homes 9Mar 30, 2009 12:02 pm Quote: I just joined the Forum today (thanks to Vhenie) and I find it really very informative, especially to a newbie like me in home building. Hi Greg and Kate, Congrats! You're finally in this forum! I'm sure you'll learn a lot from here! We did! Enjoy your building journey and hope that you chose the right builder! ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Built the Nevada 42 Next project - landscaping! Re: Comment with Abode Homes 10Mar 30, 2009 1:23 pm Hey guys, We are building a 25 sq house in Riverdale (Mernda) with Abode Living, just got to lockup. Impressed with the quality of the build and efficiency with which it has so far been done (only 6 weeks from scrape to lock-up), we are quite fussy and Abode have offered us alot of freedom with our design and selections. Overall so far very happy, any problems we have had were fixed immediately. Hope everything goes well for you guys. Daniel Re: Comment with Abode Homes 11Jul 28, 2009 12:17 am Hi there, We are building with Abode Living as well... Daniel, just wondering if you have moved in yet and how long it took for the house to go from fixing stage to moving in? The site supervisor has told me 8-10 weeks from tiling but I find that hard to imagine... last time we built we were in 4 weeks after the kitchen was done and that is the stage we are at now... tiling due to commence in the next couple of weeks. Thanks Nicole Building with Abode Living in Cornell's Hill, Doreen Building for the third time; yes we are crazy!! Re: Comment with Abode Homes 12Jul 28, 2009 11:40 am Hi Nicole, We are not in as yet. We hit a speed hump mainly to do with the brick we had chosen which delayed things a little, they had a problem cleaning them. I was told about the same time frame once the tiling was done, which at the time I hard a hard time believing too. It has now been 12 weeks since we paid our fix invoice and paint touch ups are being done today, final cleaning hopefully Thursday, however we still don't have a walk through date. The build definitely slowed considerably towards the end, with no real apparent reason why. Quality wise we are still to go over everything closely but most things seem to be done fairly well, will let you know if we have any major gripes once we are done. Daniel Re: Comment with Abode Homes 13Jan 24, 2010 4:50 pm I'm building out in South Melton with Abode homes. I haven't been able to find a lot of info on them or anyone that is building with them or has built with them. Anyone got an opinion or can share their experience? Re: Comment with Abode Homes 14Aug 29, 2011 3:28 pm Hi, Guys if you are referring to Abode Homes, please stay away from them. We and a couple of others had a really bad experience with them/ They took a deposit of 3500 and never gave us the drawing for almost 2 months. Then the fired their sales consultant (they have only one sales consultant for copying some other builders designs )We were fed up and asked for a refund. We signed quote document which said they could keep 1000$ if we refused to go with them. We asked them to refund the other $2500 and they always ignore our calls and if we dial from a unknown number Ann Maire answers the class and hangs. We wasted 4 months with them. Run away from them Thanks Re: Comment with Abode Homes 15Aug 22, 2012 12:29 am Ashrita Hi, Guys if you are referring to Abode Homes, please stay away from them. We and a couple of others had a really bad experience with them/ They took a deposit of 3500 and never gave us the drawing for almost 2 months. Then the fired their sales consultant (they have only one sales consultant for copying some other builders designs )We were fed up and asked for a refund. We signed quote document which said they could keep 1000$ if we refused to go with them. We asked them to refund the other $2500 and they always ignore our calls and if we dial from a unknown number Ann Maire answers the class and hangs. We wasted 4 months with them. Run away from them Thanks Hi Ashrita, Did you manage to get any money back? I would like to confirm where is Abode Homes located. I'm dealing with another company called Abode Design & Construct and I'm keen to know if they are the same company. Thanks. Ask for references and speak to them. If they are defensive or try to avoid the request, walk. 1 47434 I would never build with Fowler homes. 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