Browse Forums Building A New House 1 Mar 16, 2013 11:19 pm Is anyone going/has gone thru the process of building with Allcastle Homes ? What was your experience with the tender price and final contract cost? And what was the quality of the build? Any feedback would be helpful ! Re: Allcastle Homes 2Mar 18, 2013 12:13 pm viewtopic.php?f=31&t=62248&p=988784&hilit=allcastle#p988784 Here is a link to the same question a couple of days ago, hope this helps Re: Allcastle Homes 3Mar 18, 2013 12:19 pm FYI - we are going through the process with them at the moment and it is painful but I have heard this is to be expected with almost all builders. We are currently waiting for them to get back to us with our final tender and plans so we can move on to contracts and get this house going. We have waited 10 days to have 3 lines removed from the tender and have some corrections made to the plans. Mind you I have provided all these requests in writing months ago and our tender should have expired last week but I pushed for them to extend it. There have been a number of 'unexpected' costs and costs that have been much higher than as quoted by other builders but again, I have heard this is ppretty much standard practice. All in all we have been in the 'tender and plan' process with them for close to 7 months now despite making very few changes to the basic plan. Good luck with it all, hope this all helps Re: Allcastle Homes 6Mar 20, 2013 10:17 am Yes I am going through the tender procedure and it is very slow. They don't really give much details in the tender. When requesteing upgrades etc.. you have to be very specific with them or they will just quote you on the cheapest price and even that you don't know what you are getting for it. Re: Allcastle Homes 7Mar 23, 2013 12:52 pm Thats interesting, we're looking to build the Grandworth 42.5 + options. Just wondering if anyone has gone thru this build and what were the 'unexpected' and extra costs. Re: Allcastle Homes 8Mar 23, 2013 10:39 pm we also had a look at the Grandworth 42.5. Like to make some changes to it.. anyone built the Grandworth 42.5 with AllCastle? would like to hear about your experiences with them? 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 1349 Was the offer also on their website? If so, you could check the Wayback Machine. 1 1613 Ask for references and speak to them. If they are defensive or try to avoid the request, walk. 1 77889 |