Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Building with Kurmond Homes 1601Jan 19, 2017 2:48 pm Hey Ses_78 My driveway is fairly steep so the rain runs off, it can be a little slippery with a lot of water on it but I've not had anyone actually slip over. Yours sounds like a big concern, is it flat? does the water lay on it? I'd go back to Kurmond and tell them it's a public liability issue Re: Building with Kurmond Homes 1602Jan 19, 2017 4:25 pm Hi loks, the driveway has a bit of a slope but I would hope that flat or not it should be safe. My nephew was wearing runners this morning and only took about 3 steps to get to the car and landed on his backside. If it had of been an adult I would hate to think??! Will get onto them about it with the rest of my issues Re: Building with Kurmond Homes 1605Apr 11, 2017 4:54 pm was really disappointed with the tender process, complete exposure to losing considerable amount of money if you decide to pull out. we were looking at a $600k single story build. We pulled out before it went to far and didn't lose any money. Do you due diligence and be careful is all I say. Have a look on Fair Trading website as well and there is some industrial law cases you should review. these are all publicly available. Re: Building with Kurmond Homes 1606Apr 15, 2017 1:32 pm Hi Everyone! Wow...it's been a while. The forum looks different (I don't like). Ses78 Have you moved in yet? What's happening? All: We have been in our wonderful home now for a bit over one year and are still in love with it on a daily basis! Few things from the 90 days still have not been done but they are minor and it is hard co-ordinating time off work to be here for the handyman. Everything about the house is fantastic. It is a pleasure to come home to. We had the landscaping done professionally as it was a H U G E job (almost 400 sq mtrs, uneven ground level, new planting of everything). We chose to go with Australian natives for drought tolerance. Everything is growing beautifully. We have a double sized alfresco (with hot tub...yeah baby). We put hot and cold water points at the back of the house for outdoor shower, which is great for hubby's grassy feet after cutting the lawn, and practical to shower off before hopping in the spa (with a cocktail of course). The only thing we haven't done in the BBQ area at side of house. We had them install gas fitting but are still using a charcoal BBQ. Will sort that out in the Spring, with some garden uplights (as we had the outdoor power points installed as part of our electrical). We have been very lucky with our painters as the paint job was really good and we have not had to ask them to return. Same with the tiling. Have surprisingly replaced a few downlights already. I guess they use the cheapest ones that don't last. The building process, as you all know too well, was absolutely horrible and filled with stress. After reading this and other blogs for almost 5 years before we started our journey, I went in with the plan to not sweat the small stuff and only yell and scream about the important stuff. That way when we yelled, they listened cos we didn't annoy them every 5 minutes about every minor detail. I can honestly say that all the builders are pretty much the same. We were in negotiations with two other companies and got to the very day of driving to their office to pay the deposit before going back to look at K again and the home design which turned out to be perfect for our block, and perfect for our family. Big Mama will hang around for a little while longer and log in every now and then. Happy to help wherever I can. Waiting to hear your happy stories of relief once you've all moved in and the horrors are behind you, and you start the love affair with your wonderful home. Big hugs to all. Keep on posting everyone. xo xo Re: Building with Kurmond Homes 1607Jun 15, 2017 11:31 am Hi, just joined homeone....nice to be here! Just wondering if anyone has built home with kurmond with their dual living designs? Want to KDRB old home and build, with parents living with us. I like the look of the Evoque Dual. We are in Sutherland Shire, on about 700sqm of land. Thanks! Re: Building with Kurmond Homes 1609Sep 06, 2017 11:56 am hi there? is anyone currently in process with Kurmond? We have done our external colour selection and and will have tiles selection shortly. Can anyone give any feedback about about Kurmond Dimond upgrade tiles and laminate selection? we are think if we should go with Kurmond or do our own flooring. any ideas? Re: Building with Kurmond Homes 1610Sep 08, 2017 5:27 pm we requested a quote for upgrade of external wall insulation from R2.0 to R2.5. It was a surprise to receive a quote of around 3600 dollars! our small house can be insulated with R2.5 batts TWICE for this price.. and we would still have R2.0 batts left ... that's just a note for those who haven't started their paperwork. put EVERYTHING in the initial tender (before paying any money to the builder) and decide if you can live which their prices. otherwise they will just inflate the quotes and make you pay. Re: Building with Kurmond Homes 1611Sep 11, 2017 1:47 pm nada17, we asked about upgrading our wall insulation and were informed R2.0 was the highest R-value supplied by Bradford for wall insulation. Bradford's website appears to support this. Your quote appears inconsistent with the information we were given. Re: Building with Kurmond Homes 1614Sep 22, 2017 4:59 pm Thought Id post - as we built with Kurmond - custom duplex - have moved in for about 10 months. We had a nightmare with the build but the finish was slightly better than the average but thats because we got the Diamond package and we also upgraded a lot of the small things (LED down lights; 40mm waterfall kitchen bench; changed hinged doors to sliding cavaties - basically a lot of the 'additionals' added up! Nothing is for free, that I know!) We basically picked two homes that we liked from their range and chopped it up slightly to suit our families - parents reside on the other side. That said, our side is larger than next doow - ours caters for a family of 5 and next door is just two Seniors. The build stretched out for about 2-2.5 years, this includes waiting for council approval for 6 months. Delays were due to: - builder short staffed - we went through about 4 or 5 site supervisors - builder didnt know that we required detention pits which costed us additional $70K - very pricey not to mention the delay, back and forth between Engineer and Council - council feedback, our duplex is only joined by the garage, so at the back of the house, there is an alley between the two, so there are windows on both sides of house to give it more natural lighting - everytime we were due to hit a milestone (foundation; frame; brick work; etc) we hit public holidays (Christmas or Easter) so a lot of time wasted. We also went through two Christmas' which meant 6-8 weeks of no one working on the house - they also got some of the build wrong and refused to fix it (waterproofed the wrong side of the retainer wall, which resulted our neighbour taking us to court due to excess water into their property when heavy rain hit) - we ended up paying a labourer to dig up and got Kurmond out to quickly waterproof the correct side but this was at our cost There are pros and cons with every builder, Kurmond is not bad but they are a young and inexperienced Company if comparing to the bigger players. I personally think we had bad luck with our build as we hit one problem after another, costing us way too much money. After moving in, we discovered a light fitting not put in at all; the frame for detention pits on driveway still in (we are not able to get our OC due to this), so we had to arrange someone to come and go under the driveway into the pits and remove the wooden frame, one of the frames for the back sliding door was not installed; lots of unsatisfactory paint issues; cracked tiles; little bits and pieces which Ive not forgotten. But we did pay for an independent consultant to come and inspect the house at handover time to make notes on what Kurmond hasnt completed/done against the contract. Would I use them again? if they pulled their socks up with their internal processes - potentially and if their pricing is good as we paid $720K for the duplex and it was custom and essentially it is two residences. Re: Building with Kurmond Homes 1615Sep 22, 2017 6:43 pm Thanks Melon168 for your thorough feedback! We're in tendering process at the moment and we've only paid the $1000 deposit and nothing else so far... I'm still considering our options at the moment but I am conscious of issues with every builder but it's just good to know what to look out for etc.. Thanks again for your feedback! I hope your issues get rectified! Thanks Melody Re: Building with Kurmond Homes 1616Oct 17, 2017 12:49 pm nada17 Hi guys! We are thinking of building with Kurmond. Would you recommend? Kurmond Home will take realistically 18-22 months to build the new double story home!!!! My suggestion to those people who wants to build home in less than that time then go and find the different builder. Kurmond Home has very cooperative staff but their working style is time-consuming compared to other builders. Well, they will always have excuses, arguments and/or explanation to prove themselves right !!!! Re: Building with Kurmond Homes 1617Oct 17, 2017 12:57 pm 1building nada17 Hi guys! We are thinking of building with Kurmond. Would you recommend? Kurmond Home will take realistically 18-22 months to build the new double story home!!!! My suggestion to those people who wants to build home in less than that time then go and find the different builder. Kurmond Home has very cooperative staff but their working style is time-consuming compared to other builders. Well, they will always have excuses, arguments and/or explanation to prove themselves right !!!! Spot on! They have all the excuses and we were always left speechless, then annoyed and then just frustrated. Re: Building with Kurmond Homes 1618Oct 17, 2017 12:57 pm nada17 hi there? is anyone currently in process with Kurmond? We have done our external colour selection and and will have tiles selection shortly. Can anyone give any feedback about about Kurmond Dimond upgrade tiles and laminate selection? we are think if we should go with Kurmond or do our own flooring. any ideas? We are building with Kurmond Home! We have paid for Dimond Elite package but still we have paid extra to upgrade a tile as their tile supplier e.g. Manago Tile has a huge range of tile option but modern looking gloss finish tile which we are after, that wasn't included in Dimond Elite Package. Re: Building with Kurmond Homes 1619Oct 17, 2017 1:02 pm melon168 1building nada17 Hi guys! We are thinking of building with Kurmond. Would you recommend? Kurmond Home will take realistically 18-22 months to build the new double story home!!!! My suggestion to those people who wants to build home in less than that time then go and find the different builder. Kurmond Home has very cooperative staff but their working style is time-consuming compared to other builders. Well, they will always have excuses, arguments and/or explanation to prove themselves right !!!! Spot on! They have all the excuses and we were always left speechless, then annoyed and then just frustrated. Yes, it is frustrating!!! 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