Browse Forums Building A New House 1 May 25, 2013 9:41 am Hi all, I am considering going with a private / customer builder to build my new house at The Ponds in Sydney. I have looked around at major builders and a lot of them don't seem to be value for money. Someone on here recommended White Design & Construction to me but i was wondering if there are any others worth considering? Thanks for your help. Re: Custom / Private Builder - The Ponds 2May 25, 2013 10:26 am Disclaimer: We are only 2 weeks in to construction, slab is down, and some additional site works completed. So this is only my experience to date. So far I'd recommend the company we chose in a heartbeat. http://www.enviroarch.com.au They are a company where an architect Paul Zaia http://www.zaiaarch.com/ has teamed up with a builder Luke Hall http://www.ljhallbuilders.com.au/ Paul is now a licenced builder too I believe. They are based on the southern end of the Central Coast, but travel for homes (I'm a bit over an hour away from them, and they recently completed a home on the gold coast). My dealings with them so far have been outstanding. We spent a really long time on the design, probably at their frustration at times as we were extremely particular both in what we wanted but also in that we had a limited budget. Check out my blog (link is sig) for further details. If you want something that stands apart from the project homes, and also has a sustainable concept with both material and livability (is that a word?) they are perfect. I found them initially through searching for sustainably minded builders and they end up being the only builder I ever contacted as they were just perfect for what I wanted and easy to deal with from the get go. Happy to share more details via pm if you like. Best of luck. Re: Custom / Private Builder - The Ponds 3May 25, 2013 10:29 am We built a custom design with zen homes in kellyville, would also look at elderton homes. Also if you have a look at the ponds thread there is a few more custom homes. Belle I think built with modern view homes, there is a link in that thread, she had a great build. Good luck! Re: Custom / Private Builder - The Ponds 4Oct 02, 2014 4:11 pm mercthunder Hi all, I am considering going with a private / customer builder to build my new house at The Ponds in Sydney. I have looked around at major builders and a lot of them don't seem to be value for money. Someone on here recommended White Design & Construction to me but i was wondering if there are any others worth considering? Thanks for your help. Hi, I just got the lot in the recent release at The Ponds. As the lot in not square or rectangle I am considering going with a customer builder. Your posted above in last year so you must have been living your new house by now. Just wanted to know you went with which builder at the end and about your experience them with them. Many thanks. If you already have a contract, is the inspection cost stated in there? If not they would be forced to issue you a variation which you could of course object to. 12 25870 Hi Mofflepop, I would recommend finding a building designer to prepare plans, they should design to your specified budget. The benefit is you can tender the project out… 9 20426 Hi everyone, Looking for some advise. We are about to build an above ground pool in our backyard. There is a private sewer line running under the pool at 1.6m… 0 11763 |