Browse Forums Building A New House 1 Jul 30, 2013 2:05 am I have been reading threads on this site for quite some time. Must admit this is a very informative website for some one who is building for the first time. We have bought our land in western sydney and are looking for a custom builder. Can anyone suggest some builders who are into custom design. Re: Custom design home 2Jul 30, 2013 10:59 am We're working with Wincrest Homes (http://www.wincrest.com.au/) who have created a complete custom design for us. Wincrest are project home builders but were willing to both customize existing designs or work from sketch ideas and create something from scratch for us. Re: Custom design home 4Jul 31, 2013 1:51 am Appreciate your quick responses. We have approached roselea homes so far. Their quote doesn't seem to impress me. One of our friend who was also seeing roselea and wisdom found roselea way too costly. They are now going with another small builder who has given them a quote of 50k less than roselea and wisdom for almost the same design and upgrades. I guess we should see wincrest and jandson too. But how much does it cost to build a 40SQ double story home. Will it make sense in getting the flooring done from outside. We are thinking of the rectified porceline tiles for the kitchen and family area and tossing between hardwood and laminate for the rest of the house. Will it be advisable to go tiling for the bedrooms as well. Re: Custom design home 5Jul 31, 2013 8:16 am In answer to the cost question, Jandson claim it's about 10% extra for them to do a custom build over the top of a standard design. Now we had 3 quotes from 3 completely different project-home builders, and they all came in at within a few percent of about $450k for a 37sq 2-storey home ... so I wouldn't expect any change from about $500k as about the cheapest you'll do it (and that's without the inevitable kitchen & electrical upgrades). Re: Custom design home 6Aug 05, 2014 12:22 am andrew01 We're working with Wincrest Homes (http://www.wincrest.com.au/) who have created a complete custom design for us. Wincrest are project home builders but were willing to both customize existing designs or work from sketch ideas and create something from scratch for us. Hi, did you build with Wincrest? How was you experience? 18/03/15 Deposit 02/09/15 CDC 22/09/15 Slab 05/12/15 Frames 15/12/15 Brick started. 11/04/16 Roof start 04/05/16 Roof finish 09/07/16 Gyprock. Re: Custom design home 7Aug 09, 2014 3:21 pm Currently building with Wincrest. We used one of their standard plans and made some modifications like adding a powder room, making some rooms bigger, adding doors, etc. The experience so far has been pretty smooth. Slab was laid a few weeks ago and frames are mostly up now. Re: Custom design home 9Nov 01, 2014 3:08 pm Brick work is completed now and roof is more or less done as well. We've completed the electrical and tile selections. Electrical rough in is scheduled in for next week. The Wincrest site supervisor calls me every week with the updates. Re: Custom design home 10Nov 01, 2014 9:01 pm So I take it you are very happy with your experience so far? I don't see many posts about Wincrest which I assume is a good thing. Generally people will jump on forums to post about their bad experiences but any good experiences are hardly heard of. so I assume no news is good news Re: Custom design home 11Nov 01, 2014 10:12 pm So far its all been pretty good with Wincrest. All the staff I have dealt with have been professional and courteous. What I end up paying compared to the original cost is probably +200K from the base price but I have increased the size and made several other additions. Workmanship to date has been good but will need to wait and see when the interiors get done. Re: Custom design home 12Nov 14, 2014 11:19 pm I am planning to go with Wincrest as well, interested to hear more about your progress. I am looking for a full custom design. +200K from base scares me, did you upgrade the fittings? Your modifications don't seem to be much though. 18/03/15 Deposit 02/09/15 CDC 22/09/15 Slab 05/12/15 Frames 15/12/15 Brick started. 11/04/16 Roof start 04/05/16 Roof finish 09/07/16 Gyprock. Re: Custom design home 13Jan 11, 2015 3:31 pm Try the builder being talked about here: viewtopic.php?f=31&t=71921 ideal house depends on the site and location as much as internal floor plan....what is the distance from the house to all four boundaries, where is north, describe your… 3 10257 Hi, can anyone recommend a custom home builder who can build in north east area? Looking to build a custom 4-br energy-efficient home with a max budget of 750k. If they… 0 15834 |