Browse Forums Building A New House Re: How many offers to receive before you agree something 2Aug 30, 2013 8:11 pm @builderforlife Building inspector and passionate about construction When you need an expert to take a look. Re: How many offers to receive before you agree something 4Aug 31, 2013 6:17 am agree with the above three quotes Re: How many offers to receive before you agree something 5Aug 31, 2013 7:01 am 3, But from reputable suppliers so check up on them.(If your lowest price is from a less reputable supplier you may waste all the money) If people think you are asking for lots of prices some will say I'm not going to try to hard and just put a figure in. so you don't get competitive prices The Harder You Try - the Luckier You Get ! Web site http://www.anewhouse.com.au Informative, Amusing, and Opinionated Blog - Over 600 posts on all aspects of building a new house. Re: How many offers to receive before you agree something 6Aug 31, 2013 7:25 am bashworth 3, But from reputable suppliers so check up on them.(If your lowest price is from a less reputable supplier you may waste all the money) If people think you are asking for lots of prices some will say I'm not going to try to hard and just put a figure in. so you don't get competitive prices ^^^ Agree. First pick your quality of supplier, then choose a price from the selected suppliers after weighing up the pros & cons. If you want BMW type car for quality and performance, and choose on price but include the Barina in your selection, you will get a Barina when it was a BMW you wanted. Number 1, get informed, check up on the quality of products... check reputations - make sure it's current info. Just because this or that builder uses a product doesn't make it good... many buy Barinas and sell you BMWs. If all you want is cheap, that's easy... "ECOECO" At 'EcoEco', we design windows, we design the best windows, we do it for you, so that when you’re happy we are happy. Tel. 1800 326 326 Re: How many offers to receive before you agree something 7Aug 31, 2013 8:56 am I've used the service seeking websites a few times and been quite happy with the results. For popular services you will get lots of quotes / phone calls. You can also get a feeling for quality of service based on feedback on these sites ( some of which may be fake so you do need to be careful ). I always like to call up the service provider ( or let them call me ) just to get a feeling for how professional and knowledgeable they seem to be. Gone are the bad days of trying to chase tradies through the yellow pages. I prefer the pro-active ones to chase me. I always ignore quotes that just give me an hourly rate. I put time into carefully describing what I want and sometimes provide plans / photos and other details. It is only fair to get an itemised breakdown of the expected costs as a quote. Build thread: here Land Nov 12, Contract 6/07/13, Consent 15/08/13, Start 20/09/13, Slab 25/09/13, Frame 4/10/13, Brick 21/10/13, Roof 2/11/13, Lock-up 17/12/13, Handover 3/3/14 Re: How many offers to receive before you agree something 8Aug 31, 2013 9:50 am Yes - I try for 3 quotes. Often the dearest - if it is well above indicates they don't want the job. BUT - don't always take the lowest. Check their credentials - ask for examples of where they have done work etc. If you're talking white goods - Appliances on Line are good - free delivery and tend to match anyone. We've bought fridge, TV, sound system through them. Very efficient - take away old stuff and set up new - generally. But check out the stores too - they often have top deals. I work with owner, he/she is my man on the ground and I instruct them when to visit the site and take photos and I have other tools in the bag. 4 15284 Hi Everyone I learned something this week that I thought would be worth sharing. In NSW a lot of developers of subdivisions put covenants on the land which normally… 0 6580 Ardo That is so funny! I wonder how many people know who Larry Haun is these days. I have a couple of young guys we call Mo 1 & Mo 2 who run a crew of 6 boys and… 9 15534 |