Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Building with Wisdom Homes 11861Aug 16, 2018 9:13 pm Thanks everyone for your thoughts on the cabinets to reverse side of the island. Still no closer to making a decision. It will probably come down to whether I am willing to part with the money on it. We are already well over budget as we decided to splash out much more on the fit-out than anticipated Re: Building with Wisdom Homes 11862Aug 16, 2018 10:51 pm Yes they did and they do look better with time We have our maintenance inspection tomorrow and IMO some of the mortar needs fixing up so will see what they say Our bricks are austral chiffon Building Monte Carlo 40- Wisdom homes Re: Building with Wisdom Homes 11863Aug 16, 2018 10:55 pm MandM+4 Yes they did and they do look better with time We have our maintenance inspection tomorrow and IMO some of the mortar needs fixing up so will see what they say Our bricks are austral chiffon How it looks now Hoping turf not far away, just need to finish the damn pool Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Building Monte Carlo 40- Wisdom homes Re: Building with Wisdom Homes 11864Aug 17, 2018 7:32 am MandM+4 Yes they did and they do look better with time We have our maintenance inspection tomorrow and IMO some of the mortar needs fixing up so will see what they say Our bricks are austral chiffon How it looks now Hoping turf not far away, just need to finish the damn pool Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ [/quote] Love the driveway. Aggregate always makes such an impact in comparison to standard painted concrete. Look forward to seeing the finished landscaping when you get there. Makes me feel much better now about potentially taking our time to get our landscaping done! Building Wisdom Aspiration 31 at Willowdale https://ourwillowdalehome.wordpress.com/ Re: Building with Wisdom Homes 11865Aug 17, 2018 8:55 am One Thanks everyone for your thoughts on the cabinets to reverse side of the island. Still no closer to making a decision. It will probably come down to whether I am willing to part with the money on it. We are already well over budget as we decided to splash out much more on the fit-out than anticipated costing me $1k for this Re: Building with Wisdom Homes 11866Aug 17, 2018 9:07 am becks81 Jordann We left the NTD in the garage but requested for the data and telephone to be ran from there to the down stairs linen cupboard. Little messy right now as these are just temporary equipment. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Also got plantation shutters for airflow. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Jordann, would you please mind sharing a larger picture of your plantation shutter? We have enquired about a door with shutters but they can't put in a handle or a lock etc so I'm interested to know what yours looks like? Ours don't actually have a handle or a lock. It's being kept shut using magnets. Usually I just pull the frame to open it. Wisdom Homes Manhattan 39 Blog - https://edmondson-park.blogspot.com.au H1 Thread - https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=88210 Re: Building with Wisdom Homes 11867Aug 17, 2018 10:13 am Jenifermarie MandM+4 Hi Mand Did your bricks end up getting cleaned? May I ask which brick you used? Yes they did and they do look better with time We have our maintenance inspection tomorrow and IMO some of the mortar needs fixing up so will see what they say Our bricks are austral chiffon How it looks now Hoping turf not far away, just need to finish the damn pool Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ [/quote] Love the driveway. Aggregate always makes such an impact in comparison to standard painted concrete. Look forward to seeing the finished landscaping when you get there. Makes me feel much better now about potentially taking our time to get our landscaping done! Building Wisdom Aspiration 31 at Willowdale https://ourwillowdalehome.wordpress.com/[/quote] Thanks, very happy with the driveway. It wasn’t the plan for it to take this long to landscape but we haven’t missed the yard really and just been super busy with other things. I shall share pics once it’s done Building Monte Carlo 40- Wisdom homes Re: Building with Wisdom Homes 11868Aug 17, 2018 11:23 am MandM+4 Jenifermarie Hi Mand Did your bricks end up getting cleaned? May I ask which brick you used? Yes they did and they do look better with time We have our maintenance inspection tomorrow and IMO some of the mortar needs fixing up so will see what they say Our bricks are austral chiffon How it looks now Hoping turf not far away, just need to finish the damn pool Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ [/quote] Love the driveway. Aggregate always makes such an impact in comparison to standard painted concrete. Look forward to seeing the finished landscaping when you get there. Makes me feel much better now about potentially taking our time to get our landscaping done! Building Wisdom Aspiration 31 at Willowdale https://ourwillowdalehome.wordpress.com/[/quote] Thanks, very happy with the driveway. It wasn’t the plan for it to take this long to landscape but we haven’t missed the yard really and just been super busy with other things. I shall share pics once it’s done [/quote]Have u decided what you're going to do with all those left over bricks ? Re: Building with Wisdom Homes 11869Aug 17, 2018 11:39 am doosra MandM+4 Hi Mand Did your bricks end up getting cleaned? May I ask which brick you used? Yes they did and they do look better with time We have our maintenance inspection tomorrow and IMO some of the mortar needs fixing up so will see what they say Our bricks are austral chiffon How it looks now Hoping turf not far away, just need to finish the damn pool Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ [/quote] Love the driveway. Aggregate always makes such an impact in comparison to standard painted concrete. Look forward to seeing the finished landscaping when you get there. Makes me feel much better now about potentially taking our time to get our landscaping done! Building Wisdom Aspiration 31 at Willowdale https://ourwillowdalehome.wordpress.com/[/quote] Thanks, very happy with the driveway. It wasn’t the plan for it to take this long to landscape but we haven’t missed the yard really and just been super busy with other things. I shall share pics once it’s done [/quote]Have u decided what you're going to do with all those left over bricks ? [/quote] The separate pile is for our letterbox and we have friends who want a similar amount for theirs, the rest I’m giving away. Why, would you like some? We’re all the way down in Wollongong though Building Monte Carlo 40- Wisdom homes Re: Building with Wisdom Homes 11870Aug 17, 2018 12:04 pm spk_homebuild When our construction has initially started our site supervisor was good and everything was progressing smoothly About a month ago around 14th of July we were informed that our site supervisor had changed and Wayne was our new SS. Since then there has been little or no progress onsite. We have lost 3-4 weeks only to be informed that Wayne has left W. We have lots 3-4 weeks and have not been allocated a SS yet. We are not sure of whom to escalate this to as our CSR says this is not under her area . We are having anxious moments owing to the delay. Never expected this from W. Request any of you guys to let us know if you have been through anything similar and whom do we escalate construction issues to? Please feel free to PM @WisdomHomes I hope you are listening Hi spk_homebuild, I have sent you a PM with my contact details. Please reply and I will make sure we provide you with answers ASAP. Regards, Mark Live Your Way Re: Building with Wisdom Homes 11871Aug 17, 2018 1:37 pm I have been in construction for 12 months now. Took 12 months first to go from tender to Construction. Thats 2 yrs with Wisdom suffering, guess it wasnt the wise choice after all. Even got penalized $8000 for delay in bank processing the construction commencement letter. After long 12 months, 3 change of site supervisors, when it finally came to PCI the carpeting was half done and the house wasn't even cleaned, with carpet threads all over, unfinished gyprock roof repair where plumbing needed to be fixed, ther was dust all over the ground floor tiled areas. With all the defects identified, its been another 2 weeks now and still half the issues are sitting as is. So disappointing and frustrating has been the journey with Wisdom. Still dont know when they will finish the defect repairs and do the handover. I was supposed to be travelling overseas to attend my late father's death anniversary early September, but thanks to WisdomHomes I won't be able to attend that either. My family and mother who specially came down from overseas to be present for handover wasted 6 weeks for nothing and have to return back without getting the house. Wish they could understand the stress and pain they are putting my family through. I just wish it would all end soon ...@WisdomHomes Re: Building with Wisdom Homes 11872Aug 17, 2018 1:58 pm Simran I have been in construction for 12 months now. Took 12 months first to go from tender to Construction. Thats 2 yrs with Wisdom suffering, guess it wasnt the wise choice after all. Even got penalized $8000 for delay in bank processing the construction commencement letter. After long 12 months, 3 change of site supervisors, when it finally came to PCI the carpeting was half done and the house wasn't even cleaned, with carpet threads all over, unfinished gyprock roof repair where plumbing needed to be fixed, ther was dust all over the ground floor tiled areas. With all the defects identified, its been another 2 weeks now and still half the issues are sitting as is. So disappointing and frustrating has been the journey with Wisdom. Still dont know when they will finish the defect repairs and do the handover. I was supposed to be travelling overseas to attend my late father's death anniversary early September, but thanks to WisdomHomes I won't be able to attend that either. My family and mother who specially came down from overseas to be present for handover wasted 6 weeks for nothing and have to return back without getting the house. Wish they could understand the stress and pain they are putting my family through. I just wish it would all end soon ...@WisdomHomes Damn, this is 😞, really. I too, same story, but what else can we do here? navylion Building a Wisdom Homes Manhattan 35 in Sydney North West MyBuildTimeLine: http://navylion.wixsite.com/mybuildtimeline Re: Building with Wisdom Homes 11873Aug 17, 2018 2:42 pm MandM+4 doosra Hi Mand Did your bricks end up getting cleaned? May I ask which brick you used? Yes they did and they do look better with time We have our maintenance inspection tomorrow and IMO some of the mortar needs fixing up so will see what they say Our bricks are austral chiffon How it looks now Hoping turf not far away, just need to finish the damn pool Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ [/quote] Love the driveway. Aggregate always makes such an impact in comparison to standard painted concrete. Look forward to seeing the finished landscaping when you get there. Makes me feel much better now about potentially taking our time to get our landscaping done! Building Wisdom Aspiration 31 at Willowdale https://ourwillowdalehome.wordpress.com/[/quote] Thanks, very happy with the driveway. It wasn’t the plan for it to take this long to landscape but we haven’t missed the yard really and just been super busy with other things. I shall share pics once it’s done [/quote]Have u decided what you're going to do with all those left over bricks ? [/quote] The separate pile is for our letterbox and we have friends who want a similar amount for theirs, the rest I’m giving away. Why, would you like some? We’re all the way down in Wollongong though [/quote]I've got same bricks as well and will be doing same. Letterbox with mine and steps. Not sure I need any yet but will let you know. Re: Building with Wisdom Homes 11874Aug 17, 2018 2:47 pm Simran I have been in construction for 12 months now. Took 12 months first to go from tender to Construction. Thats 2 yrs with Wisdom suffering, guess it wasnt the wise choice after all. Even got penalized $8000 for delay in bank processing the construction commencement letter. After long 12 months, 3 change of site supervisors, when it finally came to PCI the carpeting was half done and the house wasn't even cleaned, with carpet threads all over, unfinished gyprock roof repair where plumbing needed to be fixed, ther was dust all over the ground floor tiled areas. With all the defects identified, its been another 2 weeks now and still half the issues are sitting as is. So disappointing and frustrating has been the journey with Wisdom. Still dont know when they will finish the defect repairs and do the handover. I was supposed to be travelling overseas to attend my late father's death anniversary early September, but thanks to WisdomHomes I won't be able to attend that either. My family and mother who specially came down from overseas to be present for handover wasted 6 weeks for nothing and have to return back without getting the house. Wish they could understand the stress and pain they are putting my family through. I just wish it would all end soon ...@WisdomHomes Re: Building with Wisdom Homes 11875Aug 17, 2018 2:53 pm NavyLion Simran I have been in construction for 12 months now. Took 12 months first to go from tender to Construction. Thats 2 yrs with Wisdom suffering, guess it wasnt the wise choice after all. Even got penalized $8000 for delay in bank processing the construction commencement letter. After long 12 months, 3 change of site supervisors, when it finally came to PCI the carpeting was half done and the house wasn't even cleaned, with carpet threads all over, unfinished gyprock roof repair where plumbing needed to be fixed, ther was dust all over the ground floor tiled areas. With all the defects identified, its been another 2 weeks now and still half the issues are sitting as is. So disappointing and frustrating has been the journey with Wisdom. Still dont know when they will finish the defect repairs and do the handover. I was supposed to be travelling overseas to attend my late father's death anniversary early September, but thanks to WisdomHomes I won't be able to attend that either. My family and mother who specially came down from overseas to be present for handover wasted 6 weeks for nothing and have to return back without getting the house. Wish they could understand the stress and pain they are putting my family through. I just wish it would all end soon ...@WisdomHomes Damn, this is , really. I too, same story, but what else can we do here? ?Might need to be calling fair trading soon and consider options. Re: Building with Wisdom Homes 11876Aug 17, 2018 2:56 pm doosra Simran I have been in construction for 12 months now. Took 12 months first to go from tender to Construction. Thats 2 yrs with Wisdom suffering, guess it wasnt the wise choice after all. Even got penalized $8000 for delay in bank processing the construction commencement letter. After long 12 months, 3 change of site supervisors, when it finally came to PCI the carpeting was half done and the house wasn't even cleaned, with carpet threads all over, unfinished gyprock roof repair where plumbing needed to be fixed, ther was dust all over the ground floor tiled areas. With all the defects identified, its been another 2 weeks now and still half the issues are sitting as is. So disappointing and frustrating has been the journey with Wisdom. Still dont know when they will finish the defect repairs and do the handover. I was supposed to be travelling overseas to attend my late father's death anniversary early September, but thanks to WisdomHomes I won't be able to attend that either. My family and mother who specially came down from overseas to be present for handover wasted 6 weeks for nothing and have to return back without getting the house. Wish they could understand the stress and pain they are putting my family through. I just wish it would all end soon ...@WisdomHomes Re: Building with Wisdom Homes 11877Aug 17, 2018 3:54 pm Hi We have been reading reviews for a few days now and love some of the feedback and suggestions. We have just got our Tender docs for the Manhattan 44 Ens after signing up in Oct 2017. Our land has just been registered and are keen to get moving. We wanted to know how much is the average spend on upgrades etc. We really have no idea how much to allow ourselves for Kitchen, electrical and whatever else. So before we accept tender wanted to see if we should cut anything to allow more on upgrades at selections. Also wondering if anyone has used Wisdom for pools? Thanks Re: Building with Wisdom Homes 11878Aug 17, 2018 4:33 pm doosra amf139 We popped by our build this afternoon and met our Tiler’s who had just finished screeding. Lucky we did as they wanted to confirm feature walls with us in our ensuites. First time I’d walked through in a few months and I could hardly contain my excitement!! OMG I am so happy! Kitchen, laundry, powder room and three ensuite cabinetry have been installed. All beautiful! Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Nice progress! We're not far behind. Full lock up as garage went in yesterday and waiting on kitchen and vanities to be delivered and installed. Potentially this week. Painting in progress and door stained. Tiling should start next week. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Thats great progress Doosra, looks like you are much closer to handover now! Maj-35 Tend:14/7/17,Cont:18/8/17,DA:9/1/18,DEP:1/2,Const:8/3, Slab: 28/3,Frames:17/4-23/4,Bricks:22/5-14/6,URoof: 29/6,elec:4/8,AC,GRoof:11/8,gyp:24/08,Keys:4/12,move:16/12 Re: Building with Wisdom Homes 11879Aug 17, 2018 5:41 pm nthkellyvillebuild Hi We have been reading reviews for a few days now and love some of the feedback and suggestions. We have just got our Tender docs for the Manhattan 44 Ens after signing up in Oct 2017. Our land has just been registered and are keen to get moving. We wanted to know how much is the average spend on upgrades etc. We really have no idea how much to allow ourselves for Kitchen, electrical and whatever else. So before we accept tender wanted to see if we should cut anything to allow more on upgrades at selections. Also wondering if anyone has used Wisdom for pools? Thanks I asked the same q a few months ago and got quite a comprehensive answer so just do a search with my username. I'm finalising selections so cant tell you how much we've gone over. We included as much as possible in our tender including some upgrades and as displayed options. My only word of warning, its that you can't change as displayed options at all (with the exception of kitchen finishes and the cabinet configuration) with our deleting the variation and starting from scratch with custom joinery or staircase. Had we known this, we would have approached the estimating process completely differently. Re: Building with Wisdom Homes 11880Aug 17, 2018 5:43 pm nthkellyvillebuild Hi We have been reading reviews for a few days now and love some of the feedback and suggestions. We have just got our Tender docs for the Manhattan 44 Ens after signing up in Oct 2017. Our land has just been registered and are keen to get moving. We wanted to know how much is the average spend on upgrades etc. We really have no idea how much to allow ourselves for Kitchen, electrical and whatever else. So before we accept tender wanted to see if we should cut anything to allow more on upgrades at selections. Also it will depend on what you need from the bank. If you need the full amounts from the bank, then put in as much as possible in the tender so you can get the full loan amount, but if you don't need all of it, then it's not so important. Also wondering if anyone has used Wisdom for pools? Thanks The question about upgrades are "how deep are your pockets". What i've noticed is Wisdom are expensive ! so upgrades will cost you a fair bit and depends what you want to do yourself. Just to give you an example of my situation, we're about 230k above the base price of our house (not including any site costs) and i'm doing driveway and flooring after handover. Also if u dont need to borrow the full amount from the bank then u really dont need to list all upgrades but if you do then it's good to put as much as possible I'm also going through Wisdom for a concrete pool. Roughly will cost us about 65-70k extra. This is pool, fence and about 28sqm of concrete. I'm tiling myself but probably would have cost 70k if I did tiling through them. They charge over excessive rates for any work like tiling or concreting but we wanted to get the concrete done in order to get pool fence in so we can get interim occupational cert asap. Can someone please offer some advice? Im DESPERATE. 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