Browse Forums Building A New House Re: White Design and Construction 81Oct 07, 2015 9:35 pm Hi Dilip, Can you give us update regarding your situation. Re: White Design and Construction 82Oct 07, 2015 9:38 pm Hi Dilip, Can you give us update regarding your situation. Re: White Design and Construction 83Oct 07, 2015 9:40 pm Hi Ksama ,firsthome2 When did you guys get DA approval? How long did you wait for construction to start? Re: White Design and Construction 84Oct 08, 2015 1:16 pm Hi everyone. This is our experience with WD&C. We paid a deposit In March 2015, had our plans approved May 2015, signed the contract July 2015 and still have no HOW!
Re: White Design and Construction 85Oct 08, 2015 1:59 pm Moonlight ,really want to talk to you but dont know how Re: White Design and Construction 86Oct 08, 2015 2:11 pm Hi All, Joined up to follow this thread as we are looking into a KDR near Parramatta and these guys are near the top of our list of builders. Wishing everyone good luck and thanks for keeping the updates happening Re: White Design and Construction 87Oct 08, 2015 6:10 pm Sunshine I sent you a PM. Will be in your inbox Re: White Design and Construction 88Oct 09, 2015 5:23 am Hi guys, In the popular review site there was a guy by name "family man" ,who wrote his complete story with wd&c.how they treated him and suffering he had thru his process and he pulled out without signing the contract,he wrote on june22nd 2015.but might be some influence the review is not there now. New guys don't just rely on popular review site For other builders you can see both pros and cons but for white design construction you can only see pros not the other side Re: White Design and Construction 89Oct 11, 2015 6:03 am Hi, I called into their office Saturday morning. Whenever we have been there on a Saturday it is usually hectic. Yesterday there was no one, no staff, no customers. Just a guy screening walk ins. Does anyone know what is happening???
Re: White Design and Construction 90Oct 13, 2015 9:58 am Hi everyone, Just like the case of Moonlight22, I was given a revised pricing of over 150K. That was after having a signed contract. Their reason was that they had incorrectly estimated the costings but seriously over 35% increase in price is unacceptable. Definately, this company runs in a very unprofessional manner and with what we experienced, they are not capable to take on board too many contracts and the end result is that their clients will suffer because of their inefficiencies. We have to get tenders from different builders again after wasting months with white design. My advice to all those who have already signed contracts is that push for HOW certificate to be released immediately as by law they have to provide that upon signing the contract. If they keep delaying then be prepared for a heart ache like us. For those who have not signed contracts, its your decision on whether you want to continue with them or not. Overall, I would never recommend them to anyone. Re: White Design and Construction 91Oct 13, 2015 10:39 am I got bad news, katie has resigned so wdc is in a bit of a mess. Hopefully my build is not affected as its suppose to finish soon! I cant believe ive been in the middle of all these bad things going on in their company. They used to have good reviews. Re: White Design and Construction 92Oct 13, 2015 5:54 pm Hello everyone, We have held this back for a long time as we held out hope that things would work out for us with White Design and Construction but this afternoon after 10 months our worst fears were realised. I can confirm that yes Katie the sales manager has been fired as well as their estimator Jason. I was told today by Peter who I guess is now the new sales manager that they have been building houses at a loss. In short, like others here, we were originally quoted a fixed price contract. We had plans drawn up, contour surveys done, inclusions finalised and were ready to sign the contract but today we were told that we had been "misquoted" and that to complete our build they would need to increase the cost by $220,000! Yes that's right they are claiming our build was underquoted by $220k! In addition to this, I can say that we have experienced other constant issues as well but we put up with them. Our calls and emails were regularly not returned or replied to, we had to ask for constant revisions to our plans as things were not fixed the first time round and attempts were made to change the dimensions of our house and level of inclusions without consultation with us etc. We started getting concerned over the last few months as they began to have difficulty getting Home Owners Warranty Insurance but never thought it would be this bad! Those on here who have actually signed contracts with this builder without being provided with a Home Owners Warranty Certificate please get some legal advise as I believe it was illegal for the builder to do this. Anyone considering this builder PLEASE steer clear. They are extremely unprofessional, have non existent customer service and have been deceptive with us. As I mentioned above, I was told today by them that they have been building houses at a loss. Their ongoing issues with obtaining Home Owners Warranty and now sudden attempts to up numerous contract prices gives me a really bad feeling that they may have issues with their finances. Please look elsewhere and save the heartache. I have maintained detailed contemporaneous notes of meetings and phone calls as well as an extensive email history. If anyone wishes to look over in detail how we have been treated by this builder please feel free to PM me. We will tell anyone who wants to know our story if it will assist in weighing up this builder. Motto of the story - IF IT SOUNDS TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE IT PROBABLY IS! Re: White Design and Construction 93Oct 13, 2015 6:09 pm I'm so sorry Jlo 2015. So many of us. So not fair! Re: White Design and Construction 94Oct 13, 2015 8:14 pm I am in real shock. We have just started the build. They had a good history and all were happy. It is hard to believe things have gone so bad so quickly. for our own sake, hope they could turn it around. It is sad that you have lost so much time, but in a way you are luck. Hope you all find a good builder soon. Those of us like me can only hope that we could get to see the finish house. 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: White Design and Construction 95Oct 13, 2015 8:59 pm I don't get it - I thought Katie was the owners daughter. All very strange - very glad we walked away when we did (poor communication from the get go did it for us) Good luck to all those in the midst of building with them hope you get the home you were promised Re: White Design and Construction 96Oct 14, 2015 10:44 am Everyone should blame the old sales manager who misleaded us without telling the truth and constantly giving the false information wasted our time/money.she should have told us before.who knows she got fired or resigned or drama. Re: White Design and Construction 97Oct 14, 2015 11:39 am It seems there are a fair bit of people going through this ordeal. I have seen two reviews on product review website as well with similar experiences of a price adjustment of over 150K. This doesn't sound like an estimation error any more. When I got the quotes, they were not the cheapest builders at that time and obviously prices cannot have increased to these levels. It seems they are chasing off clients with whom they have signed fixed contracts by revising their quotes ridiculously higher than what was signed. Those with ongoing projects with them should monitor their project and progress payments carefully. Those who are discussing pricing options with them, please take quotes from various builders as things are not the same with WDC as they were probably two years ago. Re: White Design and Construction 98Oct 14, 2015 11:50 am If anyone wants to sign new contract just show to your solicitor before you sign and they are not trustworthy. Re: White Design and Construction 99Oct 14, 2015 11:59 am Ebanster, You mentioned she resigned and WDC in mess. No,she made all the mess and played with the people.she is the reason for the suffering of everyone here. Re: White Design and Construction 100Oct 14, 2015 6:57 pm We had quotes similar to their quote at the time
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