Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Alkira Homes Elyse 15 Sydney Northern Beaches 47Feb 09, 2015 7:28 am Finnerz74 Forum Thread https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=77361 Blog http://ourdreamalkira.blogspot.com.au Re: Alkira Homes Elyse 15 Sydney Northern Beaches 49Feb 10, 2015 9:41 am Finnerz74 Forum Thread https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=77361 Blog http://ourdreamalkira.blogspot.com.au Re: Alkira Homes Elyse 15 Sydney Northern Beaches 52Feb 21, 2015 3:44 pm Finnerz74 Forum Thread https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=77361 Blog http://ourdreamalkira.blogspot.com.au Re: Alkira Homes Elyse 15 Sydney Northern Beaches 54Feb 24, 2015 10:29 pm Finnerz74 Forum Thread https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=77361 Blog http://ourdreamalkira.blogspot.com.au Re: Alkira Homes Elyse 15 Sydney Northern Beaches 57Mar 21, 2015 7:00 pm Hi. What the sales people told us from the outset (after we selected the elyse) was that the build time would be 36 weeks. However when we got the contract it said 45 weeks. Like you, we've had various rain and holiday extensions. I think our move in date is within 5 days of the contractual end date including the variation days so they've not outperformed unfortunately. Hope toy get better luck though! Re: Alkira Homes Elyse 15 Sydney Northern Beaches 58Mar 21, 2015 7:15 pm just out of interest when did your build officially start?.. your blog is dated back in September I am guessing it would have started back in April /May? (45 week contract including the Christmas takes you to nearly a year Re: Alkira Homes Elyse 15 Sydney Northern Beaches 59May 12, 2015 7:45 pm i might be flogging a dead horse on this thread ... but .. there's always a glimmer of hope .. @ sydneyalkirabuild - you must have collected the keys by now .. so how's the house .. good / bad ... after moving in did you realise items that you forgot or did not occur to you during the planning stages? any thoughts on the whole journey? Re: Alkira Homes Elyse 15 Sydney Northern Beaches 60May 14, 2015 10:09 pm Hi, yep we are in now. We are still waiting on some stuff to be finished which is proving painful. Once they get the money the urgency obviously goes down... In terms of the design and things we forgot,there really isn't too much I don't think , except aircon issues which are noted below. Quality of build is ok. The windows are the worst part... Low quality and not great to look at. Our stacker doors to the alfresco had a service a week after we moved in and within two days they were sticking and not running smoothly again. Walls are mixed. Some are very straight and others quite off. General finish is good and they fixed up most of the snags well. We are still within our 3 month time period to get other bits fixed so we will report back on how that goes in a month or two. Aircon has been a nightmare. In short alkira provided a unit which produces more noise than you are legally allowed to produce in the area (we believe, and all of the recommended calculations from both the council and AIRAH support our assertion). Our neighbours complained the second we started it up for the first time. Alkira were terrible at helping to resolve it. They've finally agreed to install sound proofing but no one has called for a few weeks to fit it. The learning is to do the checks for yourself during planning! Hope that all helps, any questions please shoot. Hi, I am wondering if anyone has built with Montgomery in the last few years on the Northern Beaches? I don't see the see them around, as I would love to ask how happy… 0 3196 Ask for references and speak to them. If they are defensive or try to avoid the request, walk. 1 74715 I would never build with Fowler homes. I built with them in 2021 and till date maintenance issues are pending. All their existing trades and businesses don't work with… 14 105587 |