Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Building with Metricon 8501Oct 24, 2019 11:37 am For anyone who has had handover....did you receive a gas bill for connection/supply fees prior to handover? I have and thought M should be paying this... Re: Building with Metricon 8503Oct 24, 2019 12:02 pm blackcat20 Yes but M don't pay it. So you paid yours blackcat20? Mine is only $34 but wanted to check. Re: Building with Metricon 8504Oct 24, 2019 3:44 pm shokel1975 blackcat20 Yes but M don't pay it. So you paid yours blackcat20? Mine is only $34 but wanted to check. Re: Building with Metricon 8505Oct 27, 2019 5:22 am Mr.Happy I don't take kindly to being metriconned. 😆 Oh my God, that’s the funniest thing I’ve heard! Re: Building with Metricon 8507Nov 03, 2019 7:54 pm The HIA contract is heavily biased towards the builder. I would strongly advise that you get legal advice as the contract provides very little protection for the buyer. In particular I recommend getting advice on the dispute clauses. Re: Building with Metricon 8508Nov 03, 2019 8:13 pm Plcnewhome The HIA contract is heavily biased towards the builder. I would strongly advise that you get legal advice as the contract provides very little protection for the buyer. In particular I recommend getting advice on the dispute clauses. Thanks, I am considering getting a advisor involved. Anyone faced issues in Victoria? Re: Building with Metricon 8509Nov 04, 2019 9:07 am Pay attention to the liquidated damages clause. Consider what the full cost of any delays will be to you compared to what they offer to pay you. If Metricon are truly committed to building a quality home within the promised contract build time ask them to show this commitment financially in the contract. Re: Building with Metricon 8510Nov 04, 2019 10:04 am I guess they have somewhere around 50 a day in liquidated damages? Re: Building with Metricon 8511Nov 04, 2019 10:58 am Liquidated damages typically from $30 to $50 per working day which works out at about $200 per week. Consider what your rental and other costs would be per week. For a KDR in Melbourne or Sydney a good 4 bedroom rental is easily between $1,000 to $1,500 per week. Token Liquidated damages amounts are used as a tactic by volume builders like Metricon to ‘squeeze’ their customers financially to accept defects at PCI time. You complain, they slow down! A confident and ethical builder should have no problems agreeing to fair and reasonable liquidated damages in their contracts. If not, Question them why not? Re: Building with Metricon 8512Nov 28, 2019 12:26 pm Hi everyone, Just found this site a couple days ago and have been devouring the content. Thanks first of all for all your input and for those keeping it real. We plan to build Liberty 38 with provincial facade in Ryde. M has done and approved our compliance check on 22 Nov and offered for us to go straight to contract (i.e. skipping tender process), which we accepted so we are currently awaiting contract and have scheduled a contract review meeting with M New Homes Advisor (NHA) 14 Dec. We reckon we captured all of our basic requirements in terms of structural changes and must-have wants. Below are items that we have captured during cost and layout change with M NHA: - Adding bedroom, ensuite and WIR on ground floor - Ground floor height to 2700 mm and 1st floor to 2550 mm - Extend outdoor room, include eave 390D - Include driveway concrete and council cross over - Butler pantry - Hebel render - Added toilet on 1st outside toilet - Tile on ground and carpet on 1st which we plan to change to timber and our sales consultant provision $5k for us - 80m island bench and waterfall on both side - Provide gas connection - Change electric induction cooktop to gas - Tile to ceiling on all wet area except laundry - Upgrade most windows to size to 2100 mm instead of 1500 mm - Upgrade entrance to 2340H x 1200W Hume Savoy Pivot entry door - Change and add a couple doors to sliding door (gosh this one really adds up !) - Change hot water system to Thermann 6 Star 26L 50 degree gas continous flow hot water system We are quite happy with the draft plan from compliance because we only have to step down garage to 333m, compare to worst-case scenario of having steps inside the house. We only have to cut 800 mm and fill 700 mm. NHA has provision $25k for this so really looking forward to how much will this actually cost since we only have to step garage down. I am looking forward to advices and encouragement from all of you, the KDR or new build warriors! Excited but anxious at the same. Cheers Metricon - Liberty 38 with Provincial facade - Ryde Metricon - Liberty 38 with Provincial facade - Ryde https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic. ... &p=1859996 Re: Building with Metricon 8513Nov 28, 2019 12:33 pm Questions time: - While I was reading this forum, I just realized about double glazed windows and doors. Can you guys provide a rough estimate of how much this will cost to upgrade all windows and stacker doors? I just emailed M NHA and was told that since they are drafting the contract, no more change can be added and this possibly can cost $20k. - We were recommended to have 2 units of Thermann 6 Star 26L 50 degree gas continous flow hot water system because we have 3 bathrooms so 1 unit will not be enough to supply hot water. We changed this to 1 unit in cost estimation and also because we realized that M charge way more. Do you reckon 1 unit will be sufficient for 5 bedrooms with 3 baths? Also, will it be easy to install one ourselves? Metricon - Liberty 38 with Provincial facade - Ryde https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic. ... &p=1859996 Re: Building with Metricon 8514Nov 29, 2019 4:47 pm Phoenix77 This document may be of interest, as it explains the business processes of volume builders. https://www.ahuri.edu.au/__data/assets/ ... raints.pdf Norfolk. Re: Building with Metricon 8515Nov 29, 2019 7:59 pm Thanks norfolk, just curious whether you did double glazed ? Metricon - Liberty 38 with Provincial facade - Ryde https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic. ... &p=1859996 Re: Building with Metricon 8516Nov 30, 2019 5:16 am No, just went with the standard cheap windows offered. Designed in some extra high windows in dining room and 3 of the bedrooms for more natural light and 2 stacker doors in the living room. I am aware of the benefit of double glazing to reduce energy use but did not consider this at the time, thinking it would be too expensive with so many windows. Re: Building with Metricon 8517Nov 30, 2019 9:47 am Phoenix77 Questions time: - While I was reading this forum, I just realized about double glazed windows and doors. Can you guys provide a rough estimate of how much this will cost to upgrade all windows and stacker doors? I just emailed M NHA and was told that since they are drafting the contract, no more change can be added and this possibly can cost $20k. - We were recommended to have 2 units of Thermann 6 Star 26L 50 degree gas continous flow hot water system because we have 3 bathrooms so 1 unit will not be enough to supply hot water. We changed this to 1 unit in cost estimation and also because we realized that M charge way more. Do you reckon 1 unit will be sufficient for 5 bedrooms with 3 baths? Also, will it be easy to install one ourselves? I am doing a two storey home 42 sq and the double Glazing cost us between 8000-10000 We have 4 bathrooms and they said the one 200L solar water heater would be sufficient. Re: Building with Metricon 8518Nov 30, 2019 4:00 pm Thanks JJ2019. Did you do all windows and doors? Are you in Ryde area? Can I know who are you building with? Metricon - Liberty 38 with Provincial facade - Ryde https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic. ... &p=1859996 Re: Building with Metricon 8519Nov 30, 2019 6:59 pm Phoenix77 Thanks JJ2019. Did you do all windows and doors? Are you in Ryde area? Can I know who are you building with? Yes did all windows and doors. Doing it with Metricon. Doing the Glendale 42. Not in Ryde though. Re: Building with Metricon 8520Dec 04, 2019 11:17 pm Phoenix77 Questions time: - While I was reading this forum, I just realized about double glazed windows and doors. Can you guys provide a rough estimate of how much this will cost to upgrade all windows and stacker doors? I just emailed M NHA and was told that since they are drafting the contract, no more change can be added and this possibly can cost $20k. - We were recommended to have 2 units of Thermann 6 Star 26L 50 degree gas continous flow hot water system because we have 3 bathrooms so 1 unit will not be enough to supply hot water. We changed this to 1 unit in cost estimation and also because we realized that M charge way more. Do you reckon 1 unit will be sufficient for 5 bedrooms with 3 baths? Also, will it be easy to install one ourselves? hey Phoenix, if you still need a rough cost, you can send the list of windows&doors, I can have a quick check and give you an idea about the cost Hi, First of all, thank you to this community for sharing your thoughts and opinions. We are in early days of our pre-contract stage for Metricon Doulton and we are… 0 10750 Hello All 🙂 We are planning to start our journey of construction our first home. We zeroed down on Metricon and henley homes based on design suitable for our lot and… 0 8201 We don’t live in VIC so want to know the exterior colours of Lumiere display so we can see it at the paint shop. Not building with Metricon so my request went… 0 17333 |