Browse Forums Building A New House 1 Nov 05, 2016 3:16 pm Hi All! This would be my first build of house and would really want a good builder. I have been to numerous builder and Webstite to look for floorplans and build quality. My partner and I have agreed to the Warwick 2990 design. Im having 2nd thoughts in signing a contract with them after reading a lot of bad reviews. The negative outweighs the positive. Most of them are all the same problems. I really like their promotions at the moment an they have a good price for the house that we wanted. Would love to hear your thoughts! Thank You! WaterSun Homes. all I need to know 2Nov 05, 2016 4:24 pm I thought they would be a quality builder They sold me when I was told they built the eureka tower Ended up going through 4 site supervisors, one was sacked because he wrote a disgusting email about me and the painter left it on my kitchen bench Had an independent inspector and 15 page defect report Built the house in 2013 and still haven't got a livable house I recommend you go to another builder Building with Long Island Homes 23sq custom build 2017 Re: WaterSun Homes. all I need to know 3Nov 06, 2016 2:21 pm We had a so so experience. Signed the contract last July, the start date of the build was 30th Nov 2015, we got the keys late September 2016. We also had 4 site supervisors and a few little things along the way that needed fixing. Overall the value for money is really good and any volume builder will have both positives and negatives. The Colour room they have is amazing, and the floor plans also great. Re: WaterSun Homes. all I need to know 4Nov 06, 2016 5:37 pm Hey Jcdrei17, We are building with Watersun at the moment. We chose Watersun due to the floor plan suiting everything we needed. We started the process back in June last year after we purchased an untitled piece of land. They were really quick in the beginning - we had the floor plans all done and colour selection completed by August 2015. Things slowed then until this year due to the land not settling until June this year. Things I have liked so far: Floor plan, price and the extras that were included. We changed our floor plan slightly and they were only too happy to make the changes requested - we found that bigger buiders wouldn't let us change certain things. We have had 3 customer service girls so far and they are really good with communication for the most part. I find emails are answered within a few hours which is good. The things I have disliked: Our SS. Actually I think it's probablyt a bit unfair to say I don't like him since we havent actually ever spoken with him, despite being told about 5 times he would call us when the site was cut / slab was poured / framer was done etc etc. I don't regret building with them - not yet anyway. I reckon regardless of who you build with, you are going to hear some horror stories. I think the best thing you can do is educate yourself and really know what should be happening at each stage of the process. Hubby and I are first time builders and we are so far out of our depth - this forum has been a godsend for information! Regardless of who you choose to build with, I would recommend engaging an independent building inspector and notifying your builder that you are engaging them early on. Watersun sent us an invoice for the frame, at which point I told them we wouldn't be paying until the IBI had checked out the work and any defects were rectified and all of sudden the frame wasn't actually complete and more work had to be done before it could be inspected! Good luck whatever you decide! Re: WaterSun Homes. all I need to know 5Jul 24, 2017 11:23 pm jcdrei17 Hi All! This would be my first build of house and would really want a good builder. I have been to numerous builder and Webstite to look for floorplans and build quality. My partner and I have agreed to the Warwick 2990 design. Im having 2nd thoughts in signing a contract with them after reading a lot of bad reviews. The negative outweighs the positive. Most of them are all the same problems. I really like their promotions at the moment an they have a good price for the house that we wanted. Would love to hear your thoughts! Thank You! I also had warwick with Watersun its waiting at fixing stage, looking for other builders to complete I had an old shower unit that broke on me and when I took it off, there were only 2 water pipes, instead of the normal 2 water pipes and a shower head pipe. S o I… 0 36944 The most definitive answer to your question James is this taken from the James Hardie Axon Cladding Installation Guide - i just happen to have it… 5 3690 A question. Im in Queensland and building a new home. We managed to reach practical completion 6 weeks ago but we haven't heard any date for handover yet. Who should we… 0 5814 |