Browse Forums Building A New House 1 Apr 30, 2016 4:17 am Hi everyone! First time poster and first time home owner here! We have decided to build and are building with Eight Homes. I've been reading up on other customers' experiences and am not sure about a current issue we've run into. I was wondering if someone could offer me advice? We selected a colour scheme for outdoors and indoors and were really happy with our selections. We signed our contract a couple of weeks ago and won't start building until next year (due to land not titling until then). We did just receive an email from our account admin at Eight Homes stating that the bricks we chose (dark brown ones) have been causing a bit of a stir because they end up looking quite different on the house (from how they look on the board/flyer). Eight Homes has asked us to either sign we agree with that difference in appearance, or select another standard brick. They sent us a picture of the difference - dark brown, like we selected, on the left... and then on the right a 'reality' picture, where the bricks look light brown with lots of beige lines across them. Completely different. To be frank we are quite annoyed. They already 'made us' change the driveway we'd agreed on previously because they had overlooked an estate guideline for the driveway... so the driveway already looks COMPLETELY different from what we wanted... now the bricks on the house as well? We're starting to fear we're going to end up with a house that looks NOTHING like we agreed on if we don't push back. I kind of really want to tell them "we are paying you, this is what you promised us, YOU make it happen" and I have no problem being firm. However at the same time, I also don't know how realistic that is - since it is technically their supplier who supplies the bricks the way they look. I've already consulted our conveyancer on this as well, but I was wondering if anyone here has any first hand experience with a situation like this? I'm REALLY NOT thrilled to end up choosing a white or black house just because they can't deliver what they showed me during the sales process. Thanks for your advice! Amy Re: Building with Eight Homes - advice needed! 2Apr 30, 2016 7:20 am DaylightAmy Hi everyone! First time poster and first time home owner here! We have decided to build and are building with Eight Homes. I've been reading up on other customers' experiences and am not sure about a current issue we've run into. I was wondering if someone could offer me advice? We selected a colour scheme for outdoors and indoors and were really happy with our selections. We signed our contract a couple of weeks ago and won't start building until next year (due to land not titling until then). We did just receive an email from our account admin at Eight Homes stating that the bricks we chose (dark brown ones) have been causing a bit of a stir because they end up looking quite different on the house (from how they look on the board/flyer). Eight Homes has asked us to either sign we agree with that difference in appearance, or select another standard brick. They sent us a picture of the difference - dark brown, like we selected, on the left... and then on the right a 'reality' picture, where the bricks look light brown with lots of beige lines across them. Completely different. To be frank we are quite annoyed. They already 'made us' change the driveway we'd agreed on previously because they had overlooked an estate guideline for the driveway... so the driveway already looks COMPLETELY different from what we wanted... now the bricks on the house as well? We're starting to fear we're going to end up with a house that looks NOTHING like we agreed on if we don't push back. I kind of really want to tell them "we are paying you, this is what you promised us, YOU make it happen" and I have no problem being firm. However at the same time, I also don't know how realistic that is - since it is technically their supplier who supplies the bricks the way they look. I've already consulted our conveyancer on this as well, but I was wondering if anyone here has any first hand experience with a situation like this? I'm REALLY NOT thrilled to end up choosing a white or black house just because they can't deliver what they showed me during the sales process. Thanks for your advice! Amy We were told they couldn't do our driveway because of a water tank. We told them they did it (ie the lot) or we went elsewhere. They did the driveway - quite well actually. turned out to be well below what they budgeted for. Can you ask them if they have bricks which - in real life - look like the bricks you chose ? I think they often like to keep it simple - FOR THEM. Have you actually held a brick in your hand. Maybe go to the brick place and do this. Pictures can lie. Re: Building with Eight Homes - advice needed! 3May 05, 2016 3:45 am The problem is that we already signed the building contract - so saying we will go elsewhere is a legal risk at this stage; they could sue us for damages/loss of profit if we just back out. And I really don't want to hire a lawyer over the colour of bricks. I'm just really disappointed. They tell me this 2 weeks after I signed the contract - conveniently just after the 5 day cooldown period for the contract. And they want me to believe they had no idea these bricks looked so different in real life two weeks ago? I've just sent them an email explaining I do not like the way the bricks actually look - that it's too different from the display appearance, that I don't like any of the other standard bricks, and that I cannot afford to upgrade the bricks to a different category that DOES have the right colour because I've already signed the contract and that is already at the max I can spend. I told them I do not want to choose between bricks I don't like that look nothing like what I was promised, or accepting a price hike I cannot afford, and what else they can offer me... I am starting to regret the choice of even building at all... and the land doesn't even title until in a year. How much more can go wrong before that date. Hi All, I engaged a tradie to install concrete retaining wall 600-800mm high over 32 meters in Victoria. Sleepers are 200*75*2000 mm installed over 17 steel posts. I… 0 6888 Building Standards; Getting It Right! Don't think they are designed for double brick. 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