Browse Forums Building A New House 1 Jun 03, 2016 3:51 pm Hi all, We plan on purchasing a 608 square block in Freemans ridge estate Carnes hill fairly soon using metricon as our preferred builder. Has anyone else purchased land in this estate and built with metricon? I must say the endless house designs can get confusing and overwhelming to go through. Thinking of making an appointment with Metricon so they can sit down with us and assist us in purchasing the correct block type for the house type we want. How do you rate Metricon as a builder? Do they add on any hidden costs later on down the track? This is what I am mostly afraid of. Looking forward to hearing your experiences. Re: Plans to purchase land and build with metricon at Freema 2Jun 04, 2016 3:21 pm Hello, our build is just about to begin with Metricon, we approached them around August last year with a site plan of our block and we went from there. Admin phase in our case was extremely long. I never thought we'd get to June and still be waiting. Metricon will give you a Preview Estimate of fees upfront with no money paid but bear in mind the cost WILL go up by the time you get to your final contract. Whatever your preview estimate comes back at just add another $100 - $150K to that figure and you won't have any hidden surprises. Admittedly we have upgraded a lot of things but I don't really see the point of building a nice new home and not having a nice kitchen and floors etc. to go with it. Standard inclusions are quite basic. Best of luck and if you need more info there is a Building with Metricon thread that's very helpful and has heaps of honest information. Welcome to our new Metricon Henderson viewtopic.php?f=31&t=81978 https://metriconhenderson.wordpress.com Re: Plans to purchase land and build with metricon at Freema 3Jun 04, 2016 3:26 pm Thanks for the insite!! I am currently dealing with Frank - one of the new home consultants. Just waiting for him to get back to me on some house designs to suit some lots of land we are interested in purchasing. I guess we will then take it from there. So from August last year up until now you were just waiting on admin and paper work to take place? That took 10 months !?? Re: Plans to purchase land and build with metricon at Freema 4Jun 04, 2016 3:26 pm Thanks for the insite!! I am currently dealing with Frank - one of the new home consultants. Just waiting for him to get back to me on some house designs to suit some lots of land we are interested in purchasing. I guess we will then take it from there. So from August last year up until now you were just waiting on admin and paper work to take place? That took 10 months !?? Re: Plans to purchase land and build with metricon at Freema 5Jun 05, 2016 7:16 am Katrina85 Thanks for the insite!! I am currently dealing with Frank - one of the new home consultants. Just waiting for him to get back to me on some house designs to suit some lots of land we are interested in purchasing. I guess we will then take it from there. So from August last year up until now you were just waiting on admin and paper work to take place? That took 10 months !?? Yep! It sure did. August was our initial enquiry, our deposit was paid in November I think from memory, our contract and plans weren't ready for signing until February, our DA wasn't ready to be submitted until April and luckily council approved our DA by May. We've been told we're next in the construction queue so let's see how that goes. The sooner you pay your deposit the faster Metricon will get the ball rolling for you. How exciting!!! I have looked at a lot of display homes and Metricon seems to have superior quality when you compare it to other builders. Which designs are you considering? Welcome to our new Metricon Henderson viewtopic.php?f=31&t=81978 https://metriconhenderson.wordpress.com Re: Plans to purchase land and build with metricon at Freema 6Mar 04, 2017 7:22 pm Hi Katrina85, just found your thread, i'll be building at Freemans Ridge too. Have you started building yet? How did you go with Metricon... We bought a H&L package with Fowler Homes in September last year and we're just waiting for registration at this point. We're also at pre-construction stage choosing colours and finalising our preliminary plans. Anyway just thought i'd say hello If there have been changes, variations, during construction then the drawings should be revised, the building permit amended and the current, as built drawings given to… 2 4480 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 10749 Hello All π 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 8200 |