Browse Forums Building A New House 1 Jul 04, 2016 11:51 am Hi Guys We confused between Wisdom and Clarendon homes. Personally l like Wisdom homes Monte Carlo floor plan. However we are scared of price. Not sure how expensive it will get. We have paid $1000 for tender. We planning to build in Sydney North West Anyone please provide feedback about their services and after completion services? Also side cost. Is there any surprises after signing tender?? Russo Re: Building With Wisdom Homes 2Jul 04, 2016 8:17 pm Hi Auz, I got the same situation before. Between Metricon ang wisdom homes. I asked for both tender, and paid them both for $1,000. Then when it had them both tenders I compared them carefully and talked to both salesman what can they offered. We ended up with wisdom homes because of the price, quality and life style. I suggest do the same or 3 tenders will better, because the salesman will do there best to attract you. Site cost, I provisioned between 2 to 4 percent of the total cost of my land and house build. Service, so far W is good to me, I hope ?? till handover. Good luck. Navy navylion Building a Wisdom Homes Manhattan 35 in Sydney North West MyBuildTimeLine: http://navylion.wixsite.com/mybuildtimeline Re: Building With Wisdom Homes 4Jul 09, 2016 8:59 am Auzrusso Hi Thanks Navy Good to know that Wisdom services is good. How long Wisdom took to provide tender? Russo Hi Auz, Normally 4 weeks, but if you keep changing variations may take long, but that is normal . When you received your tender you do have one time to change the items again, then you'll get charge for $350 afterwards for administration fee. navylion Building a Wisdom Homes Manhattan 35 in Sydney North West MyBuildTimeLine: http://navylion.wixsite.com/mybuildtimeline Re: Building With Wisdom Homes 5Jul 11, 2016 11:19 am NavyLion Auzrusso Hi Thanks Navy Good to know that Wisdom services is good. How long Wisdom took to provide tender? Russo Hi Auz, Normally 4 weeks, but if you keep changing variations may take long, but that is normal . When you received your tender you do have one time to change the items again, then you'll get charge for $350 afterwards for administration fee. Thanks Navy Hmmm we waiting for more than five weeks now to get tender. After we paid initial deposit we found some necessary changes which we wanted to include before drawing process starts but sales rep did not let us do it suggesting will take longer time to get tender. Now I can understand why he did not let us change so they can charge us after tender if we change more then once. Re: Building With Wisdom Homes 6Jul 17, 2016 6:41 pm Auzrusso NavyLion Auzrusso Hi Thanks Navy Good to know that Wisdom services is good. How long Wisdom took to provide tender? Russo Hi Auz, Normally 4 weeks, but if you keep changing variations may take long, but that is normal . When you received your tender you do have one time to change the items again, then you'll get charge for $350 afterwards for administration fee. Thanks Navy Hmmm we waiting for more than five weeks now to get tender. After we paid initial deposit we found some necessary changes which we wanted to include before drawing process starts but sales rep did not let us do it suggesting will take longer time to get tender. Now I can understand why he did not let us change so they can charge us after tender if we change more then once. Hey mate, Our tender took 11 weeks. Really simple single-story tender with no changes or modifications before or during. The wait was horrendous, their reasons for the delay were due to a high sales volume and a change to their tendering process. The building contract took the same amount of time, but the rest has been smooth sailing. We are due to start erecting the frames this week. Re: Building With Wisdom Homes 8Sep 18, 2016 8:28 pm NavyLion Hi Auz, I got the same situation before. Between Metricon ang wisdom homes. I asked for both tender, and paid them both for $1,000. Then when it had them both tenders I compared them carefully and talked to both salesman what can they offered. We ended up with wisdom homes because of the price, quality and life style. I suggest do the same or 3 tenders will better, because the salesman will do there best to attract you. Site cost, I provisioned between 2 to 4 percent of the total cost of my land and house build. Service, so far W is good to me, I hope ?? till handover. Good luck. Navy Hi Navy, Does 2 or 3 tenders give you some bargaining power, ensuring the salesperson offers better value? Is the $1000 Tender a refundable deposit? cheers GLO Re: Building With Wisdom Homes 10Sep 19, 2016 7:19 pm Nican22 Hi GLO, I believe the tender deposit is not refundable. I got 3 tenders and selected one at the end. Hi Nican22, Did having 3 tenders give you a better negotiation position with the successful builder?? Cheers GLO Re: Building With Wisdom Homes 11Sep 19, 2016 10:21 pm In our case, it didn't help us with the negotiation at the end as we went with our 1st choice. You can also get a free tender with some builders without paying a deposi and please check their promotions. Good luck, Re: Building With Wisdom Homes 12Mar 23, 2017 7:06 pm GLO NavyLion Hi Auz, I got the same situation before. Between Metricon ang wisdom homes. I asked for both tender, and paid them both for $1,000. Then when it had them both tenders I compared them carefully and talked to both salesman what can they offered. We ended up with wisdom homes because of the price, quality and life style. I suggest do the same or 3 tenders will better, because the salesman will do there best to attract you. Site cost, I provisioned between 2 to 4 percent of the total cost of my land and house build. Service, so far W is good to me, I hope ?? till handover. Good luck. Navy Hi Navy, Does 2 or 3 tenders give you some bargaining power, ensuring the salesperson offers better value? Is the $1000 Tender a refundable deposit? cheers GLO Hi GLO, Sorry for 6 months late, I missed this message. I hope it is not too late. Yes, definitely you got ace cards to negotiate, just tell to all builders you are shopping for 2 to 3 tenders. Tell them what are the promotions offered and compared them, and ask if they can beat to one another. I save about around $20K. With the builders I negotiated with the deposit is not refundable, but it was okay as +$19K Regards, Navy, navylion Building a Wisdom Homes Manhattan 35 in Sydney North West MyBuildTimeLine: http://navylion.wixsite.com/mybuildtimeline Can someone please offer some advice? Im DESPERATE. Because I'm completely and utterly exhausted. How long are variations taking with other companies at the moment? 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