Hi all,
I like designs from both builders. Which one would you say is better in terms of
1) price / value for money
2) quality
3) headaches!!!!!!
Cheers
Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Masterton or Clarendon? 3Oct 11, 2016 7:02 pm Mojo1 I've heard a few bad stories about Clarendon, but they seem to have better overall review on productreview.com. than Masterton We built with M, our friends built with C. We shared extensively about our individual builds and have seen both sides from all angles. Go with Clarendon, they were better at responding to problems and correcting mistakes. Masterton just tries to wear you down and out by ignoring and avoiding. Other things were similar from upgrades, site costs etc Both builds went over contract period with payment of liquidated damages. Defects and items outstanding from PCI were fixed far quicker with C more than M (we had items outstanding after 12 months) Never argue with an idiot they drag you down to their level & then beat you with experience - Dilbert View Thread: viewtopic.php?f=31&t=19733 Contract signed 14Sept Slab 30Sept Bricks laid 1Dec Lock up 26Feb Keys 10Jun Re: Masterton or Clarendon? 5Oct 11, 2016 9:13 pm Mojo1 Hi all, I like designs from both builders. Which one would you say is better in terms of 1) price / value for money 2) quality 3) headaches!!!!!! Cheers In my opinion anybody is better than M. Currently under construction with them unfortunately Re: Masterton or Clarendon? 6Oct 12, 2016 5:54 am Mojo1 I was hoping someone would say that... i prefer one of Clarendons designs and they seem to have some pretty good inclusions too. Thanks MrsRose. Anyone else care to comment? Cheers I'm currently building with M. I'm at the point where I don't even want to live in my new home that I'm spending over $850,000 on. Every part of me regrets signing up with them. It's been 15 months since we paid our deposit and our house is still no where near complete. They take forever to do anything. Communication is shocking. They've made lots of mistakes that can't be fixed without ripping down brick walls and internal walls. I've never felt so physically and mentally drained! Hubby and I had also narrowed our houses down to a C house and a M one, hubby desperately wanted to M one. I wish we had gone with C, we would of been in our home months ago Masterton Villina Elite 2016 23/3 Slab 13/4 Frame & Windows 24/5 Bricks 19/8 Roof 29/9 Gyprock 3/11 Paint Re: Masterton or Clarendon? 7Oct 12, 2016 6:21 am Thanks sandra and SV-E. Sorry to hear about your problems with M. I used to think M was better than C because I heard so many bad things about C. Obviously thats not the case. I'm not saying there wouldn't be problems with C, but hopedully not as bad as M. It appears everyone who builds can tell a horror story or 2 Re: Masterton or Clarendon? 8Oct 12, 2016 10:15 am I tend to agree with the comments above. The neighbor just across me, built with C and moved in 3 months before me. We're both from same land release and it registered at exactly same time. Built a Masterton's Symphony Elite @ Oran Park Slab pour 01/03/16 PCI 28/09/16 Keys 7/10/16 Re: Masterton or Clarendon? 10Nov 15, 2016 9:23 pm Mojo1 I was hoping someone would say that... i prefer one of Clarendons designs and they seem to have some pretty good inclusions too. Thanks MrsRose. Anyone else care to comment? Cheers We are building with Masterton and our neighbour is building with clarendon. Nearly same size house. Excavation started on the same day. Their house complete. They are getting the key before Christmas. We are still in brick stage, Only god can say when we gonna get our house as Masterton never bother to communicate about any progress or update of the work. I wish I can quit and build my house with clarendon. Everyone in our street pointing at our house and our neighbour house. Look at their build and look at this build. What happen to your build ? They keep asking but we have no answer. Re: Masterton or Clarendon? 11Apr 19, 2017 9:59 am Our friends built with Clarendon, no major issues. We built with Masterton, an absolute and complete disaster. Nothing more to say. 2014 30/05 $3900 25/08 Contracts 02/10 DA submitted 2015 17/02 DA approved 02/04 Colors 10/04 Demo 09/07 Construction start 27/07 Fill 15/08 Slab 21/09 Frame 2016 08/01 Bricks Re: Masterton or Clarendon? 12Apr 30, 2017 8:25 pm We went with M and the end result is great, we have our dream home but....we currently have a plumbing issue which was obviously ignored during building. And now, we're awaiting the plumber/s to come back and fix the issue. If I had my time over, would have gone with another builder, I heard good things about C and R. And it's true what the others that have commented above, M are very bad with communication and slow with maintenance or getting anything done. Good luck to whoever you decide to go with. 4 16752 the stair balustrades? There is nothing special about these and I imagine literally every stair installer will be able to do this. 1 6748 The two 15mm holes are obviously not compliant. The Dept of Fair Trading would love to see this one! Do the gutters pool water after it stops raining? Although it's… 4 7873 |