Browse Forums Building A New House Re: First time builder - Gj Gardner Galleria 250 - Brisbane 27Mar 16, 2017 12:07 pm On reflection I think it's fair to say as we come to the end of all our colour choices and submission for plans that communication with Strathpine has been excellent. Amy has taken care of us throughout and has answered my every whim ( and there have been hundreds ) promptly and efficiently. We finally feel our dream home will be achieved. I really hope this fantastic communication continues once we pay our 5% deposit as we kinda feel we were put on a back burner once we signed up in the initial stages. Having said that we don't understand the process , we came into this blind with no saving and no plan to build a house .. we merely attended an open day , discovered it might be possible and jumped in head first ! Our dramas mainly surrounded a dreadful broker and I would never ever advise going with a broker again ! Westpac were awesome and had we gone there straight up , we would have saved ourselves a lot of trouble , stress and tears ! Tony in sales also took care of us well , we did have issues of misunderstandings and miscommunication but overall I reflect back and see he too was learning on the job and I probably threw a few too many curveballs. Would I recommend GJG now we are at this stage .... yes I absolutely would , I think any build is stressful unless u have done it before .... let's see what my answer is as we go thru the build !!!! I think I have come to learn I can deal with anything as long as I have straight communication and honesty !!! Don't tell me I ll have something next week if it's gonna be next month because my life will surround the promised day !!!! Re: First time builder - Gj Gardner Galleria 250 - Brisbane 28Mar 17, 2017 12:55 pm galleriamad On reflection I think it's fair to say as we come to the end of all our colour choices and submission for plans that communication with Strathpine has been excellent. Amy has taken care of us throughout and has answered my every whim ( and there have been hundreds ) promptly and efficiently. We finally feel our dream home will be achieved. I really hope this fantastic communication continues once we pay our 5% deposit as we kinda feel we were put on a back burner once we signed up in the initial stages. Having said that we don't understand the process , we came into this blind with no saving and no plan to build a house .. we merely attended an open day , discovered it might be possible and jumped in head first ! Our dramas mainly surrounded a dreadful broker and I would never ever advise going with a broker again ! Westpac were awesome and had we gone there straight up , we would have saved ourselves a lot of trouble , stress and tears ! Tony in sales also took care of us well , we did have issues of misunderstandings and miscommunication but overall I reflect back and see he too was learning on the job and I probably threw a few too many curveballs. Would I recommend GJG now we are at this stage .... yes I absolutely would , I think any build is stressful unless u have done it before .... let's see what my answer is as we go thru the build !!!! I think I have come to learn I can deal with anything as long as I have straight communication and honesty !!! Don't tell me I ll have something next week if it's gonna be next month because my life will surround the promised day !!! Good luck with your build! We are now six weeks into the "building phase". I think once it's all done, the relief will come! (we sure hope it does!) Follow our first house build here! -> https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=86484 May I ask why you chose not to use GJ Gardiner? I'm actually meeting with one of the sales guys tomorrow for an appointment. Definitely not signing anything yet… 3 13247 Can anyone give me any onfo on New Homes WA? Good or bad, hopefully good just need to know if my choice was good or not? Thanks ❤️ 0 8936 So it looks like we finally have some movement on site! Definitely later than expected, but I'll take any progress at this point. I'll drop by over the weekend to get… 5 27686 |