Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Metricon Vantage 42Sep 22, 2017 6:13 pm fingerz Still building the vantage? Yes just slack with posts as have been busy with Metricon admin and juggling baby and toddler. We just signed our final contract and in scared that I've missed something important! Metricon Vantage https://r.tapatalk.com/shareLink?share_ ... are_type=t Re: Metricon Vantage 44Sep 22, 2017 8:39 pm emmyawards fingerz Still building the vantage? Yes just slack with posts as have been busy with Metricon admin and juggling baby and toddler. We just signed our final contract and in scared that I've missed something important! Metricon Vantage https://r.tapatalk.com/shareLink?share_ ... are_type=t Emmy, Missing something is not the end of the world. There is still post contract variations! I am would be more concerned with re reading the contract. Just last week I detected 2.5k error on doors. That's seven weeks after contract signing. Re: Metricon Vantage 45Sep 22, 2017 8:47 pm stanus emmyawards fingerz Still building the vantage? Yes just slack with posts as have been busy with Metricon admin and juggling baby and toddler. We just signed our final contract and in scared that I've missed something important! Metricon Vantage https://r.tapatalk.com/shareLink?share_ ... are_type=t Emmy, Missing something is not the end of the world. There is still post contract variations! I am would be more concerned with re reading the contract. Just last week I detected 2.5k error on doors. That's seven weeks after contract signing. Ouch oh no. Yeah that's my biggest worry. It seems like they give different prices to different people so I'm worried I'm being overcharged something. Metricon Vantage https://r.tapatalk.com/shareLink?share_ ... are_type=t Re: Metricon Vantage 46Sep 22, 2017 8:53 pm You don't have to worry about being overcharged for something it's guaranteed that it will happen with a volume builder that's how they make money out of the build. The ONLY way to avoid this is to pick everything standard and you loose anyway. Re: Metricon Vantage 47Sep 22, 2017 11:00 pm I know some people have been charged less for the same thing I have and some people have been charged more than me for others. It's like M is run by a toddler... Metricon Vantage https://r.tapatalk.com/shareLink?share_ ... are_type=t Re: Metricon Vantage 48Sep 23, 2017 9:18 am I hope they don't overcharge me...but I'm still deciding. Can't make up my mind on the vantage, balmaine and Sentosa. All the best with your build, Emmy. I'll be following this thread closely to see how it goes Re: Metricon Vantage 49Sep 23, 2017 10:31 am fingerz I hope they don't overcharge me...but I'm still deciding. Can't make up my mind on the vantage, balmaine and Sentosa. All the best with your build, Emmy. I'll be following this thread closely to see how it goes Thanks. At some point I'll get round to updating. I am not familiar with the other two but we made a few changes to our vantage so now we have heaps of storage. Metricon Vantage https://r.tapatalk.com/shareLink?share_ ... are_type=t Re: Metricon Vantage 50Sep 23, 2017 9:59 pm emmyawards fingerz I hope they don't overcharge me...but I'm still deciding. Can't make up my mind on the vantage, balmaine and Sentosa. All the best with your build, Emmy. I'll be following this thread closely to see how it goes Thanks. At some point I'll get round to updating. I am not familiar with the other two but we made a few changes to our vantage so now we have heaps of storage. Metricon Vantage https://r.tapatalk.com/shareLink?share_ ... are_type=t Re: Metricon Vantage 51Sep 23, 2017 10:06 pm Hey Emmyawards, not sure what happened to my last post, I hope you don't mind me asking, at what point did M stop letting you make floorpan changes? can you still make changes with the CSC prior to tender? Re: Metricon Vantage 52Sep 23, 2017 10:30 pm joenk8i Hey Emmyawards, not sure what happened to my last post, I hope you don't mind me asking, at what point did M stop letting you make floorpan changes? can you still make changes with the CSC prior to tender? Well I just sent our csc an email tonight and we signed last Saturday so we shall see. I figured she probably hates us already what's one more email? Metricon Vantage https://r.tapatalk.com/shareLink?share_ ... are_type=t Re: Metricon Vantage 53Sep 30, 2017 12:08 pm emmyawards joenk8i Hey Emmyawards, not sure what happened to my last post, I hope you don't mind me asking, at what point did M stop letting you make floorpan changes? can you still make changes with the CSC prior to tender? Well I just sent our csc an email tonight and we signed last Saturday so we shall see. I figured she probably hates us already what's one more email? Metricon Vantage https://r.tapatalk.com/shareLink?share_ ... are_type=t I wont mind having anyone hate on me for making this much $$$ count. After all this will one of the most important decisions we make. Keep up the good work! Re: Metricon Vantage 54Jan 28, 2018 2:13 pm Long time and no posting. Site started on Thursday (day before Australia Day). They found an old septic tank under where our outdoor room is supposed to be which means our site manager has to discuss with engineers how to proceed. I can see $$$ going up before my eyes Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Re: Metricon Vantage 55Jan 28, 2018 6:43 pm emmyawards Long time and no posting. Site started on Thursday (day before Australia Day). They found an old septic tank under where our outdoor room is supposed to be which means our site manager has to discuss with engineers how to proceed. I can see $$$ going up before my eyes Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Oh no! That’s terrible news! Do you have fixed site costs? Building our first custom dream home. https://r.tapatalk.com/shareLink?share_ ... are_type=t Re: Metricon Vantage 58Jan 28, 2018 9:19 pm See if you can put an underground rainwater tank in its place? Cheers Nom Newhaven 36 by M Blog - North Shore Newhaven (http://nsnewhaven.blogspot.com.au) Build - https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=85092 Re: Metricon Vantage 59Jan 28, 2018 9:54 pm sparrowsnest emmyawards Long time and no posting. Site started on Thursday (day before Australia Day). They found an old septic tank under where our outdoor room is supposed to be which means our site manager has to discuss with engineers how to proceed. I can see $$$ going up before my eyes Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Oh no! That’s terrible news! Do you have fixed site costs? Building our first custom dream home. https://r.tapatalk.com/shareLink?share_ ... are_type=t Not sure how you would negotiate fixed site costs. Maybe if you have new land. Ours is a knockdown rebuild so don’t think they would have let us. Re: Metricon Vantage 60Jan 29, 2018 5:54 pm emmyawards sparrowsnest emmyawards Long time and no posting. Site started on Thursday (day before Australia Day). They found an old septic tank under where our outdoor room is supposed to be which means our site manager has to discuss with engineers how to proceed. I can see $$$ going up before my eyes Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Oh no! 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