Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Fairhaven Homes 174Jun 30, 2018 8:55 am GEOnTREY Bronte19 Nothing major just couple of things that Fairhaven missed in the contract. They missed handle to WIR door, handle to Pantry door (we relocated pantry to fridge space) and one door and also bulkhead above the kitchen cabinet was not included in the contract. Whole day at tender must have been tiring! Did you do lots of structural changes to your house? Yes I got quote from Darbecca, it was around $4.5k for all stages. We decided to not go with them. Have heard good things about Fairhaven Site superviors. We created a butlers pantry in the laundry. New laundry where bed 4 was and made the living area bigger by moving the wall into the bed space. All this was done at sales and very clear drawings provided. They got so much wrong on the plans it was ridiculous. So many power points, lights and light switches in the wrong spot. Cabinetry wrong, 2 sinks in wrong cabinets, dishwasher and bins in wrong positions. We honestly don't know how they got so much so wrong! We paid the $2000 but now have to wait for all plans to be redone and the tender and colour documents to be redone. GEOnTREY Make sure you check and re check your colour selections and your drawings. Take the time to ensure that your drawings are correct and measurements too. We found quite a few mistakes and kept going back to them until they were all fixed. Our CRO was able to amend everything up until the time a site supervisor took over. Re: Fairhaven Homes 176Jun 30, 2018 12:07 pm They sent the contract electronically. Ours was pretty straight forward coz we did not do lot of changes. I can totally see how things can be missed if you do few structural changes. We got the building permit yesterday. So hoping the construction should start in 3-4 weeks. Re: Fairhaven Homes 177Jul 01, 2018 7:45 pm GEOnTREY Poniri We sure will be checking the next set of plans, until we have worn out the print on the paper, after the mess they made of the 1st set. How are things going for you? ☺ Our frame started to go up on Thursday and they have completed all of downstairs so far. It was exciting to walk through the rooms today and get a feel of what it will be like Re: Fairhaven Homes 178Jul 01, 2018 10:18 pm Poniri GEOnTREY Poniri We sure will be checking the next set of plans, until we have worn out the print on the paper, after the mess they made of the 1st set. How are things going for you? ☺ Our frame started to go up on Thursday and they have completed all of downstairs so far. It was exciting to walk through the rooms today and get a feel of what it will be like Wow that's exciting. How long did Fairhaven took to start your build after the building permit was received? Re: Fairhaven Homes 179Jul 01, 2018 10:33 pm Bronte19 Poniri GEOnTREY Poniri We sure will be checking the next set of plans, until we have worn out the print on the paper, after the mess they made of the 1st set. How are things going for you? ☺ Our frame started to go up on Thursday and they have completed all of downstairs so far. It was exciting to walk through the rooms today and get a feel of what it will be like Wow that's exciting. How long did Fairhaven took to start your build after the building permit was received? Permit was obtained 04/05. Works started on site 18/05, slab poured 29/05. Frame started 28/05. Bronte19 you guys won’t be too far off either. Did they give you an approximate finish date? Re: Fairhaven Homes 180Jul 01, 2018 10:39 pm That's not too bad Poniri. I went to have a look at our land today for rubbish, grass etc which will be need to be removed before the construction. To my delight our plot was pretty clean. Just some rubbish from construction on our neighbors plot. Our CRO told us construction should start end of July and should finish in roughly 4 months time...so let's see. Our Admin completed last Friday, now waiting for construction team to contact us. We are looking to do a KDR with fairhaven homes, Have seen plenty of good reviews about them pre construction and plenty of negative reviews about them during contruction… 0 18038 Ask for references and speak to them. If they are defensive or try to avoid the request, walk. 1 74701 I would never build with Fowler homes. I built with them in 2021 and till date maintenance issues are pending. All their existing trades and businesses don't work with… 14 105533 |