Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Eden Two Wells SA 55Jun 01, 2019 8:19 am Cannot believe how fast everything is coming together We have been locked out for over 3 weeks now Quick Friday visits have proved well for us, tradies on site have been happy to let us in to have a look around Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Second guessing our splashback tiles now, as they are just white gloss but hoping once floors installed and walls are painted it will all come together Re: Eden Two Wells SA 56Mar 03, 2020 3:16 pm Jolly Cannot believe how fast everything is coming together We have been locked out for over 3 weeks now Quick Friday visits have proved well for us, tradies on site have been happy to let us in to have a look around Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Second guessing our splashback tiles now, as they are just white gloss but hoping once floors installed and walls are painted it will all come together How did you go with your build? We are looking at Hinkinbotham and was wondering if you had a good or bad experience overall?? Re: Eden Two Wells SA 58Mar 03, 2020 11:08 pm Bebbsy We built with Statesman Homes, part of the Hickinbotham group, and overall have been very happy with the quality of the build. From signing the contract in January 2019, it took 13 months. Great thank you! We don't know whether to go with a more expensive builder (eg. Metricon) or Hinkinbotham. We don't want anything fancy in our house just something acceptable in quality. Did you get quotes from more expensive/prestige builders and were they much more expensive? Re: Eden Two Wells SA 59Mar 04, 2020 12:04 am [quote="Underthesky":2uzzhsj4][quote="Bebbsy":2uzzhsj4]We built with Statesman Homes, part of the Hickinbotham group, and overall have been very happy with the quality of the build. From signing the contract in January 2019, it took 13 months.[/quote:2uzzhsj4]
Great thank you! We don't know whether to go with a more expensive builder (eg. Metricon) or Hinkinbotham. We don't want anything fancy in our house just something acceptable in quality. Did you get quotes from more expensive/prestige builders and were they much more expensive?[/quote:2uzzhsj4] We got quotes only from builders whose designs suited our requirements. In the end Statesman won out because we just loved the Felixstow Alfresco and with a couple of modifications, it has proven ideal for our block of land which has 180 degree views across farming land to the hills. One word of caution in relation to the cost of footings, we were shocked when the additional cost came in at $46k, for a 262sqm house on a flat block of land. However we have since spoken to other people building in SA, and found some are paying even more for their footings. 😢 So make sure you have contingency for that regardless of who you build with. Re: Eden Two Wells SA 60Mar 04, 2020 12:08 am Bebbsy Underthesky Bebbsy We built with Statesman Homes, part of the Hickinbotham group, and overall have been very happy with the quality of the build. From signing the contract in January 2019, it took 13 months. Great thank you! We don't know whether to go with a more expensive builder (eg. Metricon) or Hinkinbotham. We don't want anything fancy in our house just something acceptable in quality. Did you get quotes from more expensive/prestige builders and were they much more expensive? We got quotes only from builders whose designs suited our requirements. In the end Statesman won out because we just loved the Felixstow Alfresco and with a couple of modifications, it has proven ideal for our block of land which has 180 degree views across farming land to the hills. One word of caution in relation to the cost of footings, we were shocked when the additional cost came in at $45k, for a 205sqm house on a flat block of land. However we have since spoken to other people building in SA, and found some are paying even more for their footings. 😢 So make sure you have contingency for that regardless of who you build with. Thank you, that's really good to know. So probably 45k is more likely to be accurate than 25k. We know someone building near us who is paying closer to 40k so the higher price makes sense... I think they underquote to get your business. Which I don't mind so long as I make allowances beforehand. Just don't want to get a shock bill later on. I built with EB back on 2009. Check out this thread on this forum. viewtopic.php?f=31&t=12911&p=154061#p154061 I can't speak for recent expericience however, we had no… 1 23206 Hi, We're building a double-storey in Perth and I'm undecided with the kitchen sink situation. I'm set on having the main sink with dishwasher in the scullery - and… 0 20912 2 2983 |