Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Confused with Either Boutique homes or Simonds - Cranbou 12Jun 11, 2019 3:26 am chezhianrv ObscureBug We're contemplating Boutique. There are some scathing reviews from a number of years ago, but the general impression seems to have improved in recent years. One thing to note about the product reviews is most are done at the pre-construction phase, and I think there is some incentive / reward for posting a good review (someone else had mentioned this). I only pay attention to post construction reviews. We are building with boutique. Not sure about other builders but based on Instagram and product reviews boutique seem to have good standards. We managed to find some recent Boutique builds in our area and spoke to an owner. They're essentially happy - there are some minor brickwork issues (which was more about the brick layer they ended up with compared to their neighbours Boutique build). The only other issue seemed to be the quality of the paint job. It looked ok to me, but apparently it's dependent on the light. The houses are a year or so old and I think there was a rush at the end due to other factors. The other gripe they had was ended up with 3 building supervisors. There are things they would have chosen differently, but the main message was to really put the effort in up front when making the selections, don't be rushed, and get Boutique to fix anything that arises. I certainly feel a lot more comfortable to go with Boutique after seeing a couple of examples and talking to some people that have recently built with them. Another company I keep hearing generally good things about is Carlisle. 10 15760 If this is a custom build then I would expect the builder to set out the door frame closer to the wall to avoid the gap between architrave and the wall and or specify… 9 8324 |