Browse Forums Building A New House 1 Feb 01, 2019 1:57 pm Hi Guys, Hope I can get some suggestions/Advise from you guys. We initially planned for the Bolton 30 Sq with Simonds and we finished our color selection, paid $2500 in total with Simonds but now we like the Boutique home's Broadway 32. Price wise it looks they both are similar around $300K mark Simonds we get Theatre room, study and living room - offer lifetime structural warrantly Boutique homes - Theatre Room at the front, study, Living, Retreat room and alfresco - 25 Years Quality wise am not sure about both but apparently Boutique has better reputation in Product review compared to Simonds - not sure if I have to worry much. If anyone has build with either of these 2 builders please share your feedback or suggestions so it can be helpful for making a good decision. As you can say we are first home buyer and this is a big decision for us and genuinely think your suggestions would help us. Thanks guys. Re: Confused with Either Boutique homes or Simonds - Cranbou 4Feb 01, 2019 3:19 pm We are building the Seville 28 with grand master option the colour selection was great But my advice would be to study colours & tiles etc well before your appointment you can get a list of boutiques suppliers from the salesperson We have upgraded quite a bit because we are fussy lol & it’s our forever home Good luck with your choice Re: Confused with Either Boutique homes or Simonds - Cranbou 5Feb 01, 2019 6:50 pm We built a single storey home with Simonds almost 10 years ago and we had no issues. The process was smooth and we were lucky to have great CSR Nicholas and Supervisor Dean. I am unsure if they're still with Simonds. We are happy with the quality and the outcome. Just like with any other builders, a regular visit to the site making sure all the items are met per the drawings. Re: Confused with Either Boutique homes or Simonds - Cranbou 6Feb 07, 2019 2:37 pm Melbournevic We built a single storey home with Simonds almost 10 years ago and we had no issues. The process was smooth and we were lucky to have great CSR Nicholas and Supervisor Dean. I am unsure if they're still with Simonds. We are happy with the quality and the outcome. Just like with any other builders, a regular visit to the site making sure all the items are met per the drawings. Thanks Melbournevic much appreciated Re: Confused with Either Boutique homes or Simonds - Cranbou 7Feb 10, 2019 12:22 pm Hi Sanjay if your focus is on optimising budget and quality, consider HomeBuyers Centre. Boutique and HomeBuyers Centre are the same building group company, which means for you as the customer, the same quality materials and building standards in a lower priced package. Re: Confused with Either Boutique homes or Simonds - Cranbou 9Feb 12, 2019 10:34 am Hi Sanjay not a problem, because price schedules can change in the future what I can do is send you the most recent price schedule to your email. Send an email to awebb@homebuyers.com.au with your full name, phone number and I can help you with that. Re: Confused with Either Boutique homes or Simonds - Cranbou 10Jun 10, 2019 8:55 am Sanjay07 Hi Guys, Hope I can get some suggestions/Advise from you guys. We initially planned for the Bolton 30 Sq with Simonds and we finished our color selection, paid $2500 in total with Simonds but now we like the Boutique home's Broadway 32. Price wise it looks they both are similar around $300K mark Simonds we get Theatre room, study and living room - offer lifetime structural warrantly Boutique homes - Theatre Room at the front, study, Living, Retreat room and alfresco - 25 Years Quality wise am not sure about both but apparently Boutique has better reputation in Product review compared to Simonds - not sure if I have to worry much. If anyone has build with either of these 2 builders please share your feedback or suggestions so it can be helpful for making a good decision. As you can say we are first home buyer and this is a big decision for us and genuinely think your suggestions would help us. Thanks guys. 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. Re: Confused with Either Boutique homes or Simonds - Cranbou 11Jun 11, 2019 12:23 am ObscureBug Sanjay07 Hi Guys, Hope I can get some suggestions/Advise from you guys. We initially planned for the Bolton 30 Sq with Simonds and we finished our color selection, paid $2500 in total with Simonds but now we like the Boutique home's Broadway 32. Price wise it looks they both are similar around $300K mark Simonds we get Theatre room, study and living room - offer lifetime structural warrantly Boutique homes - Theatre Room at the front, study, Living, Retreat room and alfresco - 25 Years Quality wise am not sure about both but apparently Boutique has better reputation in Product review compared to Simonds - not sure if I have to worry much. If anyone has build with either of these 2 builders please share your feedback or suggestions so it can be helpful for making a good decision. As you can say we are first home buyer and this is a big decision for us and genuinely think your suggestions would help us. Thanks guys. 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. 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 15745 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 8306 |