Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Project home builder in NSW 3Apr 09, 2019 3:22 pm Simeon McGovern Affordable Custom Homes, We design and build to your budget Ashington Homes www.ashingtonhomes.com.au Re: Project home builder in NSW 11Apr 15, 2019 3:27 pm Simeon McGovern Affordable Custom Homes, We design and build to your budget Ashington Homes www.ashingtonhomes.com.au Re: Project home builder in NSW 13Apr 15, 2019 3:49 pm Simeon McGovern Affordable Custom Homes, We design and build to your budget Ashington Homes www.ashingtonhomes.com.au Re: Project home builder in NSW 14Apr 16, 2019 7:23 am Forg I don't think you could list all relevant issue in the project vs custom debate/decision in a single post … however, don't forget that a lot of the project builders will modify their designs for you, and I think it's safe to say that most of those don't charge disproportionately when you make those changes. Our project builder basically said we could rearrange any of their designs in just about any way, as long as the staircase stayed in the same spot (which I suspect is just a rule-of-thumb that's applied to keep changes in check). We grabbed a standard 2-storey design, which had the entry corridor essentially in the middle of the house; we flipped the back of the downstairs floorplan compared to the front, we copy-pasted a bedroom/study/powder module out of another design, and then upstairs is 100% custom except for the stairs. That all cost us about the same as the standard design, because what materials we added were negated by the materials we deleted. In my (limited) experience, it's the inclusions & finishes & architectural flourish (both wow-factor stuff & practical stuff like airflow) that you might not be able to get with a project build. Also the ways to achieve what you want to achieve within the bounds of building codes, we were quite limited to the number of project builders we could use because a lot of them wouldn't use private certifiers that interpreted the floorspace-ratio with relation to our unattached 2nd garage in the way we wanted those rules interpreted. This is correct for one of our final 2 shortlist to keep the garage and stairs at the same location. However, I did approach PHB with my own plans (good passive design principles and 'architectural features'), off which 7 builders confirmed can replicate/ cut n paste/ rearranged their standard. I have narrowed down to 2 based on inclusions , building in same area, quality and known construction/ contractual issues and both cost estimates are on par with project home rate minus the extras .. those I have to pay Hi all, Been browsing project builders' website and saw Masterton with attached granny flat design Seeing bad reviews from masterton in this website/facebook, does… 0 18303 As a tradesmen get a private inspector although I don't think there worth it in their profession themselves the reminder they serve to the tradesmen doing the work is… 3 27367 If so what were the "special circumstances" under which it was granted? "Note: If the development consent is for 'dual occupancy' an owner-builder permit can only be… 0 14071 |