Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Building with Fairmont Homes NSW - Balmoral 42 18Apr 12, 2021 11:35 am Thanks for your update Gildea. I was hesitant in posting our dealings on here too, since we are still in the build but since the communication has been really poor, except for a couple of emails on one day once management were notified, we haven't received an OK as yet with using our private inspector. It's been a few months since asking and all we want is approval. Anyway trying to be positive, I hope things get sorted for you smoothly from here on in, their communication improves and they stick to what they say. Re: Building with Fairmont Homes NSW - Balmoral 42 19May 27, 2021 7:39 pm Gildea Stu84 Hi Gildea, We are currently building with Fairmont homes NSW now and wanted to see how your home is doing now, 6 months after your last post. Like you have mentioned, there isn't a lot of informative reviews on this builder, except yours, so thank you for this!! We are currently building in Calderwood in the Shellharbour City. This is our first build, so we are very nervous but excited at the same time. My apologies for hijacking your post. If anyone is interested in our experience with Fairmont Homes NSW, thus far, let me know and I'll start another post, instead of adding to Gildea's. We are at framing stage at the moment. Hi Stu84, sorry for some reason I missed this one (and the notifcation that came through via email must be going crazy! Likely doesnt help given you are currently building with them, but I would strongly suggest you have each stage inspected via an independant, and DO NOT hand over your money until you are 100% satisfied. To this date, 12 months post handover, I still have a laundry list of items that are to be rectified that where identified pre and post PCI and noted in writing prior to hand over of keys. We've had two water leaks since, and one during the build itself, and numerous other defects that we comprimised on. We are about ready to take them to court, there response's (or lack there off) is ridiculous, they go quite for weeks, and leave many things half done or not resolved properly. Beware of there "$1" per day liquidated damages, if you are building with them I suggest you negotiate changing this value to a realistic amount (to the tune of $100+ per day) to get a realistic build period out of them for starters. All up, we are happy and love the design and some of the finishes, however it's severly let down by their attempted fixes and crap installers that clearly just wanted to get things done fast and bugger off, mainly the plasterboard / finishing is hopless throughout, and it wasn't rectfied prior to painting, as such is borderline impossible to resolve now. They are extremely unorganised and have left us with a house yet again covered in blue tape with defects for about the 3rd time now, for weeks on end with no resolution. We just wanted to move into a finished house, instead we've been in a construction zone for 12 months, and will no doubt continue to battle with them for many more. I'm hoping they pull their head out and just do some work (we were promised 2 solid weeks it would be sorted prior to easter, we had a single carpenter visit for two days out of the 10, and a flooring guy for half a day. They are clearly capable of building nice homes, but I think a lot of their good staff left the business just when we started building, and their maintenace team seems non existant anymore. Exactly the same experience here and some!! Re: Building with Fairmont Homes NSW - Balmoral 42 20Jul 28, 2021 9:42 pm Im considering using them for a custom build. Its between them, Meridian Homes, King Homes and GJ Gardner. How are your builds going? Were there any structural issues that havent been fixed yet? Hi all, We are considering Enigma 46 from Mojo Homes in Gables, NSW. Has anyone built with Mojo and any pointers and feedback. Also, if anyone has built similar design… 0 13169 having built on acres several times i suggest that you also need to add the cost of a sewerage system and any associated fencing, water tanks with associated extra… 2 1268 In NSW the maximum deposit for building work is 5% until the builder provides HBCF insurance 1 4831 |