Browse Forums Building A New House 1 Dec 17, 2019 9:31 pm Hi, I am currently looking at building a new home on some land I purchased in Woodlea. I have spoken to a few builders and so far Omnia Homes seems to be the easiest and most transparent to deal with and reasonably priced. The only thing is they dont have display homes - should I be concerned? Re: Omnia Homes 2Jul 30, 2020 6:46 pm Terry33 Hi, I am currently looking at building a new home on some land I purchased in Woodlea. I have spoken to a few builders and so far Omnia Homes seems to be the easiest and most transparent to deal with and reasonably priced. The only thing is they dont have display homes - should I be concerned? Hi Terry, Just wondering how did you go? did you end up building with Omnia? Re: Omnia Homes 3Jul 30, 2020 8:06 pm Terry33 Hi, I am currently looking at building a new home on some land I purchased in Woodlea. I have spoken to a few builders and so far Omnia Homes seems to be the easiest and most transparent to deal with and reasonably priced. The only thing is they dont have display homes - should I be concerned? If the builder don't have a display home, then I would look for existing customers reviews who are building and also who have already built with them. Just my suggestion. Re: Omnia Homes 4Nov 20, 2020 9:48 pm Terry33 Hi, I am currently looking at building a new home on some land I purchased in Woodlea. I have spoken to a few builders and so far Omnia Homes seems to be the easiest and most transparent to deal with and reasonably priced. The only thing is they dont have display homes - should I be concerned? Hi Terry33, DId you go ahead with your building with Omnia? How did it go? Re: Omnia Homes 5Nov 20, 2020 10:14 pm ahmedhassan88 Terry33 Hi, I am currently looking at building a new home on some land I purchased in Woodlea. I have spoken to a few builders and so far Omnia Homes seems to be the easiest and most transparent to deal with and reasonably priced. The only thing is they dont have display homes - should I be concerned? Hi Terry, Just wondering how did you go? did you end up building with Omnia? Hi, did you go ahead with Omnia Homes? Re: Omnia Homes 6Feb 10, 2021 9:10 pm We are currently building with Omnia homes. The build is still in progress so I cannot give a complete review yet. However, I can provide some information based on my experiences by far. The initial experience of selecting a floor plan from their catalogue and customizing it as per our needs was great. Even before signing the contract with them, they spent a good amount of time with us understanding our requirements and customizing the floor plan. Unlike other builders, they accommodated our requests (change of mind) for edits multiple times and did not charge us (administration fees) additional money for those changes. Also, we did not feel that they were pressurizing us to sign with them quickly, as other builders often do. Initially, we were given a tentative site start date of mid-August 2020 and were told it will take between 6-8 months to complete the build. The building permits got delayed due to the pandemic and restrictions and the site finally started by third week of October 2020 (site cut). The foundation concrete was poured in the last week of November 2020 (5 weeks after site cut). We have hired a private inspector for all building stages. We had shared the details of the inspector well in advance and were in constant touch with Omnia homes to let us know about the concrete pour date in advance so that we could book in a pre-pour inspection. However, we were told about the concrete pour on the morning of when it was being poured. By the time we reached the site along with the inspector, the concrete was already poured. This kind-of threw us off a bit. We enquired why weren't we informed of the pour date in advance, to which we were told that it was our responsibility to get-in-touch with them and know the dates. This is when we were in frequent touch with them, by both phone and email. As the concrete dried, it developed a large numbers of plastic shrinkage cracks, that we have been told are non-structural defects. Material for framing has been delivered on site but we are waiting for the carpenter to start the frame (as of date - 10th Feb 2021). We're unsure on what is holding back the progress. It has been around 2.5 months since the foundation was poured. Taking into account the end of year breaks (4 weeks), it is still 1.5 months since the completion of slab stage. To be honest, I feel that the build is progressing at a slow speed. I believe these delays are not covid related. Houses on the street that started around our same time as ours are way ahead and are nearing their lock-up stage. I will keep on posting updates as we proceed with the build. Hopefully this will encourage other customers to share their experiences too. Re: Omnia Homes 8May 24, 2021 12:24 pm Porky sid16, how's the progress now? Frame has been completed and we are currently progressing with lockup stage works (outer brickwork, facade/cladding, etc). Frame completion took a few weeks longer than it should have. I was told that the framer started late due to other commitments, and then mid-way we were waiting for building materials to get delivered. During frame stage inspection, the building inspector did find a few things, but overall he was satisfied with the frame work. Frame stage start date:19th January 2021 Frame completion date: 30th March 2021 We are currently 9 to 10 weeks away from the practical completion and handover date. There's still a lot of work to be done, hopefully the build gets completed in the mentioned time-frame. Re: Omnia Homes 9May 24, 2021 11:26 pm sid16 Porky sid16, how's the progress now? Frame has been completed and we are currently progressing with lockup stage works (outer brickwork, facade/cladding, etc). Frame completion took a few weeks longer than it should have. I was told that the framer started late due to other commitments, and then mid-way we were waiting for building materials to get delivered. During frame stage inspection, the building inspector did find a few things, but overall he was satisfied with the frame work. Frame stage start date:19th January 2021 Frame completion date: 30th March 2021 We are currently 9 to 10 weeks away from the practical completion and handover date. There's still a lot of work to be done, hopefully the build gets completed in the mentioned time-frame. Heard that too much builds this year but not enough workers. Delay for sure, wish not much is good enough. Good luck! Re: Omnia Homes 10May 25, 2021 9:34 am Porky sid16 Porky sid16, how's the progress now? Frame has been completed and we are currently progressing with lockup stage works (outer brickwork, facade/cladding, etc). Frame completion took a few weeks longer than it should have. I was told that the framer started late due to other commitments, and then mid-way we were waiting for building materials to get delivered. During frame stage inspection, the building inspector did find a few things, but overall he was satisfied with the frame work. Frame stage start date:19th January 2021 Frame completion date: 30th March 2021 We are currently 9 to 10 weeks away from the practical completion and handover date. There's still a lot of work to be done, hopefully the build gets completed in the mentioned time-frame. Heard that too much builds this year but not enough workers. Delay for sure, wish not much is good enough. Good luck! Are you building with Omnia too? If so, at what stage is your build? Re: Omnia Homes 11Jun 02, 2021 6:19 pm ahmedhassan88 Terry33 Hi, I am currently looking at building a new home on some land I purchased in Woodlea. I have spoken to a few builders and so far Omnia Homes seems to be the easiest and most transparent to deal with and reasonably priced. The only thing is they dont have display homes - should I be concerned? Hi Terry, Just wondering how did you go? did you end up building with Omnia? Hi AhmedHassan88, Did you build with Omnia homes? Would love to know about your experience. Re: Omnia Homes 13Jun 23, 2021 9:22 pm Hello sunsin,
That's great to know. How has your experience been by far? I had my contract price include all site costs. By soil removal, do you mean the initial clearing the land of grass and other debris before the site cut? Cause that is something that was initially mentioned to me would cost me extra. In my case, I initially requested Omnia homes if they could take care of clearing the vegetation on the land, as to get it done professionally would have costed me quite a bit. I guess the vegetation growing was not that much, and they carried out the site cut. Re: Omnia Homes 14Jun 23, 2021 9:27 pm I remember from when I built, they looked after the soil removal during construction. I think like most builder's you need to give them the Site cleaned when they start but after that they look after it all. Ps. My Vrother in-law is now building with them and he shopped around and wanted good inclusions. They were over $15k better value then his next closest quote which is good too know your getting value if u go with them. Good Luck Re: Omnia Homes 15Jun 23, 2021 9:28 pm Hi sid16, Our experience has been very slow also. We have signed the contract in November 2020 and are still waiting to start. We're not really sure what they mean by soil removal ourselves but the communication hasn't been great. There is no land of grass and other debris on the lot either so I'm not sure what they mean by soil removal. Would you happen to know? Re: Omnia Homes 16Jun 23, 2021 10:03 pm sunsin Hi sid16, Our experience has been very slow also. We have signed the contract in November 2020 and are still waiting to start. We're not really sure what they mean by soil removal ourselves but the communication hasn't been great. There is no land of grass and other debris on the lot either so I'm not sure what they mean by soil removal. Would you happen to know? Yeah, my build has been progressing extremely slow as well. Some of the members on this group have had great experience, with the timeline so I am not sure what has changed now. From the term soil removal, I suspect they mean the initial clearing of the land. If your lot is already debris free, you should be good to go. Having said this, you'll have to get clarity from them what do they mean by soil removal, as from what I understand, all site costs are included in the contract price. Re: Omnia Homes 17Jun 23, 2021 10:07 pm Terry33 I remember from when I built, they looked after the soil removal during construction. I think like most builder's you need to give them the Site cleaned when they start but after that they look after it all. Ps. My Vrother in-law is now building with them and he shopped around and wanted good inclusions. They were over $15k better value then his next closest quote which is good too know your getting value if u go with them. Good Luck Yup, for my build as well, all soil removal from site cut until now has been looked after by them. Re: Omnia Homes 19Oct 12, 2023 1:42 pm Just built with Omnia
A nightmare journey High staff turnover, pathetic communication. Mistakes in built are terrible, What you will say when you find that the plan built on site is different from drawings Your slab is built shorter Thinking to sell the house and built again somewhere else
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