Anyone used E-HOME Solutions?

Djelibeybi · May 01, 2008 12:50 pm

Hey gang,

Has anyone had any experience with E-HOME Solutions? These are the home theatre guys that our builders have put us in touch with and we can get the work done by them not only done during the build itself, but the cost can be added to our building contract as well, which is very appealing.

So, this is just a bit of due diligence!

Yak_Chat · May 02, 2008 12:48 am

Sounds like Matt and Rodd ned to do a bit of commercial negotiating :wink:

Djelibeybi · May 02, 2008 12:00 pm

Yak_Chat

Sounds like Matt and Rodd ned to do a bit of commercial negotiating :wink:

Yes, its a bit of a catch-22: The bank will only approve the amount on the builder's contract for the construction part of the loan. Once the house is built and valued, then they will release additional funds for post-build improvements. However, because parts of the home theatre are best installed during the build it would be better to be able to get that done at the time instead of after hand-over.

And, my builder has said that they are happy to include the E-HOMES cost in our contract, but will be adding a margin of their own.

So ... it'll become a comparison of the margin charged by the builder vs. the amount saved by using a different company post hand-over.

mattwalker · May 02, 2008 12:12 pm

How about you tell me what you want and I will tell you how much it will cost and you can compare that with what the builder will charge.

I bet the savings will far outweigh the benefit of including it in the contract!

Djelibeybi · May 02, 2008 12:14 pm

mattwalker

How about you tell me what you want and I will tell you how much it will cost and you can compare that with what the builder will charge.

Oh, I fully intend to, don't worry about that!

I'm waiting to get our final plans with the extensions in place on May 14th and then I'll start getting costings from a few places including your fine self.

mattwalker · May 02, 2008 12:17 pm

I think the difference will be in excess of 30% your way!

Even if you had to put it on your Credit card for a few months to pay it off it will be better than that!

For what its worth...