Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Better Living Group Melbourne 4Sep 05, 2013 4:00 pm Hi as far as builders go they were pretty good. We didn't have many issues construction wise they kept us informed with what was going on, when we found a few issues they were rectified in a timely manner. This was our 5th home we have built in the last 11 years and BLG were the only ones where the site manager and building supervisor actually called to introduce themselves and the site supervisor gave regular approx every two week calls to let us know what has been completed and what was going to be done in the coming week or so. We went a custom designed home with a lot of different inclusions to what was standard at the time so I cant give you any feedback about what there standard off the shelf house and inclusions are like. If you are after a flexible builder that says yes more then no or are after something different to what everyone else is building then I would highly recommend BLG. We now know what it feels like to have finally built a home that we have help create not just put up with what is on offer, the feeling is fantastic. Re: Better Living Group Melbourne 7Nov 18, 2013 10:06 am Hi Andy, My wife and I are looking at building a home with BLG and would be grateful if you would please advise regarding the standard of the build and quality of workmanship. Also did your home come in at the price quoted and do they have a fixed price contract and was your home completed in the time frame given. Any other information you can give would be greatly appreciated. Re: Better Living Group Melbourne 8Feb 06, 2014 11:29 am My wife and I have engaged Better Living Group to build for us on 3 separate occasions. 1. To build a dual occupancy in Reservoir. 2. To build a 3 townhouse development in Heidelberg. 3. To build our home in Sprinthorpe Estate in Macleod. We have been very happy on each occasion and note improvements on their planning/coordinating on the most recent build. There have been very few issues, however, when there has its been easy and timely getting them back. The quality and attention to detail is great. As is their communication with client. Happy to provide addresses of projects they've done for us. Re: Better Living Group Melbourne 9Feb 10, 2014 9:08 pm Hi, Thank you for your post. It's great to hear you have been happy with them. After speaking with them we felt comfortable with what they offered and have commenced the process for them to build our new home. Hopefully all will go well. Will post as we progress. Would be great if you could provide the address at Macleod. Again thank you for your post. Re: Better Living Group Melbourne 10Feb 12, 2014 5:00 pm Hi , We have just finished a home with BLG. 5 bedroom double story in Kew. We are very happy and the team bent over backwards to accommodate all our requests. I would recommend them to anyone. They are professional and fix any problems quickly. The build quality is great and they are able to give good sound advice on design and life experiences when it come to building a "home". I agree with below, the communication is great and they take responsibility for everything they do. Friends of ours have built with the larger builders and got no where near the personal service that BLG gave us. The variations were fair and reasonable , it was on time and on budget. Would build with them again Re: Better Living Group Melbourne 11Feb 26, 2014 3:22 pm Hi All, I built with Better Living in 2012 and couldn't be happier. We demolished an existing clinker brick in Essendon and built a large double story in a Provincial style. The workmanship is among the best I have seen. Love showing friends through it and still looks new after two years. I have referred a few friends to BLG and everyone has had a similar experience. They are old fashioned builders, they are not the fastest or the cheapest but they are the best. The old adage of you get what you pay for couldn't be more true when it comes to builders. Highly recommended Re: Better Living Group Melbourne 12Sep 03, 2014 2:26 am Bumping this thread.... Anyone else had experience with these guys? Re: Better Living Group Melbourne 13Sep 03, 2014 8:17 pm We have been very happy with BLG so far. All plans and contracts finalised with construction due to start mid September. Very accommodating great value for what is included. No problems with making changes. Will post when building has commenced. Re: Better Living Group Melbourne 14Sep 03, 2014 11:54 pm Hey jgee would be good to have a chat. Have pinged you a message thanks for the info. Re: Better Living Group Melbourne 15Mar 31, 2015 9:40 am Hi Guys, Have been reading this post for a while. My wife and I signed a contract with better living group in October and we are at lock-up stage now. Very happy with the progress so far. We haven't been the easiest clients as we've made a few changes during construction but they have been very flexible and accommodating. The guys on site are always polite and it's good to see the owner of the business out on site checking things too. I'll keep posting updates but I would recommend Better Living so far. We had build before with one of the big volume guys and the experience couldn't be more different. Just keen to move in now! Dylan Re: Better Living Group Melbourne 20May 23, 2016 2:14 pm SamEss11 Hi All, I built with Better Living in 2012 and couldn't be happier. We demolished an existing clinker brick in Essendon and built a large double story in a Provincial style. The workmanship is among the best I have seen. Love showing friends through it and still looks new after two years. I have referred a few friends to BLG and everyone has had a similar experience. They are old fashioned builders, they are not the fastest or the cheapest but they are the best. The old adage of you get what you pay for couldn't be more true when it comes to builders. Highly recommended Hi, I know this was posted a few years ago, but I'm interested to know how much SamEss11 and anyone else building/has built large double storey provincial homes have paid with these smaller building companies. We have land in Melbourne's upper north that we would like to build our family home on but are lost as to which company to go with. Any enlightenment would be very much appreciated... 4 14463 brokers will also be in a position to get you a better rate than the advertised rate most times. 6 7567 I would be wary. Is you site demilished but nothing else done? Sounds like liquidity problems to me. Our builder did the same. Got hundreds of thousands of dollars of… 2 15393 |