Browse Forums Building A New House Re: building with 8homes. 16Jun 02, 2014 2:48 pm arnoldsabode Hi! We are building the 3.1 in mernda. We have out contract signing on June 4th but won't start build until Oct. So far we have had a great experience with them and it has been refreshing to have answers upfront. We have gone with the colour boards I prefer less choice! I'm looking fwd to signing the contract and having it done. Upgrades we have added are to extend the kitchen bench, evap cooling, internal garage door, the timber look laminate in the whole living area not half carpet. The alfresco. I love the layout it will be perfect for us. Would love to be kept up to date with everyone's experiences!! Thanks Kate hi arnoldsabode, oh let me know how your contract appointment goes, are you changing anything at the appointment? we are wanting to change a few things like adding a walk in pantry. they have been great with us aswell, was your sales consultant celeste at Mernda? she was ours and has been so helpful. what boards did you choose? we upgraded pretty much the same and got the 9 foot ceilings and stacker doors in the alfresco, we are also going to add the walk in pantry at contract appointment. look forward to hearing from you and seeing your build! Re: building with 8homes. 17Jun 02, 2014 2:59 pm RoseN arnoldsabode Hi! We are building the 3.1 in mernda. We have out contract signing on June 4th but won't start build until Oct. So far we have had a great experience with them and it has been refreshing to have answers upfront. We have gone with the colour boards I prefer less choice! I'm looking fwd to signing the contract and having it done. Upgrades we have added are to extend the kitchen bench, evap cooling, internal garage door, the timber look laminate in the whole living area not half carpet. The alfresco. I love the layout it will be perfect for us. Would love to be kept up to date with everyone's experiences!! Thanks Kate Hey arnoldsabode, I just had my contract appointment And we're due for a start this month! Exciting! Make sure you check everything! I pre made a checklist with all documents they gave us and properly went over the contract, they did forget to price a few things and we got them to price it on the spot. As well as different pricing than what's on the sales quotation but they we're able to honour it! Phew! If you have any questions, I'm happy to help! congrats RoseN! that's so exciting that your starting very soon! did you make any changes at your contract appointment, i'm wanting to make a few just worried at how it will go! goodluck with your build! Re: building with 8homes. 18Jun 02, 2014 5:19 pm [quote="Holliemc"]We were going to sign contract on 26th of may but we delayed till august, we didn't feel ready to sign because our titles are so far off We are building at the cloverlea estate in chirnside park. Nice! I love the s.eight, to big for our land though /quote] Hi Holliemc, We are building with 8homes and we are also in Cloverlea Estate stage 2B... such a long wait as we purchased our block of land in April 2013. Cloverlea seem to be very uninformative of what is going on with titles which gets frustrating at times, but it is by far the best located estate around; If you don't already know Cloverlea is being developed by CSR (the sugar company) and I believe it is their first time developing in Victoria which has partly been the reason as to some of the delays, although the Cloverlea folk won't tell you that. Currently Cloverlea are waiting to receive approval permits from the local council to start on Stage 2... which should concern all of us as they should've had these approvals prior to finishing Stage 1, but once again it comes back to their lack of knowledge of developing in Victoria; Good news is that CSR is a very big company and well will go under but enough about Cloverlea... The 8homes ride has been very much a roller coaster, as it is our first build also, we expected a certain level of customer service and excitement when it came to spending a lot of money, but after a word with management and 8homes getting their act together we've managed to have settled on a contract with them, we are building the S7.1 (which has had a name change to S4.1) with the E62 Facade and we did the color appointment also and changed a heap of things, redesigned the ensuite, put in the gas fireplace, ran with bamboo floor boards... all in all the upgrades were a lot cheaper than we thought they were going to be. We can't wait to build but we will visit the site very often whilst they are building just to keep an eye on things as we've already had a lot of communication issues with them. Considering getting an independent builder to look over the finished product too. Re: building with 8homes. 19Jun 02, 2014 8:02 pm Cl1ck Holliemc We were going to sign contract on 26th of may but we delayed till august, we didn't feel ready to sign because our titles are so far off We are building at the cloverlea estate in chirnside park. Nice! I love the s.eight, to big for our land though /quote] Hi Holliemc, We are building with 8homes and we are also in Cloverlea Estate stage 2B... such a long wait as we purchased our block of land in April 2013. Cloverlea seem to be very uninformative of what is going on with titles which gets frustrating at times, but it is by far the best located estate around; If you don't already know Cloverlea is being developed by CSR (the sugar company) and I believe it is their first time developing in Victoria which has partly been the reason as to some of the delays, although the Cloverlea folk won't tell you that. Currently Cloverlea are waiting to receive approval permits from the local council to start on Stage 2... which should concern all of us as they should've had these approvals prior to finishing Stage 1, but once again it comes back to their lack of knowledge of developing in Victoria; Good news is that CSR is a very big company and well will go under but enough about Cloverlea... The 8homes ride has been very much a roller coaster, as it is our first build also, we expected a certain level of customer service and excitement when it came to spending a lot of money, but after a word with management and 8homes getting their act together we've managed to have settled on a contract with them, we are building the S7.1 (which has had a name change to S4.1) with the E62 Facade and we did the color appointment also and changed a heap of things, redesigned the ensuite, put in the gas fireplace, ran with bamboo floor boards... all in all the upgrades were a lot cheaper than we thought they were going to be. We can't wait to build but we will visit the site very often whilst they are building just to keep an eye on things as we've already had a lot of communication issues with them. Considering getting an independent builder to look over the finished product too. hi cl1ck, I purchased my lot in stage 2c in feb, I couldn't imagine how frustrating the wait would be for you! I spoke to Rochelle a few weeks ago and she said if we have a really wet winter than most likely will be delayed to 1st quarter next year, and that all of stage 2 will all title at the same time, A third party wanted to title some parts earlier because the blocks needed less engineering. Seems they tell everyone something different though. my best guess is feb/march next year. but I'm hopeful its earlier! yes I agree best location, and will be beautiful once complete! That's a bit worrying about the permits, they were meant to be sent of the same time that they sent of stage 1's. My sales consultant was great and very helpful, its a shame that they gave you such bad customer service. where was yours sales located? I'm worried about the contract signing appointment though because I'm wanting to change a few things, But surely that won't be a problem. nice I love that floorplan! did you upgrade the ceiling height? we have upgraded ours to 2740, i'm just a bit worried that it will look funny because we havn't made the windows bigger and am considering getting brick infill above windows, there will be a lot of cement sheeting because of the higher ceiling. I think its a very good idea to get an independent builder to inspect each stage! Re: building with 8homes. 20Jun 02, 2014 9:35 pm Holliemc RoseN arnoldsabode Hi! We are building the 3.1 in mernda. We have out contract signing on June 4th but won't start build until Oct. So far we have had a great experience with them and it has been refreshing to have answers upfront. We have gone with the colour boards I prefer less choice! I'm looking fwd to signing the contract and having it done. Upgrades we have added are to extend the kitchen bench, evap cooling, internal garage door, the timber look laminate in the whole living area not half carpet. The alfresco. I love the layout it will be perfect for us. Would love to be kept up to date with everyone's experiences!! Thanks Kate Hey arnoldsabode, I just had my contract appointment And we're due for a start this month! Exciting! Make sure you check everything! I pre made a checklist with all documents they gave us and properly went over the contract, they did forget to price a few things and we got them to price it on the spot. As well as different pricing than what's on the sales quotation but they we're able to honour it! Phew! If you have any questions, I'm happy to help! congrats RoseN! that's so exciting that your starting very soon! did you make any changes at your contract appointment, i'm wanting to make a few just worried at how it will go! goodluck with your build! Thank you! 8homes made it very clear that at the contract appointment would be the last chance you can change anything. They give you the contract, drafted floor plans and post contract variation. We had no issues changing anything. The only real disappointment was that they messed up our floor plan (Lots of white out had been used and was fixable), some of the upgrade pricing (which they've honoured) and telling at last minute that they couldn't do a particular upgrade when they knew a while ago. Good luck with your appointment! I'd love to hear how it goes! I’m curious about how you went with this. We are planning a KDRB and considering Plantation Homes as a builder. I’m aware that after the demolition another soil test… 1 6328 i wouldn't be worried, you'll definitely miss something, no matter how many times you review. we've spent close to 5 months ensuring everything got reflected in the… 5 9457 Thanks for your reply. I will just wait and see I guess. 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