Browse Forums Building A New House Re: 2 Storey Home w Ultimate Homes / Peter Stannard 2Feb 25, 2015 4:42 pm Our build thread: https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=70984 Re: 2 Storey Home w Ultimate Homes / Peter Stannard 4Mar 24, 2015 8:36 pm We've just had handover for our two story home built by Ultimate Homes. Our experience was mostly very good. The build quality was excellent and the site supervisor has high standards and so the home reflected this. The time frame was average ( about sixteen months including waiting three months for council approval, so actually thirteen months.) Every time frame they gave us was spot on. Not much communication at first, but they did respond when we sent emails. Our only gripe was some poor advice given at prestart re electricals which proved to be costly, but I know they've changed the process since then to correct this. Re: 2 Storey Home w Ultimate Homes / Peter Stannard 5Mar 25, 2015 7:01 pm WE are building a 2 story with them right now and it's been nothing short of a nightmare from hell. March 2013 - first contact with company Dec 2013 - Passed by council June 2014 - Bricks start Feb 2015 - Bricks are finally finished March - 2015 Roof stuff has been sitting there for nearly 4 weeks - They are blaming Bristile for not installing them. I'm so furious - we were promised to be in 10 - 14 months after council approval - just at that now and no way could we move in. Its a 4 *2 with study - so not a palace ! How are you going now????? Re: 2 Storey Home w Ultimate Homes / Peter Stannard 6Apr 22, 2015 11:20 am Hi two-storeyPerthgirl Have PSH given any indication of what went wrong with Bristile? We are just about signing up with PS to build a variant of Cape Mill and just wanted to ask these questions to the sales executive during negotiations rather than later. And who did you deal with in terms of sales? Also would someone be able to sum up a trick sheet to beating them at Pre-start? I asked a lot of questions to the sales people and they said "You can do that at Pre-start". I want to be forewarned about the traps in Prestart Hafees Re: 2 Storey Home w Ultimate Homes / Peter Stannard 7Apr 23, 2015 5:20 pm I don't have a trick sheet(good idea though) but Prestart was definitely the only weak link in our experience. I believe that they now organise a separate electrical appointment where you can discuss placement of outdoor lights in relation to down pipes, what needs to be done through the the company and what can be done afterwards by an electrician etc. Apart from the electrical issue, every choice we made was followed to the letter with no delays from any tradesman. The only exception was the colour of the laundry cabinet but we can live with that. Re: 2 Storey Home w Ultimate Homes / Peter Stannard 8Apr 23, 2015 6:33 pm Thanks so much, Teaswizzler. I was going to see the electrical contracting people separately anyway because I want to network cable the house Did you change heights of large windows etc at prestart??? Is that something anyone is familiar with?? 2 Storey Home w Ultimate Homes / Peter Stannard 9Apr 23, 2015 8:17 pm vasqla Hi two-storeyPerthgirl Have PSH given any indication of what went wrong with Bristile? We are just about signing up with PS to build a variant of Cape Mill and just wanted to ask these questions to the sales executive during negotiations rather than later. And who did you deal with in terms of sales? Also would someone be able to sum up a trick sheet to beating them at Pre-start? I asked a lot of questions to the sales people and they said "You can do that at Pre-start". I want to be forewarned about the traps in Prestart Hafees Yes 'you can do that at prestart' but you can also friggin quote it up for me now please is what I'd be saying haha if you leave it to prestart you have essentially signed the dotted line and given deposit already and they're not 'fighting for your business' anymore, I told my salesperson I wasn't signing until I had every upgrade quoted and then at prestart I just literally chose colours. that way you know what you're in for before you commit to anyone If they want your business they'll do it for sure, I just made a dot point list of things I wanted prices on (stone tops/gloss cupboards/upgraded sinks/upgraded bath/rendering/painting) literally anything you want a price in just add it to one shopping list and give it to four builders ..... How else do you compare apples with apples Re: 2 Storey Home w Ultimate Homes / Peter Stannard 10Apr 23, 2015 9:44 pm Thanks Mandy + Steve. We are still talking to the sales person and ironing out things. They friggin forgot to draw overhead cupboards when they quoted base house price and now we have been slapped with an additional $3500 in the review quote Re: 2 Storey Home w Ultimate Homes / Peter Stannard 11Apr 23, 2015 10:03 pm Also guys just wanted to check with you. PSH and Webb& Browne Neaves are also quoting a turn key price. What should I be wary of in this?? And would there be any over heads? Just not sure whether to do those myself Re: 2 Storey Home w Ultimate Homes / Peter Stannard 12Apr 23, 2015 10:48 pm Very interested in this thread as we are looking at a variant of the Cape Mill with PSH too. Would love to know what you are doing Vasqla. Re: 2 Storey Home w Ultimate Homes / Peter Stannard 14Apr 23, 2015 10:56 pm Ah yes. Our potential salesperson has been pushing this one too. I like it. Absolutely love a mudroom. Where are you building? We have just bought a house to knock over in Floreat. Re: 2 Storey Home w Ultimate Homes / Peter Stannard 19Apr 23, 2015 11:48 pm We had an appointment with Intelligent Homes which was an inclusion and you can upgrade this. Is this what you mean by network cabling?I don't think we changed any windows. A question re your floor plan, how wide is the laundry? We've recently moved out of a rental, very close to your block, by coincidence, and the laundry was so narrow I could hardly walk through with full basket of clothes. Not a very glamorous issue I admit, but we did add a little to the width of our UH house as a result. Re: 2 Storey Home w Ultimate Homes / Peter Stannard 20Apr 24, 2015 12:03 am Our laundry is almost 2 metres wide. But obviously the bench top impacts into it. What would your laundry be?? We are talking about the intelligent home package but prob an upgrade. Did you get a seperate figure on your quote to say cabling to meet NBN requirement. One of the other companies quoted this ($1800). PSH told us that it's not required anymore and there is no need to upgrade to that. Did you get charged anything like that at Pre start?? Hello All 🙂 We are planning to start our journey of construction our first home. We zeroed down on Metricon and henley homes based on design suitable for our lot and… 0 8670 1 4650 The price you're seeing for a high-spec 2-storey home in Perth sounds steep, but unfortunately, it's kind of the norm these… 8 8404 |