Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Confused - Simonds or GJ Gardner 24Mar 18, 2016 9:07 pm Hi Matalee. Good luck with your build. We're going with Simonds too and also building the leon. Done gallery etc with contract singing in a month. Our fixed site costs are just over $17k! A few grand more than what appears to be the average for fixed site costs in our estate (Lara). We added in a study and extended the garage by .5 metre. So far Simonds have been really good to deal with. Re: Confused - Simonds or GJ Gardner 25Mar 22, 2016 10:52 pm Look at product review. It says it all. But what I can say is the two cant be compared! One is cheap for a reason the other focuses on not cutting corners. Our oldies are building a beautiful GJ Gardner home with no issues and we are building Hotondo and had no issues. Look at productreview Re: Confused - Simonds or GJ Gardner 26Mar 22, 2016 11:18 pm I don't take any notice of product review. It's FULL of questionable posts. This forum is a much better indicator. You can see how long people have been around here and follow what they've been posting to judge whether they're legit. Anyway. The OP has commissioned a builder so to tell him/her to choose someone else is a bit rude Re: Confused - Simonds or GJ Gardner 27Mar 23, 2016 10:53 am I disagree as well. Product review is full of disgruntled keyboard warriors. Look at what they are actually complaining about - usually small things blown up to be huge issues (like keys being presented in an envelope vs gold jewellery box. Yes, really). Not helpful at all. We built the Rathdowne with Simonds Express in Western Melbourne Site start Oct. 2015 Keys Jan. 25th, 2015 My build thread -here- Re: Confused - Simonds or GJ Gardner 28Mar 23, 2016 6:24 pm The builder is basically a project manager. They contract every trade out. The house is only as good as the trades but also their communication skills. At the end of the day it's a business to make money. The quicker the build the more money they have. May I ask why you chose not to use GJ Gardiner? I'm actually meeting with one of the sales guys tomorrow for an appointment. Definitely not signing anything yet… 3 14036 If this is a custom build then I would expect the builder to set out the door frame closer to the wall to avoid the gap between architrave and the wall and or specify… 9 8879 |