Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Custom Home Builders in Sydney – Has anyone used one? 66Oct 16, 2016 9:41 pm sco77k Sorry to bring up an old thread but I believe it's good to get some feedback from people who have used these custom builders. I am about to start building with Charleston Homes. If anyone has any questions let me know. Thanks Scott Hi,Scott I am on the early stage &also like charleston homes, how about your building process ? Can you be kind to share me how much per m2? And how about the quality ? Thx Re: Custom Home Builders in Sydney – Has anyone used one? 67Oct 20, 2016 12:29 pm Hi Ray! So we are just about to start digging. The final cost ended up being $1,865 per sqm. We are building a very large house and we've made a lot of changes to the display home (our home is 3 levels). We also need to excavate a lot of rock which is included in this price so we believe it is good value. The quality of the finishes is very good. They are using marble tiles, maple timber, smart glass throughout, Astrawalker taps, 40mm stone benchtops, Volleroy and Boch basins and toilets...I could go on and on! I have checked out a few houses they have completed and the building quality looks excellent. Have you checked out their display home in Kellyville? Re: Custom Home Builders in Sydney – Has anyone used one? 68Oct 20, 2016 12:54 pm Hi,Scott Thanks for your reply and more realistic for your job processing , I drop in charleston kellyville display room twice already , we both like the French style finish , only because lack of building experience , so we worry about to deal with custom design builder. Now we r struggling to choose Metricon Bordeaux 45 (after upgrade the cost looks same like the custom builder)or charleston. Hoping you have a awesome building journey. Also charleston had one job for sale , the address is 8 cross st strathfield , I think you need arrange time to have a look at. It's easy to find inspection time from realestae web. Believe you will enrich some idea. Regards Ray Re: Custom Home Builders in Sydney – Has anyone used one? 69Oct 20, 2016 1:22 pm Hi,Scott The price $1865 is the upgrade price or the basix price, it's the standard inclusion or upgrade one?do u increase ground and 1st floor height , adding hebel floor between ground and 1st etc, can you be kind to pm me your upgrade detail, too much worry about for the hidden cost if choosing custom builder . Thx again Ray Re: Custom Home Builders in Sydney – Has anyone used one? 70Oct 20, 2016 3:24 pm Hi Ray, We did upgrade a lot. Basically our variations doubled the cost from the standard 'New Hampton' design. There are around 100 variations so too many to list. But in short we are working with a very tricky block that has a steep slope and full of sandstone. Site costing alone is costing us $125k. We added a basement level that will be dug into the rock and includes 3 car garage, gym, cellar etc.Our total floor space will be 687sqm so its a big house. Ground/first floor heights are already 3m and 2.7m so this was sufficient. We haven't actually started building yet however my dealings with them have been nothing but good so far. Cheers Scott Re: Custom Home Builders in Sydney – Has anyone used one? 72Oct 20, 2016 5:13 pm Is there such thing as a custom builder who sits in the middle of a project and a luxury home builder in terms of price. Eg a project home at 39 squares can cost anywhere from $300k to $400k and then a custom builder will do the same house for $600k to $700k. There doesn't appear to be a middle ground. Re: Custom Home Builders in Sydney – Has anyone used one? 76Aug 05, 2019 9:42 am Casa2 Hi BuildingNewHome, I used Merit Homes, which were not on my original list. The house was finished 3.5 years ago and I am very happy with the result. I can certainly recommend Merit Homes and I woudl think they can meet your budget. Cheers, Casa Hi Casa, Sorry to bring up the old thread. I'm in the same boat as you were 11 years ago. I'm going to build a home with my own design from a home designer. I like the quality that I see from Merit's display home in Kellyville and am very keen to build with them. I had a meeting with Darren last week and told him of my budget $1m. He told me he should be able to build a home for 50 squares with larger portion of garage (4 car garages). As budget contraint is the main issue for me so I abosolutely don't want to go over my budget too much (2-3% is ok for me). I know you've been very happy with Merit's build quailty but wondering if you could share some of your experience regarding the budget? Did your final cost go over the final quote from them? What's the difference between your first quote,final quote and the actual cost? I know they charge 5% deposit after first quote (if I get them to design the home for me). I'm a bit worried about the risk of getting stuck after paying $50k deposit and end up finding the final quote is much higher than first quote and not able to afford that. Do you have any suggestions regarding keeping the cost within their quoted price? Thanks in advance! Kevin Re: Custom Home Builders in Sydney – Has anyone used one? 77Aug 05, 2019 9:50 am BuildingNewHome Thanks Casa, Our initial thought about Merit Homes is they are on the upper end of the market. We will have a second look. Thanks for your response. Can anyone recommend other builders? Dear BuildingNewHome, Sorry to bring up the old thread. Did you end up building with Merit or someone else? I've been talking with some of the customer builders at Kellyville including Young, Ellandra, Bardane and Merit, and Merit is at the top of my list. If you end up building with them, it'd be appreciated if you could share some of your experience. Thanks Kevin Hi All, we are starting to think of building with Masterpiece Builders in Victoria, has anyone had any feedback or experience with them 0 13587 4 14277 Thank you so much. This has been very helpful. We definitely wish to settle and get these people out of our life. They are trying to charge us interest on late… 7 14262 |