Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Coral Homes general build thread 10691Mar 29, 2018 8:40 pm Coral build- Modified Bronte 42 - We're in!!! https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=82234&p=1513775&hilit=coral+modified+bronte#p1513775 Re: Coral Homes general build thread 10694Mar 30, 2018 3:02 pm jbru87 Hi everyone I just wanted to say I'm building in NSW and have had no issues from sales, head office admin and throughout the build. This forum really scared me but I'm thankful I listened to local area/region reviews. Our build is at PCI and we are handing over next week. 15 week build excl. Christmass shutdown, we are very happy with our experience so far. At the end of the day Coral is a large company and there are many variables that could impact our experience. At sales stage I went through the estimate and plans with a fine tooth comb, made change after change before spending $1. We didn't pay our deposit for soil test until we were sure Coral homes were the builder we wanted. We went to Dixon, GJ Gardener, Adenbrook, Perry and Pikon homes as well and received detailed quotes and plams. Examined every inclusion and exclusion. Coral homes was the best value by far. Our block is flat as can be (M class soil) and our plan single storey and simple. We made no major structural changes. We exchanged land contracts in August 2016 but the land was yet to be registered. Our sales consultant encouraged us to lock in prices with Coral which we were hesitant given that land registration was uncertain, we ended up taking her advice and signing in September 2016. We didn't pay our 10% until the land registered which was 12 months later. We saved $17k in base price by listening to our sales consultant I downloaded the current prices and that is how much they've increased! That is only the base price. We had to pay $4.5k variation for going over the contract date, but given the price increase we still saved $12k. Our experience with head office was outstanding our pre-site CSO was on the ball, if anything I let her down by not submitting our driveway application to council quick enough. She was hassling council my bank and everyone that she was waiting on to get our build started. When I read the admin issues on here I was very surprised given our experience. Once we got the approval from their certifier she had our start date issued in 4 days and the actual start date was 2 weeks later. Our onsite experience was good too. Any issues our SS fixed. He was on the ball. We didn't have too many. Biggest one was kitchen slashback being laid the wrong pattern. He had it fixed and a picutre sent to me in less than 24 hours which I was very impressed by. I hope my experience gives some people hope. And I sincerely hope the ones who have regretted choosing Coral Homes have their issues fixed and find some serious compensation. We are first home owners and we were really nervous going into this, and I have to say I would build with Coral again in a heartbeat. We are in Coffs Harbour. You're so lucky then, a bit of pot-luck I suppose, depending on the region/area, and even then depends on the individual Site Manager, e.g. in 25 weeks so far (excl. 3 week Xmas shutdown) we now have 4th site supervisor they send from QLD, and even then they're finishing another house around the corner (which started later) before ours ... probablt because they made a big boo-boo and at the start made a bigger roof (for Noosa 25/26) instead of Noosa 23/24, so they had to scramble with engineering and are still to move 2 walls to fix this. Oh dear, hoping it'll all go better from here Re: Coral Homes general build thread 10695Mar 30, 2018 3:16 pm Ryan2007 What an utter disappointment! 3hr inspection and our staircase needs to be sanded back once again and re stained, bathroom draft wall needs to be pulled out and redone including timber screens and front porch to be completely ripped out redone and not to mention our metre box is in the wrong position and the tank is too close that you can’t even open it! These are just the bigger issues. It’s been just one big roller coaster of constant disappointment. We still won’t get in our home for another 4 weeks minimum. I’m just gutted. Oh dear, so sorry to hear that... hang in there, you've waited this long so it'll all be better once you're in! May I also ask which city/suburb are you building in? Re: Coral Homes general build thread 10696Mar 30, 2018 3:59 pm bestspecials Paintwork seems to be the thing that everyone has a problem with (all builders). To me, it sounds like the builders don't pay the painters enough money or they don't give them enough time and they have to rush. It would be so much easier and cheaper if it was done right the first time. Especially when you are spending so much money. maybe they just use inexperienced apprentices and not supervised for that... so no wonder it's not up to scratch Re: Coral Homes general build thread 10697Mar 30, 2018 4:42 pm Anand C Hi All, Just wondering what happens on PCI day. Our house is locked up and we are not able to view how the house looks from inside to find the defects. So, what happens on PCI day actually. On PCI day, do they give us the whole day to find the defects and at the end of the day report it to our SS or how does it work. Can anyone give like a walkthrough as what happens on that day. Thank you I'm also interested, if anyone can answer please that would be much appreciated! Re: Coral Homes general build thread 10698Mar 30, 2018 5:05 pm Artfromhart Anand C Hi All, Just wondering what happens on PCI day. Our house is locked up and we are not able to view how the house looks from inside to find the defects. So, what happens on PCI day actually. On PCI day, do they give us the whole day to find the defects and at the end of the day report it to our SS or how does it work. Can anyone give like a walkthrough as what happens on that day. Thank you I'm also interested, if anyone can answer please that would be much appreciated! We had pci yesterday. When we got there ss was already there, he had started marking things out already. We just started at the front of the house inside, cause it was pouring. Went room by room with tape for any paint issues or any other damage. Tested every PowerPoint/light switch making sure everything worked. Opened every door and window etc, then walked around the entire outside of house, marked everything that needed fixing. Came back inside, ss had a form on his iPad, outlining all the issues. Gave us our handover date. Took about 2.5 hours for us. But I had also ran into our ss the week before, pointed out issues and he had already fixed them. Re: Coral Homes general build thread 10699Mar 30, 2018 5:45 pm Artfromhart Ryan2007 What an utter disappointment! 3hr inspection and our staircase needs to be sanded back once again and re stained, bathroom draft wall needs to be pulled out and redone including timber screens and front porch to be completely ripped out redone and not to mention our metre box is in the wrong position and the tank is too close that you can’t even open it! These are just the bigger issues. It’s been just one big roller coaster of constant disappointment. We still won’t get in our home for another 4 weeks minimum. I’m just gutted. Oh dear, so sorry to hear that... hang in there, you've waited this long so it'll all be better once you're in! May I also ask which city/suburb are you building in? We are on the coast. I hope so too You should check your detail drawings, it may show downpipe within brick pier. 14 14089 Ask the council if there is a chance of getting build over easement exemption. Sometimes easements are unused and 24cm is not all that much. Good luck. And yes any builder… 2 13769 In Qld it is a requirement that a builder must have a cost breakdown, for building a home to the same specification, with the same inclusions and the same finish. So ask… 1 1798 |