Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Building with Wisdom Homes 10595Apr 27, 2018 7:50 pm DaniK doosra DaniK Hi guys Just enquiring what handover date you have been given? In our contract it states a 34week build and our commencement date was meant to start on the 17th of October 2017 but we had a lot of delays on Wisdoms behalf. Our slab was laid on the 28th of Feb this year and apparently they have put a completion date of 17th of Jan 2019 for our build. I was not expecting it to take this long considering we started our process with Wisdom in October 2016 /quote]When did they actually get to excavation? I've had mixed messages come through on this. My CSR sent me an email to says it's from when they tell u that u are in construction and today the Area Construction Manager said it's from excavation so site scrape, fence and toilet. Does your contract state a build timeframe? I even accounted for 4 to 6 weeks of delays and it still only came to end of November. Re: Building with Wisdom Homes 10596Apr 28, 2018 12:28 am KatDS Hi Navy, I read from the thread that you had structural variation prior to submission of papers to council, was it done after signing the contract? I am having issues with wisdom homes as I am thinking of the possibility of changing my facade but since it is structural, wisdom wont allow me to. Thanks! Kat Hi Greg, We are in the stage of fence and excavation next week or first week of February. You mentioned the 30 weeks promised to complete the house, is that in written promise through email Hi doosra, Yes, it was really painful. That $7K was our front and back yard landscape budget. Sayonara $7K Actually, WH gave us 1 year too, free or equivalent to $9000 discount. But then, we had negatives too, we changed our structural plan before we start the council papers, still we provided 5 months before the contract expired. But, unfortunately we didn't make it, admin delays, can't get out, too late. Anyway, on your build, your experience with WH, did you get any further surprise (variation costs) during the stage 2 to stage 6? Thanks for your help. Navy[/quote][/quote] Hi Kat, Yes, we had many variations, before and after the contract, that's was one of the reason we got lots of delays. However, my CSR did submit a wrongfully design plan to the CDC, so it went twice to the council, more than 6 months of paper processing, end to end. HTH Navy navylion Building a Wisdom Homes Manhattan 35 in Sydney North West MyBuildTimeLine: http://navylion.wixsite.com/mybuildtimeline Re: Building with Wisdom Homes 10597Apr 28, 2018 12:33 am twolittlepeas Hi Everyone First time post here, but have been a silent reader since Dec 17 . This forum has been super helpful with our admin process. Thank you for everyone for sharing your advice, experiences, info and photos. ASJ1981 - I think we are on a similar timeline hehehe, I am also playing it safe with an all white kitchen! Well my husband and I bought a H&L package with Wisdom Homes and we are building a single storey, Telsa 24. We have finished our colour selections and currently are reapplying for Basix and CDC has also been submitted on Monday. Does anyone know the process with the live boldy solar package? My husband really wanted it so we included it in our tender, but after seeing all the costings from our upgrades, I tried to ask to revert back to the 15K wisdom credit which they declined because it is in our tender, deposit paid and signed the contract. So whatever. Anyway, when the solar package was mentioned in this thread, I emailed our colour consultant, who she said the solar package would occur admin fees and affect the basix report - it made me think that it has not been included in our basix? I thought we would get a consult, like something similar to the air con/electrical appointments so we know what we need for our house. I also want to know at what stage does it get installed etc. However the colour consultant said that since we have finalised our colour selection, I have to "run changes with customer service" who is that?!? the CSR? All i know is that the solar package is similar to the executive charge pack AC on the bradford website, except wisdom includes a different inverter and they give 280W panels instead of 360W. To add more panels and change the inverter, presumably incurs upgrade costs and admin fees to apply changes to our basix. Feeling so confused I'm not sure what is suppose to happen, any advice is very much appreciated. Thank you. Hi twolittle, Welcome to the board. CSR is your customer service, your point of contact. But don't treat him\her as your project manager of your build, you are the project manager, you should always follow up and push the paper, to avoid delays. I am not sure about the solar as our package was 3 years old, it was not existed at that time But I am 100% our friends here will help you. Good luck on your build. Navy navylion Building a Wisdom Homes Manhattan 35 in Sydney North West MyBuildTimeLine: http://navylion.wixsite.com/mybuildtimeline Re: Building with Wisdom Homes 10598Apr 28, 2018 12:39 am [quote="DaniK"]Hi guys Just enquiring what handover date you have been given? In our contract it states a 34week build and our commencement date was meant to start on the 17th of October 2017 but we had a lot of delays on Wisdoms behalf. Our site was scraped on the 28th of Feb this year and slab laid 19th of March and apparently they have put a completion date of 17th of Jan 2019 for our build. I was not expecting it to take this long considering we started our process with Wisdom in October 2016 /quote] Hi Danik, Your building schedule is similar to mine. Did you get the 'completion date' officially from Wisdom Homes, or you just get from you CSR or SS through phone conversation? Your build is more than 52 weeks, what model house are you building? Thanks for your time. Navy navylion Building a Wisdom Homes Manhattan 35 in Sydney North West MyBuildTimeLine: http://navylion.wixsite.com/mybuildtimeline Re: Building with Wisdom Homes 10599Apr 28, 2018 12:48 am Missgoldy79 Hey guys. Most of you won't know me, I finished building with Wisdom about eighteen months ago. We've been chipping away at the gardens, landscaping etc and I've put a long overdue update on my blog if anyone's interested in checking out the progress and my thoughts on the final product. We built the Prosperity 26. Hoping everyone is having a relatively smooth Wisdom journey! MandM+4 I remember you on the forums towards the end of my build. Congratulations on handover, it looks great!!!! http://therobbobuildingblog.blogspot.co ... build.html Hi Missgoldy, I remember you 2 to 3 years ago and reading your posts here. Congrats on your build and nice job on your house! Any tips or ideas you would like to share with us about your experience (warranty and quality issues if any), what are do's and don'ts? Thanks for your time. Navy navylion Building a Wisdom Homes Manhattan 35 in Sydney North West MyBuildTimeLine: http://navylion.wixsite.com/mybuildtimeline Re: Building with Wisdom Homes 10600Apr 28, 2018 1:04 am NavyLion DaniK Hi guys Just enquiring what handover date you have been given? In our contract it states a 34week build and our commencement date was meant to start on the 17th of October 2017 but we had a lot of delays on Wisdoms behalf. Our site was scraped on the 28th of Feb this year and slab laid 19th of March and apparently they have put a completion date of 17th of Jan 2019 for our build. I was not expecting it to take this long considering we started our process with Wisdom in October 2016 /quote] Hi Danik, Your building schedule is similar to mine. Did you get the 'completion date' officially from Wisdom Homes, or you just get from you CSR or SS through phone conversation? Your build is more than 52 weeks, what model house are you building? Thanks for your time. Navy Hi Navy We got the date from our SS as he had it on the paperwork in front of him (I'm praying he got it wrong). We emailed our CSR and have requested confirmation, so hopefully we hear back on Monday. We are building the Impression 38 (modified) with the Ultra Modern facade. Can someone please offer some advice? Im DESPERATE. Because I'm completely and utterly exhausted. How long are variations taking with other companies at the moment? 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