Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Building with Wisdom Homes 10707May 08, 2018 2:01 pm Building WH Manhattan 44 Ensuite Production Estimates: 13 Nov 2017 DA Approval : 25 October 2017 Contract Sign: 28 May 2017 Tender Sign: 24 April 2017 Request for Tender: 22 Jan 2017 Re: Building with Wisdom Homes 10718May 08, 2018 11:19 pm Hi All, I have been following this forum for a while and finding everyone’s comments helpful as well being able to relate to most with regards to administration and building issues with Wisdom. when we went through admin the time frames given by Wisdom are no where near the actual time it will take. And to be honest you need to double any timeline given to you in admin and to what we are currently experiencing in construction. We are 16 weeks into our contracted build period of 30 weeks. Currently still only have approximately 1/3 of the brick work completed. Mind you the bricks have been on site now for close to 10 weeks. In the 16 weeks of construction our site has had no action for approximately 8 of those 16 weeks. The SS, when he bothers to give us an update, says the same excuse every time, the brickies are delayed, on another job etc. We realise that because they certainly aren’t at our site. He also said that he couldn’t possibly build our house in 30 weeks, we are looking at 40 weeks. I reminded him of the contract build period that we signed and to that he said he was aware but it isn’t possible. Be wary of the promised contract build period, as in our case there is no way the promised 30 weeks will be achieved even with the dry weather conditions we are experiencing. At the rate we are going I am even doubting we will be at lock-up at the 30 week mark. It is a case of over promise then under deliver. Re: Building with Wisdom Homes 10719May 08, 2018 11:38 pm Bobby1 Hi All, I have been following this forum for a while and finding everyone’s comments helpful as well being able to relate to most with regards to administration and building issues with Wisdom. when we went through admin the time frames given by Wisdom are no where near the actual time it will take. And to be honest you need to double any timeline given to you in admin and to what we are currently experiencing in construction. We are 16 weeks into our contracted build period of 30 weeks. Currently still only have approximately 1/3 of the brick work completed. Mind you the bricks have been on site now for close to 10 weeks. In the 16 weeks of construction our site has had no action for approximately 8 of those 16 weeks. The SS, when he bothers to give us an update, says the same excuse every time, the brickies are delayed, on another job etc. We realise that because they certainly aren’t at our site. He also said that he couldn’t possibly build our house in 30 weeks, we are looking at 40 weeks. I reminded him of the contract build period that we signed and to that he said he was aware but it isn’t possible. Be wary of the promised contract build period, as in our case there is no way the promised 30 weeks will be achieved even with the dry weather conditions we are experiencing. At the rate we are going I am even doubting we will be at lock-up at the 30 week mark. It is a case of over promise then under deliver. Sorry to hear that. Bricking was our most stressful stage of the build. Although most builds with wisdom do seem to have good construction timelines. (I know not necessarily what you want to hear if you’re one of the exceptions with a slow build) If you have a look at some Metricon and coral threads there are lots of people a year into construction and still going! We love our home. If we ever built again I’d go with wisdom in a heartbeat. Hopefully once you’re enjoying your beautiful new home the stress of the build will melt away. Hope things speed up for you. majestic35.weebly.com Re: Building with Wisdom Homes 10720May 09, 2018 8:47 am Morning all, We are struggling with door choices. We’ve upgraded our internal laundry and powder to the HLR280’s but are unsure what to do upstairs. We don’t want the 280’s as they’ll stream light through to the bedrooms so were thinking about going for the HLR250’s to all bedroom openings and bathrooms, leaving the robes as standard. Has anyone upgraded upstairs doors from white to wood? 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? We… 0 11939 In fairness nobody gave a crap about the ACCC and the gag clauses continued in the pro forma templates of a few other builders after the ACCC took on Wisdom, and more… 20 57402 Hi Everyone, I am exploring builder in NSW and received a very tempting quote from Wisdom home for their momentum series. I just want to know experience of building… 0 3520 |