Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Building with Kurmond Homes 1713May 11, 2018 9:18 am hi guys, nothing is happening here. still waiting for the insurance 3+ weeks as of today. 2 days ago I contacted senior operational manager Matt and he told me that something would come through "tomorrow" which was yesterday. of course we have not heard from them anything since. any news at your side? Re: Building with Kurmond Homes 1715May 18, 2018 1:21 pm nada17 We got our insurance yesterday. so it has been 1 month from contract signing. they informed us that they are starting piering next Monday so we are finally moving forward to construction! Great to hear someone is seeing progress. We were told a month ago they were going to organise our insurance docs (we have not yet seen them), and at some point they emails to say construction is slated to commence on the 28th of May. We have no insurance, no final tender and no contract, so I think we can reliably assume that’s not happening. We were sent a variation doc to sign as they made a mistake with the interior door heights, otherwise we’ve had no other indication that anything is progressing. It would be easy to assume a company that does this to clients is having financial issues. I wish we’d gone with another company. Re: Building with Kurmond Homes 1716May 18, 2018 9:52 pm I have come back into this forum as HomeOne started to send me reminders of 'new posts' .... I truly couldn't believe what I am reading ... or maybe I can. I was planning to build with this group way back in 2010 ... and the best thing I did was *not* do that ... the pain of their "customer service" staff seems to be back where it was all those years ago! You need to be careful what you write here ... there were legal threats at one stage. All I can say is that you need to carefully check every inch of every bit of the contract, and then check it again ... and then expect this builder to go into 'slow' mode when they can't get you to agree to doing things "there way" ... good luck! As a matter of interest, we ended up building with Barrington Homes and couldn't be happier on our acreage block :0) Re: Building with Kurmond Homes 1718May 23, 2018 1:27 pm Dear All, We have been in our home 2 and 1/2 years now and it is still absolutely amazing and wonderful!!! To all the newbies out there, you need to have a realistic idea of what building a project home is all about. We researched for FIVE YEARS, got plans drawn up for extensions, had private builders provide quotes, and researched every home design of every builder of every display home before going ahead with KH. The best advice I can give is to have patience patience patience. EVERY builder takes a long time as, don't forget, your home is NOT the only home they are building. It is a complex process and the speed of the build very much depends on the availability of tradespeople (which can be a nightmare), material being delivered on time and the weather. If you start worrying that the builders haven't been on your site this week then you are in for a big headache. Remember what you are trying to achieve - a professionally built home that you will love forever...and that's exactly hat we got with KH. We made sure our Council did all of the interim checks so we knew everything was built properly, as the Council were the ones signing off on the quality of the construction. Yes we would all love our homes to be finished in 3 months, but that is not realistic. Don't sweat the small stuff. Only complain when there is something really bad to complain about and then you will get immediate action. We could not be happier with our home. It was a rollercoaster and very stressful but we know we have a quality build - which after all is what all of us want. GOOD LUCK TO ALL and read my earlier posts for more info Re: Building with Kurmond Homes 1719May 25, 2018 8:52 am Big Mama Dear All, We have been in our home 2 and 1/2 years now and it is still absolutely amazing and wonderful!!! To all the newbies out there, you need to have a realistic idea of what building a project home is all about. We researched for FIVE YEARS, got plans drawn up for extensions, had private builders provide quotes, and researched every home design of every builder of every display home before going ahead with KH. The best advice I can give is to have patience patience patience. EVERY builder takes a long time as, don't forget, your home is NOT the only home they are building. It is a complex process and the speed of the build very much depends on the availability of tradespeople (which can be a nightmare), material being delivered on time and the weather. If you start worrying that the builders haven't been on your site this week then you are in for a big headache. Remember what you are trying to achieve - a professionally built home that you will love forever...and that's exactly hat we got with KH. We made sure our Council did all of the interim checks so we knew everything was built properly, as the Council were the ones signing off on the quality of the construction. Yes we would all love our homes to be finished in 3 months, but that is not realistic. Don't sweat the small stuff. Only complain when there is something really bad to complain about and then you will get immediate action. We could not be happier with our home. It was a rollercoaster and very stressful but we know we have a quality build - which after all is what all of us want. GOOD LUCK TO ALL and read my earlier posts for more info Hi! happy to hear that you love your house! I would disagree that all builders are the same in their process. My neighbours already have their kitchen cabinets installed vs we just had piering this Monday done. Our lots were registered on the same day. I have also seen other neighbours built their homes in 5-6 months. So Kurmond IS very slow with paperwork. Not only that. They also make the clients stress a lot. You say we should not complain about small things which I think will make you get totally different result from what you expected. they just keep moving things around the house when you told them not to. And if you don't tell them again and again they will just make you sign something that you don't like. I am FOR being loyal but at the end I want to get the result I want and not something that their drafter mistakenly drafted. As far as I can see from my experience, Kurmond is severely understaffed (not enough drafters, not enough consultants), the staff they have are very unprofessional and QA is non-existent. I really hope their tradies are better than admin staff. I really hope that in 3 years I will come to this forum and tell everyone how happy I am with my new house. As until now I am not happy and stressed with the pre-construction stage. Anyway, happy Friday everyone! Ask for references and speak to them. If they are defensive or try to avoid the request, walk. 1 74702 I would never build with Fowler homes. I built with them in 2021 and till date maintenance issues are pending. All their existing trades and businesses don't work with… 14 105557 Hi there! Putting the feelers out there for those who have (or almost) built with Arli homes! Interested in your experiences who've built from their stock home designs… 0 23483 |