Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Weeks Custom build - Virginia Grove - SA 16Jul 02, 2018 9:41 pm well, it has been awhile and sadly it hasn't been good news. The bank changed policies and revoked our pre-approval due to "changing lending policies" and then we have had difficulty finding another lender because of our circumstances. In the meantime, Weeks have sent through our paperwork for council approval and the final costings forms after all the engineer reports and testing etc came back. Somehow its come up $17,500 more than the original 1st round costing that we signed for. Not only did they somehow to manage to not inform us of the wind speed requirements or the "ministers sound requirements that cost a combined total of 6k for window and sliding door upgrades alone) but they have added on $2500 for "increased, garage size was incorrectly quoted) amongst other things. I haven't been able to get in touch with our original sales agent and the new guy is rather blunt and pushy. $800 for a sliding door in the laundry? $2738 for a 2400x3048mm stacker door??? i think not. I can't figure out how this stuff was not on the original quote and being that they have built many houses in this estate already they should have well known about the "wind speed and ministers sound requirements" its disappointing on many levels because now we have to readjust our budget and do so with the bank as well. Our original sales guy knew from the get-go we were on a very restricted budget and to now add on over 17k in additionals before we have even got to selections means we are going to be incredibly limited in what we can do instead of being able to have at least a little flexibility. not posting this all to bad mouth the builders and we may still find a way to work through this but I'm more so sharing whats happening to us so that others don't get caught by the same surprises. will keep you all posted as it unfolds. Re: Weeks Custom build - Virginia Grove - SA 17Jul 02, 2018 9:45 pm Hope it all works out for you. Building can be so stressful Re: Weeks Custom build - Virginia Grove - SA 18Jul 02, 2018 9:48 pm That sucks! And just goes to show how hard it is to compare builders... I paid extra to change from sliding to normal door in the laundry. Stacker door was under 2k each from memory. Re: Weeks Custom build - Virginia Grove - SA 19Jul 02, 2018 9:54 pm Nawsome Hope it all works out for you. Building can be so stressful Thanks mate. So far the front render n roof colour is the only thing we have done and it was so easy n straightforward. Actually it was really enjoyable. I honestly think if we can get the finance passed n sort the pricing out the rest won't be too bad. Just those two things alone has given me grey hair. but the upswing of that is atleast I match my roof colour now lol. Re: Weeks Custom build - Virginia Grove - SA 20Jul 02, 2018 9:56 pm Monkey55 That sucks! And just goes to show how hard it is to compare builders... I paid extra to change from sliding to normal door in the laundry. Stacker door was under 2k each from memory. 800$ for standard sliding in laundry and 190 for custom roller door on back of garage. Think they will let me put a roller door on my laundry instead? :p And yeah I'm not paying 2700 odd for a stacker. That's mental. The fastest thing a builder will do is bank your cheque, those systems work perfectly with lightning speed, everything else is slow burn. Just the way it is. 1 8706 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 18470 I'd get the gutters to match your roof and pipes to match the paint - otherwise they become a feature. Nice pick with the paint colours! 1 34269 |