Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Fairhaven Homes 474Apr 03, 2019 1:29 pm PLEASE HELP To those who have already built or at least have a frame could you please tell me if you had to organise your own power to your site? As in ring a power company yourself to get the power turned on? We have never been told we had to arrange this but are now being told we will have to pay for generator hire as there is no power. There is definitely power to our stage of the estate. We thought Fairhaven connected to Red Energy for the build? Re: Fairhaven Homes 475Apr 03, 2019 1:33 pm GEOnTREY PLEASE HELP To those who have already built or at least have a frame could you please tell me if you had to organise your own power to your site? As in ring a power company yourself to get the power turned on? We have never been told we had to arrange this but are now being told we will have to pay for generator hire as there is no power. There is definitely power to our stage of the estate. We thought Fairhaven connected to Red Energy for the build? No you shouldn't have to. You would have signed something at contract time authorizing Fairhaven to use red energy during built (Fairhaven pays for power usage during built). I would ring Red energy and confirm if your address has power. Howz the build going anyway? Re: Fairhaven Homes 476Apr 03, 2019 1:57 pm Bronte19 GEOnTREY PLEASE HELP To those who have already built or at least have a frame could you please tell me if you had to organise your own power to your site? As in ring a power company yourself to get the power turned on? We have never been told we had to arrange this but are now being told we will have to pay for generator hire as there is no power. There is definitely power to our stage of the estate. We thought Fairhaven connected to Red Energy for the build? No you shouldn't have to. You would have signed something at contract time authorizing Fairhaven to use red energy during built (Fairhaven pays for power usage during built). I would ring Red energy and confirm if your address has power. Howz the build going anyway? Hi Ben Thanks for the info. We have a slab and the frame 'expected around' April 10 but we are not holding our breath. It's all going so slowly with no communication. Did your site supervisor keep you updated? So many houses with frames, trusses, windows even some with bricks and plaster that started the same time as us. But we and the other people in our street building with Fairhaven still only have slabs. It's very frustrating! Are you all settled in now? How are you finding the bathroom ventilation? Should I start researching opening skylights? Re: Fairhaven Homes 477Apr 03, 2019 2:13 pm geontrey Yeah all settled in. Still getting used to the commute. Had our 90 days inspection- no major issues just some paint touch ups. Bathroom ventilation is not a issue as we are used to it. Also both of us work so dont spend lot of time in the bathroom. Good luck with the next stages Re: Fairhaven Homes 478Apr 06, 2019 9:59 am CalicoCat Whoever did our carpet laying did a very SLACK job! there are heaps of lumps and we can feel sharp metal at the entrance of the hall, master and bedroom 4. Did others have heaps of builders rumble left on the lot? I'm not even sure where to start with landscaping let alone removing all the rubbish! Our carpets are the same, can feel the sharp metal when changing rooms and heaps of lumps which are caused when concrete installers don't do their job properly or when standing timber supports create those post concrete installation or when they make a hole in the slab in the wrong place for installing cistern etc. Carpet installers know that concrete is not exactly level and will feel lumpy when walking but they just come in, install and forget about it. When asked from the builder, they will remind you of the building specifications document you signed in addition to the contract that gives them bit of leeway around it. Builders rubbish was left behind in our case. Some of it but not most of it. Called their service and maintenance department post handover to sort out collection of that pile which they did arrange. Re: Fairhaven Homes 479Apr 06, 2019 10:02 am CalicoCat GEOnTREY What is your site supervisors name? We have Mitchell. They sure did leave a lot of dirt up against your fence, that's not fair! Overall, I will not be building with Fairhaven again. Whom will you build with in future? I believe they all are the same. Re: Fairhaven Homes 480Apr 07, 2019 5:18 pm Hi All, I have been browsing this forum and this topic in particular for the past year. I signed up with Fairhaven to build the tathra 350 early last year and the house was handed over a few weeks ago. Construction started July/August last year. My SS was quite easygoing and accommodating, fixing issues that came up during the build. I also had independent inspections along the way and he rectified most of the issues that were picked up as well. My advise for those currently building with them is to visit the site as much as possible to identify any problems and let the SS know (during the stage, I had an opening to the WIR blocked off and one of my door in the wrong position). All in all, it was a good build but the cleanliness of the house can be improved during handover and there are still some outstanding issues. I was happy with the build last week when the house was handed over but I just realised that the air-con condenser unit is covering the termite refill point (see attached photo). For obvious reasons, I am worried about this but the SS said that its fine this way. Do anyone who have build with them have this problem as well? I also just hand landscaping done and have a concrete path around the house and I am wondering if I will need to have the termite barrier thing applied again. It will be great if someone that did concrete path after handover can let me know. Thanks. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ We are looking to do a KDR with fairhaven homes, Have seen plenty of good reviews about them pre construction and plenty of negative reviews about them during contruction… 0 18444 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 109627 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 26645 |