Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Metricon Denver 45 18May 06, 2019 8:24 pm Denver37build Hi Taylahlee, This is the first time I'm commenting on one of these. We have been in the process of building with Metricon for over 12 months now but they are still yet to actually start on site. (The admin sales process has been such a nightmare with error and mis estimation from Metricon, losing of variations ect that given a choice again I would choose another company but we fell for the denver design.) We modified the denver 37 to fit our block on the Mornington peninsula so is approximatly 41 squares including extension of the living/ dining area so please bear in mind your costs for the items below would be higher If your in Koo wee rup you may be bound by building to bushfire regulations BAL levels as we are. Additional surcharges range from $8,000 upwards. You may also need to provide water tanks (cheaper to do not through metricon) Depending on the length of your driveway you may have additional connection charges ours was 23m leading to approx $13,500 additional charges. You will also need to provide a builders driveway of crushed rock (if you don't have one) prior to building from road to site at your expense Increasing ceiling height ti 2.7m was approx $11,000 Extension of house back area by 1m was nearly $8,000 plus additional cost to kitchen lay out of $500 Benchtop upgrade to stone catergory 1 blanco maple orna 20mm was $4,000 approx Stacker door to outdoor room was double glazed and $2,000. Additional few hundred for handles needed in bushfire area Out design had a small outdoor room included. Next size up to grand outdoor room 12 months ago was between 10-15,000 but we did not get an exact costing. I hope this helps you a little, Overall our cost was $415,000 but metricon forgot to do drainage plans for house (so currently in negogiations). We chose to do flooring aside from tiling, water tanks, driveways, laundry and wardrobe cabinetry and window furnishings ourselves as reduced cost compared with metricon. Overall flooring for laminate whole house from supplier was $7,500. Another $2,500 if we would like installers to fit Best of luck! Sounds like your Admin process is much like ours! a big joke! We are not in a fire rated area so didn't need any of that. We chose to do our own flooring also as it was 1/4 of the cost of what M wanted to charge.we are just getting the wet areas done by M. I believe that M have 30mdays after contract to start of give you a start date so if you are past this quote breach of contract with them and find the point in the contract. They'll quickly give you a date then! Re: Metricon Denver 45 19May 06, 2019 8:34 pm Yes, I think we have experienced the same quality phone conversations. Theres a legal loophole build start in our contract unfortunatly, we had a start date but the council pulled them up on the drainage plans (After we pointed it out multiple times).However its more cost effective for us to negotiate now then if they had started and we had progress payments. Fingers crossed this week but I've heard it before. We agree completely! Get everything in writing. Thank goodness for email. Hoping the building is better than the preparation! Re: Metricon Denver 45 20May 06, 2019 8:49 pm Denver37build Yes, I think we have experienced the same quality phone conversations. Theres a legal loophole build start in our contract unfortunatly, we had a start date but the council pulled them up on the drainage plans (After we pointed it out multiple times).However its more cost effective for us to negotiate now then if they had started and we had progress payments. Fingers crossed this week but I've heard it before. We agree completely! Get everything in writing. Thank goodness for email. Hoping the building is better than the preparation! Well we met up with our Stage 1 building supervisor today and he said to deal with him from here on. He came across that he doesn't like the admin staff also and that they don't pass on any info. So far seems good but time will tell! Good luck with your build though would love to see your photos also as you build. Have you got topic started on here? Hi, First of all, thank you to this community for sharing your thoughts and opinions. We are in early days of our pre-contract stage for Metricon Doulton and we are… 0 3848 Hello All 🙂 We are planning to start our journey of construction our first home. We zeroed down on Metricon and henley homes based on design suitable for our lot and… 0 1101 We don’t live in VIC so want to know the exterior colours of Lumiere display so we can see it at the paint shop. Not building with Metricon so my request went… 0 1290 |