Looks great!! Gosh it is a monster!!!
Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Metricon Sentosa 52 Modified 263Feb 24, 2020 3:26 pm https://thomasarcherbuild.blogspot.com/p/blog-page.html - Thomas Archer Homes - Custom Nouveau 41 Re: Metricon Sentosa 52 Modified 272Feb 27, 2020 10:15 am Norfolk @shokel1975 unless your HIA contract has been modified, or you agreed in writing later, you are legally able to claim on Metricon your full costs of their additional 6 weeks delay beyond a reasonable 2 weeks after PCI to handover as long as you can substantiate these costs. It’s not appropriate or legal for Metricon to make Customers pay $1,000’s in rent and other delay costs just for asking for minor defects to be rectified. I agree with neatep and think this policy is unconscionable and justifies the attention of all state fair trading departments and the ACCC if Metricon refuses to pay up. I really wasn't going to try to go down that road - we didn't have to pay rent, and we had no mortgage on our home. Financially it was not costing us anything to wait, it was just getting tight in terms of timing move in with settlement of our old home. Re: Metricon Sentosa 52 Modified 274Feb 27, 2020 8:58 pm Oh man, really? This really sucks if I have to wait another 8 weeks on top of waiting for PIC. Looks like I might have to rent a storage space first to store all the furniture I bought first. I'm not renting but at the same time I'm still paying interest for the current build and the mortgage on the apartment so it's getting pretty tight, especially after all the white goods and furniture I just bought. Re: Metricon Sentosa 52 Modified 275Feb 27, 2020 8:59 pm And thanks Shokel. If I could move in by Easter that would be the dream. Re: Metricon Sentosa 52 Modified 276Feb 27, 2020 10:02 pm Freak_Zombie And thanks Shokel. If I could move in by Easter that would be the dream. You may get in quicker than me - every build is different. I have my fingers crossed for you!! Re: Metricon Sentosa 52 Modified 277Feb 27, 2020 10:31 pm shokel1975 Freak_Zombie And thanks Shokel. If I could move in by Easter that would be the dream. You may get in quicker than me - every build is different. I have my fingers crossed for you!! Thank you so much!! 😊😊 By the way what's the standard wait for a reply from your contract supervisor? I've sent a list of items to be fixed to my supervisor over 2 weeks ago and another follow up email over a week ago and still no reply. Seems really inefficient way to handle customers given they give themselves a tight deadline of 9 months to complete a build. Find it surprising building a house takes a shorter time than to reply to an email. Re: Metricon Sentosa 52 Modified 278Feb 28, 2020 6:12 am Freak_Zombie you are experiencing Metricon's standard 'ignore, avoid, bluff, delay, threaten, and frustrate' process to avoid fixing defects and reduce their building expenses. The cost to them of not meeting their 9 month deadline is minimal at about $120 per week (with liquidated damages of $30 per working day in your contract). The cost to customers of hand over delays are rent (payments or lost income), or mortgage payments, and other costs. Probably close to $1,000 per week. By delaying fixing your defects they put you under financial pressure, as well as emotional stress, to just accept things, and pay their invoices so you can move in ASAP. From Metricon's perspective they are efficient by going slow because this can minimise their defect rectification costs on your build. Metricon's contract build time of 9 months is almost meaningless without realistic liquidated damages of about $200 per working day payable to you if they don't achieve it. Don't mistake Metricon's normal defect management process for inefficiency. Metricon's process is pretty well sorted to minimise their financial risk of defective workmanship and transfer this risk to you. Re: Metricon Sentosa 52 Modified 279Feb 29, 2020 9:47 am That's really disappointing to hear. Good news and bad news today. Good news is finally a little progress Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Bad news is, my kitchen island does not look anywhere like the display that I asked for. Sorely disappointed 😔😔 don't know how I'll salvage this. Also I cannot believe it but they painted my nice wooden door for the laundry area the same colour as my pillars. Grey 😱 I don't think I ever asked for that 😭 Will try and take a picture of it later. Re: Metricon Sentosa 52 Modified 280Feb 29, 2020 2:19 pm freak_Zombie Check you kitchen island profile against the plans and the detailed kitchen company drawings that you signed off on. Also check your front door surrounds against the plans. It looks like a brick course maybe missing above it, replaced by a flimsy wooden 'storm' panel above the door frame. See picture of the bricks above my front door. If these features don't match your signed plans don't accept the Metricon SS's standard "it's a design detail" fob off. You are legal entitled to receive what you signed off on. BTW, on my place Metricon re-did the all kitchen cabinets because the original ones they installed overhung the long window, not to plan and looking shocking. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Hi, First of all, thank you to this community for sharing your thoughts and opinions. 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