Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Metricon Lumiere 29Oct 13, 2022 10:38 am Hi Pav02, We were in a similar position with AJ and probably saw the same sales rep on the central coast. Our initial plans were to build a Lumiere 62 in the upper north shore area of Sydney, but we eventually pulled out and cut our lose . During the time dealing with Metricon it was one of the most horrible experiences I have encountered. The sales rep’s only interest was to get you to sign contracts and lay down any deposits required by all means necessary. We had made very little amendments to the original plans and even marked up the changes we wanted on the drawings, the amendment drawings came back incorrect time after time and not to mention each one would take at least 2 month minimum. During the time of waiting the reps would not reply to any sort of correspondence. My suggestion, take your money somewhere else considering what Metricon have no become… PJC Re: Metricon Lumiere 30Oct 13, 2022 8:31 pm PJC12345 Hi Pav02, We were in a similar position with AJ and probably saw the same sales rep on the central coast. Our initial plans were to build a Lumiere 62 in the upper north shore area of Sydney, but we eventually pulled out and cut our lose . During the time dealing with Metricon it was one of the most horrible experiences I have encountered. The sales rep’s only interest was to get you to sign contracts and lay down any deposits required by all means necessary. We had made very little amendments to the original plans and even marked up the changes we wanted on the drawings, the amendment drawings came back incorrect time after time and not to mention each one would take at least 2 month minimum. During the time of waiting the reps would not reply to any sort of correspondence. My suggestion, take your money somewhere else considering what Metricon have no become… PJC Hi PJC, 100% agree. They are not the Metricon they once used to be. They try every game in the book to make us fork out the extra price. By the PJC, Did you get back the 5% initial deposit? If yes, what prices did they deduct? Did you cross the 365-day period of the contract? Re: Metricon Lumiere 31Oct 13, 2022 9:13 pm AJ, Fortunately we had not gone as far as laying down the 5% deposit. We had paid a couple of thousand initially for land assessment and to lock in the base contract price (from memory it was around 950k for the 62). After 9 month of absolute frustration we went with a custom builder. Their lack of efficiency and repetitive mistakes indicate to me that it would most likely be intentional that they want to drag out the process for as long as possible, so that they do not have to honor the lock in prices they promised (valid for 365 days). Feels that either they have a bunch of monkeys working or they are deliberately trying to take advantage or exploiting their clients. The bottom line is that I feel all their actions points towards dishonesty. I must admit that their display houses are absolutely amazing, but that is part of the shenanigans to lure the customer in. From that point onwards they will promise you the world inorder for you to sign that paper. Since we pulled out with them before the build can begin, I can’t comment on their craftsmanship, but from what I hear I doubt the experience would be any better and seems to be another level of nightmare all together. PJC Re: Metricon Lumiere 33Oct 13, 2022 9:37 pm I feel you AJ, the worst feeling is that it’s as if you have been scammed. I hope you get your deposit back, Metricon have really sank to new lows. Hope others that wish to proceed with Metricon end up having an better experience than we did. Re: Metricon Lumiere 34Oct 14, 2022 9:53 am I've been saying for years that the Housing industry et al, is run by a bunch of self interest cowboys. It's time for a Royal Commission and compensation for those battlers that have been scammed keep up the fight. Cheers Chris Designer,Engineer (Civil,Const & Envir),Builder,Concrete & Masonry Contract.Struct Repairs Re: Metricon Lumiere 36Nov 05, 2023 7:24 am I wish I saw this before I went with Metricon. I had horrible experience with that builder I had to cut loss. Time and money wasted 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 19712 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 12729 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 9659 |