Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Masterton Homes 5Feb 07, 2009 8:57 am John, Tarin and the Kids Built and moving in to the Regent Grande with Masterton homes http://thebrownsaremovingtothecountry.blogspot.com Re: Masterton Homes 8Feb 07, 2009 12:03 pm John, Tarin and the Kids Built and moving in to the Regent Grande with Masterton homes http://thebrownsaremovingtothecountry.blogspot.com Re: Masterton Homes 13Feb 08, 2009 3:13 pm John, Tarin and the Kids Built and moving in to the Regent Grande with Masterton homes http://thebrownsaremovingtothecountry.blogspot.com Re: Masterton Homes 16Apr 13, 2009 7:38 am Masterton Santorini Grande 23/01/09 First Tender 17/11/09 Contract signed 25/01/10 Slab 27/03/10 Frame 7/5/10 Bricks 1/07/10 Roof 9/7/10 Lock up 24/8/10 PCI 16/09/2010 KEYS! viewtopic.php?f=31&t=16418 Re: 18Apr 13, 2009 11:23 am JohnAndTarin I'm sure they didn't do it intentionally! they are very apologetic even if they miss something. all i can say is our experience so far has been excellent. JohnAndTarin May I ask you a question? What's the difference between Regent 38 & Regent grand if I choose the Prestige facade? Except for the price difference I can't find any other big difference. Re: 19Apr 13, 2009 11:25 am buildingadreamhome We are building the Villina with the Nouveau facade - same facade that the Tempo has on display. We locked in our price back in November but if our tender does go over (we negotiated 201 days because of the Christmas break) our house has only gone up $2k. Basically after we accepted the tender we paid our initial deposit and it took about 4 weeks to get our first round of drawings in. We had them over the Christmas break and approved them with a couple of minor changes (moving a door and a gas point) and are now waiting for the DA to be submitted. We organised our demo DA ourselves but that took a while to get through council - about 8 weeks (but that's a bit above average - just some issues with our council delayed it). The council DA will hopefully go in in the next week or so (fingers crossed) and we have until the start of June for our tender to be up. May I know why you do not choose Masterton's demo? Is it too expensive? How much for you to demolish your existing house? We'll have to do the same thing. Our house is an old one. Re: Masterton Homes 20Apr 13, 2009 1:39 pm My understanding is Masterton no longer do demolitions. We originally spoke to them a couple of years ago but just before going to plan stage we found out we were expecting Baby #2. At that time, the tender included demolition. This time around, we were told that they no longer do demolition but recommended someone to us with whom they normally work (presumably the contractor that used to do demolitions for them). We also got our own quotes and the Masterton recommended demolition co was around $2,500 more expensive. So it's worth shopping around. On the 180 days, I'm pretty sure it's calendar days... so, around 6 months. Masterton Santorini Grande 23/01/09 First Tender 17/11/09 Contract signed 25/01/10 Slab 27/03/10 Frame 7/5/10 Bricks 1/07/10 Roof 9/7/10 Lock up 24/8/10 PCI 16/09/2010 KEYS! viewtopic.php?f=31&t=16418 4 16709 Ask for references and speak to them. If they are defensive or try to avoid the request, walk. 1 74688 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 105494 |