Browse Forums Building A New House 1 Dec 03, 2007 8:08 am Building an Allworth home at St Georges Basin,New South Wales. http://myallworth.blogspot.com/ http://www.allworthhomes.com.au/ Re: Builders Need To Improve. 6Dec 03, 2007 2:19 pm Internal and External Building and Colour Consultant Online - Worldwide http://www.denovoconcepts.com Re: Builders Need To Improve. 7Dec 03, 2007 2:35 pm I agree that some builders are like that. My friend is building with Plantation in QLD and they were so eager to take her $1500 deposit that they forgot to mention that it would be 12 months till they actually started building!!! Too busy was there excuse, why keep taking on clients if you don't have enough builders to actually build the house?
Alot of companies are like that but we are lucky that Dixon give you a good idea of a start date and then calculate how long a house will take to build. Ours will take 161 days (a couple of weeks are included for rain, delay, etc). They even write down the exact steps and timeframe for each process. Jet Re: Builders Need To Improve. 8Dec 03, 2007 2:44 pm Hey Michelle,
I am not really having problems with the builder as such,but more the whole casual attitude exhibited by all builders when confronted by a customer.It should be common knowledge to everyone about how long it takes to build a house.If you already own a home you need to know when to sell it and when to commence with the new home ,otherwise get used to renting for an extended period.All the glossy brochures I have seen make no mention of nine months to 12 months before you can have your new house. What about when trying to compare one builder to anothe?Some build basix into site costs,some have it as part of the house price and others have it stand alone. THE WHOLE PROCESS OF BUILDING A HOUSE IS MADE MORE DIFFICULT BECAUSE OF THE ERRATIC NATURE OF THE BUILDERS. I am just trying to generate debate about the management type problems rather than actual building defects.Time is money but some builders do not realise that. Building an Allworth home at St Georges Basin,New South Wales. http://myallworth.blogspot.com/ http://www.allworthhomes.com.au/ Re: Builders Need To Improve. 9Dec 03, 2007 2:47 pm Well it should generate a good discussion!!!
Good for you…..I could go on ALL day about it. But I won’t….just to be nice to everyone. Internal and External Building and Colour Consultant Online - Worldwide http://www.denovoconcepts.com Re: Builders Need To Improve. 10Dec 03, 2007 2:54 pm I would ask for two things of a builder:
1) How much will it cost? I don't care if they charge $1 for the house and $249,999 for site costs or $249,999 for the house and $1 for the site cost. If they need to do any soil tests to get an exact price I would get the test done. If I pay for the soil test then I keep the results and can go elsewhere. If the builder pays for the soil test then they can keep it. 2) When will it be finished? I don't care if they wait 5 months to start and then complete the house in 1 month or start in a month and take 5 months. I wouldn't part with any money (excpet for tests that I get to keep) or sign anythign until I knew these two things. No if or buts. Oh, and make sure that any liquidated damages in your contract equal the rental value of the completed property. I've heard some shockers in this department. Cheers, Casa Demolition August 2009, Construction Started September 2009, Completed December 2010 Hi all, We are looking to build a new two storey house in western Sydney. Can anyone recommend a smallish builder to go with? We are trying to stay away from the big… 0 12701 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 109621 Thank you so much. This has been very helpful. We definitely wish to settle and get these people out of our life. They are trying to charge us interest on late… 7 14944 |