Browse Forums Building A New House 1 Jan 25, 2012 6:43 pm Hi all, we moved into our house in December but didn't get any flowers/wine/hamper from the builder. I quite often read about people's presents from the builder so I'm curious, who is your builder and did you get a handover pressie? We built with AV Jennings Re: Did you get a handover present from builder? 3Jan 25, 2012 7:31 pm We were given a choice of either a hamper or a $200 Harvey Norman voucher, we chose the voucher as we had so much shopping to do Fowler Homes is my builder Did you get a handover present from builder? 4Jan 25, 2012 7:42 pm Yeah casa2 I can't complain because we are really happy with our house, great build too ....although a $200 voucher would have been awesome Re: Did you get a handover present from builder? 5Jan 25, 2012 8:31 pm Last year got a bottle of non alcoholic champagne and some cheap towels. Bottle went straight to the bin nd the towels lined the dog basket for about a month before they too went in the bin. Just recently on another handover got a bottle of 2008 sem Sauvignon blanc that was nearly rancid but kept a couple of good wine glasses, glass not crystal or anything worth more than 20 clams. Some people get BBQ,s and dishwashers , a night at a hotel etc but with most people that choose to build doing it so rarely and builders that change name so frequently to protect how crap they are, I'm not surprised , it just eats into their bottom line if they spend too much . Buying a new car, that's a different story entirely, cos your gonna buy another if the deal went well in 3 to 6 years time. By the time you get to handover you are just happy it's all over ( yeah I know it rarely is cos there is still plenty of dramas to sort out ) that looking at your quarter mill of a house or a basket of cheap rubbish is no comparison at all. Builders need to concentrate on giving you what you paid for instead of sugar coating their mistakes Rant over.... Enjoy Oz day Or the heat if your in Perth. Timeline Aug 08-Land Mar 09-Demo/Titles Sept 10-Handover No1 Sept 11-Handover No2 April 12-Sold No2 Aug 14-Land/Demo Jan 15-Slabs viewtopic.php?f=31&t=25736 Re: Did you get a handover present from builder? 6Jan 26, 2012 4:28 pm I'll be happy to just get my keys to my house Re: Did you get a handover present from builder? 7Jan 26, 2012 6:31 pm We got a nice house number - it looks like slub-glass (but is plastic for safety) with silver numbers on it. Very happy with it and have had passer by stop and ask where we got it from. Very useful, saved us buying one. Re: Did you get a handover present from builder? 8Jan 27, 2012 1:53 pm That sounds like a lovely, useful gift movingGal. When we had done our walk through we came down to the kitchen to find our builder had set this up as our gift Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ We have been in our home for over a year & a half now & we received a bottle of wine & card from our builder at Christmas time, personally delivered by one of their wives. . .now that's customer service! Loretta Built The Jenmark with Cavalier Homes Macarthur. http://camdenacres.blogspot.com/ Thread - viewtopic.php?f=31&t=17870 We are in - front landscaping begins Re: Did you get a handover present from builder? 10Jan 27, 2012 10:40 pm We built with Burbank and recieved a cordless kettle, toaster and egg poacher at handover. Forrester 43sq We have our keys (3/6/11) Now it's time to decorate (that's the fun part.lol) https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=37598 Re: Did you get a handover present from builder? 11Jan 28, 2012 12:40 pm I got 2 pot plants that his wife had potted up for me, but one had died by the time he brought it around, (he said) They were yukkas Re: Did you get a handover present from builder? 12Jan 28, 2012 1:20 pm Handover present??? what's that??? I was lucky to get the keys and that only happened (literally) 10 mins before the removalist arrived. I'd been on the phone all morning getting legal advice because the builder was refusing handover, in fact 48 hrs previously he threatened to burn the house down. Why??? I can hear you ask, and that's a valid question ....he 'assumed' I wasn't going to make the final payment and was going to squat in the house, so he had all windows locked and doors barred. Just shows the mentality of the person who calls himself a professional builder! Some mothers do have 'em!!! Re: Did you get a handover present from builder? 14Jan 28, 2012 3:52 pm We got a picnic insulated backpack with a bottle of wine. The backpack was excellent quality. Have to say though after a year of being in our house we havent used it and it's still sitting on the top shelf of our laundry cupboard:) Handover February 2011 Happy with our home No the fireplace doesn’t work. It’s been enclosed. I’m not sure what was removed, as it was done quite some time ago - well before what I can see with photos online… 2 11530 Ardo That is so funny! I wonder how many people know who Larry Haun is these days. I have a couple of young guys we call Mo 1 & Mo 2 who run a crew of 6 boys and… 9 15418 |