Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Our build with Carter Grange 32Sep 21, 2012 3:48 pm TEAM_W whoops, only just saw this! we are doing a custom build because our land is so narrow (12.5m) and we hope to start in nov.. the earlier the better! what about yourself? We are also doing a custom build and are still in discussion.. Hoping to finalise the discussion soon so we can start our build.. Re: Our build with Carter Grange 33Sep 30, 2012 4:23 pm I wish I found this forum earlier. Anyway, I'm also building with CG and doing a totally custom design. I'm very pleased as cost was way cheaper than other custom builders. We have a small double storey and including our upgrades and site cost it still manage to come under $300K. Overall, I found CG to be way better than any other volume builder. Obviously these guys are not perfect but they are very good to deal with. I have just found out from a blog few weeks ago that CG has updated their contract specification (with reference to Ghunnar regarding CG's standards) and the updated one is apparently similar to the Australian standard etc.. I did mention this to my admin at CG and currently waiting for the updated one to be sent to me and signed, no hassles. I'm close to my site start which will be in the next week or so pending council permits. I agree with Tracey that it would have been good if the upgrades and other choices were readily available and already priced from the start so that it would be easier to decide and not continuously change something every week or so - but then again, changing something is never a hassle. It is a simply a matter of picking up the phone and letting my administrator know and its done. I was even able to upgrade to something that is not even in their list of upgrades. I chose a different door from a different company - done without any issues. With the new bushfire regulations: is anyone building with CG that has their house assessed as BAL LOW? Mine is but apparently CG needs to make my house meet the BAL 12.5 which entails me paying extra $5K for stuff like roof sarking, fireproofing garage door, etc.... Does anyone have the same experience? I like the extra stuff because I think it adds some benefits to the house but I'm very tight on my budget and hoping I could get rid of the extra $5K. Re: Our build with Carter Grange 36Nov 01, 2012 5:21 pm Glad to hear people are positive about CG -we are at the very early stages of comparing quotes from custom builders, and are considering CG, so appreciate all the experiences people are able to share. On the weekend we visited their display in Bentleigh, and the consultant advised us to drive past another recently completed place nearby. So we did, and the owners were in the front yard, and were very positive about their experience.... Re: Our build with Carter Grange 37Mar 02, 2013 8:29 pm We are about to start construction, and we have been very happy with our interaction with all CG staff. The contrast with another builder we dealt with couldn't be greater, H & MV had nice sale staff, H had good design staff - but H couldn't deliver a knock-down / build job. Carter Grange Radisson Carter Grange Custom Radisson 43 with rear balcony (see CG Build for details). We spent close to 2 years in a process with TA. It was horrible..... we got to tender, and the first cut was 50% over our budget which "they care such about meeting ". We… 18 27426 Thank you so much everyone. This all makes a lot of sense. I guess when you talk to a builder who butters up everything to look very polished, you get to start believing… 7 17947 of course there are legal avenues. You've already mentioned it. Sue them. I find it odd that lawyers wouldnt be willing to take on the case, given CCT evidence and… 1 23897 |