Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Are you Building with H3nley in VIC? 6Nov 04, 2012 1:10 pm Building the Ascot 35 with Carlisle Homes in Pasadena Estate, Clyde VIC My build thread: viewtopic.php?f=31&t=59776 Re: Are you Building with H3nley in VIC? 13Nov 05, 2012 12:40 pm Building Henley Monaco Nouveau Q1 - Mernda Villages https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=57810 http://razbuild.blogspot.com.au/ Re: Are you Building with H3nley in VIC? 14Nov 05, 2012 4:15 pm Henley - Wilshire Mk 3 ... I love my house!! Site start: 4th Feb 09 Handover: 10th Sep 09 Blog: http://stormygirlscastle.blogspot.com/ Build Thread: viewtopic.php?t=7166 Re: Are you Building with H3nley in VIC? 17Nov 19, 2012 1:23 pm Visit my First home building blog at http://rahniandtheofirsthome.blogspot.com.au/ Site Start 28th Aug Painted 15th November PCI booked 14th December HANDOVER BOOKED! 20TH DECEMBER!! Re: Are you Building with H3nley in VIC? 19Nov 19, 2012 5:36 pm Building Henley Monaco Nouveau Q1 - Mernda Villages https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=57810 http://razbuild.blogspot.com.au/ Re: Are you Building with H3nley in VIC? 20Nov 19, 2012 5:40 pm Tinklebell Okay, I collected my keys a few days ago ( wohoo !!) but the euphoria was short-lived. Here's what killed my weekend... My rangehood (upgraded to Miele) gave me a fright when I turned it on as it sounded like it was going thru' a chain saw. Obviously some loose screws/metal bits left inside during installatiion. Tried to open the sliding doors to my alfresco; wrong keys were handed to me! Hubby's pet project (home theatre) was totally messed up; wrong dimensions for the sliding door opening!!!!!!!! Wanted down lights in all the rooms and alfresco but only got them in the Master! Wrong shower head istalled in Master Ensuite Got in touch with the admin and was politely told that I had signed off on the final drawings and basically, that was just bad luck for me. I have to admit that I made the fatal mistake of not screening those dastardedly pages with a fine tooth comb and carelessly signed off on them...but hey, I expected Professional Builders to take care, and when instuctions for change is given either during Colours Appointment and the all-crucial Tender Appt, they would follow them implicitly!!! Boy, oh, boy, was I mistaken. Never assume that they will follow your instructions; in fact quite the contrary! Story to be learnt after a bad burn.... Make very sure you screen every single page properly before signing off on those dreaded FINAL DRAWINGS. Don't rush, that was my fatal mistake here as we were trying to rush for moving in before Xmas. Yeah, we are moving in before Xmas, but not in the best of spirits!!! I did change my administrator once, felt she was too brusque, abrupt, and not at all interested in hearing my voice when I called up. The site supervisor was good and kept way on schedule. No issues with him at all. Oh, yes, one last thing. Argus Technologies....have second, third, fourth thoughts before you use them, please. Overall experience with Henley...mixed bag, finishes of the house is pretty good but you need to be very careful BEFORE committing to get the job started. Hope this will help you, good luck! Err.. I really want to hope your not serious. Did you not do a PCI? Did you not check on the place? I sort of find this hard to believe. I have posted this before: We hired Darbecca to do every stage inspection, and I strongly recommend them to anyone that asks me. They were amazing. Thorough reports… 2 4525 Looking to start the journey of becoming an owner builder in SA. Feeling pretty (overly) confident on the building and construction details, but really struggling to find… 0 8430 No. It's not original. Circa early to mid 90s would be my guess and maybe even as late as early 2000s 1 6641 |