Browse Forums Building A New House Re: NEW DIMENSION HOMES (VIC) Any feedback 7Aug 05, 2012 1:22 pm MudMap, I know you complained to Consumer Affairs Victoria about NDH, but it might be too late already. I'm currently building with NDH, and they are many months behind. No work has been done on my site for 4 weeks. It looks like NDH has gone under. I don't know whether they have gone into (or will go into) receivership or voluntary administration, but these are the signs:
Anyone building with NDH should gather together and exchange contact details if the company has indeed gone under (or will go under). Here are the steps I will take tomorrow Monday 6 August 2012:
Here's the steps an owner should follow if the builder goes under, according to Consumer Affairs Victoria http://www.consumer.vic.gov.au/housing-and-accommodation/building-and-renovating/building-warranties-insurance-and-insolvency Was building with NDH:
Re: NEW DIMENSION HOMES (VIC) Any feedback 8Aug 08, 2012 3:05 pm Hi zerogravity Very sorry to read your post about NDH failure as it will mean heartache for you and many more. Unfortunately it comes as no surprise to me that NDH has possibly folded as they've had some incredibly incompetent people working there in the past few years. After an unbelieveable amount of jumping up n down I did get them back to finish off a number of items about 6 weeks ago as it happens. We did decide to cut our losses & drop proposed legal action to repaint the correct colour when we got a cheap quote. The relief when all was done was worth the $3500 we where out of pocket. Have you had any further news since your post. If there is anything I can help with let me know. I do have the mobile for the General Manager (as of 6 weeks ago) - Wayne Marshall if you need. Any news on Icon Homes that is NDh's other brand? Perhaps members should be warned. I will be chasing up Vero to check on our building insurance. GOOD LUCK Re: NEW DIMENSION HOMES (VIC) Any feedback 9Aug 08, 2012 10:02 pm NDH will make a major announcement this Friday 10 August 2012, according to their telephone voice message. Re: NEW DIMENSION HOMES (VIC) Any feedback 10Aug 10, 2012 1:43 pm Any news on the 'announcement' from NEW DIMENSION HOMES / ICON HOMES? Re: NEW DIMENSION HOMES (VIC) Any feedback 11Aug 11, 2012 11:16 pm NDH's telephone voice message still says : Quote: A decision will be made by the Accounts & Legal team on 10 August 2012. For urgent inquiries, send an email to general@newdimension.com.au My building surveyor informed me 3 days ago that NDH no longer has a registered building practitioner in charge of building works. The following bodies are aware of NDH's predicament and are monitoring the situation:
VMIA says I can start filling out the insurance claim form and gather all the documents they require, but not submit it yet until we have a formal announcement from NDH. I will not yet be changing the locks, as it might invalidate my building warranty insurance with QBE/VMIA. I am aware that the tradies might still have the keys, and since they have not been paid, they might rip stuff out of the house to get their money back. If tradies do break in, I will file a police report so that I could claim it on insurance with VMIA. Although my site is only 70% complete (lockup stage), the following have been removed by contractors as they have not been paid :
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Re: NEW DIMENSION HOMES (VIC) Any feedback 12Aug 13, 2012 11:34 am The more I read your posts Zerogravity, the more angry I get. It's a terrrible situation you've been put in at a time that you should be getting excited about moving into a new home. You can expect that the unpaid tradies will no doubt attempt to retrieve what they can and you can't blame them. I wouldn't think their rates left much for legal fees. A recent tradesman we had from New Dimension had to go to Bunnings during the day and came back complaining that the account had been closed. Maybe that was a warning sign? I understand that New Dimension build 100 - 150 house per year so their must be alot of houses under construction. I'm still chasing up our insurance to check our cover - thanks for the advise. Again - good luck Re: NEW DIMENSION HOMES (VIC) Any feedback 13Aug 27, 2012 11:43 am We managed to get our house handed over in April, 5 months late. After many promises that the house would be ready on schedule early Dec 2011, as the date approached it was obvious that there was no way it would happen. ND/Icon had a habit of asking for stage payment before all the required items were completed, which is in breach on contract. We had our doubts about them from that point, so we started removing items from the contract so that there would be less work to be done, and less due in the final payment. It was a case of constantly ringing the office/site supervisor/director to push things along. Just as well we did. Even though we have our house, there were some outstanding minor items listed in a Notice of Undertaking which were to be done post-handover. Fat chance. They even emailed mid-July stating that the 3 month maintenance period is up, and that we should submit a list of items that we would like to be fixed. What a joke. No-one followed up, and when I managed to get hold of the site supervisor, he told me the state of affairs. It was a constant battle to get things done properly, and we still have to put up with a less than perfect result. From what I have learned, ND Homes/Icon have declared bankruptcy, owing $5 million +. A new company has been started which may be operating from next door to the old listed address. Not sure of the name as yet. Re: NEW DIMENSION HOMES (VIC) Any feedback 14Aug 30, 2012 12:07 am NDH has been appointed an external administrator. Let's continue the discussions here viewtopic.php?f=31&t=59131 Was building with NDH:
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