Browse Forums General Discussion Re: M3tr1con question - fees 25Oct 24, 2009 2:49 pm Metricon Riva 33 - http://herlihy-riva.blogspot.com Site start 15/03/2010 - Handover 23/12/2010 9 months and 8 days (284 calendar days) from site start to handover Re: M3tr1con question - fees 31Oct 27, 2009 6:59 pm Hi Bek, I was also surprised that M did not seen fazed that we were looking at walking. The day before we signed our contract I was so angry about these extra charges that I rang Boutique homes who had our second most favourite house as I was just so over it with M. It was bizarre as I rang the S.C. who I had been dealing with at Boutique homes and guess what he was now working for M! It was so strange that I ended up thinking that it was meant to be that we were building with M even though they were driving me mad!!! Am glad we stuck with them now as we have a gorgeous house that is good value for a 40 square home I felt. It was an absolute nightmare at times but in the end we are happy with the end product. I know how you feel about not getting answers from them, them being evasive and not knowing about unexpected costs. We had no more unexpected costs after the initial huge one and at the end we ended up getting more back on one of the provisional costs than we had expected and they did a few extra things for us that we didn't expect or pay for. The extra amount that was put on our final contract was divided up in the repayments as I mentioned and they just went on the morgage each time. Hope this helps. It does get better once you get away from the head office nightmare. Re: M3tr1con question - fees 32Oct 27, 2009 8:36 pm jspitz - thanks for your reply. It makes me feel a little more at ease knowing that there shouldn't be any more unexpected surprises. We've sorted it out (almost). We are paying a lump sum payment which is added to the mortgage and that will take us to when the land is meant to be settled. If there are further delays, then we will just have to foot the bill but i'm trying not to let that possibility stress me out. I really do love the home we are building... and just can't wait to be in it.. I just hope there are no more headaches and nightmares. It's a real shame that M couldn't match the competition in terms of reassurance, and fixing the contract for a longer period... if I didn't love the actual home so much I definitely would've walked away. Is it just a report written to give to the bank initially and it is based on what and how your payments are made up for, or is it a full service where they go out and… 2 5607 0 20107 You can really use anything you want the main consideration would be how it looks once painted/finished - or the look you want. Cabinetmakers use MDF because its cheap… 2 9978 |