Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Has anyone built with Hotondo? 31Sep 10, 2015 6:21 pm Sorry, been a while since I've popped into these forums! How is everyone going with their builds? We have started on the bricks now. Had a few delays due to bad weather but otherwise things are progressing well. Hope to have hand over mid January 2016 provided no major hurdles come up. Love seeing the house take shape and so far very pleased with our local hotondo1 Re: Has anyone built with Hotondo? 32Sep 10, 2015 7:04 pm Good to hear your build is powering ahead. Ours is still going. We are due to move in mid-October, but I'm thinking we'll miss that date. We are at fixing stage, been waiting for the tiler for 2 weeks now. Last week all they achieved was cutting some holes in the ceiling for the a/c ducts. That's the downside of living in a regional location I guess. I know if the tiler isn't available he isn't available but it's frustrating all the same. I was warned by several people that once you hit lock-up everything seems to slow right down but having next to nothing done each week seems just a bit too slow. Went to check the house yesterday afternoon and nothing had happened up to that point. Didn't bother going again to check today as I'm tired of being disappointed at the progress, might check it tomorrow afternoon. Re: Has anyone built with Hotondo? 33Sep 10, 2015 9:55 pm That's incredibly frustrating shannaLK, So sorry to hear. I can understand if things are progressing slowly, but to have nothing done for days at a time is just a pain. Are they giving you regular updates as to why things arent progressing ? I suppose that's the one thing we appreciate here, at least where things have gone wrong (ie they ordered our windows in the wrong colour so took 2 weeks to be sorted), they let us know straight away and continued working on other things in the meanwhile. Hoping they can stick to their schedule and you are in by the end of the year. Fingers are crossed for you! Re: Has anyone built with Hotondo? 34Sep 10, 2015 10:32 pm Most of the updates I get I already know about and don't tell me anything useful. For all I know my builder is tearing his hair out waiting for trades to turn up too. I noticed this week though that the laundry linen cupboard door is not the same as it is on the plan, it's supposed to be a sliding door like a mini wardrobe but instead they've just put on a regular door...not sure if I prefer that or not, I haven't told my OH either...I know it'd p!ss him right off so I'm going to think on it before I tell him LOL Re: Has anyone built with Hotondo? 35Sep 11, 2015 10:18 pm Yeah I found Hotondo peeps! sarahl86 & kd84 we are neighbours! I'm also building with Port Stephens branch, building the Stockton 380 on 2 acres in Wallalong. We decided on Hotondo because we could get a bigger house with our modifications cheaper than any of the other builders & the service. Paul, Jason & Laurel are all so lovely, they've become part of our family. Re: Has anyone built with Hotondo? 36Sep 12, 2015 1:44 pm ShannaLK Most of the updates I get I already know about and don't tell me anything useful. For all I know my builder is tearing his hair out waiting for trades to turn up too. I noticed this week though that the laundry linen cupboard door is not the same as it is on the plan, it's supposed to be a sliding door like a mini wardrobe but instead they've just put on a regular door...not sure if I prefer that or not, I haven't told my OH either...I know it'd p!ss him right off so I'm going to think on it before I tell him LOL oh no! Thats a pain about a different door. I really hope we dont have to come across things like this. We were lucky we noticed the windows were the wrong colour before they installed them, as I think the builders wouldnt have known and installed them regardless. Re: Has anyone built with Hotondo? 37Nov 01, 2015 7:54 pm Sorry I haven't been able to write here, for some reason it wouldn't let me on my phone? After a very slow process, we have finally started on our house!! Slab, frame and windows are installed, roof will be done hopefully by Tuesday! so exciting to watch it all unfold! @butlersacct1 They are all fantastic there! Poor Laurel has been putting up with me all year, I think I owe her something special lol Re: Has anyone built with Hotondo? 38Nov 01, 2015 8:40 pm We have 3 weeks until handover. Should have been finished by now but there has been a lot of delays with pretty much all the trades, the latest being the shower screens which won't go in until a few days before handover. Final fit out for electrical and possibly plumbing this week along with driveway, paths, portico and alfresco concreting as well. Carpet happens next week. So so close, and I'm getting stressed with the rent and mortgage payments dragging on. Re: Has anyone built with Hotondo? 40Nov 12, 2015 2:31 pm We had a very bad experience with Hotondo in VIC; I cannot call them builder. After four months stress, wasting time, no building progress and loosing our deposit, we decided to go with a new local builder and we are now happy with them! Hi All, we are starting to think of building with Masterpiece Builders in Victoria, has anyone had any feedback or experience with them 0 13457 Hi we are looking to talk to people who have built with them recently. We have signed mid range built contract but identified that a lot of things are not included.… 0 606 wondering anyone built with omaxe homes and care to share their experiences. thanks 0 13775 |