Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Building with Dennis Family Homes 515Aug 12, 2017 9:03 pm We have finally had settlement on our home yesterday after 11 and half months of building hell. Anything that could go wrong with the house did and it's been one of the worst building experience ive ever had after having built with other builders before. So at settlement i expected our house to be presented in a clean and highly finished manner. To my disappointment the house was still very dirty, our grout lines are filthy and our bathroom wall tiles haven't even been cleaned. Bench tops still had a lot of residue of plaster and dirt, rooms weren't even vacuumed and had pebbles still. There were still lots of paint touch up in the plaster work that i know they have just removed the tape we applied during final walk through. Chaulking to our bathroom basins weren't even done, there was a hole in the roof that they had supposedly fixed, which was still there. Our dishwasher tap was not there. You pay for a brand new home and it definitely did not feel brand new. I'll now have to waste a whole day to clean the whole house from top to bottom. Lots of other little things which i could go on and on about. Just say i was very unimpressed with the whole process. To top it off at settlement all we got was some paperwork and keys in a bag. Other builders present you with a gift to congratulate you and all we got was thanks and see you later. I will be directing ppl to other builders. If you have a look on their facebook page, there's been a lot of unhappy clients. Building with Dennis Family Homes Building with Dennis Family Homes 517Aug 12, 2017 10:01 pm Ting Ting That would be a horror for any person moving into a new built house. Where about's did you build and did you think about or did a product review. We are in epping. We haven't put in our review yet but will definitely be putting it everywhere i can. Building with Dennis Family Homes Re: Building with Dennis Family Homes 518Aug 13, 2017 2:01 pm Really wish you had a better experience and much better outcome. Have been following your process for quite a while (before I registered) and I'm glad you are at a point now where you can try to take ownership and move on to trying to enjoy the new home. I imagine that it won't be easy with reminders here and there, but I do wish you the very best. Re: Building with Dennis Family Homes 519Aug 15, 2017 10:06 pm rattleAU This is our 3rd time building with volume builders and we've had admin issues each time, so not surprised. This time, it looks like a person who was leaving the company did not perform to their best and it put a spanner in the works. I did freak yesterday when I saw that the total didn't include multiple extras, like squared off bathrooms and silk finish kitchen, even though they were listed. However... The removal of things like unwanted vinyl planks for the free floor tiles (promo) evened it out a bit and the bill for extra, so the final cost of extras a lot less than we were looking at. We had a close call with the glass splash back. Contract said that it requires a join at their discretion as it's longer than their max length requirements. Was spewing bad, but it turns out we are 20mm too long, so we just reduced the back of the kitchen by 20mm. Don't think we'll miss that 2cm's too much. 2cm?!! argh, imagine not finding that out till later! i'd be spewing too! RT - hope you have settled well into your new home. I really have no words of comfort really - its been so horrid for you. x Re: Building with Dennis Family Homes 520Aug 16, 2017 2:30 pm Thanks guyz. Im slowly getting over complaining about the house. Just want to be in. On a positive we've been very busy this week and got some progress pics Bosch rangehood is in, just waiting for the oven which should be sone friday. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Building with Dennis Family Homes Hi everyone, Newbie renovator here, after some advice for combining our family room in the picture and the alfresco and make a larger family room. There is a flush sill… 0 5137 Ask for references and speak to them. If they are defensive or try to avoid the request, walk. 1 77441 I would never build with Fowler homes. I built with them in 2021 and till date maintenance issues are pending. All their existing trades and businesses don't work with… 14 108004 |