Stewie posted:My alfresco decking II...
Wow! According to our council, if any part of the decking exceeds ground level, then a permit is required. What a joke! FYI our decking is going to be 300mm…
. A simple "Ding Dong" bell will suffice…Stewie posted:Henley: RHS garage not covered by termite protection
Thanks Allan.
I didn't know that the protection was installed AFTER completion of home.
Cheers
Stewie
Stewie posted:Henley: RHS garage not covered by termite protection
You've got me concerned.
Apart from a report, is there any other physical/visual signs which will show me that Termite Protection has been installed on my house??
Would these pipes be visible…
Stewie posted:H**l*y customer service just gets worse and worse.....
Will be using Kevin from New Home Insp...
He's been very helpful over the phone, and we haven't paid him a cent yet.
We'll see how it all goes.
Matt (and others…
Stewie posted:H**l*y customer service just gets worse and worse.....
Yep we signed with Northridge just before the name was taken over by Henley. I don't see why / how this would make a difference, as all stages - e.g.…
Stewie posted:H**l*y customer service just gets worse and worse.....
fojean,
we're building in the south eastern suburbs (deceased estate - 10 yrs old), and as mentioned so far so good. even recently had a change in customer service rep which…
Stewie posted:H**l*y customer service just gets worse and worse.....
Kevin, we too are building with Henley (at frame stage), and have so far had a vastly different experience to the one you're going through.
I suggest that you don't…
Stewie posted:Slab has been poured
With slab down during the weekend, I've noticed (with the help of the lovely rain) that our slab is not 100% level. Puddles form on a number of different areas.…
Stewie posted:Utilities Bill
Is this stipulated in the standard builders contract? I'm surprised that builders are willing to pay the utility bills.
Then again we are paying them to build a house. Their pricing…
Stewie posted:Preparing a budget
The following thread should help...
https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.p ... sc&start=0
Stewie posted:Building on Boundary Problem
Cheers Ausdesign for your professional opinion...it's much appreciated and a relief to hear that the problem will not automatically result in extra cost.
I guess I'll have to sit back and…
Stewie posted:Building on Boundary Problem
Thanks for the feedback. 
According to our contract we have paid approx $200 for a…
Stewie posted:Building on Boundary Problem
Hi Guys - I need some advice...
Building with a major builder, and ready for slab stage to take place, i just received the bad news that our job has "stopped"…
Stewie posted:Henley in Melbourne
Our site supervisor gave me a call day 1 as a courtesy to inform me of site start. He seemed happy for me to give him a call any time…
Stewie posted:While Designing your Garage……
We have been lucky in that our block has 23 metres frontage, so we have opted for a triple garage (i.e. a double garage, with the extension for a 2nd…
Stewie posted:Henley in Melbourne
Hi gang,
I must say it's refreshing to get such positive news from people who are actually in the process of building with Henley.
We are close to site start (we've been…
Stewie posted:Received invoice for additional concrete
I think you're right there. If i'm not mistaken having such a disclaimer in a contract allows builders to underquote and then add variations post contract.
How would this work when…
Stewie posted:Site Costs with Henley
Why so high Pootle? And are you also building with Henley?
Stewie posted:Site Costs with Henley
B&CB,
You're right, we are in between Tender and Contract - apparently there is a 4 week wait for our contracts to come through the mail. WE were happy with our…
Stewie posted:Site Costs with Henley
Hi all,
We just completed our Tender with *****. We are also building on a P class slab (which fortunately for us is very level). Site costs came back to be…
Stewie posted:Any good/bad experiences with Henley?
Basaad, we too noticed this. I wonder if it's possible to include a clause in the contract to ensure no creaking in the 1st floor occurs.
Stewie posted:Any good/bad experiences with Henley?
nswreview,
You wouldn't happen to be one of the families who rallied against Henley Homes as per the following article?
http://www.parliament.nsw.gov.au/prod/P ... 0000906034
It's just a disgrace that in…
Stewie posted:Any good/bad experiences with Henley?
I'm beginning to feel rather concerned. We have our tender appointment next week with Henley, and after reading posts with a lot of negative experiences, I am now having second…
Stewie posted:General cost of laying tiles
So would it be reasonable to suggest that $40.00 is the average cost to lay tiles (that is to hire a professional tiler)?
Stewie posted:Cost for first home buyers...
Hi all, we have purchased a block for $235k in South Eastern suburbs of Melbourne (630sq m). We are looking at building a double storey home of 35 sq which…
