have they given you a completion date yet?

Hi guys,
I have a a bit of a situation here and would like some advise:
The standard inclusions of the house that I chose included the overhead kitchen cabinets. To close…

thanks Kure, I'm just ** that people are passing judgements when they haven't dealt with them before.

Kure, thanks...but they are taking their sweet sweet time....
read about my experience :
viewtopic.php?f=31&t=42773..
Abraham...same here..I will advise everyone i know not to build with them too

don't ever build with them!!!

i'm building with simonds too and my God, now i know what you are experiencing. I'm depressed with its progress and just really really regretting that i chose Simonds

Wow , why would they discontinue with the hawthrown?I thought it is one of the most popular autral bricks

Hi Jovi,
I am at fixing stage but the house isnt officially locked up, doors are still not hanged so i can still go in and out. Brick's finished, and plastering…

yeah...my god it's really fast!
i'm building with Simonds too and site started January and it's nowhere near yours....What stage are you at now? Fixing?
Hasnt been plastered yet.
Are building in Melbourne…

thanks guys, really appreciate your help.
Contract says 270 days with allowance of 10 days weather, 55 days for weekends for public holiday & 45 days for 'other delays of the…

hi guys,
My house started building in January 27th. When it started, I received a letter stating that construction will be completed by 27 July, which I thought is around the…

Hey Mel,
I had Rob inspect my house yesterday and my God, i'm so glad that I had an inspector and the things he uncovered!! I would imagine builder quickly wanting…

and...the worst thing is when i asked the site supervisor during our site visit for an ETA, he said it's still too early to tell...EEKS!

i have no idea what lock up means, mine was supposedly at lock up ( received invoice) since 3 weeks ago but no doors were installed and I could go…

Hey .. Yes I'm at stage 9 at Alamanda

Hey there.. Which stage in Alamanda are you at?

I thought you would want your house to be surrounded by many double storey houses? This way your house is the least expensive among the more expensive houses, hence upping…

i chose Hawthorn Austral Bricks... and my garage is the same, paperbark along with all windows. So, i have dark coloured bricks contrasting with lighther trims

46%...

thanks!! I also chose Paperbark for my render and after seeing your photo i'm convinced and confident with my choice

?? Pt Cook is 3030 and I borrowed without this problem?

i chose glossy black tiles for the splashback and i can't wait to see the results! beige is too ...plain...and 'normal' for me ...every house you go to has beige…

Hi guys - I, too is building with Sim0nds and it was not pleasant reading through the pages on this thread. I agree that their customer service is totally crap…

may be you can go for it and let us know. I doubt people will 'put down' a builder without any reasons

wow!! I really really like your taste.. i want to achieve the same look with your flat screen, what was done to your wall that you hang your TV on?…

thanks for this thread...now people will stay away from F homes because of their irresponsible service.

thanks notremaison...excellent point haha

Hey Lunchtime,
Problem is I've already signed the contract...I don't mind walking away but am i legally bounded to pay ?

hi guys,
today i received an invoice from S homes for $1000 to extend my contract until December because stage 9 in Alamanda has been delayed till tentatively November.
For the guys…

the rain just happened recently and the title was supposed to be in August.
They seem to blame everything on rain and worst of all, the stage does not look…