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I do PCI with my Dad for a number of building companies. We basically fix everyones elses stuff up ie patching walls, no more gapping etc. some houses if everything is done properly it usually take bout 2-3hrs to do a house but lately coz the $21,000 all the trades rush the jobs and some of there work is getting really slack.

So when it comes to do ur first inspection make sure u check everything carefully.

Thats true the builder has posession of site u are just the client till u get ur keys then u become the owner. Tradies hate it when the owner rocks up and asks them to do stuff and the reply the client gets is usually NO!! go talk to ur supervisior.

Blueprint homes, anyone have opinions etc?

Darren

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When in doubt, Pull it out...

i go on my property all the time.. we dont go when builders or tradies on site tho..

Building with them at the moment. Earth Works should be starting on Monday!

Been relatively ok, i think i've had the usual love hate relationship with the builder. I had a few issues with getting things done in the time frames given, IE yeah we'll have your contract ready in 2 weeks and it ends up taking 3-4 weeks.

Overall their homes look really good, and they seam to be pretty good value for money.

Be warned they have set colour schemes which you are supposed to choose from and they don't let you choose anything else. So there's basically set tiles out of the standard tile range you can choose from. Also same thing with laminates, doors basically everything.

That said they have a range of colours, and it worked to my advantage as you can see the exact colours in their display homes and see what it looks like!

Only other thing i've found rather annoying is you have to pay for your prestart costs up front prior to going to site. Alot of the other builders allow you to make payments alongside your normal progress payments during the build. So if you intend making alot of changes/upgrades at prestart have a larger prestart allowance put in during the initial contract.

Oh and make sure you have any changes to the house done prior to signing anything! Like most sales people once you sign on the dotted line they tend to loose a bit of interest and things start taking longer...

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Osama Bin Hooning
Senior Terrorist Operative
Perth-Wrx

Yeah I've built with blue print & they were fine. A few f**k up, but nothing too bad, they are good value for money. My tip is to get them to do as little as possible and get tradies in to do the rest once u have the keys e.g down lights.

anyone have any good or bad experiences with APG or Metrostyle?
I've spoken to quite a few builders but they all come across as used car salesmen - promise you the world but what happens once you sign on the dotted line...?

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There's a hoon in every Typhoon

Pretty much like car salesmen, though you do find the occasional good one!

The only advice i can really give you is don't rush it. Get them to make all the changes you want and get you prices on everything you can think of. Then once you have everything perfect, then sign on the dotted line.

You can do similar with multiple builders if you want to compare between them. Also if they become too pushy just remember the line "sorry but our finance fell through, i used that myself a few times with some of the sales guys.

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Osama Bin Hooning
Senior Terrorist Operative
Perth-Wrx

Well I used In-Vouge which is essentially the same company how ever in-vouge is the section who does all the 2 Story houses and Metrostyles do all the Single story but they are all under the same roof.

I had no dramas with them.. What ever my sales person promised me i got him to write into the contract and they came good with it.. so very happy.