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9 years9 yearsBox 27Box 27 posted:
Anyone building with Homebuyers Centre in VICTORIA?

Great news!
I was waiting for details. How is everything? How's it feel being in your own home :)

9 years9 yearsBox 27Box 27 posted:
Anyone building with Homebuyers Centre in VICTORIA?

Well done Pug! Next step settlement!

9 years9 yearsBox 27Box 27 posted:
Anyone building with Homebuyers Centre in VICTORIA?

Cabinet makers can build you any cabinet to fit the area you have.
Might cost a little more than flat pack junk, but worth it when it's ur own home

9 years9 yearsBox 27Box 27 posted:
Anyone building with Homebuyers Centre in VICTORIA?

Yeah, definitely! We got our keys last day before they closed for Xmas. But they had over 2 weeks to get the issues fixed. In their contract they say they…

9 years9 yearsBox 27Box 27 posted:
Anyone building with Homebuyers Centre in VICTORIA?

Our SS said he would normally have people in 6 weeks after tiling was done.

9 years9 yearsBox 27Box 27 posted:
Anyone building with Homebuyers Centre in VICTORIA?

We settled on June 20th and we were in before Christmas. our slab was poured last week in August. So we were very lucky.
Only issue is because we got in…

9 years9 yearsBox 27Box 27 posted:
Anyone building with Homebuyers Centre in VICTORIA?

They give you an invoice for it.

9 years9 yearsBox 27Box 27 posted:
Anyone building with Homebuyers Centre in VICTORIA?

Yes, but only from our SC not doing his job properly. We had a few estate guidelines that needed to be meet but werent, so after all our finance paperwork…

9 years9 yearsBox 27Box 27 posted:
Anyone building with Homebuyers Centre in VICTORIA?

Yeah, $18k was what I remember the last one in that area.
Mine was $13k I just looked up. But I'm in pakenham

9 years9 yearsBox 27Box 27 posted:
Anyone building with Homebuyers Centre in VICTORIA?

More than enough, what area are you building?

9 years9 yearsBox 27Box 27 posted:
Anyone building with Homebuyers Centre in VICTORIA?

You should be ok there. think most have come up at about $380ish.

9 years9 yearsBox 27Box 27 posted:
Anyone building with Homebuyers Centre in VICTORIA?

Prices on here have ranged from $12k-$25k
Depending on where you are building and what type of soil you have. But the average cost I would say is $15k give or…

9 years9 yearsBox 27Box 27 posted:
Anyone building with Homebuyers Centre in VICTORIA?

Hi Mary,
Welcome to the fun. Lol
After settlement the HBC will be able to start, generally takes them two weeks for them to set up and get the trades ready. The…

9 years9 yearsBox 27Box 27 posted:
Anyone building with Homebuyers Centre in VICTORIA?

Depends on people preference, and the colour scheme of your house and what fencing you are using.
Merbau is a really common deck as it is the cheapest most of…

9 years9 yearsBox 27Box 27 posted:
Anyone building with Homebuyers Centre in VICTORIA?

I'm in Pakenham, cardinia waters estate.
We have decked a fair bit. Down the whole sides of our house. And leading into the under the roof line grand alfresco area.…

9 years9 yearsBox 27Box 27 posted:
Anyone building with Homebuyers Centre in VICTORIA?

our SC said something about being worried about a short fall as he had 2 people come up short, but we didn't have an issue, it came up $8,000 up…

9 years9 yearsBox 27Box 27 posted:
Anyone building with Homebuyers Centre in VICTORIA?

Good luck impish! About time they finished! Lol
It's been a tough road, but at least the wait is nearly over.

9 years9 yearsBox 27Box 27 posted:
Anyone building with Homebuyers Centre in VICTORIA?

I think the cost of the stacker doors are the extra cost on top of your doors that you are already getting installed. Stacker doors cost more than $800-$1,000

9 years9 yearsBox 27Box 27 posted:
Anyone building with Homebuyers Centre in VICTORIA?

Cardinia Lakes in Pakenham.
Our estate gave us all the guidelines ect in a booklet which we read. But we didn't know the house 2 doors down facade was the same…

9 years9 yearsBox 27Box 27 posted:
Anyone building with Homebuyers Centre in VICTORIA?

First our SC was bragging about doing a lot of houses in our estate and know all the estate guideline ect.
We had issues with our facade looking like a…

9 years9 yearsBox 27Box 27 posted:
Anyone building with Homebuyers Centre in VICTORIA?

Our SC was good, answered our questions quickly. Well I thought he was, but he left out so much. We massive issues after signing the contract and out of pocket…

9 years9 yearsBox 27Box 27 posted:
Anyone building with Homebuyers Centre in VICTORIA?

Welcome Juannamo!
Looks like your ontop of everything. Good list of upgrades. We did the most of the same except kept carpet to the bedrooms.
We had issues with the stacker doors,…

9 years9 yearsBox 27Box 27 posted:
Anyone building with Homebuyers Centre in VICTORIA?

Steve,
The Mona with the flinders theme looks really good. The render against the black windows really makes a good look. And if u upgrade the brick mortar to a white,…

9 years9 yearsBox 27Box 27 posted:
Anyone building with Homebuyers Centre in VICTORIA?

Our build went pretty smooth, and the quality for most is really good, but as you can imagine you are always going to have things that will need to be…

9 years9 yearsBox 27Box 27 posted:
Anyone building with Homebuyers Centre in VICTORIA?

Welcome Jay960,
The grandvue estate is nice, not too far from me. I'm in the cardinia Lakes estate.
Impish sorry to hear that it's still going. You guys didnt start long after…

9 years9 yearsBox 27Box 27 posted:
Anyone building with Homebuyers Centre in VICTORIA?

Nothing has been done on our list that was meant to be done before hand over. They assured me that they were done! But nothing and some of them are…

9 years9 yearsBox 27Box 27 posted:
Anyone building with Homebuyers Centre in VICTORIA?

Omg after hand over service sucks!!!

9 years9 yearsBox 27Box 27 posted:
Anyone building with Homebuyers Centre in VICTORIA?

Yes but you need to ask for this at your PWC or pre start/colour appointment

9 years9 yearsBox 27Box 27 posted:
Anyone building with Homebuyers Centre in VICTORIA?

Sorry built in Pakenham

9 years9 yearsBox 27Box 27 posted:
Anyone building with Homebuyers Centre in VICTORIA?

The air con is about $9-11k add on. The heating unit would be $5k

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