I have been in my house for 3 months now.. I absolutely adore it!!!
But my opinion of Henley remains the same dealing with the inspectors for Home Assurance.
Management made…

They are in the process of fixing things ... supposedly!!!
I am trying not to get my hopes up as I have not heard much since the meeting,.

WOW..
I would have stormed out and told them to go shove it!!
But... I understand.. once you have a house in your mind, and especially once you have selected…

OMG!!!!!
That is terrible!!!!? How could they not have realised it doesn't fit from the draft siting!!!??
I was originally told mine would not fit.. - by a metre..…

So- I forwarded my email to directors after some advice by a caring person who PM'd me.
Peter Hayes is away.. Had a call from Rob Bowen, - he made me…

REPONSE! - he is on leave till after Easter!! …

Just to let you guys know what is going on with this.
I was contacted again by Vic Building Manager. .He had nothing to say but "return Final Drawings" ..…

Again...thankyou.. god I cant believe you guys have take the time.to read all.my misery..I appreciate it! Funnily enough Henley don't have social media pages. !!!! Safer right?
Are you…

I think Id have to cut this story down to send to management.. I'll have to get my head on straight to do that!
Further to all this, I sent my…

Thankyou so much guys, for reading such a long post to begin with!!! And for your caring words.
I wrote it all down over the past few days and…

Buying a house came as a surprise to me!
After the birth of my first child and becoming a single mum in the first 7 weeks, I made the…

I'm going shopping tomorrow.. kind of blind!!!
I know there are a few places around Springvale and Clayton.. I've been to Fowlesauctions and they have a great show room.
I'll…

I know right!!!!?
Anyway.. I'm trying to overlook the fact that if they could delete two major items from the site costs, then they shouldn't have been charging me for them…

Got the house sorted finally, so now it's time to start looking at flooring.
I am wondering if anyone can tell me the cheapest places in Melbourne to shop for…

OK.. so a run down of why my energy rating suffered.
Adding eaves throughout has reduced the score significantly as there is now more shading added to the home and…

I was about to jump ship- believe me!!! finally soughted out the doors and then there was the matter of energy rating upgrade.. CRAZY!
I stuck with it…

Supposedly.. but if it needs a bit of a sand, still easier than if it had been stained.

The only change is to the Living room window, instead of two 90 x 180 I have on 240 x 180. BUT - this charge was already on the quote…

EXACTLY!!!
This is what Karl was explaining to me..
I do plan on arguing the point.. I don't know where it will get me since it took me a…

Thankyou Logician,
That is a perfect sentence to quote when I refuse to pay for it!!!
Karl (building inspector) is doing some more research, but it seems that Henley is…

Hey there.. contracts next week.. but my inspector says this is rubbish
"Provide 6 Star Energy Upgrade to Monterey Nouveau master floorplan RIGHT hand for SOUTH facing facade orientation.
Includes R2.5…

For anyone following this comic drama!!! A resolution has come about!
They are going to paint the doors in primer!!!!! PMSL!!
one month to decide on that!!…

Oh I am hearing you!!!!
My Administrator is trying.. she's kept patience with me at least..
My color consultant must have been about 15!!! She started our session by…

Can you guys believe.. this on going saga is still unresolved!!
I requested the doors not be stained on the at my Tender appointment and was refused. 1st of…

So.. I'm due to sign contract next Wednesday.. though I don't have a copy and this door thing that I asked about weeks ago is still on the air..
The…

I'm due to sign my contract next Wednesday (though I don't have a copy yet) - I have no idea what is fair and what is not, they could charge…

I would understand if it they were charging me for a post contract change, or if I was ADDING something - but I'm subtracting paint and labor!!!!! I just…

That is insane!!!!!!
So that charge is a variation after contract yeah???
I have even signed contract yet.. seriously considering telling them to go shove their brown house!!!
I have…

No, it's definitely to leave them unstained
"I have received confirmation back from management regarding your request for the doors in your Alfresco to be unstained. After careful consideration…