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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…
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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
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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…
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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…
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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.…
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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…
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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…
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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.…
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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…
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Preparing a budget
The following thread should help...
https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.p ... sc&start=0
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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…
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Building on Boundary Problem
Thanks for the feedback.
According to our contract we have paid approx $200 for a…
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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"…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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Site Costs with Henley
Why so high Pootle? And are you also building with Henley?
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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…
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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…
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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.
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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…
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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…
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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)?
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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…