We are looking at having a place built when we arrive and there are loads of firms that will build them !

Anyone know who are good/not so good ?

We like the look of some by Plunkett homes, WA Housing centre and Homebuyers centre!

Bump for this , any one know????

Have a look for Summit Homes. I have got the link on my PC but not on my laptop (which I am on now) but when I am using it next I will send you some links to others too.

We really liked the look of some of their homes but we are going Queensland and they are not over that side!

R.

West Australian Housing Centre? They're a subsidiary of Commodore Homes.

Run away! RUN AWAY FAST!!!

I had an awful experience with them; house originally intended to cost only $112,000 ended up blowing out to $125,000. Salesman was nice at first, but increasingly pushy; settlement dragged on for months, and would have cost me about $2,000 in late settlement penalties.

Took advice from my settlement agent who reviewed the contract and realised that it was illegal. (He hadn't seen it before, as he was only dealing with the land sale, which was being handled through a different company.) :scared:

Pulled out of the deal, losing only $1000 in the process (could have been a LOT more, but I was lucky) and received an obscene and highly abusive call from the salesman who'd originally set up the contract - which I reported to the police and the WA Housing Centre (who told me that he didn't work for them anymore.)

Commodore Homes went on to become entangled in a number of legal battles after illegally inflating the price of their building contracts following the introduction of the GST.

I guess if I was Arkon, this story would have a sad and catastrophic ending.

Fortunately I'm not, so it doesn't.

WOW bit of a saga i'm sure thanks for the warning will strike them both off the list :scared:

Will have a look , found content living too , they all look nice

No worries mate; I wouldn't wish that on anyone - not even Arkon!

Clickable links to news reports on the dodgy behaviour of Commodore Homes:

• ACCC institutes court action alleging Commodore Homes (WA) Pty Ltd misled homebuyers about the GST.
  
  
• Commodore Homes (WA) Pty Ltd refund $880,000 to new home buyers.

$880,000 - oooh, that's gotta hurt!

The guy who started it off was a plucky young bloke who'd basically sunk his life savings into a new house, and refused to be intimidated by a big company. The newspapers loved him, and so did just about everyone else in WA - except Commodore Homes, of course!

Don't tempt me!

I love Arkons posts... but thinking outside the shell....

If this hadbeen Arkon instead of you..

at 200 bucks a metre for blockwork/brickwork I reckon for 125k hed have gotten a sweet lookin carbootsale lookin toilet block with no roof windows or workin plumbing...

By all accounts you woulda got a bargain !

LMAO!

LOL, fair point!

Have been in contact with Webb & Brown-Neaves. I know two people who have used them; great houses and service by all accounts. I must say I have been impressed with how quickly they have returned my phone calls and emails and all brochures/plans have been sent by registered post to me here in the UK.
Check out there website here

http://www.wbn-homes.com.au/default.asp


ACE

what i would do buy the land get achitect to design the house then get planning and then get all the trades in to build you would save sooooooooooo much money you become the contract manager.sub let all the trades out and get the best price.....me personaly that what i would do...........being a brickie and all that as there are so many english trades man going to where you live and desperet for the work.... please tell me different as that is what i would do to build my dream home.....

Cheers stuck that on my favs