Hi I am new to this homebuild world and am currently getting three plans costed...

Hi Donna When pricing, we all know that we are generally pricing against another company so there is no need to discuss this with your builders. Comparing apples with apples amongst different companies offering different variations of quality is extremely difficult. Other things you need to watch out for is provisional costings eg one company may have $20k and another 25k in their costings and this can happen across many items. If you are pricing three plans, there will generally be a difference in the pricing of each of these, how many walls, stud height, gables against hips etc There is so much to watch out for Send me an email if you need any help Thanks Peter peter@quinnhomes.co.nz

Hi Donna, you’ve probably got your quotes sorted by now but thought I’d mention http://www.speccheck.co.nz in case others here are in a similar position as you. SpecCheck is independent (not a builder). We created the service to help consumers by checking their plans, specifications and pricing before they sign a build contract. Hope this helps 🙂

Thanks Peter I really appreciate the advice and your time. BTW you were on my list as I adore all of your houses – but I also realized/thought my tastes outweighed my budget 😉 plus a sudden change of timing ruined my plans to query options beyond what I have considered.

Sorry, I guess I am a bit too late. I have just signed in with a house and land package with a company without checking elsewhere. I am very new to the building things. Can you help me out as I am having great difficulty to understand where the value in the house. The building coming will not give me a break down of the cost. Any help will be greatly appreciated.

Hi Donna I didnt relise you were in Christchurch Dont get fooled by our website, we do all levels of pricing and against the housing companies we are much more competitive as we dont have any overheads and why we are doing so well. I would love the opoortunity to work with you on your project. We offer a fixed price contract where others dont so once you sign the master build contracts, there are no suprises through construction which you will get with others. Our quality and finish is outstanding and you will see from our feedback. We also take control of our quality as we will only use one team of subtrades so there are no variations in our quality Cheers Peter

Hi Pritty, It’s important to ensure you are comfortable with the details of the house and land package. I assume you’ve paid a initial deposit to hold the package while you make any design tweaks and/or confirm specification choices? SpecCheck doesn’t charge anything to look over the documentation the builder has provided you with. If you haven’t signed an unconditional build contract, this is definitely the time to talk to us. It certainly sounds like you need more information. Would you like to make contact through our website http://www.speccheck.co.nz or email them through to us at info@speccheck.co.nz along with your contact details and I’ll call you to discuss.

Hi Donna Can I recommend you carefully review the Master Build contract and consider others. Please see below for comments.