101 Residential Questions & Answers

Sorry, the promotion we got was the one with the kitchen package, air con, high ceilings, stone bench tops.
The swimming pool package came out next.
The best thing is to ask them all the questions you have -
What comes with the pool?
Is fencing included?
How much paving comes with the pool?
Is there a pump?
Warranty period of the pool?
You may wish to upgrade your pool and pay the difference - jets at one end, or add connections for future pool heater or water blade into the pool as a feature.
Sometimes, you may get it at cost price through the builder, just depends on theirbuying power.
Just ask them.
Hope this helps.

Cliff

Hi Cliff, thank you so much for your answer! Definetaly havent considered some of those things being a first home buyer.

Can I ask how your experience was? And how long your build took? I’m stuck between choosing between 101 and blueprint homes. The bad review on 101 scare me.. but the pool inclusion & two storey house IN my budget is very attractive. (Alkimos/Jindalee/Yanchep area)

Thank yoooouu!!

We too are looking at the splash and panache promotion. The pool comes with pump, filter, delivery and installation. No landscaping and fencing is included. It’s the allure swimming pool by aqua technics, 5m x 2.5m. We spoke to a salesperson today and the promotion is available on one storey and custom builds too.

Our 101 build just complete. Excellent service and high quality home. Would recommend

We got our key 2 weeks ago

Thanks for replying. How did it go? Did you have any issues?

Don't build with 101 it's part of the Scott park group crap just look at scot park reviews don't do it

Hi, I think most builders tend to be like this and offer inclusions etc forcing you to sign up in a certain month as I believe prices change and their commission etc can change accordingly, I didn't get any negotiation really on the inclusions and I was slugged with paying more money once the 3 month price had passed as my land wasn't ready to build on yet. At the end of the day they're sales people and they're out to make money. I would shop around with other builders first before making a firm decision. 101 residential have good build quality and are friendly however some of their department lack knowledge which unfortunately made my build a little disappointing. Good luck.

Thanks Mat :)

Hi Mat we have been in our 101 home for a couple of months now. I do remember that they offered certain promotions that were for a limited time only (expiring the end of the month) So perhaps that is the situation with you . Go to a different sales man if you aren't happy with that one - though their input is limited once you have signed on. If you do sign on triple check out who will be your site supervisor and how long they have worked for the company - they are the most important person you will deal with - if you can request that they review your plans before you finalize prefit - the supervisor we ended up with about a quarter of a way into the build completely transformed our experience and we couldn't be happier with our new home (see our review) . Good luck :-) Karen & Steve

Hi,
We are really gutted to hear this, or though not really suprised. Our build started off in the exact same way and it all went pear shaped very quickly after that.
We used BSP Building Inspections, they were good. However we have also heard good things about Jims Building Inspections, Vic Park.
I can only hope that 101 Residential can actually take ownership & responsibility of building your house. How unprofessional and ammeturish this company can be is almost to much to comprehend. No doubt you are spending your hard earned incomes on a mountain of debt building this house, just like us, this whole saga with 101 has cost us so much more than the mortgage we now have on this house.
We have had so many messages from other clients of 101 and about 800+ views of our review on this site, we can only hope that at least a handfull of people have dodged the 101 bullet.
If you want to compare photos or reports just send us a PM
Good luck my friends, good luck!!!, we feel your pain.

Our brickwork was so bad they had to cover the whole house with render.

Hi

We are not in building in Amberton but we are building north of the river / northern suburbs. You would be exposed to the same supervisor, managers and trades that we have been. I would not build with this company ever again, no matter what location.

Go and have a good look at 101 houses under construction in and around your area, this should answer your question as well.

Regards

Hi,

I can only concur with the previous response above. The 101 Residential offering maybe attractive from a cost perspective, but from personal experience you will end up paying more due to delays & the mark up of upgrades at pre-start. You can actually build a house with a boutique builder small builder cheaper, with no headaches & a quality product for the same price as 101. I know as this is what I have done!

Regards

Thanks a lot guys.
Can anyone who is building with other companies in our area recommend their builder? We are speaking with Highbury homes & a few others. We don't know of any small local builders.

Hi Kimally,

Unfortunately 101 Residential are not obliged legally to refund your initial deposit. There documentation is water tight, but you may wish to get a legal opinion based upon your experience, although this maybe an expense for no return.Whilst it is probably a significant amount of money, from our own personal experience perhaps cutting your losses & moving on will prove the better decision in the long term. My only other suggestion is to contact either the HIA or MBA to see if they can offer any advice, however they are industry based organisations.

Regards

Terps

We paid GST on our build too if that is what you are asking? Slightly more than yours but it was listed out in the contract when we signed it. All the variations had GST Included in the prices. Total paid by us was contract price + value of variations - all the paperwork was clear about GST.

Or do you mean that the price on the 101 website or flyer didn't include GST when you were signing up so this was added into the contract? We had a fairly custom build (8 pages of modifications in our PCQ) even though it was based on the Frappe display home - so the advertised prices didn't mean much to us. Our design cost about ~15% more than the full display home fit out cost back then - but we have about 15% more floor area too. And at the end of the day,the price written down before we signed so no surprises for us.

Thanks, 101 advised me that GST is included in all of their advertised priced homes, so just wondering how come they suddenly add the GST of the advertised price on top?

GST is showen in my build.. but quality workmanship is not shown anywhere