10 money saving questions from the ‘Home Building Buyers Consumer Knowledge Test’.

• Thinking of building a single or double storey home, or a unit development?
• Thinking of selecting a standard builders plan or display home design when they own the Copyright?
• Thinking of having an Architect, Home designer, or Builder draw up your plans?

THEN FOR YOUR SELF PROTECTION, YOU NEED TO DO THIS 1 MINUTE QUIZ

 

 

Question 1:

What do the letters ‘PS’ mean, when a builder/salesperson prints them alongside a dollar figure on your initial building quote, prior to you paying a deposit and signing an initial preliminary agreement with them?

IMPORTANT: Does the meaning of this ‘PS’ change when it is alongside a dollar amount item, or items, stated in the final legally binding building contract the builder gives to you to sign?

Who pays – if the original quoted ‘PS’ dollar amount goes up – when you have to sign the final building contract some 8 weeks later?

Could you answer these questions?  Yes  /  No

 

 

Question 2:

What do the letters ‘PC’ mean. Note – it has nothing to do with the site works or service runs. Every new home building price you receive, see in the press or any builders brochure or display home plan has them but home buyers do not get to see them as they are hidden. Did you know that?

Could you answer these questions?  Yes  /  No

 

 

Question 3:

What do the expressions ‘materials handling fee’, or ‘site access fee’, or ‘piling’ mean? If these items were not in your original quote, but they appear on your building contract some 8 weeks later after you pay a deposit, who has to pay for these fees?

Do you know the answers to these questions?  Yes  /  No  

 

 

Question 4:

What does the term ‘site set out fee’ mean? Does your project need one? Do all builders include this in their initial home building quote to you?

Can a builder not include it in the building quote, but add in the cost some 8 weeks later after you paid them a deposit some 8 weeks earlier?

Can it be added as one of the ‘PS’ items on your final building contract which is given to you weeks after you have signed up and paid a deposit?

What does a ‘re-peg fee’ mean?

What is the work that is required in order to find out if your block of land requires a ‘re-peg’?

Do all builders include a ‘re-peg fee’ in the initial building quote they supply to you before you sign or can they charge some 8 weeks later when they give you the contract to sign?

Do you know the answers to these questions?  Yes  /  No

 

 

Question 5:

If you see, a home advertised as 200sq/mts, and you see another advertised as 190sq/mts, which is actually the bigger home?

WARNING: Do not be caught buying a home YOU THINK is bigger when it is actually smaller. There is a HUGE TRAP HERE, and you need to know how to pick this up. You are talking many thousands of dollars if you do not get this right.

In this example, if the 190 sq/mts home is measured using the same DIMENSION TECHNIQUE as the 200sq/mts home, then the 190sq/mts home is ACTUALLY 208 sq/mts – and is the bigger home. Call and we can tell you what you need to be asking the builders.

Did you know that different dimension types existed?  Yes  /  No

 

 

Question 6:

Is it cheaper to build using a standard builder’s home plan than having your own individual plan designed, drawn up, and independently priced?

You can be very wrong to assume that a builder’s standard plan is cheaper, and this could actually cost you tens of thousands of dollars!

You may have heard it is cheaper to use a builders standard plan – BUT WHO TOLD YOU THAT?  A salesperson? When a builder owns the Copyright to the design you select or have them draw for you they have blocked you legally from shopping them against other builders. You are locked in to dealing with them only. It sounds right the standard will be cheaper but it is a Catch to Catch you. 10 doors cost no more in a standard plan then your own copyright owned plan.

In fact, a well-priced builder quoting on your individual home design could be much less in cost than using a builder’s standard plan. Ask us how to check the real price comparison for yourself and don’t fall victim to this marketing.

Do you believe a builder’s standard plan is cheaper than an individual design?  Yes  /  No

 

 

Question 7:

If you engage a designer or architect to draw your plans, how do you know you have engaged a quality home designer or architect and are paying a competitive price?

Based on 100′s of home designers and architects most advertising and being available in your state how will you know? BBP knows who are quality home designers and architects and those that price well and will deliver a quality job and top customer service.

Did you know about this?  Yes  /  No

 

 

Question 8:

How can you recognize a possible pitfall that might be right in front of your eyes without you seeing it?

Example: Garages – look in the weekend press new home guides and on the internet. You will see that some builders have a dimension on the garage size and others do not. Why is that?

Have a look at a variety of builder’s brochures and plans NOW – and you will see what you never saw before!

All the room dimensions are stated, but why not the garage dimensions?

Why are the garage dimensions stated on some plans, and not others?

If you have missed something as simple as garage dimensions, just imagine what other important information you may have overlooked that might not be this obvious!

Don’t move in on the first day to find out you got caught buying a small garage because the builder was offering a lower house price then another builder.

Are the dimensions of a garage internal or external?  Internal  /  External

 

 

Question 9:

If you have to build your garage or a wall on the boundary line, is it cheaper to build it on the line or slightly off it? If you could build your garage or wall off the boundary line, by how much (in centimeters) would it have to be, to save you big money?

Do you know the answer to these questions?  Yes  /  No

 

 

Question 10:

If a builder says they will draw up your home design ideas FREE of charge, would you ask what the catch is?

The catch is: they will OWN the Copyright of your home design and all your design ideas! In this way, they can stop you from pricing with other builders.

They will be the ONLY builder who can price your home plans. You have ZERO control and will end up signing a building contract and assume it is your best building price without having been able to obtain any other competitive comparison quotes from other builders.

Would you now consider buying in this ‘locked-in’ position with just one builder is really such a good idea?

 

Do you assume you have ownership of your great home design ideas?  Yes  /  No

 

If you scored 10/10:

You are an educated, well-informed home building buyer – capable of dealing with builders one on one, requiring no third party help and would imagine when going on the internet 6 months later and Google Building Problems and your builders name will not find you having problems with your builder due to items you did not know.

If you scored under 10:

You could be signing a legally binding building contract without knowing the full implications and this is the reason the LAW says, ‘Buyer Beware’.

A knowledgeable helping hand is now available for home building buyers. We care and want to help you make informed decisions. Just take this revealing test and check the important answers to be fully informed.

Important Free Information for you

If you scored 10 out of 10, email us – admin@betterbuildingprices.com.au or FREECALL 1800 833 956 and we will email you the entire Home Building Buyers Consumer Knowledge Test, which has all the questions and is free of charge. To get that you will be asked a number of questions that you need to know. Only experts get the entire knowledge test.

Not one person to date has admitted achieving a 100% on this test – which goes to show why so many home building buyers have pricing problems, and why many home building buyers will have to pay more monies after they have paid the builder’s initial deposit. If you cannot answer the 10 questions above you have to imagine what else don’t you know that could come up after you sign a builder’s legally binding building contract with a builder you selected on your own with your current knowledge!

Consumers who do not use our home building expertise just don’t know that they could pay far more for their new home, than what they really have to!

Don’t PLAY RUSSIAN ROULETTE with this massive financial investment. Accept you do not have the building industry knowledge and something you cannot deny is you have no volume  to negotiate with any builder when you only have one job to offer them this year.

Knowledge is your greatest money saving asset on how to avoid all the problems and issues many consumers encounter when dealing with builders.  Assuming that all will be OK when you cannot answer just 10 of these important questions, is one of the reasons why so many consumers, later on down the track, will encounter pricing problems and unforeseen cost over-run issues. These costly mistakes will never happen to you when BBP show you how to avoid them.

A knowledgeable helping hand is available. BBP is a company totally focused on protecting homebuyers. Contact us and enjoy all the benefits of us making sure you have a great building experience with any quality builders you wish to deal with.

If you did get a 100% score, your only issue now is that you have just one home contract and no ongoing monthly volume to negotiate with the builders to get an excellent building price.

BBP have 100% building knowledge, plus massive buying power using the leverage of our monthly volume building pool of home contracts. This volume buying power is used competitively, to negotiate builder direct on your behalf, to make sure you get huge savings and an excellent building price.

Call or email BBP now; there is no obligation. The information is free, and it will definitely arm you with more knowledge in your home building buying endeavours.

Email us – admin@betterbuildingprices.com.au or FREECALL 1800 833 956

- The Building Price Negotiators – The New Way saving consumers tens of thousands of dollars.