Our build took 12.5 months. It was the most stressful 12.5 months we had ever been through. We went through 3 site supervisors. Our final one was apparently given the sack! If you want to inbox me feel free.
I sent one back last night. Hope it went through.
I have sent two more. I'm not sure what I am doing wrong.
Hi all, I've also fallen victim to Orion Homes. I haven't built in Armstrong Creek but have encountered all of the same problems and incompetence that I have read here. Not once have I been satisfied with anything, even going as far as obtaining independent inspection which resulted in a 40 page defect report. Im not far from finishing (contract expired 8 weeks ago).
As a first timer I'll never build again, has been an absolute disaster. Once it's finished I'll give the full run down, they may very well be sitting in their office reading this as they don't seem to do anything constructive.
I am interested to see how they've gone about maintenance and defects at handover as I am certain my home will be full of them.
Hello there, I was just wondering if you have updates from Orion Homes regarding your build? How long did they take to build? Do they keep you updated during construction? Thank you.
They're really poor when it comes t communication.
You don't get updates and doesn't even return your call. But you need to constantly call them to get an update.
I'm really hating it all together.
The build took 11 months, the contract expired and they had to pay me rent for 3 months which I was all over them about as they probably would have tried to avoid it otherwise.
The worst quality work I’ve ever seen. I was an electrician for 15 years on domestic building sites so have plenty of experience. Tradesman leave the site absolutely filthy, no pride in the work. I have numerous maintenance issues given the rubbish quality.
Supervisors are appalling, I had 3, construction manager doesn’t know what he’s doing.
Work was so bad I engaged my own building surveyor to complete a condition report, resulting in a 45 page defect report. Even the slab was defective by the standards.
Long story short, avoid them at all costs. If you’ve already started and are now stuck with them, hassle them daily to make sure you are not another victim.
Hi AR3128, thank you for your reply. Unfortunately, it includes us as their victims too.
We started building end of May 2018 and until now, they have not yet finished the frame. Are we legally allowed to obtain a copy of the report? We have already paid the frame stage back in September as we thought everything was going well but until October, they were not making any progress. Then they started blaming the surveyor that they were very hard to get hold off. We are with BSU, how about you? Until now, it is still not finish. Our second site supervisor told us that he has not gotten the surveyor inspection yet (but Orion had the guts to ask payment for Frame stage).
We are building our first house and it has been a horrible experience with them. They feed you to make you sign the contracts and after that, no communication at all unless they are asking for progress payments. They took 3 months to get the building permit and commenced on the 28th day after I sent too many emails asking when they will start building. The color selection was the only experience we enjoyed. The only reason we went with them are their attractive inclusions, I think it is not worth it now. We could have moved in already if we went with other builders.
We are considering getting legal advice but still thinking twice due to legal costs. We are building a 2 storey and house and we are already on our 9th month and still in Frame stage. This is a total con job. Our experience is only full of regrets and disappointments.
We have had the same problems folks. Avoid these people at all costs. The biggest regret we have is choosing these corrupt people to build our home. We signed contracts in October 2017, didnt even break soil on titled land until April 2014. We’ve been through 3 supervisors to date and they’re still not finished. Problems at every stage of the build. We’ve had independant inspectors that have compiled 40 + page defect reports at every stage which they just ignore anyway!! We’ve opened a case with VCAT with them as well. They have blamed everyone from the building surveyor, tradies, to the building inspectors who they believe dont know wha they are talking about!! The standard of work is very rough, their trades people have no pride in their work whatsoever. Just constant problems, issues, no communication, they ignore you when you raise issues and dont return calls or correspondance. Ive had numerous meetings with construction manager, building supervisor and customer service manager. We have the same issues as everyone on here, so everyone cant be wrong folks!! They have literally drove us to our wits end with this build and put us off ever building again, and still no end in sight at this stage. They are also out of contract with us. We could honestly write a book. It annoys me so much that they get away with it. If i can save anyone the heartache of these people, ill do all that i can. Totally horrendous experience. Avoid at all costs!!!
PLEASE DO YOUR RESEARCH PEOPLE.
We moved in June 2018 after a 12.5 month build and still have not heard a thing from them for our 6 month inspection. Obviously we will have to hassle them once again. An absolutely shocking run company whereby a lot of the office staff are all related so nothing is ever going to be done.
It just annoys me so much that owners just seem to have to sit back and take it from them despite so many problems and issues. They just get away with it, the most frustrating people to deal with.
If nothing changes, then they will just continue to get away with it with no repercussions and more decent hard working people will just fall victim to it.
We need to group together and take some action, either legal or collectively contact A current affair or something and expose them and their practices.