Packaged Houses

[Fishboy]

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We are finishing up our kit house from Big Island Package Homes. It's a beautiful house, and very well-designed. However, I can't recommend the company - had some issues. Contractors kept telling me the kit was priced high for what it included. I requested a cut list so I could compare costs, having paid a (non-refundable) $7,500 deposit. They refused to give me a cut list until I paid the balance on the kit.

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What an unfortunate experience, Colleen. I suspect you suppressed a lot of colorful verbs and adjectives in this posting. I took a look at the Big Island Package Home web site and looked over their listings for what comes with the kits and what doesn't. This is just a crude comparison as I have no experience beyond what I see on these web pages, but it looks like the quality and quantity of what you get with a BIPH kit is easily comparable to the HPM kit, and the prices are about the same as well. Given some (crude) comparability, the most important part of the deal breaker would be the ease of working with the company.

With this comparability, would the BIPH refusal to give you a cut list be reasonable if they have proprietary prices from their suppliers?

Mahalo nui loa,
Brian