Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Building Eden Brae Bristol 31?? 12Oct 17, 2016 11:29 am Buildingbristol31 @mikegrg1 That's really good info re the laminate flooring as well as the carpet underlay. And I think I read you said you upgraded paint...it just feels never ending and we haven't even truly begun! I'm trying to be pretty strict with the budget but find it so confusing to work out how much to allow above base price because their estimates are a bit allover the place. The sales rep quoted us $600 for drawers in the kitchen. But I'm wary that it could change when we get to hog. Did you go to hog prior to making your selections? Nah, I went to HOG first and got tons of quote and then selected what I wanted... which facade are u getting? Re: Building Eden Brae Bristol 31?? 13Oct 17, 2016 11:43 am myozbalai1 Hi BuildingBristol31, great to know another EBH KDR in the shire so good luck with your tender/contract. Some of our lessons learned, include allowance for stormwater (we included 5k, final amount is around 7k), increase door and window height we did not do this and kinda regretting that decision. We also forgot to add the porch to the slab. Our site is currently being prepared for slab, massive rock removal work happening at the moment. Kitchen and electrical upgrades are the most expensive so put in allowance in your tender. Building Heathcote 35 Vogue Facade That's great I'm not the only one building an Eden Brae in the shire! Kitchen: the sales rep quoted me $600 for drawers. Is that realistic? We will put overhead cupboards in. And are extending the walk in pantry. Electrical: truthfully worries me- it could be endless and I know the costs in this area are high. Any advice from someone ahead of us? We are thinking of getting the wiring done so we can install downlights later. How big a rock excavation? We have a bit of rock but I have family in the geology industry and reckons it won't be a problem. BUT I feel like they'll still hit me up for more! Did you have to get your slab upgraded as a result? Can I ask (you obviously don't have to answer) how much you allowed for site costs and whether that is accurate? Any advice dealing with Eden brae in the shire? We're council fees etc accurate? Any council issues? Re: Building Eden Brae Bristol 31?? 14Oct 17, 2016 11:47 am mikegrg1 Buildingbristol31 @mikegrg1 That's really good info re the laminate flooring as well as the carpet underlay. And I think I read you said you upgraded paint...it just feels never ending and we haven't even truly begun! I'm trying to be pretty strict with the budget but find it so confusing to work out how much to allow above base price because their estimates are a bit allover the place. The sales rep quoted us $600 for drawers in the kitchen. But I'm wary that it could change when we get to hog. Did you go to hog prior to making your selections? Nah, I went to HOG first and got tons of quote and then selected what I wanted... which facade are u getting? Ok good that's our plan to go first and sift through all the options. Before having to actually decide. We think we will go the standard facade bc we can prob get family to render part of it after lock up. Site costs are ourbig worry so we need to cut costs elsewhere. We are concerned that the Bristol starts off at the lower end of the market but the cost will quickly escalate! Re: Building Eden Brae Bristol 31?? 15Oct 17, 2016 11:50 am Buildingbristol31 myozbalai1 Hi BuildingBristol31, great to know another EBH KDR in the shire so good luck with your tender/contract. Some of our lessons learned, include allowance for stormwater (we included 5k, final amount is around 7k), increase door and window height we did not do this and kinda regretting that decision. We also forgot to add the porch to the slab. Our site is currently being prepared for slab, massive rock removal work happening at the moment. Kitchen and electrical upgrades are the most expensive so put in allowance in your tender. Building Heathcote 35 Vogue Facade That's great I'm not the only one building an Eden Brae in the shire! Kitchen: the sales rep quoted me $600 for drawers. Is that realistic? We will put overhead cupboards in. And are extending the walk in pantry. Electrical: truthfully worries me- it could be endless and I know the costs in this area are high. Any advice from someone ahead of us? We are thinking of getting the wiring done so we can install downlights later. How big a rock excavation? We have a bit of rock but I have family in the geology industry and reckons it won't be a problem. BUT I feel like they'll still hit me up for more! Did you have to get your slab upgraded as a result? Can I ask (you obviously don't have to answer) how much you allowed for site costs and whether that is accurate? Any advice dealing with Eden brae in the shire? We're council fees etc accurate? Any council issues? I think battons for future downlights were 75 each.. or 120 with downlight... I had to put H class slab because of saline soil and my site cost were around 40k... if they hit rock they will absorb the cost... you will find out about these in ur tender after the sir survey... Re: Building Eden Brae Bristol 31?? 16Oct 17, 2016 12:44 pm mikegrg1 Buildingbristol31 myozbalai1 Hi BuildingBristol31, great to know another EBH KDR in the shire so good luck with your tender/contract. Some of our lessons learned, include allowance for stormwater (we included 5k, final amount is around 7k), increase door and window height we did not do this and kinda regretting that decision. We also forgot to add the porch to the slab. Our site is currently being prepared for slab, massive rock removal work happening at the moment. Kitchen and electrical upgrades are the most expensive so put in allowance in your tender. Building Heathcote 35 Vogue Facade That's great I'm not the only one building an Eden Brae in the shire! Kitchen: the sales rep quoted me $600 for drawers. Is that realistic? We will put overhead cupboards in. And are extending the walk in pantry. Electrical: truthfully worries me- it could be endless and I know the costs in this area are high. Any advice from someone ahead of us? We are thinking of getting the wiring done so we can install downlights later. How big a rock excavation? We have a bit of rock but I have family in the geology industry and reckons it won't be a problem. BUT I feel like they'll still hit me up for more! Did you have to get your slab upgraded as a result? Can I ask (you obviously don't have to answer) how much you allowed for site costs and whether that is accurate? Any advice dealing with Eden brae in the shire? We're council fees etc accurate? Any council issues? I think battons for future downlights were 75 each.. or 120 with downlight... I had to put H class slab because of saline soil and my site cost were around 40k... if they hit rock they will absorb the cost... you will find out about these in ur tender after the sir survey... My sales rep has quoted us a minimum for 15k for rock excavation. So was yours identified from the original site inspection? Or geo report? We've also been quoted... 20k standard site costs. 18k additional site costs. $6800 for working in the shire. $3000 for manual handling. Whereabouts in the shire are you? Is it particularly rocky? Our block is pretty standard old fibro on decent gentle sloping yard. Re: Building Eden Brae Bristol 31?? 17Oct 17, 2016 12:58 pm Buildingbristol31 mikegrg1 Buildingbristol31 [quote="myozbalai1"]Hi BuildingBristol31, great to know another EBH KDR in the shire so good luck with your tender/contract. Some of our lessons learned, include allowance for stormwater (we included 5k, final amount is around 7k), increase door and window height we did not do this and kinda regretting that decision. We also forgot to add the porch to the slab. Our site is currently being prepared for slab, massive rock removal work happening at the moment. Kitchen and electrical upgrades are the most expensive so put in allowance in your tender. Building Heathcote 35 Vogue Facade That's great I'm not the only one building an Eden Brae in the shire! Kitchen: the sales rep quoted me $600 for drawers. Is that realistic? We will put overhead cupboards in. And are extending the walk in pantry. Electrical: truthfully worries me- it could be endless and I know the costs in this area are high. Any advice from someone ahead of us? We are thinking of getting the wiring done so we can install downlights later. How big a rock excavation? We have a bit of rock but I have family in the geology industry and reckons it won't be a problem. BUT I feel like they'll still hit me up for more! Did you have to get your slab upgraded as a result? Can I ask (you obviously don't have to answer) how much you allowed for site costs and whether that is accurate? Any advice dealing with Eden brae in the shire? We're council fees etc accurate? Any council issues? I think battons for future downlights were 75 each.. or 120 with downlight... I had to put H class slab because of saline soil and my site cost were around 40k... if they hit rock they will absorb the cost... you will find out about these in ur tender after the sir survey... My sales rep has quoted us a minimum for 15k for rock excavation. So was yours identified from the original site inspection? Or geo report? We've also been quoted... 20k standard site costs. 18k additional site costs. $6800 for working in the shire. $3000 for manual handling. Whereabouts in the shire are you? Is it particularly rocky? Our block is pretty standard old fibro on decent gentle sloping yard.[/quote] Yah mine was after site survey... I am in Oran park... done with all the admin work and will be in production in November... Re: Building Eden Brae Bristol 31?? 18Oct 17, 2016 1:28 pm My additional site cost is 27k - that included traffic control (biggest 11k), power pole, rock removal, spoil removal. Our site is sloping to the rear, when top soil was removed we then realised we are sitting on bedrocks, nearly covering 2/3 of our lot. Good thing that rock excavation/removal is fixed cost with EBH. Drawers cost - here are examples -- 3 banks of drawers, soft close and include 1 utensil & 2 medium drawers -$706 2 pot drawers - $471 council - we had a bad experience but...every development is different, you can be lucky. we ended up changing our plan and went via CDC. Building Heathcote 35 Vogue Facade Building Heathcote 35 Vogue Facade Re: Building Eden Brae Bristol 31?? 19Oct 17, 2016 1:44 pm In addition, because our lot is sloping dropped edge beam cost was added - 12k Building Heathcote 35 Vogue Facade Building Heathcote 35 Vogue Facade Re: Building Eden Brae Bristol 31?? 20Oct 17, 2016 2:37 pm myozbalai1 In addition, because our lot is sloping dropped edge beam cost was added - 12k Building Heathcote 35 Vogue Facade That information is really helpful thanks! What is the slope of your block? How have you found your dealings with ebh? I built with EB back on 2009. Check out this thread on this forum. viewtopic.php?f=31&t=12911&p=154061#p154061 I can't speak for recent expericience however, we had no… 1 23826 I do enjoy the drama:-D In his latest two videos he has started bringing security guards to site, I am waiting for the punch on to begin lol 6 46191 |