Building with Wisdom Homes

Hi,

Just had my colour consultation at cavas quarter a month ago and they actually showed:

1) Selection of what is standard in your package
2) Selection of possible upgrage should you want
3) If you want to change the design of your kitchen, thats the perfect time.
4) Ask for everything (even if it will be out of your budget at the moment) in terms of quote since its a lot easy not to accept a quote rather than ask a requote for the items that you missed, you are only given twice - Without fee.

Lessons learned:
Be prepared, must have idea already of what you
want because they will not show everything unless you ask because they have no idea what you actually want. There are lots of samples and you might be overwhelmed... Of course do your homework and have your options ready as the appointment is divided into three sessions a day.

You might want to schedule going to the canvas quarter to see the selection prior to your appointment, it will help so as you wont be surprised and be overwhelmed. However without an appointment you wouldnt really know from the selection which is the standard or upgrade.

As for the tiles, be prepared that everything in the display homes are all upgraded (i think that applies to most if not all builders) so make sure you have plan b.

Be prepared with the bricks/colours because you are only given at least 2 hours (well in my case) to discuss what you want to achieve for your house. They will show lots of options you just have to tell them what you want.

Went to PGH bricks after and they were very accomodating as well. I arranged a colour appointment with them for free so I can see their insights as well. Its best to see the colours that you'll select outdoor than indoor. They have their bricks displayed outside and you can bring your roof samples, colour swatches for your garage or whatever finishing you have. The colours look lighter when your outside compared when youre doing the colour consultation inside a room.

Well, goodluck! Either way, if you think you are not happy to what you have selected you can always go back and ask for another appointment. (Which I did). Its your house, dont rush deciding. They are accommodating and wont rush you into deciding just dont sign any quote though.

Thanks KatDS! That’s very comprehensive and insightful. Much appreciated!

We have a theme or range of colours in mind, but need an expert to tell us what goes and what doesn’t. We want to achieve a consistent look the flows inside and outside. We don’t want to risk our colour choices clashing!

Before we moved into our current house, we hired a colour consultant to help us choice paint colours. She was fantastic but has unfortunately retired. I am sure she could have helped choose colours of walls, floors, kitchen, bathroom etc. If anyone has suggestions of someone like that would be great!

Hi, I'm building a modified Trinity 33 Family with Wisdom. Can anyone help with clarifying the PCI with Wisdom - specifically the use of an independent quality inspector? Can I have both the independent inspector and also the personal walkthrough with the SS? Just that my SS seemed to imply that I have to choose between one or the other because he doesn't allow "two" PCI inspections. (Even though he mentioned that if we choose to use an independent inspector, then he'd just let them in and tell them to lock up afterwards).

Thanks!
hwong80

As i wrote a few posts above our SS allowed the inspector in to look around and then a few days later we did the official PCI with him. Our SS had the inspectors report with him during our PCI.

I guess each SS will do it the way they want to. I would just ask him that you want to do the PCI in person yourself but also want an inspector to look around, so whats the best way to organise this? At the same time or different times? Officially they only need to do the one meeting but if the relationship is ok im sure they will be accommodating to your request.

Hi ajayshekar, Your house looks so beautiful. Congratulations.

Thanks for your most comprehensive run down. It seems like you have to make so many decisions without a lot to go on.

1) Again sorry for newbie questions. I am getting my head around the admin process and was wondering at what point do you need finance secured for the entire build? I can't seem to get an answer from our potential lender without a contract but I'm worried about getting too far into the process before finding out we need more time to obtain our loan. Hope that makes sense.

2) Also, what has been the average admin time for most of the builds discussed on here? It seems like if we are pre-tender now, that we may not even start building until next year!

3) I'm hearing a lot of advice to include as much as possible even if you think you'll remove things at a later date, when does removing things attract a financial penalty? e.g. undecided about ducted vacuuming, zip tap, custom cabinetry etc

Thanks Manhattan52, we are also going with full render.

What colour is your archway in front of the study? Not sure what else to call it. We are thinking of feature tiling? but not sure if it will look strange. Our colour scheme will likely be a white/grey combo but it's so hard to visualise.

Also not sure what style of garage door to go with either, considering perspex or polyurethane panels (not sure what the difference is) or matrix panels.....wondering if matrix panels will clash with the matrix on the house (where the stria cladding is on the upper balcony).

So many what ifs, this is so stressful!

We only have the front rendered as didn’t want a full render

Our bricks are metallix black stone
Stormy shadow for majority of front
Secret passage for front piers, parapet ( the archway your taking about)
Thin Ice for the matrix cladding outbound front bedroom
Monument to Axon Cladding
My garage door is Luxe Design in Nullarbor Woodgrain Texture and colour is Black Ace.

I would suggest starting with the biggest things and then go from there

Are you doing a Knock down rebuild? I'm not sure how the financing works for a KDRB.

We bought a H&L package, so we had pre-approval and that's what we used to budget our build. We are at draft end panel, and am in process of getting our construction loan sorted.

For us, we've been in active admin since Feb until now. (secure deposit paid on 30th Nov, signed tender and contract on 20th Feb, CDC approval on 10th May, DEP on 16th May) so about 3 months for us, it feels long lol, but I know other members in this thread had been in the admin process forever.

Yes, I would also suggest to choose everything you are interested in, so it will be provided in your first quotation, from there you can see the costings and decide if you want it, you can tick yes/no.

At DEP, I can't even get a price for a water purifier. Was told that a variation quote would have to be requested, and that it was too late to add this to my file.. .... ........so yeah, if anyone could share how much a water purifier is, i would appreciate it! Im just curious what the price is, I'm gonna get a freaking hectic one after handover!!

I would love ducted vaccuming! Its expensive! lol

ok i just googled zip tap.. Lol i want that!

Fancy! Or u can just use the fridge?

haha, yeah thats what the husband said, use a kettle

Yes I know but the fridge won’t give you sparkling on tap (although I think there is actually a model with a soda stream option)!!!! They are notorious for breaking down all the time and take up a lot of under bench space so I will be doing a bit more research first

quote="Manhattan52

We have also selected the diplomat facade.
Ours is rendered with the stria cladding on the front
the same as the display at Oran Park. Our colours are a light grey, mid grey and the flashing in charcoal.
Just bear in mind colours will look lighter on a larger spanse and also even lighter outside[/quote
Thanks Manhattan52, we are also going with full render.

What colour is your archway in front of the study? Not sure what else to call it. We are thinking of feature tiling? but not sure if it will look strange. Our colour scheme will likely be a white/grey combo but it's so hard to visualise.

Also not sure what style of garage door to go with either, considering perspex or polyurethane panels (not sure what the difference is) or matrix panels.....wondering if matrix panels will clash with the matrix on the house (where the stria cladding is on the upper balcony).

So many what ifs, this is so stressful![/quote]

We only have the front rendered as didn’t want a full render

Our bricks are metallix black stone
Stormy shadow for majority of front
Secret passage for front piers, parapet ( the archway your taking about)
Thin Ice for the matrix cladding outbound front bedroom
Monument to Axon Cladding
My garage door is Luxe Design in Nullarbor Woodgrain Texture and colour is Black Ace.

I would suggest starting with the biggest things and then go from there[/quote]

Thanks for that rundown. I will take your advice onboard.

Yes KDRB. We are going to DA so I presume it will take longer than CDC. So you can’t add anything at DEP? When would have been the latest you could have enquired about/added your water purifier?

DA takes a lot longer than CDC. What council are you going through?

The zip tap doesn’t give you sparkling mineral water, it gives you Soda water that they call sparkling water. There is a big difference in taste of your a mineral water drinker

You can add things for a while depending on what they are, and what they affect however at DEP level it is usually too late as you are on the home stretch so to speak

A quick photo update of our build. The render has now been completed and it has been done beautifully! Window and door mouldings are next, along with eaves.

Very pleased to see handovers, PCIs, slabs and progress being made for many members

Glad to know about this and thanks for reaching out Mark about the slab

Hi Guys, What is this in the driveway quote from Wisdom?

“Provide additional labour due to restricted access and/or site conditions” they are charging 1500$ for this.

Please whoever has crossed this stage throw some light on.

Thanks