Bellflower Estate - Sippy Downs

serge44 · May 07, 2009 10:59 pm

sataymas

We are off to Plantation head office for the new home proposal meeting tomorrow.

so how'd it go?

Benny · May 09, 2009 9:30 am

Sorry i have been of the forum for the past little while, been flat nackers. Ok so the instant house just add water is going well. Thingsthat i have learnt in the past few weeks -
1. If you have site managers changed on you, make sure the new guy is informed. Call them your self and make sure.
2. Get **** in writing, if you have a "oh for F%$Ks sake i forgot moment" call everyone you need to then follow that up in writing. You will make your life longer and easier.
3. Give a little and get a very happy crew on your site, true it does not hurt to be a good egg and show up with some random beers or food for the lads on site. Karma works on this.

So just waiting on the tiles and paint then final fit off for the sparkie and it's all done, hope to be in before the long weekend in june. Then i get the 30 daysof landscape, render and drive to DIY - i may be in pain by july. ::wornout::

sataymas · May 11, 2009 4:21 pm

serge44

sataymas

We are off to Plantation head office for the new home proposal meeting tomorrow.

so how'd it go?

Well the NHP price was about $7k over the initial quote, It seems Tony at Kawana was badly misinformed about what Plantation can and cant do! but after a few heated discussions at the desk of the Plantation office we have managed to reduce that again. We now are booked in for the contract and colours on the 29th May. The bank has also moved to unconditional lending now so thats a plus! We wanted to supply and install our own Air-con as I work in the industry and can do this for less than half the quoted price of $13k!!! they were hesitant about allowing this but in the end have let us do it. We will also probably pull the concrete and render out post contract. I see still no start to yours yet do you know when they are going to get going?

sataymas · May 11, 2009 4:26 pm

Hey Benny who you building with?

Gester · May 11, 2009 4:29 pm

We're building with Plantation and were horrified with there rendering costs and are doing ours after handover. $7k for a double story house and $4k to paint!

They didn't have any problem at all supplying our own ducted aircon either.

Benny · May 11, 2009 4:36 pm

sataymas

Hey Benny who you building with?

Ad3n8r00k - we are going through a little comedy of errors but it's under control, this stuf happens on every house at some point there will be an oops!
All good though the staff are all over it like a fat kid with a smartie!

serge44 · May 11, 2009 6:31 pm

sataymas

Well the NHP price was about $7k over the initial quote, It seems Tony at Kawana was badly misinformed about what Plantation can and cant do! but after a few heated discussions at the desk of the Plantation office we have managed to reduce that again. We now are booked in for the contract and colours on the 29th May. The bank has also moved to unconditional lending now so thats a plus! We wanted to supply and install our own Air-con as I work in the industry and can do this for less than half the quoted price of $13k!!! they were hesitant about allowing this but in the end have let us do it. We will also probably pull the concrete and render out post contract. I see still no start to yours yet do you know when they are going to get going?

I had no trouble whatsoever getting them to let Actron do the A/C. Did you have to produce your BSA ticket?

No start yet but any day now the scraping will start. - probably next week at earliest

sataymas · May 12, 2009 9:51 am

I had no trouble whatsoever getting them to let Actron do the A/C. Did you have to produce your BSA ticket?

No start yet but any day now the scraping will start. - probably next week at earliest[/quote]

They gave us a subcontractor pack as I wont be installing it myself ( I work for an airconditioning wholesaler and manufacturer) but will have one of my customers install it for me so he has to fill out the paperwork. I was doing MORE sums last night and now just in the process of trying to obtain quotes for concrete, render ect. Can anyone suggest a renderer? It will be interesting to see what stage you are at when they finally get started on our place, we are building a lowset so it could make for an interseting race if you are building double storey! ::cool::

Out of interest what size A/C did Actron quote you on and how many zones? :th:

sataymas · May 12, 2009 9:54 am

Benny

sataymas

Hey Benny who you building with?

Ad3n8r00k - we are going through a little comedy of errors but it's under control, this stuf happens on every house at some point there will be an oops!
All good though the staff are all over it like a fat kid with a smartie!

We really liked Ad3n8r00k they definetly have the majority of the work around the coast out of the project builders.
which one is yours?

serge44 · May 12, 2009 7:42 pm

sataymas

Out of interest what size A/C did Actron quote you on and how many zones? :th:

17.7kw, single phase, 8 zones - the Ultima

Gester · May 12, 2009 11:40 pm

I got similar to Serge, although the 3 Phase 18.9kw Ultima for $16.6k for 8 zones, 13 outlets and 2 master controllers. I had to haggle alot though to get it for this price though!

sataymas · May 13, 2009 4:04 pm

serge44

sataymas

Well the NHP price was about $7k over the initial quote, It seems Tony at Kawana was badly misinformed about what Plantation can and cant do! but after a few heated discussions at the desk of the Plantation office we have managed to reduce that again. We now are booked in for the contract and colours on the 29th May. The bank has also moved to unconditional lending now so thats a plus! We wanted to supply and install our own Air-con as I work in the industry and can do this for less than half the quoted price of $13k!!! they were hesitant about allowing this but in the end have let us do it. We will also probably pull the concrete and render out post contract. I see still no start to yours yet do you know when they are going to get going?

I had no trouble whatsoever getting them to let Actron do the A/C. Did you have to produce your BSA ticket?

No start yet but any day now the scraping will start. - probably next week at earliest

Our biggest problem was that our block has accoustic requirements and part of that was installing Air-con, so naturally for handover to occour the constructon had to comply with those regulations. So plantation was hesitant to allow it to be in our control. to give you an idea of saving Plantation costed 14.4kw ducted at $12,896.00 with 3 zones, I can purchase (through work) 14.6kw with 6 zones and slave/master control and install for $5,000.00 ::surprise::

and thats being generous.
Also by pulling out concrete and render we can save about $11k.Speaking of that can anyone recommend a decent concreter for a quote?

serge44 · May 13, 2009 4:16 pm

Gester - what date was that quote? PM contact details too if possible

Sataymas - I think Benny is arranging his own rendering.... PM him

Benny · May 13, 2009 9:22 pm

I'm in the place on the fence at the back opp the 2 PJ Spec's that are up for sale, as for the render bit it's DIY - I'm going to be on the tools with a product from Rockcoat called Q render. You don't have to be the best at it as the instructions are very clear and it doesn't have to be too thick about 6mm.

Because it's DIY it will take me about 2 weeks to do maybe more but it will be done in the 30 days post handover. Along with the driveway which the father in law is doing for me, i suck at exposed ag.

sataymas

Benny

sataymas

Hey Benny who you building with?

Ad3n8r00k - we are going through a little comedy of errors but it's under control, this stuf happens on every house at some point there will be an oops!
All good though the staff are all over it like a fat kid with a smartie!

We really liked Ad3n8r00k they definetly have the majority of the work around the coast out of the project builders.
which one is yours?

Benny · May 13, 2009 9:26 pm

DIY = Destroy It Yourself ::lol::

serge44 · May 13, 2009 10:02 pm

Benny

I'm in the place on the fence at the back opp the 2 PJ Spec's that are up for sale,

and that is definitely in empty stubby range :twisted:

Benny · May 14, 2009 1:10 pm

serge44

Benny

I'm in the place on the fence at the back opp the 2 PJ Spec's that are up for sale,

and that is definitely in empty stubby range :twisted:

and that will save me hunting about for stock for the home brew... ::wink::

sataymas · May 14, 2009 2:31 pm

Benny

I'm in the place on the fence at the back opp the 2 PJ Spec's that are up for sale, as for the render bit it's DIY - I'm going to be on the tools with a product from Rockcoat called Q render. You don't have to be the best at it as the instructions are very clear and it doesn't have to be too thick about 6mm.

Because it's DIY it will take me about 2 weeks to do maybe more but it will be done in the 30 days post handover. Along with the driveway which the father in law is doing for me, i suck at exposed ag.

I been thinkin bout doin the Render myself as I have done it before aswell but Im just not sure wether or not I can get a finish that I will be happy with. depends on how easy that Q render is to use, I havent used it before. But Im definitley not doing any concrete I hate that sh*t. ::angry::

Looks like a helmet might be a must for anywork outdoors in the estate though with all the empty stubbies flying around ::lol::

serge44 · May 14, 2009 9:34 pm

been allocated a SS and frame will be delivered 20/5. site works to commence any day now. I even have a sign! :z:

paulac · May 16, 2009 6:11 pm

Hi there - we're thinking of signing with Plantation on Sunny Coast. I noticed soemone said Tony was misinformed about some stuff.

Would

it possible to tell me what the differences were?

Also where do we have to go for the colour apptment and NHP?