Browse Forums General Discussion 1 Feb 25, 2021 2:06 pm Hi I’m after some advice regarding an extra cost iv been quoted by my builder. I am wanting a mitred 40mm edge to my kitchen island only and the remaining benches will stay at 20mm. For the island alone to be 40mm iv been quoted $3280. This seems excessive! Iv ring a few stone masons and the price they said was $800-900 top. Iv questioned this with my pre start lady and she just said that’s the cost quoted. I don’t understand how they have come up with this price. What should I do? Thanks Re: 40mm kitchen island bench 2Feb 25, 2021 3:32 pm How big is the island and is it in the same colour as the rest of the kitchen? It may be possible that they have had to use another slab just to get the sides on the mitres and the other benches. It may not be and it's just the builders gouging but unless you know the exact bench sizes and slab sizes it can be hard to know. Accessible Carpentry & Cabinets accessiblecarpentry@gmail.com accessiblecarpentry.com.au https://www.facebook.com/pages/Accessible-Carpentry-Cabinets/583314911709039 Re: 40mm kitchen island bench 3Feb 25, 2021 5:56 pm chippy How big is the island and is it in the same colour as the rest of the kitchen? It may be possible that they have had to use another slab just to get the sides on the mitres and the other benches. It may not be and it's just the builders gouging but unless you know the exact bench sizes and slab sizes it can be hard to know. Bench dimensions are 1200 by 3000 I’m also getting the back benches and splashback in the same Silestone. Re: 40mm kitchen island bench 5Mar 08, 2021 9:27 pm Courtney22 Hi I’m after some advice regarding an extra cost iv been quoted by my builder. I am wanting a mitred 40mm edge to my kitchen island only and the remaining benches will stay at 20mm. For the island alone to be 40mm iv been quoted $3280. This seems excessive! Iv ring a few stone masons and the price they said was $800-900 top. Iv questioned this with my pre start lady and she just said that’s the cost quoted. I don’t understand how they have come up with this price. What should I do? Thanks For what its worth in my opinion that is an excessive price. $800-900 figure sounds fair in terms of what we pay for our kitchens. We mainly use caesarstone so I can only refer to the prices we pay and it ranges from $550-1,500/m depending on the range. Simeon McGovern Affordable Custom Homes, We design and build to your budget Ashington Homes www.ashingtonhomes.com.au Hi - thanks for your reply. Yes I think 'Ill go for whitish with very speckly bits rather than pure white something like this. PS was actually 2008 I built the… 2 8684 DIY, Home Maintenance & Repair Are you going to have the frame exposed or are you cladding it with something. Usually if you are making an exposed frame you would use solid legs around 100x100 or… 3 4648 Building Standards; Getting It Right! These can be easily filled and repaired and it doesn't cost them much to do. Id get the builder to do this first and if the repair is not suitable then a replacement is… 12 29208 |