Browse Forums General Discussion 1 Dec 03, 2008 9:42 pm Hi all
Apologises if this question has been asked before, but i have decided to build with the PD Prestige, and would like to know what you good folks were quoted when you had your sales quotation compared to the final cost including all the variations if any(exc. landscaping, fencing, driveway) Cheers G Re: PD Original Sales Quotation vs Final Cost 2Dec 03, 2008 10:05 pm Our sales quotation was pretty close, apart from upgrades and extras we added on later. Where it mainly differed was:
- Electrical selection. We were told that the 'standard' allowance for the house we chose was $3000. We spent slightly over $6000. - Change of rainwater tank from standard to slimline, due to lack of space (which wasn't known till the house siting was done properly). - Site costs. We were given a guesstimate of $7000-$10000, based on what had been average for our estate in the first 3 land releases. We were in Stage 4 and ours came in at $12000 (which was better than the $14000 we were first quoted). - We upgraded paint, adding about $4000-$5000. Don't expect to get what you see in the displays as standard.... - Roof tile upgrade due to estate covenants ending up being $4000 more than the sales quote. But that was because we chose one of the most expensive tiles available.... The rest of the extra cost was due to stuff we thought of later and added at tender. The base price was $201,000. And the promo at the time added another $3000 or so (but gave us something like $22,000 worth of upgrades). Final figure: $276,000. We added a lot of the options we liked in the display..... Re: PD Original Sales Quotation vs Final Cost 3Dec 03, 2008 10:25 pm Hi, we are building PD Prestige as well. The more you add in upgrades after the sales quote, more the difference. Try and include everything that you can think of in the sales quote to get a closer figure and as Kek pointed out, site costs can not be determined until the soild test is done, it may vary quite a bit, either higher or lower than quoted in sales quote.
We too ended up adding quite a lot of upgrades and most of the upgrades are a necessity than luxury (for eg colourbond gutters, fascias and downpipes instead of zincalume, which is standard, locks to all openable windows, deadlocks, so on and so forth) Our sales quote was $45000 less than final price, but as stated before we added lots of upgrades and we could easily add another $30,000 of upgrades if our budget would have allowed us. Saying all this, its pretty much same with every builder, you tend to add lots of upgrades along the way. BTW which house have you selected? Re: PD Original Sales Quotation vs Final Cost 4Dec 04, 2008 8:28 am it is so true, their standrad choices are just not appealing at all (say for tiles, benchedging and roof tiles, bricks are very limited for Cat 1), so if you build your dream house, you will surely end up upgrading to better ones, that is a HUGE cost wheh you add up bricks, roof tiles(or colour bond), paint, benchtops, cupboards, edging profile, upgrading to pot drawers, adding cupboards to laundry etc,
the list is endless so it can be very easy to add another 70k-90k - not including you do your own floors, driveways, alfresco flooring etc. nh Re: PD Original Sales Quotation vs Final Cost 5Dec 04, 2008 8:41 pm homeishome Hi, we are building PD Prestige as well. The more you add in upgrades after the sales quote, more the difference. Try and include everything that you can think of in the sales quote to get a closer figure and as Kek pointed out, site costs can not be determined until the soild test is done, it may vary quite a bit, either higher or lower than quoted in sales quote. We too ended up adding quite a lot of upgrades and most of the upgrades are a necessity than luxury (for eg colourbond gutters, fascias and downpipes instead of zincalume, which is standard, locks to all openable windows, deadlocks, so on and so forth) Our sales quote was $45000 less than final price, but as stated before we added lots of upgrades and we could easily add another $30,000 of upgrades if our budget would have allowed us. Saying all this, its pretty much same with every builder, you tend to add lots of upgrades along the way. BTW which house have you selected? Thanks for that, were going for the Marriot 48 in Point Cook. Went to see it in Trugania, looks a cracking house. I'm hoping to lock my site costs in once i get to tender, i've taken both there current promos which gets me around $45k of stuff (carpet/tiles/AC/kitchen pack/etc..) for $5k so this covers alot, with all the upgrade and allowances our quote is $355k. This includes 3k for misc costs, 12k for site costs/temp fencing, 6k for electrical allowance. i should have around another 10k to cover additional costs above the sales quote but if it goes above this it will cut into my deposit so im really hoping i get lucky Re: PD Original Sales Quotation vs Final Cost 6Dec 04, 2008 9:09 pm Well, make a list of the upgrades and extras you MUST have, and those which would be lovely but you can live without. Then if the final cost is over budget, you have a starting point for reducing costs.
We upgraded taps, cupboard handles, some tiles, front door and some other things that we could conceivably live without. Maybe the solar water heater too.... The bifold doors, stained finish on our timber windows and air con were all must-haves. Plus there were estate covenants that added $$, so we had little or no choice about those things. If you add absolutely everything you want, then you ought to have plenty of scope for reducing costs by selecting something cheaper or perhaps doing it later. I suggest you add way more power points than you think you could possibly want. We added heaps and now I'm thinking hmm...could have done with one THERE.... Re: PD Original Sales Quotation vs Final Cost 7Dec 04, 2008 9:21 pm If i was you gsingh, i wouldnt be convinced, the more you go into the building stuff, the more you start to feel the need for upgrades. Let me assure you one thing, if you dont get those upgrades now, 2 months down the track after signing contracts you will regret on not adding them. I may sound stupid but thats the reality.
As Kek said as well, start making a list and belive me small upgrades that cost couple of hundred dollars increase the price and makes a huge difference to the overall price. Apart from promotion, i would suggest keep a minimum of $25-30K extra, which will just be able to get necessities and not even luxuries. And make sure to keep us in loop. And needless to mention, the house that you have chosen is gorgeous. All the best Re: PD Original Sales Quotation vs Final Cost 9Dec 05, 2008 8:09 pm Grace16 What is the base price for a Marriott 48 if you don't mind me asking? $355,000 with all your site costs and extras doesn't sound too bad.... The base price of the M48 is $315k - i think this may go up in the new year, as well as a change of their promos. They have said that if they get a better promo come out then I am able to take that - which was nice to hear Re: PD Original Sales Quotation vs Final Cost 10Dec 05, 2008 8:27 pm homeishome If i was you gsingh, i wouldnt be convinced, the more you go into the building stuff, the more you start to feel the need for upgrades. Let me assure you one thing, if you dont get those upgrades now, 2 months down the track after signing contracts you will regret on not adding them. I may sound stupid but thats the reality. As Kek said as well, start making a list and belive me small upgrades that cost couple of hundred dollars increase the price and makes a huge difference to the overall price. Apart from promotion, i would suggest keep a minimum of $25-30K extra, which will just be able to get necessities and not even luxuries. And make sure to keep us in loop. And needless to mention, the house that you have chosen is gorgeous. All the best Thanks everyone for your input I need to be abit careful on the upgrades as I plan to rent the house for a few years whilst i work abroad, so when i get back i will redo a couple of things like carpet and repainting. But things which are not so easy to do later i would prefer to do now properly. We have a walkthrough tomorrow - cant wait. Will keep u posted - have a great Xmas folks No. It's not original. Circa early to mid 90s would be my guess and maybe even as late as early 2000s 1 6627 Hi, I am planning to select San Selmo reclaimed original for the fascade of my build. I have seen many photos on line of the brick varying from a rustic to a neat finish.… 0 4569 i would suggest nothing is unreasonable for PCI. we did all sorts, including checking the hot water, checking all the GPO's had power, testing that the showers were… 9 98623 |