Browse Forums General Discussion 1 Jul 08, 2011 10:36 am Hey all, I have been a quiet member on here and just wanted to get your collective thoughts on my problem... My builder gave us an allowance of $4,500 for floor covering excluding wet area's We were of the impression this was just the purchase price we didn't need to include the laying of the tiles... Our house will be 146SQM i can upload a plan when it is finished today/over the weekend for better judgement. But my questions is have you ever heard/know of a builder giving an allowance like that and telling you it includes the laying of the tiles...? As it turns out this allowance is to cover the install of our tiles...carpet is fine as the price you get quoted is the laying. cheers, Mick. Re: Building a house in ACT - tile allowance problems 3Jul 08, 2011 1:24 pm Our allowance was all inclusive (i.e. tiles and laying). when we went to Beaumont tiles (our allocated tiler) we had a range to select from. If we went outside this range then it was converted to a $ value per sqm and if the tile we selected was more than that we paid the difference. There were some types of tiles which were more difficult to lay and for those there may have been an additional labour change but if you chose specifically within the range then it was definitely tiles and labour. Oh our cost was approx $8K allowance for 100 sqm of area to cover not including wet areas. I don't know if this was expensive or not but we got flooring included as we wanted to move straight in and didn't want to muck around after the fact Re: Building a house in ACT - tile allowance problems 4Jul 08, 2011 1:28 pm kyton What does your contract state? Always refer first to it - it is pretty much the bible for what your builder can and can't do. the inclusions list just says $4500 of tile allowance it does not state either way...my wife believes it was stated when talking about the inclusions this was just the purchase of tiles not laying but again as its not on paper we not be sure.... Re: Building a house in ACT - tile allowance problems 5Jul 08, 2011 5:57 pm I have a small builder,I got an allowance $30sqm for tiles laying was included in total price of house,carpet $100sqm laying included.You don't get much for $30sqm tiles or the carpet allowance from my builder,most of my house is upgrade. I am not a brick expert, but rendering would be 1 option, it would be costly to do the entire house though.... 2 6664 Hi all, has anyone been ask to do the weeds in their property while in the middle of build? We are under the impression that they are in control of the site while they… 0 2738 |