Browse Forums Kitchen Corner 1 Mar 18, 2009 8:55 pm Hi Guys ..
I'm attaching a pic of the proposed kitchen plan .. its in laminate ofcourse .. just wondering if we were to convert it to caesarstone/essatone etc .. how much $$ are we looking at? I've given the dimensions of the pieces (color coded) for help .. Looking at the 20mm thick range .. Also, i think we'll get a credit for the laminate if we ask the builder to do it for us .. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ --- I don't have a signature - just this sentence saying that I don't have one - that'll do! Re: Benchtop approx price .. look at the pic .. 2Mar 18, 2009 9:03 pm hi bluemetal, I think our kitchen had similar dimensions; I had a quote from a stone mason for around $2500 I think for 20mm CS (will go back and check in a minute). Our builder gave us back $500 for the laminate. "Your emotions are the slaves to your thoughts, and you are the slave to your emotions." — Elizabeth Gilbert Living in our new house. Currently scaping the land. Re: Benchtop approx price .. look at the pic .. 3Mar 18, 2009 9:05 pm Just checked - one quote was $2200 plus GST, the other was $2400 plus GST. hope that helps "Your emotions are the slaves to your thoughts, and you are the slave to your emotions." — Elizabeth Gilbert Living in our new house. Currently scaping the land. Re: Benchtop approx price .. look at the pic .. 5Mar 19, 2009 10:11 am hmmm.. thanks a lot ..
have you considered all the 3 pieces in the pic? we're not sure about the price for laminate coming back to us, but i'll surely fight for it! --- I don't have a signature - just this sentence saying that I don't have one - that'll do! Re: Benchtop approx price .. look at the pic .. 6Mar 19, 2009 11:27 am ok I just went and measured our benches!
the shape of our kitchen is the same as yours. our island bench is 2100mm x 850mm bit with the sink is 2400 x 600 bit with the hotplate is 1450 x 600 so the bit with the hotplate is about a metre less in ours. but it might give you a ball park idea, maybe add a few hundred to my figures ? Also it might depend on how big the stone slabs come in. We might have been quoted for the excess bit of stone even though it wasn't used, if that makes sense? "Your emotions are the slaves to your thoughts, and you are the slave to your emotions." — Elizabeth Gilbert Living in our new house. Currently scaping the land. Re: Benchtop approx price .. look at the pic .. 7Mar 19, 2009 11:55 am Blue metal, I worked your tops out to be under 5 sqm.
If you hunt around you should be able to find 20mm stone tops for $400 - $500 per sqm. But it is not uncommon to be told they dont sell for much less then $600 - $700, so do your homework and if you are any good on the tools make your own templates out of 3 or 6mm mdf (coversheets) and take it to them. Will save a bit of dough. Re: Benchtop approx price .. look at the pic .. 8Mar 19, 2009 9:23 pm thanks once again .. not sure if the builder-chosen-kitchen shop will allow external masons to do the job, but i can surely be knowledgeable at that time to see what i can bargain .. --- I don't have a signature - just this sentence saying that I don't have one - that'll do! Re: Benchtop approx price .. look at the pic .. 9Mar 22, 2009 10:56 pm Hi all, after reading this discussion, I feel that our builder has overcharged us for our kitchen benchtop. The Standard inclusion is Laminate. We upgrade to Cat 1 Caesarstone Benchtop. I have calculated our benchtop size - approx 3.51 sqm. FIrstly, we are charged $4,400 to upgrade from Laminate to Cat 1 Caesarstone. Secondly, we are not getting back any $$$ for the laminate. What are your opinions and suggestions? Have the builder overcharged us here? Would really appreciate your comments. Stephen Williams Landing Stage 10 - Kingwell Neighbourhood Re: Benchtop approx price .. look at the pic .. 10Mar 23, 2009 5:27 am Stephen that is the exact price, ex GST, that we were charged for doing the benchtop thru our stone mason. I am not sure of the exact square matre-age, you could probably work it out from my measurements above, it is too early in the morning for me... anyway we ended up going for 40mm and waterfall edges, which is why we paid so much more than my quotes above. What thickness is the quote for? And are you getting waterfall edges? Also, I don't think it goes strictly by square metre-age; the stone comes in pre-cut slab sizes, so depending on your bench shape, the mason might have to use more than one slab so you'd be charged more for it even if you don't use the leftover. "Your emotions are the slaves to your thoughts, and you are the slave to your emotions." — Elizabeth Gilbert Living in our new house. Currently scaping the land. Re: Benchtop approx price .. look at the pic .. 11Mar 23, 2009 8:36 am The unfortunate reality of variations to contracts is that the customer seldom wins. The way they see it is you cant get it from anywhere else so they'll just give you the rack rate. FND - the cheaper rates i mentioned are for 20mm supply only tops, sorry should have mentioned that . If you are going for 40mm or at least build ups than that will increase quite a bit. Then you'd also have to allow about another $1000 for the site measure, template making and installation. That price is not over the top (for 40mm) but by no means is it competitive. I'd try putting the hard word on your builder and see what he can do for you. Re: Benchtop approx price .. look at the pic .. 12Mar 23, 2009 12:32 pm Hi wake me and donuts, Thank you for the concern and advice. and sorry to hijack ur thread, bluemetal77. The thickness is 20mm and no waterfall edges. One is island benchtop. there is a 1 3/4 sink in the middle of the island benchtop. The size of the island bench is 2.6m x 0.8m The second benchtop is where the gas cooktop is (600mm cooktop). and the size of this benchtop is 2.6m x 0.55m. I hope this is clear enough. I will try to upload the floorplan of the kitchen once I get home today Wake_me, yes this is for 20mm, not 40mm. So I think that it is very pricey. ($4,400). Would appreciate your suggestion/advice. Stephen Williams Landing Stage 10 - Kingwell Neighbourhood Re: Benchtop approx price .. look at the pic .. 13Mar 23, 2009 10:00 pm Hmm . (sorry just had to do that. ) I personally think that is pretty exy for what you have described. But you are always going to pay more through a builder(as opposed to dealing direct). Get some quotes yourself and at least that will satisfy your curiosity and arm you with info to take to your builder in an attempt to get a slightly better price. Re: Benchtop approx price .. look at the pic .. 14Mar 24, 2009 5:41 am I agree it sounds expensive for 20mm with no waterfalls, but is similar to what my builder originally quoted before I took it to a stone mason. You could always try getting some outside quotes, come back and ask builder why so much more? And you never know you might be able to get your own tradie in like we were, worth asking anyway? "Your emotions are the slaves to your thoughts, and you are the slave to your emotions." — Elizabeth Gilbert Living in our new house. Currently scaping the land. Re: Benchtop approx price .. look at the pic .. 15Mar 24, 2009 9:58 am Getting your own tradie in to do the job? Wow.. i dont see that happening .. so he came in and did the whole stone benching n putting in the appliances n all? .. I'd think the builder would fuss on that .. specially with their whole talk of insurance and work safety n all .. I'll be getting some external quotes for sure to have some ammo ready when i get to that stage.. i aint paying than whats absolutely necc to be paid! .. its my money i'm keeping it with me.. grrrr --- I don't have a signature - just this sentence saying that I don't have one - that'll do! Re: Benchtop approx price .. look at the pic .. 16Mar 24, 2009 11:40 am bluemetal77, donuts and wake_me, Thanks very much for your opinions. I will definitely get some external quotes and bring those back to my builders and ask why so much more! I will also ask if it is possible to get my own tradie in during construction. Thanks guys! Stephen Williams Landing Stage 10 - Kingwell Neighbourhood Re: Benchtop approx price .. look at the pic .. 17Mar 24, 2009 1:06 pm bluemetal77 Getting your own tradie in to do the job? Wow.. i dont see that happening .. so he came in and did the whole stone benching n putting in the appliances n all? .. I'd think the builder would fuss on that .. specially with their whole talk of insurance and work safety n all .. He didn't put the appliances in, and in fact we had a little hiccup with that, when the hotplate went in weeks after the benches were finished, it didn't fit properly, so we had handover with a crooked hotplate and had to call the mason back to drill the hole out a little bit more so that it could fit in neatly. We had a lot of dust to clean up after that but it was worth it to save all that money If you are going with a volume builder then you're right, it's probably unlikely they'll let anyone else in. We got lucky I guess, our builder was smaller and more obliging in these matters. In fact he encouraged us to get someone else to do the HT stuff as it wasn't his specialty! Still, never hurts to ask, or at least use other quotes as ammo for getting it a bit cheaper... "Your emotions are the slaves to your thoughts, and you are the slave to your emotions." — Elizabeth Gilbert Living in our new house. Currently scaping the land. Re: Benchtop approx price .. look at the pic .. 18Mar 26, 2009 10:46 am I quoted you up just in my own time under our terms and conditions. I quoted you on 20mm Standard Range CS with 20mm Pencil Round Edging. $2,550.00 but homeone clients i can do for $2,450.00 Anywayz hope i helped . Jeremy@SSP.Stones SSP Stones Pty Ltd, Detailed Manufacturers of all stone materials. Kitchen Benchtops, Bathroom Reno's, Floors, Facades and all other stone works. Re: Benchtop approx price .. look at the pic .. 19Mar 28, 2009 12:17 am what do you mean luemetal77 we do all kinds of instals... stove tops sink sets, vanities, fire places etc... I would be severely cheesed off, if you didn't get what you wanted We generally pour onsite, cure and prep/install. Re:Builders... ...what is not seen, is the subcontract, skill and labour hire... Many, if not most builders, are not the major elements of the construction phase of a house/building. The minority of builders are 'The actual builder'. For example our scope of work will generally include: set out casting bed/panels footings/slab/exposed/grind/hone/polish water features driveways/patio's Retaining walls/paths pools/ponds/screenwalls benches/countertops artworks...( big pots, jugs, waterwalls) Mostly for the same builders Subbies should all be insured The builder should have a book for the different trades to sign in/out, on. That book will have relivent info on the subbies doing work on that site ie insurances, qaqc, trade certs, etc. Or is that just WA? or even worse just the southwest looks like an add Soz Where you are coming from is where you are going to... Re: Benchtop approx price .. look at the pic .. 20Apr 01, 2009 12:32 pm Thanks Jeremy! .. I'll keep your quote and details in mind .. Its just that it all depends if our builder lets us use an external stone mason or not .. or allows supply or not .. fingers crossed! --- I don't have a signature - just this sentence saying that I don't have one - that'll do! Sorry! I'm new to this forum and have made a mistake in my posting! I'm looking for a structural solution to a stand alone wooden pickets fence with no structural rail… 1 3299 Hi Courtney The mitred edges are glued up with epoxy so those little holes and gaps are areas that weren't filled correctly. Silicone is the wrong product to fill them… 2 12928 No the fireplace doesn’t work. 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