Browse Forums Kitchen Corner 1 Nov 09, 2006 1:31 pm Hi all, first post be gentle.
We're finalising all the variations with our builder at the moment. In our contract we had a $4000 allowance for a 90cm upright oven/rangehood on top of the original oven included in the contract (a cheap Euro oven cooktop and rangehood). The Euro gear retailed for approx. $1200 so we expected to get about $1000 back from that. We decided to purchase a Smeg package now - while it's cheap- and got a credit back for $4000 from the builder for that. The builder asked if we wanted him to install the oven/rangehood, I agreed thinking he would know the schedule of things better etc. but he did mention that it would be dearer to install a 90cm oven (thicker cable/pipe or something?). Anyway, I got the variation today which included the $4000 credit for the original allowance and $250 for the original Euro oven package, effectively meaning it's costing $750 to install the Smeg oven/rangehood package. Does this sound right or am I being shafted? Thanks in advance. Edit: This is in SA by the way. Re: Installation of appliances... am I being shafted? 2Nov 09, 2006 7:00 pm Sounds a bit excessive to me.
Did you buy the Smeg 90cm freestanding oven and rangehood package from Harvey Norman? If so I just bought the same package. There should be no difference in install costs between a 60cm and a 90cm oven. Re: Installation of appliances... am I being shafted? 6Nov 17, 2006 9:03 am Just for some closure on this I got this response from the builder that I'm fairly happy with:
Quote: "Unlike the standard Euro appliance, the SMEG SA9066X has a higher power rating and needs to be hardwired on a separate circuit to the meterbox. The wiring needs to be upsized to cope with the additional power loads, thus the additional expense." The original Euro package was only valued at $800 so effectively the extra wiring etc. is costing ~$550. Re: Installation of appliances... am I being shafted? 7Nov 17, 2006 3:32 pm All oven circuits are hard wired to a separate circuit in the meter box. As I posted before, my sparky would charge $300 for a 30A circuit.
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