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Thanks Alce4463.. thats a good deal then..was your tiles and laying together $4500?? For how many square meters?

Yes, its so stressful..how is the standard ceramic tiles?? I am just worried it would be slippery n might be difficult to clean. What are your thoughts??

Hi,

Is it possible not to do the tiling with Wisdom Homes and do it somewhere else? Will I get a credit on that?

1) I would love to have a porcelain floor tiles but Di Lorenzo is expensive. Any suggestions?

2) What about for kitchen? I would love to achieve a laminate finish for my pantry doors and bulk head, however I am thinking of doing it elsewhere if its cheaper.

3) What about for Leisure, Im thinking of a media center with laminated cabinetry but of course it will be expensive if I do it with Wisdom Homes, any ssugestion?

Suggestions will be appreciated.

Thank you!

We exceeded our budget too, so we ended up choosing a ceramic tile from the builder’s range. We did get a quote for timber look tiles, (Casa Dolce Casa)... and it was 13k for 80sqm. HAHA

I’ve seen photos of the included laminate flooring from other members photos and I agree, they look amazing! However the main reason we decided not to get laminate is because Di Lorenzo told us that Wisdom no longer allows the skirting to be removed for flooring installation and that scotia had to be used throughout. Apparently they changed the rules on the day of our tiling appointment. Oh well, husband said to just get the standard and if we hate it, we can change it after handover.

As for kitchen, I was told by Knebel that the standard is any colour that is “Matt” so finegrain and ravine finish would be an upgrade (this is for polytec, I didn’t look at any Laminex)

Good luck with your selections! It seriously stressed me out because I tried to wing it and that was terrible idea![/quote]

Yes, its so stressful..how is the standard ceramic tiles?? I am just worried it would be slippery n might be difficult to clean. What are your thoughts??[/quote]


I hope they are ok! They do have Matt glazed tiles. I’m planning to use a steam mop to clean.

Check out Rocchet house photos, as their flooring is from the builder’s range and it looks nice and neat to me.

I think you have to know what you want so make sure you check out inspiration on Pinterest and Instagram and visit display homes. How was Canvas Quarter? The Di Lorenzo part wasn’t open when I went for my landscaping appointment. I wonder if you could go in anytime to look[/quote]

Yes our sales consultant asked us to book an appointment to just go through canvas quarter to get an idea before deciding

Hey Alce,

Thank you for the information. In regards to the media unit, is it discussed during Kitchen appointment or with the colours team?

So it is just tiles that you will have to outsource later on?

Thank you again.

Hi,

Is it possible not to do the tiling with Wisdom Homes and do it somewhere else? Will I get a credit on that?

1) I would love to have a porcelain floor tiles but Di Lorenzo is expensive. Any suggestions?

2) What about for kitchen? I would love to achieve a laminate finish for my pantry doors and bulk head, however I am thinking of doing it elsewhere if its cheaper.

3) What about for Leisure, Im thinking of a media center with laminated cabinetry but of course it will be expensive if I do it with Wisdom Homes, any ssugestion?

Suggestions will be appreciated.

Thank you![/quote]

Generally, it’s cheaper to upgrade than replace something after the build, so your pantry door for example, probably cheaper to get Wisdom to do it exactly how you want it than to get the standard and replace it, unless there isn’t a pantry door included with your home. Same with the bulkhead.
Hope that makes sense
Leaving out the flooring I think will save you money, as they will credit this. Although we haven’t built before so can’t compare DL to other tile companies, their prices seemed inflated to me. Also we got left the leftover tiles and wow some of their quantities were way off, one of our mosaic tiles they had 9 sheets leftover at $30 per sheet, they wouldn’t have used much more than that for the job. There’s so much to do after the build though it will be a bit of a pain to be waiting on flooring too.
Have you looked at IKEA’s range of media cabinetry? They do floating units with glass tops and then floating cupboards with glass doors, they look really good.

Do you have any photo now of your bricks? Our brick is also PGH Truffle with grey mortar. Laying has been started in last week. I will post photos for you once I have some.

What is your mortar color? Do you mind to post photos if you have any?

However, I found the brick in these photos of a display house (not Wisdom Homes) is also PGH Truffle if it helps. But I remind you, the brick looks very different with different mortar color. I have visited one house of Truffle brick with Off White mortar which looks a bit brownish from distance.


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Hi David
Would you have any photos of Blackett bricks with flush mortar? We are trying to decide flush or raked mortar.
Thanks

Hi all,

I have been looking at this forum for a few months which has been super helpful.
We have chosen 2 builders (1 is Wisdom) for our KDRB are waiting Tender Presentation.
Just wondering how long it has taken everyone to get to Tender Presentation and what timing to expect post the Presentation if we choose to sign a contract with Wisdom.

We paid our deposit back in January and still awaiting our Presentation. It super frustrating and we are now doubting Wisdom and their ability to keep to timeframes.

Meanwhile the 2nd builder we have brought off the backbench and they are preparing a Tender Presentation as we speak within 3 weeks - and we already have a date set.

Thanks!