Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Manhattan 23 - Coral Homes (Riverstone Crossing) 81Jul 15, 2017 10:45 pm  dougang287You should be able to position your taps because we did. Though have now lost one as it won't pass council wish they had told us this at contract plan stage as we now have no tap near garage. Phone point should be able to be positioned at your electrical appointment We thought it would be done at electrical too but we asked and they said no Coral does that  hopefully will hear back on Monday!Re: Manhattan 23 - Coral Homes (Riverstone Crossing) 82Jul 15, 2017 11:55 pm Great selections Steph... can't wait to see it all come together!  - B  A vue of the pines on the Gold Coast forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=87210 Re: Manhattan 23 - Coral Homes (Riverstone Crossing) 83Jul 16, 2017 6:33 am We moved our manhole into the garage with no problems. You will be contacted to confirm your phone and data points just before your build starts. We moved ours and added extra data points for $165 each. Follow our Build: forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?t=85959  14 Aug 2010 2,100 QLD Gold Member Re: Manhattan 23 - Coral Homes (Riverstone Crossing) 84Jul 16, 2017 9:29 am We specified that we wanted out manhole in the garage but when the frames went up we realised that because our garage juts out from the rest of the house the trusses are low and you would have to squeeze through a teeny hole to get to the rest of the house. We would have to request the size and weight of any tradies we hire that need to go up in the roof lol.So, they are also putting another manhole in our wardrobe for access to the rest of the house for normal sized people. I agree, talk to your sparky. I wanted to talk to our sparky beforehand and everything has happened so fast and he was doing the rough in before I was expecting it. I missed my oppourtunity, as I didn't have time to arrange time off work to meet with him. We chose the locations of our outdoor taps during the planning stage and actually put 2 extras in too because of the size of our house. The taps were in stupid locations on our last build so this time we were onto it. Re: Manhattan 23 - Coral Homes (Riverstone Crossing) 85Jul 18, 2017 12:40 pm So apparently Coral doesn't do recessed stacker door?  Re: Manhattan 23 - Coral Homes (Riverstone Crossing) 86Jul 18, 2017 12:48 pm That's crazy they won't recess for you... it amazes me how different builders will or won't do things! We wanted frameless mirrors - but Hallmark doesn't do it! Clarendon refused to change alfresco pillars to timber, but Hallmark had no problem! You would think if one can do it, then the other can too - crazy!!! 🤡 - B A vue of the pines on the Gold Coast forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=87210 Re: Manhattan 23 - Coral Homes (Riverstone Crossing) 87Jul 25, 2017 11:34 pm Sorry to hear that Coral don't do stackers... my guess as to the reason - though sometimes I am cynical about builders - is that.. they have never tried.. or it costs too much for them to get it done well to be worth the hassle. Coz you would have to drill a level into the slab to fit the recessed tracks in.. which could get damaged etc? It could affect their build schedule too if the project would require timing too far out of their usual timelines as well.. but really only Coral knows why... I guess they've already got you. It's not like you would walk away because of stackers.... 😠 Otherwise with some of your questions if they haven't been answered... pretty much can be placed at any time before a critical install step is required. I.e. the outdoor pipes will need to be planned into the slab. The manhole can definitely get moved to a preferred location. Hope to hear of your progress soon! Follow our first house build here! -> https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=86484 Re: Manhattan 23 - Coral Homes (Riverstone Crossing) 88Aug 04, 2017 10:44 pm  ruraldocSorry to hear that Coral don't do stackers... my guess as to the reason - though sometimes I am cynical about builders - is that.. they have never tried.. or it costs too much for them to get it done well to be worth the hassle. Coz you would have to drill a level into the slab to fit the recessed tracks in.. which could get damaged etc? It could affect their build schedule too if the project would require timing too far out of their usual timelines as well.. but really only Coral knows why... I guess they've already got you. It's not like you would walk away because of stackers....  Otherwise with some of your questions if they haven't been answered... pretty much can be placed at any time before a critical install step is required. I.e. the outdoor pipes will need to be planned into the slab. The manhole can definitely get moved to a preferred location. Hope to hear of your progress soon! Those are good points! I hate finding out about things I didn't know about and want but then can't get them   I sorted out all my queries with Coral and so far I have got everything I want! Even added floor to ceiling tiles yay  We have done all our appointments and submitted all variations (we kept changing our mind about things whoops), so now we're really just waiting for land to register to get it all started! Hopefully end of this month, wooo  Re: Manhattan 23 - Coral Homes (Riverstone Crossing) 89Aug 04, 2017 10:46 pm  BridgetwitchThat's crazy they won't recess for you... it amazes me how different builders will or won't do things! We wanted frameless mirrors - but Hallmark doesn't do it! Clarendon refused to change alfresco pillars to timber, but Hallmark had no problem! You would think if one can do it, then the other can too - crazy!!! 🤡 - B A vue of the pines on the Gold Coast forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=87210 I actually can't believe they don't do frameless mirrors we went for a drive to look at PineVue last weekend and not much has changed since we were looking in there last year  we are going to be living so close to each other! Can't wait for our builds to start!10 Sep 2016 1,380 QLD Gold Member Re: Manhattan 23 - Coral Homes (Riverstone Crossing) 90Aug 05, 2017 9:05 am Tamara1975We specified that we wanted out manhole in the garage but when the frames went up we realised that because our garage juts out from the rest of the house the trusses are low and you would have to squeeze through a teeny hole to get to the rest of the house. We would have to request the size and weight of any tradies we hire that need to go up in the roof lol.So, they are also putting another manhole in our wardrobe for access to the rest of the house for normal sized people. I agree, talk to your sparky. I wanted to talk to our sparky beforehand and everything has happened so fast and he was doing the rough in before I was expecting it. I missed my oppourtunity, as I didn't have time to arrange time off work to meet with him. We chose the locations of our outdoor taps during the planning stage and actually put 2 extras in too because of the size of our house. The taps were in stupid locations on our last build so this time we were onto it. Even the accounts lady said yesterday why wasn't that picked up at planning and drafting. I said to her well yeah hello Re: Manhattan 23 - Coral Homes (Riverstone Crossing) 91Aug 05, 2017 10:49 pm  StephLee ruraldocSorry to hear that Coral don't do stackers... my guess as to the reason - though sometimes I am cynical about builders - is that.. they have never tried.. or it costs too much for them to get it done well to be worth the hassle. Coz you would have to drill a level into the slab to fit the recessed tracks in.. which could get damaged etc? It could affect their build schedule too if the project would require timing too far out of their usual timelines as well.. but really only Coral knows why... I guess they've already got you. It's not like you would walk away because of stackers.... Otherwise with some of your questions if they haven't been answered... pretty much can be placed at any time before a critical install step is required. I.e. the outdoor pipes will need to be planned into the slab. The manhole can definitely get moved to a preferred location. Hope to hear of your progress soon! Those are good points! I hate finding out about things I didn't know about and want but then can't get them I sorted out all my queries with Coral and so far I have got everything I want! Even added floor to ceiling tiles yay We have done all our appointments and submitted all variations (we kept changing our mind about things whoops), so now we're really just waiting for land to register to get it all started! Hopefully end of this month, wooo Awesome!! Hope the land rego comes through!:)) Follow our first house build here! -> https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=86484 Re: Manhattan 23 - Coral Homes (Riverstone Crossing) 92Aug 05, 2017 10:51 pm Hey Steph What did you get charged to upgrade floor to ceiling tiling? Re: Manhattan 23 - Coral Homes (Riverstone Crossing) 93Aug 05, 2017 10:56 pm  CaydennHey Steph What did you get charged to upgrade floor to ceiling tiling? $970 all up for both bathrooms, but we already had elegance inclusions of 2100mm high tiles (I think that's right - if not around there) Are you guys thinking about doing it? ☺ Re: Manhattan 23 - Coral Homes (Riverstone Crossing) 94Aug 05, 2017 10:57 pm Thats what we have, at that price definitely! Ill speak to my sales consultant tomorrow  Re: Manhattan 23 - Coral Homes (Riverstone Crossing) 95Aug 05, 2017 10:59 pm CaydennThats what we have, at that price definitely! Ill speak to my sales consultant tomorrow Yeah we were surprised with the price! Our sales consultant told us around $1300 and we got the $970 price from National Tiles after our appointment so went ahead with it ☺ Re: Manhattan 23 - Coral Homes (Riverstone Crossing) 96Aug 05, 2017 11:00 pm Is it something coral puts in the contract or do I just ask them at our tiles appointment? We have our tiles appointment next Monday Re: Manhattan 23 - Coral Homes (Riverstone Crossing) 97Aug 05, 2017 11:03 pm CaydennIs it something coral puts in the contract or do I just ask them at our tiles appointment? We have our tiles appointment next Monday I'm not sure, we did it through tiles appointment but if your sales consultant will add it to your contract without a variation try, they won't know exact pricing though just an estimate ☺ did you guys end up adding any allowance into your contract? Best thing we did or we would be paying 14k+ in variations \ upgrades out of our own pocket Re: Manhattan 23 - Coral Homes (Riverstone Crossing) 98Aug 05, 2017 11:07 pm We have added a few thousand for electrical and a few hundred for colours. But we have confirmed that all the upgrades we want to do at mychoice have no variation costs they are simply upgrades We will just be paying for them out of pocket.Re: Manhattan 23 - Coral Homes (Riverstone Crossing) 99Aug 05, 2017 11:09 pm CaydennWe have added a few thousand for electrical and a few hundred for colours. But we have confirmed that all the upgrades we want to do at mychoice have no variation costs they are simply upgrades We will just be paying for them out of pocket.That's good, how exciting! Can't wait to see your colour and tile selections ☺ Re: Manhattan 23 - Coral Homes (Riverstone Crossing) 100Aug 06, 2017 3:33 pm StephLee CaydennWe have added a few thousand for electrical and a few hundred for colours. But we have confirmed that all the upgrades we want to do at mychoice have no variation costs they are simply upgrades We will just be paying for them out of pocket.That's good, how exciting! Can't wait to see your colour and tile selections ☺ We just paid our home deposit in full today and signed our contracts yesterday so I expect we will be getting our appointments very soon  !Hi Everyone, I find that there is a lot of misconceptions about the warranties a builder needs to provide ( especially from my clients), so I prepared the explanation… 0 5540  For those thinking about building with Coral - Rotated through 5 different supervisors - Had to personally point out missing/wrong items during the building process -… 0 26443 DIY, Home Maintenance & Repair If you’re still looking, I’d also suggest checking reviews on Google for a couple of local operators in Springwood/Daisy Hill and asking about what method they use… 3 52484 |
