Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Thomas Archer Hue 44 Bayside Build - 2021 8Jan 23, 2022 1:26 pm Regards, Colin Operations Director Homebuildguide.com.au Click Here For A Free eBook About Custom Home Building Re: Thomas Archer Hue 44 Bayside Build - 2021 13Jan 24, 2022 12:05 pm Regards, Colin Operations Director Homebuildguide.com.au Click Here For A Free eBook About Custom Home Building Re: Thomas Archer Hue 44 Bayside Build - 2021 17Jan 25, 2022 8:25 am Kelmartian sifntdaz Kelmartian Interesting, thanks for sharing. I think we already had around 28k in our psq for AC, and around 18k for oak flooring with herringbone pattern. They also added in cranes, raised ceilings, an additional study, extra metre to garage and living room, s2 everything (S2 facade), interco, security cameras, etc, and I think we have only added some joinery since then, so fingers crossed it’s still pretty close. We haven’t done our style appointment yet, where I guess we could get sucked in to spend more, but if we are already way over in our pre-tender we will know we just have to say no and try to cut some things out. I think we will want to add floor to ceiling tiling in the bathrooms though. I expect the HVAC meeting could get expensive too, we will want lots of data and power points, lots of lighting options, and an exhaust for our dryer if possible. Solar is something I want to add, or at least have it prepped so I can get it post handover. I know we will have 2 panels to assist our gas hot water, but we are getting a pool so want solar for heating that via heat pump as well as reducing electricity bills in general. you could consider a condenser dryer to remove the need for an exhaust. you could also consider not doing gas and relying just on electricity if the only items using it are the hot water (which you can get a heat pump for) and cooking, which you can use induction for. you will also save the room to get more solar PV panels. Thanks, some good ideas there. Is there a stage when we get to discuss this with TA? Does HVAC appointment cover this stuff? Or is it too late then? Seems like this should have been discussed prior to them organizing our pre tender. I find with TA that they generally just do what they are directed to. One of the areas I think they could improve is having more co-ordination between the office and the site supervisor as well as suggest ideas around certain things. I found in my experience that aside from floorplan specific stuff, I basically directed them as to what I wanted and how best things could work. The site supervisor generally has a better understanding of what works and what doesn't (given they are the ones building day in and out), however they don't get involved until it's too late. Your best bet is to have a read over other people's build experiences and cherry pick ideas from there. I think there is a 'things you forget thread' which I went through when I was at your stage. Re: Thomas Archer Hue 44 Bayside Build - 2021 18Feb 18, 2022 10:11 am Kelmartian Hi thought I replied to this but can’t see it… Haven’t got the pre tender yet, though we have a zoom call set up for next week to go over the timeline so we should know more then. So looks like pre-tender will be Feb instead of back in November, almost 11 months from paying our deposit. Have you had your pretender yet? Ours is meant to be next month so hopefully we meet that date. Re: Thomas Archer Hue 44 Bayside Build - 2021 19Feb 18, 2022 10:40 am maverick123 Kelmartian Hi thought I replied to this but can’t see it… Haven’t got the pre tender yet, though we have a zoom call set up for next week to go over the timeline so we should know more then. So looks like pre-tender will be Feb instead of back in November, almost 11 months from paying our deposit. Have you had your pretender yet? Ours is meant to be next month so hopefully we meet that date. Hi. Our pretender is now meant to be in March, although we don’t have a date yet. We have a full timeline though which is encouraging, with site start slated for last week in August or early September. The frustrating thing is we need to sign a contract and pay a deposit for our pool this Wednesday to give them enough lead time to deliver it in July, but we don’t know if we can afford it yet because we haven’t seen the pretender which will show the price increases, etc. So we are still waiting and hoping the house price doesn’t blow us out of the water. Re: Thomas Archer Hue 44 Bayside Build - 2021 20Feb 18, 2022 11:08 am Kelmartian maverick123 Kelmartian Hi thought I replied to this but can’t see it… Haven’t got the pre tender yet, though we have a zoom call set up for next week to go over the timeline so we should know more then. So looks like pre-tender will be Feb instead of back in November, almost 11 months from paying our deposit. Have you had your pretender yet? Ours is meant to be next month so hopefully we meet that date. Hi. Our pretender is now meant to be in March, although we don’t have a date yet. We have a full timeline though which is encouraging, with site start slated for last week in August or early September. The frustrating thing is we need to sign a contract and pay a deposit for our pool this Wednesday to give them enough lead time to deliver it in July, but we don’t know if we can afford it yet because we haven’t seen the pretender which will show the price increases, etc. So we are still waiting and hoping the house price doesn’t blow us out of the water. Shouldn't the price only really change if the site costs are greater than what was allowed for in your PSQ and/or if you make any upgrades as part of your interior and electrical consultations? We spent close to 2 years in a process with TA. It was horrible..... we got to tender, and the first cut was 50% over our budget which "they care such about meeting ". We… 18 27283 Thank you so much everyone. This all makes a lot of sense. I guess when you talk to a builder who butters up everything to look very polished, you get to start believing… 7 17601 Hi, did you get any money from insurance? if you did, does it match what you've already paid the builders? 3 9565 |