The following were costed in my sales quote:
- $1943 for 2 Whirly birds and Sarking. This was an allowance only, but looks like I may have to increase the budget for this. Are you adding any roof ventilation with the sarking? We are ducting our rangehood externally through roof tiles (not standard in single story - $531 quote) and considering ducting our shower exhausts externally as well (to avoid moisture in roof space with the sarking - my SC had a laugh over this saying no one's asked for it before.... I'll request costs for tender)
- $5575 for double glazing to all windows and sliding doors (to be confirmed at tender). Any thoughts on if it's worth double glazing the front double doors if using the PSLM204 or PSLM208? Any costs if anyone has done this (I'll also be adding translucent glazing - costs for this would also be appreciated )?
- $2440 for 450mm eaves to entire house, in lieu of no eaves (our facade is north facing)
These forums have been invaluable! I'm sure I'll have a lot more questions going forward and hopefully add some useful info as well.
Thanks for sharing your sales quote estimates, cadu! It gives me hope that some of the allowances might not be as expensive as it was first quoted. Time will tell though.
I asked to have the bathroom exhaust fans vented to the outside, but didn't ask about the rangehood one.
I've not added a whirlybird as I was starting to be afraid that I wouldn't be able to afford it on top of everything else and when I asked my mother's opinion she said it was more important to vent the bathroom fans to the outside and a whirlybird was easy enough to add later.
If by some miracle my tender comes back cheaper than I expect, I'll definitely consider adding one.
I'm getting the bathroom and ensuite windows as translucent glass, and was told it would be $300 per window. My friend's front door had rice paper and it was fairly cheap for them. It wasn't double-glazed though.
Wow! My first sales quote had $4000 estimate for 450mm eaves around the whole house, so I'm very jealous. After changing it to just north and west sides of the (one long side one shorter side), it was estimated at $2000. At colour selection I changed my mind, so I have my fingers crossed that it won't be too expensive.
Almost everything I know about the building process has been learnt through these forums. They're a fantastic resource.