Browse Forums Building A New House Re: 1st Time Builders - Your best hint, tips etc.. 6Dec 11, 2007 7:33 am After 2 false starts, a year living overseas, two more world trips and 3 years of uncertainty we are now starting the build process again - hopefully for real this time! tips 12Dec 17, 2007 6:48 pm high ceiling will keep your downstair area cooler in summer. In comparison to Clarendon I have visited, my place is much more comfortable re temperature downstairs.
10k$ is a big cost but it is worth that. We do not need to use air con even in the hot day. We use rather ceiling fans. Be careful with an aircondition. I know from the owners that they had to use preferred Clarendon supplier for air-conditioning. Apparently any other contractor would have go through an induction program ?! They have installed 2 zones 3-phase ducted. Try to check the different options and for sure have more zones. I have seperate zones for each room and 14.5KW ducted Daikin. Switching off most of the rooms gets the KW used dwon and electricity bill. And the second but most important! Order a water tap in a fridge area! that will cost you only $160 but you will have fridge with water in the future. ) cheers kate Re: 1st Time Builders - Your best hint, tips etc.. 13Dec 17, 2007 7:10 pm My tip - write a blog, and start as early as possible.
Why? Because it give you something to focus on and makes you feel as though you are doing something useful, and some sad folks out there find it interesting. Once you start your house, it will provide a record of construction. Cheers Re: 1st Time Builders - Your best hint, tips etc.. 14Dec 17, 2007 7:37 pm Kasiakm wrote "And the second but most important! Order a water tap in a fridge area! that will cost you only $160 but you will have fridge with water in the future."
Could you please explain why we need fridge with water? I dont understand the relation between water tap and fridge. Thanks. onz Re: 1st Time Builders - Your best hint, tips etc.. 16Dec 17, 2007 8:07 pm Sorry to hijact the tread. But I want to thanks for the information. As for the fridge in the picture, but does the tap connect to the fridge DIRECTLY?
In the past we filled the watertank inside the fridge. My wife is thinking to buy something like the picture, so this information is REALLY important. My wife like the one with ICE OUTLET. Does this also need water tap? Thanks. Re: 1st Time Builders - Your best hint, tips etc.. 17Dec 17, 2007 9:06 pm A lot of fridges these days have a hose to allow direct connection to a tap, for both chilled water and ice.
For an extra few dollars, it's a worthwhile thing to do. I think it cost us $150 to add. Cheers Re: 1st Time Builders - Your best hint, tips etc.. 18Dec 18, 2007 6:58 pm oznow Sorry to hijact the tread. But I want to thanks for the information. As for the fridge in the picture, but does the tap connect to the fridge DIRECTLY? In the past we filled the watertank inside the fridge. My wife is thinking to buy something like the picture, so this information is REALLY important. My wife like the one with ICE OUTLET. Does this also need water tap? Thanks. You are building a house for years and now this kind of fridge is more and more popular as they getting down in the price. they are directly connected through a filter to the water supplier so you need a tap. We paid for this tap 160 or 180 because we thought we will buy this fridge some day.... and we bought it 2 weeks after the moving in cheers kate Re: 1st Time Builders - Your best hint, tips etc.. 19Dec 19, 2007 9:30 am First post here but as we have just finished building our new house (an Eden Brae) I feel I could add my 2 bob's worth here.
- Be prepared to feel as if your being ripped off at some stage. It will happen for one reason or another. We got stung with a $90 upgrade (per door) to go from a flat panel internal door to a 'colonial paneled' internal door. The difference at Bunnings was $8 per door, in fact I could buy the whole door for $38. When you have 29 internal doors it starts adding up. It just comes down to 'if you really want it your gunna have to pay' - When you want an upgrade expect to pay an extra 15-20% builder margin. And when you want a credit on something taken out expect the builders margin to be left in the contract price. - Make allowances for extra powerpoints outside, $38 before construction $390 after construction has been completed. - Extend the fridge space depth to 700mm from the normal 600mm. Otherwise your fridge will stick out 100-150mm. - Allow twice as much as you think for Landscaping. - Invest in the services of an interior designer. The $300-$400 to help with choosing colours is well worth it. The Colour concultant the builders provide is not an interior designer and just someone to help you fill out the form. Even if you think you have an idea about colour, Get an interior designer to help. Re: 1st Time Builders - Your best hint, tips etc.. 20Dec 19, 2007 10:01 am I would say think about your furniture before you even start building, I haven't really, and now I'm really sorry. Draw beds, wardrobes, entertainment units, sofas, tables, desks, rugs to scale onto a copy of your plan. A lot of times there's a lot of windows in a room, then there's the door, and nowhere to put a bed... This will also help you position your power points, such as for bedside lamps, etc. Thank you so much. This has been very helpful. We definitely wish to settle and get these people out of our life. They are trying to charge us interest on late… 7 14266 Title: Expert Tips for Painting Your Own House: Insights from Brisbane Painting… 0 273 Hi there, We’ve recently had plans approved to add a 1st storey addition to our existing house for a growing family in Sydney. With the current cost of building… 0 4296 |