Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Who's building with Clarendon?? 8601Jun 19, 2015 6:51 am DG85 looking great. I agree - I wish we got our outdoor lights done. We paid $17k for our electrical - we added our pendants and one fan in after handover. We have the junction points for the outside lights but just haven't done them yet. Will get around to it soon I hope! Built a Fairmont 35 in Pennant Hills. Completed May 2015. http://www.pennodream.wordpress.com - Blog updated regularly Re: Who's building with Clarendon?? 8602Jun 19, 2015 6:51 am DG85 looking great. I agree - I wish we got our outdoor lights done. We paid $17k for our electrical - we added our pendants and one fan in after handover. We have the junction points for the outside lights but just haven't done them yet. Will get around to it soon I hope! Built a Fairmont 35 in Pennant Hills. Completed May 2015. http://www.pennodream.wordpress.com - Blog updated regularly Re: Who's building with Clarendon?? 8603Jun 19, 2015 7:16 am Roomeat Anyone been charged extra to run laminate on cabinets horizontal instead of vertical? (timber grain look) Yes, we were charged a small fee to run our cabinet pattern horizontally instead of vertically. I forget how much it was for our kitchen but it wasn't much.. a couple of hundred maybe? We don't have a huge kitchen and it wasn't every cabinet in that colour, just the top ones above bench height. They said it was extra because it meant more waste etc Paddington 29 @ Blue Horizon Estate (Lot 105, Wattleridge Crescent, North Kellyville) Our Build Progress Blog: http://light487.wordpress.com/ Re: Who's building with Clarendon?? 8604Jun 19, 2015 8:58 am Sorry for my noobness.. what is the junction box for the outside? How many would you need? My partner and I are also trying to put together an approximate cost for our electrical plan.. lucky his cousin is an electrician and went over our plans with us last night and advised where we should put the light points and what he would be able to change after for us to save us some money. Hoping we stay under the 4k provisional we have put in our tender! =S Re: Who's building with Clarendon?? 8605Jun 19, 2015 9:00 am Yeah.. our total for electrical, including all the data points was around $3500.. so it's possible as long as you don't do crazy with light points and stuff Paddington 29 @ Blue Horizon Estate (Lot 105, Wattleridge Crescent, North Kellyville) Our Build Progress Blog: http://light487.wordpress.com/ Re: Who's building with Clarendon?? 8606Jun 19, 2015 9:04 am Awesome thanks light.. yeah we'll definitely be spending more after to put the downlights and exhaust lights in for the bathrooms and outside lights etc.. but Clarendon's markup on them is crazy expensive Re: Who's building with Clarendon?? 8608Jun 19, 2015 10:02 am denot Handover scheduled today! Not a good weather to do it, but we dont want to delay it any longer At least if there are any potential leaks, you should be able to spot them by now after 4 days of constant rain. Paddington 29 @ Blue Horizon Estate (Lot 105, Wattleridge Crescent, North Kellyville) Our Build Progress Blog: http://light487.wordpress.com/ Re: Who's building with Clarendon?? 8610Jun 19, 2015 10:40 am We spent just shy of $13K on our electrical. That was on extra power points, a LOT of downlights downstairs, wiring for ceiling fans, and junctions for outdoor light points.[/quote] Was that including the cost of the downlights?[/quote] Yep, that included the cost of downlights - 55 to be precise. Only 4 of which are upstairs... All the bedrooms upstairs will have ceiling fans with lights, which we will get installed after handover... I should mention though, we are also building a 2 bedroom granny flat, so the electrical included the main house and granny flat... Building modified Wentworth 33 with a detached granny flat http://nortonbuildingadventure.blogspot.com.au/ Re: Who's building with Clarendon?? 8611Jun 19, 2015 10:45 am I thought I recognised your place! Yep, we are building in Rydalmere, but living with my parents in North Ryde, so we drive past your place all the time on our way to and from our place... I always try to take notice of where you are up to when I drive past! Your SS isn't Wade by any chance is it? Building modified Wentworth 33 with a detached granny flat http://nortonbuildingadventure.blogspot.com.au/ Re: Who's building with Clarendon?? 8612Jun 19, 2015 12:26 pm denot Handover scheduled today! Not a good weather to do it, but we dont want to delay it any longer How exciting Denot! Cant wait to see pics! Building the Clarendon Merriden 30 (44 after Mods) @ Harrington Grove! Re: Who's building with Clarendon?? 8613Jun 19, 2015 1:04 pm @sydneybuild.. PCI went well.. a few paint jobs, gyprock issues and ofcourse deletion of wIP and WIL shelves!!! oh and 2 kitchen cabinet needs replacement.. else looking good i think!! handover schedules for either 26 or 29th! denot.. congrats!!! DG85.. house is looking brilliant!!! we had the carpets installed.. hubby thinks its a tad too dark!!! i havent seen it.. in hindsight i should have gone for a mid grey tone as opposed to a dark grey tone!! anyways a bit too late now huh get as many points/wiring put in for lights and plugpoints... we spent around 15-16K in electricals..and will spend another 5K now on lights and electricians time n what not.. Re: Who's building with Clarendon?? 8614Jun 19, 2015 1:55 pm More pics please!!!!! House looks great! You must be the Parkhill pioneer DG lol. Cheers, Paul (& Lisa) Parkhill 36 by ClarendonHomes in Coomera Retreat H1 Build Thread And Blog Building Blogs List - Go Ahead And Add Yours!! Re: Who's building with Clarendon?? 8615Jun 19, 2015 2:00 pm Yeah I saw someone's carpet in a picture the other day.. it was so, so, soooo black. Not dark grey like your's probably is.. I've seen dark grey carpets.. and yes, I wouldn't choose it myself.. but it was nothing like this almost jet-black stuff the person got. I thought it was just the staircase, as a feature, until I scrolled down and so a picture of a room.. black, black, black... Each to their own.. but some choices boggle my mind. Paddington 29 @ Blue Horizon Estate (Lot 105, Wattleridge Crescent, North Kellyville) Our Build Progress Blog: http://light487.wordpress.com/ Re: Who's building with Clarendon?? 8616Jun 19, 2015 2:28 pm Lol our carpet is bordering black Cheers, Paul (& Lisa) Parkhill 36 by ClarendonHomes in Coomera Retreat H1 Build Thread And Blog Building Blogs List - Go Ahead And Add Yours!! Re: Who's building with Clarendon?? 8618Jun 19, 2015 2:55 pm Our's is medium dark.. I'm used to lighter colours too and I'm stressing out how it is going to look etc. Paddington 29 @ Blue Horizon Estate (Lot 105, Wattleridge Crescent, North Kellyville) Our Build Progress Blog: http://light487.wordpress.com/ Re: Who's building with Clarendon?? 8619Jun 19, 2015 4:32 pm Hey guys, Has anyone got a Bosch 3000 Alarm Panel put in by Clarendon (via Zurcorp) the stair balustrades? There is nothing special about these and I imagine literally every stair installer will be able to do this. 1 6688 The two 15mm holes are obviously not compliant. The Dept of Fair Trading would love to see this one! Do the gutters pool water after it stops raining? Although it's… 4 7822 Thanks for your reply. I will just wait and see I guess. Trying to get some more information from our builder. 9 30233 |