Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Pics please (particulary M'con) 9Feb 17, 2008 5:27 pm Grandview 36 on Beautiful Bribie Site Start Dec 5th 2007 Projected completion May 12th 2008 NOPE Handover 24th June 2008 Moved in 11th July 2008 Wating on one final thing - Still - Oct 2009 Re: Pics please (particulary M'con) 11Feb 17, 2008 11:37 pm Grandview 36 on Beautiful Bribie Site Start Dec 5th 2007 Projected completion May 12th 2008 NOPE Handover 24th June 2008 Moved in 11th July 2008 Wating on one final thing - Still - Oct 2009 Re: Pics please (particulary M'con) 14Feb 19, 2008 9:24 pm Exactly. We were told to include all the things we could think of to quote it all, then at Pre-Contract we eliminated all the extras that we decided we didn't need/want/couldn't afford.
I know this is our first house, and we have a limited budget but I can't think of much that we didn't include that we would have wanted to upgrade anyway. We found that their inclusions were quite generous compared to some other companies that were very basic. When you consider what M offer as standard, I would think you could build a fairly decent house with NO extras on the base price (apart from required extras like site costs, temp fencing, etc). When you think about $100K+ of extras/upgrades, that's a heck of a lot! And for what it's worth, when I was doing a search for home and contents insurance, one of the site quotes had a calculator and said something about it would cost $40K for demolition and removal of rubble (eg. house burnt down), but I can't remember if it was based on our house size or it was a generalisation. ... will see if I can find it. Ray. Second Time 'Round How do you remove one of these ceiling air con vents? And is it possible to disconnect the duct joined to the vent from inside the house, without going into the roof cavity? 0 4025 Just to makea point about this, an approach that some people have found sucessful in negotiating these rises down, Is to provide some workings to the builder, specifying… 4 64520 Hi all, sorting out the ducted air con for a 350sqm double story house. Does this placement sound reasonable to you? Also, I plan to have 6 zones I think. Living room… 0 0 |