Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Masterton Homes - The next thread 4.0 14303Nov 15, 2017 11:25 am KDR Masterton Harmony Elite + custom granny flat Aug 2015 - Deposit paid Dec 2015 - Contracts signed Feb 2016 - Colours appointments Mar 2016 - DA submitted Jun 2016 - DA approved Re: Masterton Homes - The next thread 4.0 14306Nov 15, 2017 5:25 pm KDR Masterton Harmony Elite + custom granny flat Aug 2015 - Deposit paid Dec 2015 - Contracts signed Feb 2016 - Colours appointments Mar 2016 - DA submitted Jun 2016 - DA approved Re: Masterton Homes - The next thread 4.0 14311Nov 16, 2017 6:39 pm KDR Masterton Harmony Elite + custom granny flat Aug 2015 - Deposit paid Dec 2015 - Contracts signed Feb 2016 - Colours appointments Mar 2016 - DA submitted Jun 2016 - DA approved Re: Masterton Homes - The next thread 4.0 14318Nov 18, 2017 9:28 pm Re: Masterton Homes - The next thread 4.0 14319Nov 20, 2017 7:15 am Hi MGardz Thanks for your reply. Is it better to pour the slab and tiles for future alfresco while M pours the slab for the house or do the slabs later with someone later. I hear people say it is better to do the slab with M as it is cost effective. Any thoughts? Thanks Buildinsydney uote="MGardz"] buildinsydney Hi Gibson and MartinsHarmony Thanks for your reply. I met with M today and my sales guy told me that the bore test results have come and there is rock present after 700mm. M said that they will add a PA of $6k for rocks, just in case. I would like to know if there will be tiles on the floor of linen and also the storage area below the stairs. The house I am planning is Villina elite. Does tiles on those area come as standard inclusions or do we have to pay extra to get it. My sales guy said he will talk to his boss and try to throw this in but I want to be sure that this is something I would pay to get or included. Thanks Buildinsydney Gibson buildinsydney Hi I had the tender from M. My land is sloping towards the front so M told me that there is no Hydraulics requirements such as pit or major stuff. Water can continue to flow through the pipe to the road. My land has possible rocks at 1 metre below. I did not see any PA from M on rock removal. In short, I would like to hear from you all if you were slammed by huge costs later, during construction. Does M exceed their tender on site cost like this? Thanks Hi buildinsydney, We were hit with additional costs for rock excavation and clean fill. There's an adage in building that you never really know your costs until you are out of the ground. M will charge you whatever the earthworks cost them + their 27% margin. So insist on seeing the invoices before paying. Good news on your stormwater, we are on the low side of the street and the additional absorption trenches cost $20k. t withay We have a villina elite and there were no tiles under the stairs. The guys who did our alfresco after handover did it for us and was much cheaper. M might slug you with spoil removal during the build for that extra rock PS looking good martinsharmony! https://mandgbuildatmulgoarise.wordpress.com/[/quote] Re: Masterton Homes - The next thread 4.0 14320Nov 20, 2017 10:24 am buildinsydney Hi MGardz Thanks for your reply. Is it better to pour the slab and tiles for future alfresco while M pours the slab for the house or do the slabs later with someone later. I hear people say it is better to do the slab with M as it is cost effective. Any thoughts? Thanks Buildinsydney uote="MGardz"] buildinsydney Hi Gibson and MartinsHarmony Thanks for your reply. I met with M today and my sales guy told me that the bore test results have come and there is rock present after 700mm. M said that they will add a PA of $6k for rocks, just in case. I would like to know if there will be tiles on the floor of linen and also the storage area below the stairs. The house I am planning is Villina elite. Does tiles on those area come as standard inclusions or do we have to pay extra to get it. My sales guy said he will talk to his boss and try to throw this in but I want to be sure that this is something I would pay to get or included. Thanks Buildinsydney Gibson [quote="buildinsydney"]Hi I had the tender from M. My land is sloping towards the front so M told me that there is no Hydraulics requirements such as pit or major stuff. Water can continue to flow through the pipe to the road. My land has possible rocks at 1 metre below. I did not see any PA from M on rock removal. In short, I would like to hear from you all if you were slammed by huge costs later, during construction. Does M exceed their tender on site cost like this? Thanks Hi buildinsydney, We were hit with additional costs for rock excavation and clean fill. There's an adage in building that you never really know your costs until you are out of the ground. M will charge you whatever the earthworks cost them + their 27% margin. So insist on seeing the invoices before paying. Good news on your stormwater, we are on the low side of the street and the additional absorption trenches cost $20k. t withay We have a villina elite and there were no tiles under the stairs. The guys who did our alfresco after handover did it for us and was much cheaper. M might slug you with spoil removal during the build for that extra rock PS looking good martinsharmony! https://mandgbuildatmulgoarise.wordpress.com/[/quote][/quote] Hello the slab yes do it at the time of the build but the tiles no. We save about $1k doing the tiles and screed after handover and they actually did a better job than the Masterton tilers and used a better quality coloured grout. Our coloured grout inside has discolouration in it that had to be painted after handover but the ones outside still look brand new and mind you this is with two dogs walking mud and dirt on it. Hubby cleans it once a week and it looks brand new afterwards. 4 16727 i imagine you also have another contract with an architect? and yeah, whatever other's said about special conditions and appendices 16 16000 Hi all I am looking to run a water line under my concrete footpath which is directly next to my home, was seeing if this is possible without cutting the entire section… 0 20176 |