Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Building with Wisdom Homes 4483Mar 07, 2017 9:52 am ozmonkeyoy Hi SBAT, Thanks for the breakup of costs. Can I ask at what point in the construction process do Wisdom Landscapes organise an onsite meeting to go through the items in initial quote where a final decision can be made for what we require them to do? Thanks, Oz Oh yeah if you're serious about the landscape quote it is its own mini build process, you get a landscape build estimator/supervisor who goes onsite with you and walks through the whole thing with you at the beginning of build, about halfway through the build to see if there's anything that needs to be added/taken away/changed, then the work actually starts a few weeks after lockup when they've removed enough rubbish to make room for landscapers. I got this guy called Mathieu, he was really good. He'll walk with you, measure out all the concrete, tell you where you retaining, extra drainage (which is built in to the concrete quote). We have proper drainage grates throughout all our concrete at regular intervals connected to our hydraulic system which helps with expansion/contraction and stops water pooling/flooding anywhere. Wisdom Homes Abode 27 KDRB - Inner West Sydney https://wisdomhomesabode27.wordpress.com/ Re: Building with Wisdom Homes 4484Mar 07, 2017 9:54 am bluemviews Thx SBAT very helpful , at least one can compare these to what other landscapers quote, BTW are wisdom happy to quote without a landscape plan, we didn't get one from them, in CDC you don't need one, so I am wondering how they will quote, unless they at least provide some form of design with the quote. They must've changed the rules recently? We had the plan as part of our CDC so they did an initial quote off that but when it actually came to sign on the dotted line they do an onsite with you (in our case 2 onsite visits with measurements and a talk about everything down to what style letterbox, balustrade, what colour on slatted gates, what style of slats etc) - it took a couple of hours. Wisdom Homes Abode 27 KDRB - Inner West Sydney https://wisdomhomesabode27.wordpress.com/ Re: Building with Wisdom Homes 4485Mar 07, 2017 9:59 am Ok thx, we intend to go thru the walk with them, get a detailed quote and then decide, at least it allows me to get a much clearer idea on what must be done, rest then comes down to cost, and possibly a bit of our choices. Re: Building with Wisdom Homes 4486Mar 07, 2017 10:06 am ShuddaBeenATradie ozmonkeyoy Hi SBAT, Thanks for the breakup of costs. Can I ask at what point in the construction process do Wisdom Landscapes organise an onsite meeting to go through the items in initial quote where a final decision can be made for what we require them to do? Thanks, Oz Oh yeah if you're serious about the landscape quote it is its own mini build process, you get a landscape build estimator/supervisor who goes onsite with you and walks through the whole thing with you at the beginning of build, about halfway through the build to see if there's anything that needs to be added/taken away/changed, then the work actually starts a few weeks after lockup when they've removed enough rubbish to make room for landscapers. I got this guy called Mathieu, he was really good. He'll walk with you, measure out all the concrete, tell you where you retaining, extra drainage (which is built in to the concrete quote). We have proper drainage grates throughout all our concrete at regular intervals connected to our hydraulic system which helps with expansion/contraction and stops water pooling/flooding anywhere. Thanks for reply. I'll have to contact them to see when they are going to come out for an onsite visit. We will probably get them to do some things (much easier and convenient for them to do) whereas others will be left to us after handover, due to budget. Re: Building with Wisdom Homes 4487Mar 07, 2017 2:47 pm Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ So, we have finally received our plans, woo hoo! I am a little disspointed that they haven't kept the 1200 entry door or dropped ceiling to kitchen that were on the provisional plans however, so now we will need to pay to upgrade these. Has anyone had any luck arguing this case with wisdom? Our AC vents were based around having the dropped ceiling, and how are we meant to know that a coffered ceiling in the media is standard but the dropped ceiling in kitchen isn't? Also, our working drawings include a microwave space which Timpelle have charged us for. The kitchen design hasn't been altered to include our selections from Timpelle, so I'm thinking this microwave provision is standard and we shouldn't have to pay for it? Any thoughts would be appreciated. Also, our facade is above. I'm undecided whether to switch the upper half to the left of the portico to Stria cladding. The portico will be rendered. Again, any opinions are appreciated. M Building Monte Carlo 40- Wisdom homes Re: Building with Wisdom Homes 4488Mar 07, 2017 2:53 pm MandM+4 So, we have finally received our plans, woo hoo! I am a little disspointed that they haven't kept the 1200 entry door or dropped ceiling to kitchen that were on the provisional plans however, so now we will need to pay to upgrade these. Has anyone had any luck arguing this case with wisdom? Our AC vents were based around having the dropped ceiling, and how are we meant to know that a coffered ceiling in the media is standard but the dropped ceiling in kitchen isn't? Also, our working drawings include a microwave space which Timpelle have charged us for. The kitchen design hasn't been altered to include our selections from Timpelle, so I'm thinking this microwave provision is standard and we shouldn't have to pay for it? Any thoughts would be appreciated. M Hooray! The dropped ceiling in the kitchen is standard on the prestige package but not the others, I'm certain that's definitely outlined in the package inclusions. The kitchen picture in your plans is just a stock standard kitchen layout I think as ours doesn't match what our Timpelle plans are either. That has very little to do with wisdom and they don't draw it up, Timpelle does. I thought the 1200 door was standard though. You could argue it, but if it's clearly in their documents for your inclusion level I don't think you have a leg to stand on as "it was in the display home" won't get you far! Good luck!!! Building Majestic 40 - wisdom homes Re: Building with Wisdom Homes 4489Mar 07, 2017 2:54 pm Interesting how you say the dropped kitchen ceiling is not standard, it is standard in ours (or so I believe). We are building the manhattan 52 and are apparently 2 to 3 weeks away from getting drafted plans and tender back. Thanks Rachel Re: Building with Wisdom Homes 4490Mar 07, 2017 2:56 pm MightyAnt Interesting how you say the dropped kitchen ceiling is not standard, it is standard in ours (or so I believe). We are building the manhattan 52 and are apparently 2 to 3 weeks away from getting drafted plans and tender back. Thanks Rachel Manhattan is a prestige range house (well at least it used to be..) so yours should be standard. Building Majestic 40 - wisdom homes Re: Building with Wisdom Homes 4491Mar 07, 2017 2:58 pm MightyAnt Interesting how you say the dropped kitchen ceiling is not standard, it is standard in ours (or so I believe). We are building the manhattan 52 and are apparently 2 to 3 weeks away from getting drafted plans and tender back. Thanks Rachel What package are you on? I think you'll find they'll remove it if you're on luxury essentials Building Monte Carlo 40- Wisdom homes Re: Building with Wisdom Homes 4492Mar 07, 2017 2:59 pm MrsLlamas2016 MightyAnt Interesting how you say the dropped kitchen ceiling is not standard, it is standard in ours (or so I believe). We are building the manhattan 52 and are apparently 2 to 3 weeks away from getting drafted plans and tender back. Thanks Rachel Manhattan is a prestige range house (well at least it used to be..) so yours should be standard. Building Majestic 40 - wisdom homes Building Monte Carlo 40- Wisdom homes Re: Building with Wisdom Homes 4493Mar 07, 2017 3:01 pm MrsLlamas2016 MandM+4 So, we have finally received our plans, woo hoo! I am a little disspointed that they haven't kept the 1200 entry door or dropped ceiling to kitchen that were on the provisional plans however, so now we will need to pay to upgrade these. Has anyone had any luck arguing this case with wisdom? Our AC vents were based around having the dropped ceiling, and how are we meant to know that a coffered ceiling in the media is standard but the dropped ceiling in kitchen isn't? Also, our working drawings include a microwave space which Timpelle have charged us for. The kitchen design hasn't been altered to include our selections from Timpelle, so I'm thinking this microwave provision is standard and we shouldn't have to pay for it? Any thoughts would be appreciated. M Hooray! The dropped ceiling in the kitchen is standard on the prestige package but not the others, I'm certain that's definitely outlined in the package inclusions. The kitchen picture in your plans is just a stock standard kitchen layout I think as ours doesn't match what our Timpelle plans are either. That has very little to do with wisdom and they don't draw it up, Timpelle does. I thought the 1200 door was standard though. You could argue it, but if it's clearly in their documents for your inclusion level I don't think you have a leg to stand on as "it was in the display home" won't get you far! Good luck!!! Building Majestic 40 - wisdom homes Building Monte Carlo 40- Wisdom homes Re: Building with Wisdom Homes 4494Mar 07, 2017 3:05 pm http://wisdomhomes.com.au/our-process/i ... Fsghgf6.97 Inclusions list has been updated online to include the signature range. Definitely no dropped ceiling or microwave on the luxury package, only prestige and signature. Hope that helps! Building Majestic 40 - wisdom homes Re: Building with Wisdom Homes 4495Mar 07, 2017 3:08 pm MrsLlamas2016 http://wisdomhomes.com.au/our-process/inclusions/smart-inclusions/#ruBqub9IHFsghgf6.97 Inclusions list has been updated online to include the signature range. Definitely no dropped ceiling or microwave on the luxury package, only prestige and signature. Hope that helps! Building Majestic 40 - wisdom homes Sorry trying to reply but computer isn't posting properly. The Monte Carlo is a prestige range house like the Manhattan however we are on the luxury essentials package. I'm aware that it's not part of that package but it was on the standard plans Wisdom gave us. I don't expect they will honour it as it's not stated in the tender however if the kitchen in our working drawings is standard then at least the microwave provision is something we shouldn't pay for (Timpelle have charged us $580 for it) Building Monte Carlo 40- Wisdom homes Re: Building with Wisdom Homes 4496Mar 07, 2017 3:19 pm MandM+4 MrsLlamas2016 http://wisdomhomes.com.au/our-process/inclusions/smart-inclusions/#ruBqub9IHFsghgf6.97 Inclusions list has been updated online to include the signature range. Definitely no dropped ceiling or microwave on the luxury package, only prestige and signature. Hope that helps! Building Majestic 40 - wisdom homes Sorry trying to reply but computer isn't posting properly. The Monte Carlo is a prestige range house like the Manhattan however we are on the luxury essentials package. I'm aware that it's not part of that package but it was on the standard plans Wisdom gave us. I don't expect they will honour it as it's not stated in the tender however if the kitchen in our working drawings is standard then at least the microwave provision is something we shouldn't pay for (Timpelle have charged us $580 for it) Oh when we signed up it was just one inclusion range per house, so their standard plans would be for the prestige inclusions as that's what it originally was. You could argue it, but I feel that because you selected only the luxury inclusions package you were aware you weren't getting all the inclusions of prestige? The Prestige package actually gives you a microwave with trim as part of your appliance package (not just the provisional space) which is why it is in the plans I would assume? I hope you get the outcome you want though!! My fingers are crossed for you especially given all your delays on plans Building Majestic 40 - wisdom homes Re: Building with Wisdom Homes 4497Mar 07, 2017 3:23 pm MrsLlamas2016 MandM+4 MrsLlamas2016 http://wisdomhomes.com.au/our-process/inclusions/smart-inclusions/#ruBqub9IHFsghgf6.97 Inclusions list has been updated online to include the signature range. Definitely no dropped ceiling or microwave on the luxury package, only prestige and signature. Hope that helps! Building Majestic 40 - wisdom homes Sorry trying to reply but computer isn't posting properly. The Monte Carlo is a prestige range house like the Manhattan however we are on the luxury essentials package. I'm aware that it's not part of that package but it was on the standard plans Wisdom gave us. I don't expect they will honour it as it's not stated in the tender however if the kitchen in our working drawings is standard then at least the microwave provision is something we shouldn't pay for (Timpelle have charged us $580 for it) Oh when we signed up it was just one inclusion range per house, so their standard plans would be for the prestige inclusions as that's what it originally was. You could argue it, but I feel that because you selected only the luxury inclusions package you were aware you weren't getting all the inclusions of prestige? The Prestige package actually gives you a microwave with trim as part of your appliance package (not just the provisional space) which is why it is in the plans I would assume? I hope you get the outcome you want though!! My fingers are crossed for you especially given all your delays on plans Building Majestic 40 - wisdom homes No we could choose from luxury, prestige or signature. Prestige was a $25k jump and we couldn't see the value in it. I still think we are in front so was the right decision. Our sales consultant went by what was on the standard plan, as did we, even though those 2 things weren't in the tender. They should remove them from the standard plans. Anyway, I did suspect this might be the case. Building Monte Carlo 40- Wisdom homes Re: Building with Wisdom Homes 4498Mar 07, 2017 3:26 pm MrsLlamas2016 MandM+4 MrsLlamas2016 http://wisdomhomes.com.au/our-process/inclusions/smart-inclusions/#ruBqub9IHFsghgf6.97 Inclusions list has been updated online to include the signature range. Definitely no dropped ceiling or microwave on the luxury package, only prestige and signature. Hope that helps! Building Majestic 40 - wisdom homes Sorry trying to reply but computer isn't posting properly. The Monte Carlo is a prestige range house like the Manhattan however we are on the luxury essentials package. I'm aware that it's not part of that package but it was on the standard plans Wisdom gave us. I don't expect they will honour it as it's not stated in the tender however if the kitchen in our working drawings is standard then at least the microwave provision is something we shouldn't pay for (Timpelle have charged us $580 for it) Oh when we signed up it was just one inclusion range per house, so their standard plans would be for the prestige inclusions as that's what it originally was. You could argue it, but I feel that because you selected only the luxury inclusions package you were aware you weren't getting all the inclusions of prestige? The Prestige package actually gives you a microwave with trim as part of your appliance package (not just the provisional space) which is why it is in the plans I would assume? I hope you get the outcome you want though!! My fingers are crossed for you especially given all your delays on plans Building Majestic 40 - wisdom homes No trim I don't think? Considering they've removed the other prestige options this must be standard. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Building Monte Carlo 40- Wisdom homes Re: Building with Wisdom Homes 4499Mar 07, 2017 4:21 pm Microwave isn't included in Luxury package so it's possible that the microwave space isn't included either. As your house is a prestige house the standard plans would be drawn up as prestige, even though you can opt for a luxury package. We considered doing this with our build as I agree that if we were just choosing the most important upgrades we could do it for cheaper. We just fell in love with all the little extras lol The drop ceiling isn't included as standard with luxury package because ceiling heights in luxury are 2440. With prestige they raise ceilings to 2590 and then lower the ceiling in the kitchen to ensure you don't end up with huge bulkhead. I don't think you'll have much luck with wisdom. Although I think they should have been clearer with what is in and out of the plans for you if you were given prestige ones. majestic35.weebly.com Re: Building with Wisdom Homes 4500Mar 07, 2017 4:22 pm MandM+4 Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ So, we have finally received our plans, woo hoo! I am a little disspointed that they haven't kept the 1200 entry door or dropped ceiling to kitchen that were on the provisional plans however, so now we will need to pay to upgrade these. Has anyone had any luck arguing this case with wisdom? Our AC vents were based around having the dropped ceiling, and how are we meant to know that a coffered ceiling in the media is standard but the dropped ceiling in kitchen isn't? Also, our working drawings include a microwave space which Timpelle have charged us for. The kitchen design hasn't been altered to include our selections from Timpelle, so I'm thinking this microwave provision is standard and we shouldn't have to pay for it? Any thoughts would be appreciated. Also, our facade is above. I'm undecided whether to switch the upper half to the left of the portico to Stria cladding. The portico will be rendered. Again, any opinions are appreciated. M So happy to see you got your plans! I was so worried they would put you through the same as us. We're having Stria cladding debates too. I want to change our whole back top floor to cladding but worried it might make the rooms hot in summer because it's north facing. We don't want to put too much in because we know it needs repainting every 7-10 years and we have been trying to pick low maintenance options where possible. Can someone please offer some advice? Im DESPERATE. Because I'm completely and utterly exhausted. How long are variations taking with other companies at the moment? 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