Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Building with Wisdom Homes 6461Jun 23, 2017 11:07 am The kitchen plan looks gr8, I can see the single bowl on the corner of the island - Jenifermarie Good news from our side is that our land is settled today. Interestingly we are asked by W to wait for the sitecost etc before any appointments, apparently this is the new way. Today we got a call from the land builder (Allam) saying that they are happy leave the temp fencing on the land until our build. They are building next door (both sides). Lets see how long we enjoy the temp fence. Seems like lot of dumping happening in our area. Asked W to start on survey n soil test etc, so we can get started on build part sooner rather than later! @MandM+4 - Changes to Powder room - Is there a fee you pay for the changes at this stage? Building with Wisdom Homes 6463Jun 23, 2017 11:43 am aaron2008 The kitchen plan looks gr8, I can see the single bowl on the corner of the island - Jenifermarie Good news from our side is that our land is settled today. Interestingly we are asked by W to wait for the sitecost etc before any appointments, apparently this is the new way. Today we got a call from the land builder (Allam) saying that they are happy leave the temp fencing on the land until our build. They are building next door (both sides). Lets see how long we enjoy the temp fence. Seems like lot of dumping happening in our area. Asked W to start on survey n soil test etc, so we can get started on build part sooner rather than later! @MandM+4 - Changes to Powder room - Is there a fee you pay for the changes at this stage? Structural changes yes, but just changing the door profile- no. our plans have had to have minor adjustments to get developer and CDC approvals, there was no fee charged for these. Once we sign our draft end panel all changes attract a fee as per the contract, I think it's $1500? Building Monte Carlo 40- Wisdom homes Re: Building with Wisdom Homes 6464Jun 23, 2017 4:26 pm Jenifermarie lombieagle Jenifermarie [quote="lombieagle"]Hi All, Loving some of the completed home photos. Congrats to those that have reached this milestone!!! Did anyone have De Lorenzo install wood look tiles? Are there any on the standard list if not what was the approx. cost to upgrade. Any photos to share? Thanks I've got the following costing for the wood look tiles from DL. Tile cost - $45/sqm Laying cost - $67/sqm I don't think that laying cost included coloured grout, so if you wanted coloured grout to match the tiles, that would be another $13/sqm plus the cost of the coloured grout which I never really worked out the cost of. It was about $30 per bag but I didn't work out how much 1 bag would cover. Your tile allowance (either $25 or $35 per sqm) would come off those costs. If you visit DL ahead of time, their staff are always happy to look up tile and laying costs for you. Going in early on a Saturday morning is a good time before their appointments start. I found nothing was ever too much trouble for them and I visited about 5 times before my appointment. Laying charges vary depending on your inclusions level FYI. Those charges are based on the Luxury inclusions. Signature inclusions have better laying cost inclusions. Building Wisdom Aspiration 31 at Willowdale https://ourwillowdalehome.wordpress.com/ Thanks Jenifermarie. Did you get them? No, we couldn't justify the cost and the colour options didn't coordinate well with our choice of Honey Elm for our kitchen cabinets. We opted for grey concrete look 600x600 ceramic tiles which were about half the cost the wood look tiles would have been. Building Wisdom Aspiration 31 at Willowdale https://ourwillowdalehome.wordpress.com/[/quote] Hi Jenifermarie, We had our de Lorenzo appointment and also ended up going with the cement 600x600 look tiles as well. They were $45 square/m which is min. half that of wood look tiles. We are also removed carpets and went with the engineered wood flooring upstairs and staircase due to kid allergies. Wisdom credit back the carpets. So now have to wait for the damage $$ Building WH Manhattan 44 Ensuite Production Estimates: 13 Nov 2017 DA Approval : 25 October 2017 Contract Sign: 28 May 2017 Tender Sign: 24 April 2017 Request for Tender: 22 Jan 2017 Re: Building with Wisdom Homes 6465Jun 23, 2017 4:43 pm lombieagle Jenifermarie lombieagle [quote="Jenifermarie"][quote="lombieagle"]Hi All, Loving some of the completed home photos. Congrats to those that have reached this milestone!!! Did anyone have De Lorenzo install wood look tiles? Are there any on the standard list if not what was the approx. cost to upgrade. Any photos to share? Thanks I've got the following costing for the wood look tiles from DL. Tile cost - $45/sqm Laying cost - $67/sqm I don't think that laying cost included coloured grout, so if you wanted coloured grout to match the tiles, that would be another $13/sqm plus the cost of the coloured grout which I never really worked out the cost of. It was about $30 per bag but I didn't work out how much 1 bag would cover. Your tile allowance (either $25 or $35 per sqm) would come off those costs. If you visit DL ahead of time, their staff are always happy to look up tile and laying costs for you. Going in early on a Saturday morning is a good time before their appointments start. I found nothing was ever too much trouble for them and I visited about 5 times before my appointment. Laying charges vary depending on your inclusions level FYI. Those charges are based on the Luxury inclusions. Signature inclusions have better laying cost inclusions. Building Wisdom Aspiration 31 at Willowdale https://ourwillowdalehome.wordpress.com/ Thanks Jenifermarie. Did you get them? No, we couldn't justify the cost and the colour options didn't coordinate well with our choice of Honey Elm for our kitchen cabinets. We opted for grey concrete look 600x600 ceramic tiles which were about half the cost the wood look tiles would have been. Building Wisdom Aspiration 31 at Willowdale https://ourwillowdalehome.wordpress.com/[/quote] Hi Jenifermarie, We had our de Lorenzo appointment and also ended up going with the cement 600x600 look tiles as well. They were $45 square/m which is min. half that of wood look tiles. We are also removed carpets and went with the engineered wood flooring upstairs and staircase due to kid allergies. Wisdom credit back the carpets. So now have to wait for the damage $$[/quote] Gorgeous choices! Love those floorboards. Our Di Lorenzo quote came through really quick in comparison to everything else - it was 7 business days and I think they were slightly short staffed as that was over Easter/Anzac period. For us the price difference was enough to persuade us that we didn't need the wood look tiles! We just requested our requote yesterday to put in a larger laundry backsplash to suit our fitout. Which company did you have your kitchen appointment with? Building Wisdom Aspiration 31 at Willowdale https://ourwillowdalehome.wordpress.com/ Re: Building with Wisdom Homes 6467Jun 23, 2017 4:49 pm Jenifermarie lombieagle Jenifermarie [quote="lombieagle"][quote="Jenifermarie"][quote="lombieagle"]Hi All, Loving some of the completed home photos. Congrats to those that have reached this milestone!!! Did anyone have De Lorenzo install wood look tiles? Are there any on the standard list if not what was the approx. cost to upgrade. Any photos to share? Thanks I've got the following costing for the wood look tiles from DL. Tile cost - $45/sqm Laying cost - $67/sqm I don't think that laying cost included coloured grout, so if you wanted coloured grout to match the tiles, that would be another $13/sqm plus the cost of the coloured grout which I never really worked out the cost of. It was about $30 per bag but I didn't work out how much 1 bag would cover. Your tile allowance (either $25 or $35 per sqm) would come off those costs. If you visit DL ahead of time, their staff are always happy to look up tile and laying costs for you. Going in early on a Saturday morning is a good time before their appointments start. I found nothing was ever too much trouble for them and I visited about 5 times before my appointment. Laying charges vary depending on your inclusions level FYI. Those charges are based on the Luxury inclusions. Signature inclusions have better laying cost inclusions. Building Wisdom Aspiration 31 at Willowdale https://ourwillowdalehome.wordpress.com/ Thanks Jenifermarie. Did you get them? No, we couldn't justify the cost and the colour options didn't coordinate well with our choice of Honey Elm for our kitchen cabinets. We opted for grey concrete look 600x600 ceramic tiles which were about half the cost the wood look tiles would have been. Building Wisdom Aspiration 31 at Willowdale https://ourwillowdalehome.wordpress.com/[/quote] Hi Jenifermarie, We had our de Lorenzo appointment and also ended up going with the cement 600x600 look tiles as well. They were $45 square/m which is min. half that of wood look tiles. We are also removed carpets and went with the engineered wood flooring upstairs and staircase due to kid allergies. Wisdom credit back the carpets. So now have to wait for the damage $$[/quote] Gorgeous choices! Love those floorboards. Our Di Lorenzo quote came through really quick in comparison to everything else - it was 7 business days and I think they were slightly short staffed as that was over Easter/Anzac period. For us the price difference was enough to persuade us that we didn't need the wood look tiles! We just requested our requote yesterday to put in a larger laundry backsplash to suit our fitout. Which company did you have your kitchen appointment with? Building Wisdom Aspiration 31 at Willowdale https://ourwillowdalehome.wordpress.com/[/quote] Our kitchen appointment is with Knebel on the 4 July and that will be the last of them. We had to reschedule that appointment due to another commitment and I'm glad we did as its been a mentally draining couple of days. Building WH Manhattan 44 Ensuite Production Estimates: 13 Nov 2017 DA Approval : 25 October 2017 Contract Sign: 28 May 2017 Tender Sign: 24 April 2017 Request for Tender: 22 Jan 2017 Re: Building with Wisdom Homes 6468Jun 23, 2017 5:02 pm lombieagle Jenifermarie lombieagle [quote="Jenifermarie"][quote="lombieagle"][quote="Jenifermarie"][quote="lombieagle"]Hi All, Loving some of the completed home photos. Congrats to those that have reached this milestone!!! Did anyone have De Lorenzo install wood look tiles? Are there any on the standard list if not what was the approx. cost to upgrade. Any photos to share? Thanks I've got the following costing for the wood look tiles from DL. Tile cost - $45/sqm Laying cost - $67/sqm I don't think that laying cost included coloured grout, so if you wanted coloured grout to match the tiles, that would be another $13/sqm plus the cost of the coloured grout which I never really worked out the cost of. It was about $30 per bag but I didn't work out how much 1 bag would cover. Your tile allowance (either $25 or $35 per sqm) would come off those costs. If you visit DL ahead of time, their staff are always happy to look up tile and laying costs for you. Going in early on a Saturday morning is a good time before their appointments start. I found nothing was ever too much trouble for them and I visited about 5 times before my appointment. Laying charges vary depending on your inclusions level FYI. Those charges are based on the Luxury inclusions. Signature inclusions have better laying cost inclusions. Building Wisdom Aspiration 31 at Willowdale https://ourwillowdalehome.wordpress.com/ Thanks Jenifermarie. Did you get them? No, we couldn't justify the cost and the colour options didn't coordinate well with our choice of Honey Elm for our kitchen cabinets. We opted for grey concrete look 600x600 ceramic tiles which were about half the cost the wood look tiles would have been. Building Wisdom Aspiration 31 at Willowdale https://ourwillowdalehome.wordpress.com/[/quote] Hi Jenifermarie, We had our de Lorenzo appointment and also ended up going with the cement 600x600 look tiles as well. They were $45 square/m which is min. half that of wood look tiles. We are also removed carpets and went with the engineered wood flooring upstairs and staircase due to kid allergies. Wisdom credit back the carpets. So now have to wait for the damage $$[/quote] Gorgeous choices! Love those floorboards. Our Di Lorenzo quote came through really quick in comparison to everything else - it was 7 business days and I think they were slightly short staffed as that was over Easter/Anzac period. For us the price difference was enough to persuade us that we didn't need the wood look tiles! We just requested our requote yesterday to put in a larger laundry backsplash to suit our fitout. Which company did you have your kitchen appointment with? Building Wisdom Aspiration 31 at Willowdale https://ourwillowdalehome.wordpress.com/[/quote] Our kitchen appointment is with Knebel on the 4 July and that will be the last of them. We had to reschedule that appointment due to another commitment and I'm glad we did as its been a mentally draining couple of days. [/quote] I found tiles + kitchen on the same day too much. I was so wiped out when we got to tiles. I think doing them on separate days would be much better even if it does mean an extra day off. Building Wisdom Aspiration 31 at Willowdale https://ourwillowdalehome.wordpress.com/ Re: Building with Wisdom Homes 6469Jun 23, 2017 5:11 pm Hi Mrs L! Looks like you've got quite a big yard, how big is it? And how much side access do you have? We only have 950mm to the boundary each side so are thinking it will be much easier to get W to prep the site and maybe stock pile but thought I'd ask your opinion. Our yard is about 17x15m, less the pool, so a fairly big space. Building Monte Carlo 40- Wisdom homes Building Monte Carlo 40- Wisdom homes Re: Building with Wisdom Homes 6470Jun 23, 2017 5:13 pm Jenifermarie lombieagle Jenifermarie [quote="lombieagle"][quote="Jenifermarie"][quote="lombieagle"][quote="Jenifermarie"][quote="lombieagle"]Hi All, Loving some of the completed home photos. Congrats to those that have reached this milestone!!! Did anyone have De Lorenzo install wood look tiles? Are there any on the standard list if not what was the approx. cost to upgrade. Any photos to share? Thanks I've got the following costing for the wood look tiles from DL. Tile cost - $45/sqm Laying cost - $67/sqm I don't think that laying cost included coloured grout, so if you wanted coloured grout to match the tiles, that would be another $13/sqm plus the cost of the coloured grout which I never really worked out the cost of. It was about $30 per bag but I didn't work out how much 1 bag would cover. Your tile allowance (either $25 or $35 per sqm) would come off those costs. If you visit DL ahead of time, their staff are always happy to look up tile and laying costs for you. Going in early on a Saturday morning is a good time before their appointments start. I found nothing was ever too much trouble for them and I visited about 5 times before my appointment. Laying charges vary depending on your inclusions level FYI. Those charges are based on the Luxury inclusions. Signature inclusions have better laying cost inclusions. Building Wisdom Aspiration 31 at Willowdale https://ourwillowdalehome.wordpress.com/ Thanks Jenifermarie. Did you get them? No, we couldn't justify the cost and the colour options didn't coordinate well with our choice of Honey Elm for our kitchen cabinets. We opted for grey concrete look 600x600 ceramic tiles which were about half the cost the wood look tiles would have been. Building Wisdom Aspiration 31 at Willowdale https://ourwillowdalehome.wordpress.com/[/quote] Hi Jenifermarie, We had our de Lorenzo appointment and also ended up going with the cement 600x600 look tiles as well. They were $45 square/m which is min. half that of wood look tiles. We are also removed carpets and went with the engineered wood flooring upstairs and staircase due to kid allergies. Wisdom credit back the carpets. So now have to wait for the damage $$[/quote] Gorgeous choices! Love those floorboards. Our Di Lorenzo quote came through really quick in comparison to everything else - it was 7 business days and I think they were slightly short staffed as that was over Easter/Anzac period. For us the price difference was enough to persuade us that we didn't need the wood look tiles! We just requested our requote yesterday to put in a larger laundry backsplash to suit our fitout. Which company did you have your kitchen appointment with? Building Wisdom Aspiration 31 at Willowdale https://ourwillowdalehome.wordpress.com/[/quote] Our kitchen appointment is with Knebel on the 4 July and that will be the last of them. We had to reschedule that appointment due to another commitment and I'm glad we did as its been a mentally draining couple of days. [/quote] I found tiles + kitchen on the same day too much. I was so wiped out when we got to tiles. I think doing them on separate days would be much better even if it does mean an extra day off. Building Wisdom Aspiration 31 at Willowdale https://ourwillowdalehome.wordpress.com/[/quote] Totally agree!! Can I ask what De Lorenzo charged you for labour? Building WH Manhattan 44 Ensuite Production Estimates: 13 Nov 2017 DA Approval : 25 October 2017 Contract Sign: 28 May 2017 Tender Sign: 24 April 2017 Request for Tender: 22 Jan 2017 Re: Building with Wisdom Homes 6471Jun 23, 2017 5:14 pm Mrs Llamas - did u just ask them to put concrete for both side of the house?? Re: Building with Wisdom Homes 6472Jun 23, 2017 5:15 pm MandM+4 Hi Mrs L! Looks like you've got quite a big yard, how big is it? And how much side access do you have? We only have 950mm to the boundary each side so are thinking it will be much easier to get W to prep the site and maybe stock pile but thought I'd ask your opinion. Our yard is about 17x15m, less the pool, so a fairly big space. Building Monte Carlo 40- Wisdom homes We have an odd shaped block so our whole back fence will run on a diagonal line. so it's 14.5wide and 10m deep from our alfresco, but 13m from the other corner of our house of that makes sense? We have 1020mm on one side, and 920 on the other, but thankfully as our neighbours aren't in yet (and are friends of ours!) we can use the whole section between the houses for access so nearly 2m! Wisdom was just very overpriced for us given that we had an alternate option . If you will lose access it makes it harder.. This was our side access today : Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Building Majestic 40 - wisdom homes Re: Building with Wisdom Homes 6473Jun 23, 2017 5:17 pm Re: Building with Wisdom Homes 6474Jun 23, 2017 5:17 pm MrsLlamas2016 MandM+4 Hi Mrs L! Looks like you've got quite a big yard, how big is it? And how much side access do you have? We only have 950mm to the boundary each side so are thinking it will be much easier to get W to prep the site and maybe stock pile but thought I'd ask your opinion. Our yard is about 17x15m, less the pool, so a fairly big space. Building Monte Carlo 40- Wisdom homes We have an odd shaped block so our whole back fence will run on a diagonal line. so it's 14.5wide and 10m deep from our alfresco, but 13m from the other corner of our house of that makes sense? We have 1020mm on one side, and 920 on the other, but thankfully as our neighbours aren't in yet (and are friends of ours!) we can use the whole section between the houses for access so nearly 2m! Wisdom was just very overpriced for us given that we had an alternate option . If you will lose access it makes it harder.. This was our side access today : Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Building Majestic 40 - wisdom homes Cool, yes that's handy for you. The site next to us hasn't started anything yet but I haven't met them so I think we are safest to just assume access will be limited. I look forward to seeing your completed yard! Building Monte Carlo 40- Wisdom homes Building Monte Carlo 40- Wisdom homes Re: Building with Wisdom Homes 6475Jun 23, 2017 5:19 pm MandM+4 MrsLlamas2016 MandM+4 Hi Mrs L! Looks like you've got quite a big yard, how big is it? And how much side access do you have? We only have 950mm to the boundary each side so are thinking it will be much easier to get W to prep the site and maybe stock pile but thought I'd ask your opinion. Our yard is about 17x15m, less the pool, so a fairly big space. Building Monte Carlo 40- Wisdom homes We have an odd shaped block so our whole back fence will run on a diagonal line. so it's 14.5wide and 10m deep from our alfresco, but 13m from the other corner of our house of that makes sense? We have 1020mm on one side, and 920 on the other, but thankfully as our neighbours aren't in yet (and are friends of ours!) we can use the whole section between the houses for access so nearly 2m! Wisdom was just very overpriced for us given that we had an alternate option . If you will lose access it makes it harder.. This was our side access today : Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Building Majestic 40 - wisdom homes Cool, yes that's handy for you. The site next to us hasn't started anything yet but I haven't met them so I think we are safest to just assume access will be limited. I look forward to seeing your completed yard! Building Monte Carlo 40- Wisdom homes[/quote] Well we should have a driveway early next week and then back and front landscaping fully underway the week after will def post some pics once it's done. Can't wait to not have so much dirt around. It's a killer!!!!! Any news on when you'll get started? Building Majestic 40 - wisdom homes Re: Building with Wisdom Homes 6476Jun 23, 2017 5:23 pm Well we should have a driveway early next week and then back and front landscaping fully underway the week after will def post some pics once it's done. Can't wait to not have so much dirt around. It's a killer!!!!! Any news on when you'll get started? Building Majestic 40 - wisdom homes[/quote] Signed off on draft end panel today, so hopefully 3 weeks left of admin 🎉🎉🎉 Building Monte Carlo 40- Wisdom homes Re: Building with Wisdom Homes 6477Jun 23, 2017 5:23 pm MrsLlamas2016 Makes sense ... and looks lovely.. we also got them to do 2 steps from the laundry and concrete from the garage to laundry I guess we will do stepping stones from there to the back on that side... not thought of the side that has the water tank! Will have to save up to do anything more I guess!! Re: Building with Wisdom Homes 6479Jun 23, 2017 5:40 pm gfernz Btw we have a roof on the house this week!!!! I'm so happy .... Hooray! Post some pics! Building Majestic 40 - wisdom homes Re: Building with Wisdom Homes 6480Jun 23, 2017 6:18 pm Hello. Am new here. Who is building with Monte Carlo? Will you able to advice what is the best package to choose if it is just luxury or signiture? Is there a big difference? We are building Monte Carlo 49 Ensuite with major changes. Thanks in advance. 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? We… 0 18470 In fairness nobody gave a crap about the ACCC and the gag clauses continued in the pro forma templates of a few other builders after the ACCC took on Wisdom, and more… 19 73480 Hi Everyone, I am exploring builder in NSW and received a very tempting quote from Wisdom home for their momentum series. I just want to know experience of building… 0 8240 |