Building with Wisdom Homes

Thanks Lombieagle

Frames are 99% complete. Just pending the rear rumpus wall which requires a galvanised beam to be made and fitted. Brick delivery should be this week and fingers crossed we can start bricks next week.

Congrats on PCI and lovely house MandM! Love ur selections especially your main bathroom tiles! You so close to the finish line now! Enjoy this last phase...

At many of the displays, they have a panel above the overhead kitchen cupboards so that there is no gap between the overhead cupboards and the ceiling. Does a higher ceiling mean there would be a big gap unless covered?

Just realised my earlier question was a bit dumb! What I meant was, what are some of the options to have no gap above overhead cupboards?

There’ll be a bulkhead and/or dropped ceiling in the kitchen.
I’m sure Timpelle would do taller cupboards for you or panelling if that’s what you wanted.

Hi One,

If you upgrade to prestige or signature you'll have the bulkhead at the kitchen.

Or, may be you can negotiate to your sales rep or CSR, say if you upgrade to highest package you want to have the no gap in all cupboards.

Good luck.

Navy

All right, finally eh.

For me this was a miss that I wish I knew about earlier....

Thanks, MandM. Going back old posts, I noticed you don’t have gap. Was this something you specifically asked for and had to pay extra for or did it just come like that?

Thanks NavyLion, we have requested Prestige with 2740mm ceiling, then take away the 150mm dropped ceiling still leaves 2590mm. Looks like further investigation or negotiation is needed!

First time building, so many things to note and learn. Wish there was a complete list of options on W website so I could look at my leisure and minimise the number of things overlooked!

I definitely don't want the gap in between the overhead cabinets and ceiling. I hope when our drawings come back he hasn't got the gap drawn. In the event we want to make changes to the kitchen drawings after we get them back, can we change it or do they charge a fee for this? I would imagine you would be given the chance to make changes at this stage without incurring a fee, as the drawings would be a draft?

We built under the Prestige package last year with 2740 ceiling.
They will build the bulkhead, and attach cabinetry as such - see our kitchen pic below;

ozmonkeyoy, love your kitchen! I am so happy i changed to shark edge profile in the last minute! We are on Luxury package, but upgraded to the 2740mm ceilings with drop ceiling in kitchen. I hope there is no gap between overhead cabinets and ceilings. What is the standard? We haven't received our kitchen drawings yet.

Perfect! Thank you!

Hi guys,

Did anyone request a breakdown of the quote provided by DiLorenzo?

Our current quote just says unit x 1 then a cash amount? Keen to understand the actual breakdown of labour vs tile prices.

Yes just request a full breakdown of the quote, many people request this.

Thanks.
Yes shark edge is a great look and functional.
I'm not sure what is standard, but the kitchen drawings will detail everything.
You can request a change from initial drawings (we did one change with ours without charge), hopefully that is still the same.

ozmonkeyoy, thank you! That's good to know. I will definitely be going over the drawings with a fine tooth comb, and as much as admin fees are deemed "necessary" to prevent people from changing multiple times, it is also annoying having to pay up - haha! A cost i would rather avoid if i can!

Hello Everyone,

I had a response from my SS regarding the issue of exposed plumbing under floating vanities.

SS: “When the wastes are connected, a small false frame will be installed and then tiled”

I will be meeting my SS next week to understand what he means by that.

2 out of 4 vanities have plumbing that’s visible underneath and it is going through the floor while the other 2 have plumbing through the wall and nothing is visible underneath.

Not sure why they have done it differently.
Has anyone else had this issue? Not sure if I am worrying for nothing