Building with Wisdom Homes

They are expensive if you want them to do stuff as upgrades but comparative to other home builders I'm sure they're ok. Some examples, tiling charge from wisdom landscapes is $150sqm, outside could do for $60, concrete is $250sqm, externally $100sqm. One example is I upgraded my pool filter and they charged close to $800, outside the price variation between the models was less than $200. Wisdom landscapes will charge u 2-3 times more in my opinion.

My comment about being expensive is just around cost vs doing it external, not actually comparing builders

I think wisdom have great quality though but if u can do stuff after handover u could end up saving a lot of money.

[quote="doosra"][quote="psur2357"][quote="Manhattan52"][quote="doosra"][quote="nthkellyvillebuild"]Hi


Thanks for all the tips! We have the signature package and are doing flooring and most landscaping post build as I can get timber floors and landscaping done way cheaper due to working in industry.Have already been priced some significant changes to layout which we are keeping and are on a very sloping block which will end up splitting house giving 4m ceilings on lower split.

What’s with the hydraulic requirements?

My thoughts are upgrades in
Kitchen
Stairs
Cabinetry
Wet area tiling
Not sure where else?

Well if u have 4m ceilings you will need to upgrade your windows and doors

Hydraulic design has to do with stormwater. This is what the tender says "Provide stormwater drainage lines and pits as per details provided by Ibrahim
stormwater consultants Hydraulic detail plan dated 26/10/17, including the
following:"

Hydraulic design has to do with stormwater. This is what the tender says "Provide stormwater drainage lines and pits as per details provided by Ibrahim
stormwater consultants Hydraulic detail plan dated 26/10/17, including the
following:"[/quote]

Already did higher windows and doors in tender. I think we have covered a lot in tender so hoping the upgrade selections won’t be to bad. Now just to get cracking!

7 x 3m

I chose a 10x5 rectangle. I selected my own coping to be the same as my outdoor tiling/alfresco and internal tiles.
I added the Virion Connect 10 for full automation and a heat pump, jet vac and mineral water

I chose a 10x5 rectangle. I selected my own coping to be the same as my outdoor tiling/alfresco and internal tiles.
I added the Virion Connect 10 for full automation and a heat pump, jet vac and mineral water[/quote]Did u buy coping yourself? If so, have you found any good places ?

@ doosra
Try marbleceramiccorp they are in banksmeadow in Sydney I have used before and are excellent. You can pick up silver travertine in lots of places a lot cheaper - your right!

I used the same tiles for coping as my alfresco and Internal so it’s all one surface so I am having the tiles mitred to give a rebates drip edge on the pool. Would not recommend this however as it’s costing a small fortune. Because I’m usuing the exact same tile I had to go through Di lorenzo as they are the only ones that stock this exact tile unfortunately

I am going to be building a Majestic 40 and these are some of my upgrade costs (based on the signature package). I tried to limit my spend while still achieving something that looks good. This is not a comprehensive list but should give you a rough idea of what to expect for something decent. I won't be using Wisdom for Landscaping/driveway other than to use the $5.5k voucher because they quoted me $90k for very basic landscaping.

- Carpets - $5.2k for 100% wool carpets with the medium spec underlay.

- Tiles - $11k. I chose standard tiles for the laundry and main bathroom but upgraded the main floor, powder room and ensuite (including walls). In the ensuite I included coloured grout which is expensive (you pay for the material and extra labour costs, so try to avoid it if you can).

- Staircase - $13.5k for the same as the Majestic 40 display at Oran Park. If you want glass panels then expect to pay a lot more.

- Electrical - $6.5k although I will need to purchase LED downlights afterwards as well as a few other lights and an outdoor fan.

- A/C - $6.5k for ESP plus and a few other things (extra zones, slim line outlets etc).

- Security - $1.6k for tv aerial, extra monitor and a few other things.

- Kitchen - Approx $15k, although close to half of this was to have an open butlers pantry with access to the laundry and garage instead of a standard closed pantry. Theres too many options to list but some of them included deluxe caesarstone (no waterfall edges), riven finish laminate, shark edge drawers/cabinets, soft close doors, undermount cabinet rangehood etc.

- Colours appointment - $16k of which $10k was to upgrade the bricks to Boral blackstone. $1.3k to upgrade the garage door to a knotwood finish. $3k to get terracotta tiles.

- Insulation - I upgraded the home theatre walls ($800) and ceiling ($400) to soundscreen insulation. On top of this I have to spend another $10k to comply with Basix which includes upgrading the roof to R4.0, upgrading external walls to R2.5, add some double glazing and low e windows, R2.0 insulation around the toilets and laundry (internal walls) etc.


- flyscreens/blinds - I have only added some flyscreens for now which were I think $65 per window, but the supplier (EHI) will quote for any other blinds/shutters/screens etc with them at a later time ready for installation after handover if I choose to go with them.