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Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Fairmont Home builders - South Australia 315Aug 23, 2015 10:37 pm Austral had a great display and super helpful. Which brick are you considering? We got our entire house in austral metallix brick which was a $3000 upgrade which I thought was very reasonable for such a great brick... Re: Fairmont Home builders - South Australia 316Sep 02, 2015 11:08 am Has anyone done white skirtings/aves? I know their standard is a 1/2 or 1.4 strength of the wall colour, but we really want grey walls with white contrasting skirts etc. Does anyone know whether they do it.how much it would cost? Re: Fairmont Home builders - South Australia 317Sep 02, 2015 11:14 am Good question Bobbin. We wanted white skirting, woodwork and doors because we thought it looked better, they put down an allowance of $1300 to do it (not cheap considering it's just a different colour!) Re: Fairmont Home builders - South Australia 318Sep 02, 2015 11:16 am We got a quote for the whole house white but it was excessive (few thousand dollars), they don't like don't like doing white as less forgiving. If it is skirts/cornices then the dollar amount should not be too bad. From memory they use wattyl? However they can colour match a different companies paint colour if you want. Re: Fairmont Home builders - South Australia 319Sep 02, 2015 11:19 am Wow $1300!! That is really expensive for just a different colour I was thinking just the builder's white, but maybe in a gloss? I have no idea about paint! That's funny that they don't like doing white because it is less forgiving! They are very risk adverse aren't they! They wouldn't let us put a glass shelf in our main bathroom shower as we had a rail shower and they said that some people have dropped the showerhead and broken the shelf, then complained! Re: Fairmont Home builders - South Australia 320Sep 02, 2015 11:27 am In some ways I don't blame them, our site supervisor had some stories to tell us about some clients unrealistic expectations such as the one you gave. It's a shame though that they make decisions for the few difficult minority rather than the majority. We thought that they really did not want to paint white hence the excessive cost. Paint was my most stressful choice. Our doors etc are in wattyl ultra premium satin enamel, it's very natural with a slight sheen. The colour we chose was smoke pearl (solver colour) in 1/2 strength. I would have preferred a more white colour but it's fine and one day we will change it. Adam Baines Grad Cert Bldg Surv / Grad Dip Bldg Surv / MSAAPA Accredited Building Professional APB20210035 Builders Lic 183023 Pest Control Lic 84868 Ph 0412202336 PO… 3 37502 Well these guys are not looking good... I sent them a written enquiry last week and they have not yet replied. If they cannot respond to a simple… 4 8468 If you don't want to annoy the neighbours then simply get yourself some good head phones. For me the sound is much better using headphones. The NCC (National Construction… 1 21169 |