I think the general process is: select house and structural changes and then add allowances for flooring, electrical and tiling, then go to colours and add the rest. We did ours differently and just asked for the prices on everything we fancied. There were a few items after our colour selection that needed to be changed but it was a simple variation, not 500 with so many things to keep track of. Maybe if you make a list of all the things you would like upgraded and included in your contract. Then you will have a far better gage on budget whilst doing your colour selection. An example for us was the lovely frameless shower screens with pivot doors, or the framed shower screens and frameless pivot door. Because we knew the prices it was really simple to say no to things and move on without the wonder of how much and completely trashing the budget. Oh exciting your PC is due this weekend, best of luck.
Hi Tribe7, thanks for the tips. Have started thinking more seriously on the upgrade items that we want to be included.
On the other side, i am feeling very disappointed. This is Friday night 11.20pm and we just got one section of the PC contract emailed to us. The rest will be emailed tomorrow. I feel touched that the consultant still cares enough to send us the paperwork this late, what an excellent service. However, I cannot help feeling so disappointed. We have been waiting so anxiously all these weeks for this day to come - only to find out that the floor plan they sent missed some of the changes we requested, the floor plan hasnt been flipped, etc. Also, that some of the windows and doors downstairs have FC Sheet infills above them. We chose the premium upgrade inclusions, and the brochure clearly said "Windows/Doors: Brick infills to entire home". Now M was saying that in spec that a single storey of a rear double storey is ac sheet. What? Never heard that... If there is any condition/exception, they should mention it on the brochure. Really feeling like walking off now..
Hi Boysenberry,
Sorry its taken me ages to reply, the kiddie keep me very busy. Its a lovely gesture from your sales lady to try and get information to you but in the same light it is disappointing. Try not to be to dishearten, we had our drawings come back with a lot of things missing (missing robe doors, mismatched bedroom door sizes, off centred windows, missing bulk heads and a very odd shower screen) and we decided to not let it affect us and to take measured steps to correct the situation. We took a red pen to all the errors and missed items and drew directly on the plans. Its much easier for drafting to see exactly what you what when its in red noted on the plans in the correct location. If the costing for the item has been included in the pc then excellent it just means drafting need to add it to the plans, but if it has been completely missed from both having it noted on the plans gets it added correctly very fast. Have they given you a new time frame for the pc? Lay it out on the line and tell them you need it asap as 8 weeks is a sufficient amount of time to wait. Polite but straight to the point got a lot of results for us with time frames. Chin up you have vested a lot of time and thought into your build not much longer and you can progress on from this stage. It really is the crappiest stage it got on my nerves a bit I have to admit.
Hi Tribe7, thanks for the encouragement. I feel much better now.. The sales guy was very upset with the draftsman too because everything we received was wrong. Our floor plan was meant to be flipped at the front part but the current drawing hasn't reflected that. Also the current drawings stated taht we have to have 3.6m setback from the left, leaving only about 1.5m on the other side. If this is true, it can potentially be a deal breaker for us, bcos the 1.5m side is the north facing side that we are trying to maximise. Previously we had been quoted 3.1m setback only. I hope after the floor plan is flipped, we can have 3.1m setback instead of 3.6. We haven't got the new pc date yet.
How is your journey with metricon so far? Was it easy to rectify all the mistakes?