Browse Forums Building A New House 1 Feb 12, 2015 10:19 pm Hi All, I'm building my first house in Mernda Villages. Visited few builders and thinking of finalizing this with Watersun homes. They were quite flexible with floor plans and base price is quite low I guess compared to others. For 25 sq house (233m2 total with dwelling 194m2) at $172,000 base price including site costs. ; House comes with Bolero laminate flooring as a standard inclusion as well. I added following as upgrades to the base price Upgraded facade-$2500 (please refer below attached image) Bush fire BAL rating 12.5 upgrade-2,850 900mm Westinghouse appliance upgrade-1600 Colored concrete driveway-2600 Evaporative cooler-5000 Walk in pantry-1,350 ( added to floor plan) front entry door upgrade to Hume savoy XS 28-475 Door and side glass panel translucent glaze-300 Ceiling upgrade-4,200 300mm eaves to front facade and 2000mm sides returns - 1,040 Living room sliding door enlarge with entertainer door and barrier door-1,815 3 internal cavity sliding doors -450 NBN-1,000 Garage remote-750 flyscreens -750 laundry cabinet laminate cupboard upgrade-450 rangehood external flue kit-400 1200x900 tiled shower base-750 900x900 tile shower base-650 Stainless steel wall sconces to front facade- No. 2 - 300 double vanity upgrade-625 Exhaust fan to toilet-165 Upgrades total - 30,000 TOTAL - 202,000 I have also attached herewith my floor plan too. Kindly advise if these upgrades are reasonable at this price and about the floor plan. I've heard both good and bad stories of this builder as usual for every builder. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ imagen Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Re: Pre contract signing stage- house build-advice needed 3Jun 02, 2015 1:39 pm Hi, did you end up deciding to go with watersun? If so how has the experience been so far? Thanks Our Build Thread - JG king Memphis Re: Pre contract signing stage- house build-advice needed 4Jun 02, 2015 4:04 pm Looks good, did you think of swapping laundry around so washer/ plumbing is against bathroom,so bedroom 2 is quieter? The garage remote and wall sconces seem expensive, but otherwise nothing stands out as ridiculous. There is always going to be markups by builder to cover cost,insurance,installation and of course profit . Am sure others will give you more input. Good luck Been in a similar position and we decided to let the builder go. Some of the PSA money goes to engineering so we at least got those documents and they actually refunded us… 2 6082 The fastest thing a builder will do is bank your cheque, those systems work perfectly with lightning speed, everything else is slow burn. Just the way it is. 1 8701 The worst thing you can do is sign a building contract without a pre contract review. Over the years many people have come to me with disputes where they just signed… 0 8336 |