Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Building Wisdom Manahattan 52 12May 27, 2017 7:48 pm ChizCake Great idea Oz! I'll ask the question when I speak to our consultant next. We opted for the rear balcony too (as we have views of the blue mountains that would be a waste if we didn't) but also had to widen the foyer by moving the garage sideways to increase the width of the facade. This was needed to comply with regulations around the triple garage not exceeding more than 50% of the total facade. Santa Fe looks great and bang for buck I think since the glass handrails are included. We also asked them to quote the same for the rear balcony but based on the price (which seemed to be most of the cost of the facade itself) we opted to do this post-handover. September completion is impressive. I would choose speed over access any day! How long would that be since they first broke ground? It will be a great looking facade if you had to widen it even more, and be unique to your house The glass balcony drew us on it as we also have some escarpment views to the south and west. The rear balcony we stuck with included brick just to give a little bit of privacy as we do have rear neighbours. W did scrape our lot in early December but with xmas shutdown the slab didn't get started until the last few days in January. That's when the contract period starts. Ours is a 34 week contract build. Even with all of the rain that we had in March we are still on schedule for that 34 week period, even though there has been approx 3 5 weeks of rain days. Re: Building Wisdom Manahattan 52 13Jun 05, 2018 4:54 pm ozmonkeyoy MightyAnt Anyone in the progress of building Manhattan 52? Due to the size of the house I am interested in your experiences and costs re Electrical AC Landscape, specifically Driveway (we are having a triple) Anything else that blew you away Thanks Hi MightyAnt As you have probably seen from the main Wisdom thread, we are also building Wisdom's M52, currently @ bricking stage. There a couple of active members who are building the same. We changed the master plans quite a bit to suit our block and preferences. I think the build ends up being close to 59sq W's inclusions are very good, we paid for the Prestige package in our contract last year. We had variations on most things, it really comes down to personal preferences and budget. Electricals, we will do some after handover, but most things will be done by W on the ground floor. AC we upgraded to the ESP Plus. The included system will work fine, the ESP Plus a little more efficiently. We added a couple of extra zones and also some slimline grilles. Landscape we were quoted something ridiculous by W, the driveway $17k. Very doubtful we will be doing much with W here, they are just too expensive. We will use the $5k voucher for something. Kitchen & butlers fitout was our biggest upgrade. Any questions you have, happy to try and answer. Good luck with the build. Oz. If ok can you send me a copy of your design plan Re: Building Wisdom Manahattan 52 14Jun 09, 2018 7:19 pm CS199 ozmonkeyoy MightyAnt Anyone in the progress of building Manhattan 52? Due to the size of the house I am interested in your experiences and costs re Electrical AC Landscape, specifically Driveway (we are having a triple) Anything else that blew you away Thanks Hi MightyAnt As you have probably seen from the main Wisdom thread, we are also building Wisdom's M52, currently @ bricking stage. There a couple of active members who are building the same. We changed the master plans quite a bit to suit our block and preferences. I think the build ends up being close to 59sq W's inclusions are very good, we paid for the Prestige package in our contract last year. We had variations on most things, it really comes down to personal preferences and budget. Electricals, we will do some after handover, but most things will be done by W on the ground floor. AC we upgraded to the ESP Plus. The included system will work fine, the ESP Plus a little more efficiently. We added a couple of extra zones and also some slimline grilles. Landscape we were quoted something ridiculous by W, the driveway $17k. Very doubtful we will be doing much with W here, they are just too expensive. We will use the $5k voucher for something. Kitchen & butlers fitout was our biggest upgrade. Any questions you have, happy to try and answer. Good luck with the build. Oz. If ok can you send me a copy of your design plan Hi all Sorry we ended up pulling out and not building with wisdom, admin was horrendously slow. Hope everyone the best with their builds. I can help with general knowledge as we are just about at lockup Thanks Mightyant Re: Building Wisdom Manahattan 52 15Jun 09, 2018 9:00 pm Hi everyone, Might sound like an odd request but for that have built or currently building, can you confirm if all bathroom exhaust fans are effective and that they all vent externally. Any idea what model exhaust is being used? (Plenty of steam with these cooler nights and stacks of condensation being vented hopefully externally. Re: Building Wisdom Manahattan 52 16Jun 19, 2018 11:06 pm ozmonkeyoy ChizCake Great idea Oz! I'll ask the question when I speak to our consultant next. We opted for the rear balcony too (as we have views of the blue mountains that would be a waste if we didn't) but also had to widen the foyer by moving the garage sideways to increase the width of the facade. This was needed to comply with regulations around the triple garage not exceeding more than 50% of the total facade. Santa Fe looks great and bang for buck I think since the glass handrails are included. We also asked them to quote the same for the rear balcony but based on the price (which seemed to be most of the cost of the facade itself) we opted to do this post-handover. September completion is impressive. I would choose speed over access any day! How long would that be since they first broke ground? It will be a great looking facade if you had to widen it even more, and be unique to your house The glass balcony drew us on it as we also have some escarpment views to the south and west. The rear balcony we stuck with included brick just to give a little bit of privacy as we do have rear neighbours. W did scrape our lot in early December but with xmas shutdown the slab didn't get started until the last few days in January. That's when the contract period starts. Ours is a 34 week contract build. Even with all of the rain that we had in March we are still on schedule for that 34 week period, even though there has been approx 3 5 weeks of rain days. When and how do you get the notification that your build is still on schedule of 34 weeks? Building Ambassador 41 Wisdom Homes Slab done 19 March 2018 Frame done 20 April 2018 Bricks done 31 May 2018 [i][i][i]Building Ambassador 41 Wisdom Homes[/i][/i][/i] Re: Building Wisdom Manahattan 52 17Jun 19, 2018 11:10 pm MightyAnt CS199 ozmonkeyoy [quote="MightyAnt"]Anyone in the progress of building Manhattan 52? Due to the size of the house I am interested in your experiences and costs re Electrical AC Landscape, specifically Driveway (we are having a triple) Anything else that blew you away Thanks Hi MightyAnt As you have probably seen from the main Wisdom thread, we are also building Wisdom's M52, currently @ bricking stage. There a couple of active members who are building the same. We changed the master plans quite a bit to suit our block and preferences. I think the build ends up being close to 59sq W's inclusions are very good, we paid for the Prestige package in our contract last year. We had variations on most things, it really comes down to personal preferences and budget. Electricals, we will do some after handover, but most things will be done by W on the ground floor. AC we upgraded to the ESP Plus. The included system will work fine, the ESP Plus a little more efficiently. We added a couple of extra zones and also some slimline grilles. Landscape we were quoted something ridiculous by W, the driveway $17k. Very doubtful we will be doing much with W here, they are just too expensive. We will use the $5k voucher for something. Kitchen & butlers fitout was our biggest upgrade. Any questions you have, happy to try and answer. Good luck with the build. Oz. If ok can you send me a copy of your design plan Hi all Sorry we ended up pulling out and not building with wisdom, admin was horrendously slow. Hope everyone the best with their builds. I can help with general knowledge as we are just about at lockup Thanks Mightyant[/quote]Hi MightyAnt, When is it declared as lock up stage? Do you mind to advise? Thanks Building Ambassador 41 Wisdom Homes Slab done 19 March 2018 Frame done 20 April 2018 Bricks done 31 May 2018 [i][i][i]Building Ambassador 41 Wisdom Homes[/i][/i][/i] Re: Building Wisdom Manahattan 52 18Jun 19, 2018 11:32 pm Kazi ozmonkeyoy ChizCake Great idea Oz! I'll ask the question when I speak to our consultant next. We opted for the rear balcony too (as we have views of the blue mountains that would be a waste if we didn't) but also had to widen the foyer by moving the garage sideways to increase the width of the facade. This was needed to comply with regulations around the triple garage not exceeding more than 50% of the total facade. Santa Fe looks great and bang for buck I think since the glass handrails are included. We also asked them to quote the same for the rear balcony but based on the price (which seemed to be most of the cost of the facade itself) we opted to do this post-handover. September completion is impressive. I would choose speed over access any day! How long would that be since they first broke ground? It will be a great looking facade if you had to widen it even more, and be unique to your house The glass balcony drew us on it as we also have some escarpment views to the south and west. The rear balcony we stuck with included brick just to give a little bit of privacy as we do have rear neighbours. W did scrape our lot in early December but with xmas shutdown the slab didn't get started until the last few days in January. That's when the contract period starts. Ours is a 34 week contract build. Even with all of the rain that we had in March we are still on schedule for that 34 week period, even though there has been approx 3 5 weeks of rain days. When and how do you get the notification that your build is still on schedule of 34 weeks? Building Ambassador 41 Wisdom Homes Slab done 19 March 2018 Frame done 20 April 2018 Bricks done 31 May 2018 Its not until you get to pci that you really know when the build is finishibg. Once pci is done within two weeks the house is yours. SS dont really like questions regarding the contract timetable and when the house is built. Re: Building Wisdom Manahattan 52 19Jun 19, 2018 11:34 pm Kazi MightyAnt CS199 [quote="ozmonkeyoy"][quote="MightyAnt"]Anyone in the progress of building Manhattan 52? Due to the size of the house I am interested in your experiences and costs re Electrical AC Landscape, specifically Driveway (we are having a triple) Anything else that blew you away Thanks Hi MightyAnt As you have probably seen from the main Wisdom thread, we are also building Wisdom's M52, currently @ bricking stage. There a couple of active members who are building the same. We changed the master plans quite a bit to suit our block and preferences. I think the build ends up being close to 59sq W's inclusions are very good, we paid for the Prestige package in our contract last year. We had variations on most things, it really comes down to personal preferences and budget. Electricals, we will do some after handover, but most things will be done by W on the ground floor. AC we upgraded to the ESP Plus. The included system will work fine, the ESP Plus a little more efficiently. We added a couple of extra zones and also some slimline grilles. Landscape we were quoted something ridiculous by W, the driveway $17k. Very doubtful we will be doing much with W here, they are just too expensive. We will use the $5k voucher for something. Kitchen & butlers fitout was our biggest upgrade. Any questions you have, happy to try and answer. Good luck with the build. Oz. If ok can you send me a copy of your design plan Hi all Sorry we ended up pulling out and not building with wisdom, admin was horrendously slow. Hope everyone the best with their builds. I can help with general knowledge as we are just about at lockup Thanks Mightyant[/quote]Hi MightyAnt, When is it declared as lock up stage? Do you mind to advise? Thanks Building Ambassador 41 Wisdom Homes Slab done 19 March 2018 Frame done 20 April 2018 Bricks done 31 May 2018[/quote]Lockup is when all external doors are installed usually after the plasterboard/gyprock is done. Then they commence your interior cabinetry and finishings. Re: Building Wisdom Manahattan 52 20Jun 20, 2018 11:35 am I have just built a Wisdom home. I wish we had built with another builder. We have had nothing but problems. i'm currently going through trades coming back to fix a lot of issues with now includes a wall being replaced, floors being pulled up, apparently our kitchen needs some replacing, i'm currently in discussions with Fair Trading and i'm mentally exhausted. I will never build with WH again. Hi, guys! If you've built with Wisdom Homes, would you mind sharing images of your front facades once they're all rendered? I'm considering signing up with them for a wide… 0 13886 Can someone please offer some advice? Im DESPERATE. Because I'm completely and utterly exhausted. How long are variations taking with other companies at the moment? We… 0 18466 In fairness nobody gave a crap about the ACCC and the gag clauses continued in the pro forma templates of a few other builders after the ACCC took on Wisdom, and more… 19 73469 |