Browse Forums Building A New House 1 Jul 12, 2017 11:15 am Hi everyone, I am new in this forum, but I have been following lot's of amazing builds here We are currently at the last stage of building our house (very exciting on a narrow block 405m2 land. Everything is cruising really well, except the garage door. We are building with a private builder and we have a "color consultant" included in our contract. The color consultant presented us a choice of colors for the garage door and 2 premium timber grain options. We asked for some samples, but she didn't have any and assured us that is a good choice. We didn't have to think for too long, and upgraded to timber grain option (paid around 450 AUD extra). The garage door is from Gliderol Madison in Cedar. The pictures she showed us were small and round, but we could see a good timber pattern which we liked. Well the garage door was installed and it was nothing like we expected. The timber pattern is almost invisible as soon you step back a few meters. I looks like a plain brow garage door. Also a weird pattern is reflecting, making it look quite cheap. I attached few photos. After I mentioned it to the builder, he send me the catalog for the premium range finishes. It had much more options and photos then the color consultant showed us. Now my question is, do we have any rights to replace the door at no cost. Our the builder asks us almost 1600 AUD for replacement. Re: No happy with the garage door choice 2Jul 12, 2017 11:28 am I guess because your gone and signed off on the door in your selections that you might struggle to get it replaced at no additional cost. Are you sure that they have installed the right door? Re: No happy with the garage door choice 3Jul 12, 2017 11:36 am I see what you mean. It does reflect a weird pattern. I wouldn't be happy with it at all. I looked at their website and the cedar door in the brochure doesn't have much contrast in colour. I would send these pics to the manufacturer and see what they say about the pattern reflecting like that. See how you go with that. Surely they will do something. Re: Not happy with the garage door choice 4Jul 12, 2017 3:52 pm I am not sure if it suppose to look like this to be honest. I haven't seen any other garage doors in Cedar so far :/ I am trying to contact them directly currently, but they push be back to builder Re: Not happy with the garage door choice 5Jul 12, 2017 7:39 pm I wouldn't expect a new door at no cost when the one you want is more expensive than the one you have paid for. The builder hasn't done anything wrong, you would have had the option to change your mind after colour selection in which time you could have researched. $450 is a small upgrade cost I would have looked in to it and checked it was nice enough especially at that price. For what it's worth I think it looks good, you can tell it's a timber look and not plain brown, I think once your facade is finished and driveway is down it will look better Building Monte Carlo 40- Wisdom homes Building Monte Carlo 40- Wisdom homes Re: Not happy with the garage door choice 7Jul 21, 2017 9:40 am I actually think it looks ok. You can tell that it has a timber grain and the colour matches with the post on your right. I would have gone with a white or grey colored one originally to match the colour tone of turn house or gutter facade. My KDR Metricon Hampshire - Liberty - 45 Melb https://r.tapatalk.com/shareLink?share_ ... are_type=t Dover white or surfmist garage door. I am having trouble choosing a garage door. The outside of house will be tranquel retreat. I want it to all blend nicely however I… 0 6829 Hi, have purchased a house with 2 single garage doors. The Centre pillar one side sits proud to the other. Can I change 2 doors into one. Please see picture. 0 6349 My garage door has started playing up recently. Sometimes (and getting more frequent) when I press the button to open it, it wont. The motor is an ATA GD0-6V3. Red and… 0 2674 |