Browse Forums Building A New House Re: First Home Build in Wellard WA - early stages 8Jul 10, 2013 5:49 pm My Thread: viewtopic.php?f=31&t=62001 Re: First Home Build in Wellard WA - early stages 10Jul 12, 2013 2:49 pm So I emailed the following amendment to my sales guy and he has quoted $400 for the change to Bed 2, think we will go ahead with it though as it does make a huge difference to the bedroom size. Re: First Home Build in Wellard WA - early stages 11Jul 12, 2013 2:55 pm Looks a lot bigger! Depending how pushy you want to be, I'd be questioning where the extra cost is coming from. The variation means you will actually be using less bricks than the original as two nib walls are removed. Surely that would offset any extra shelving in the robe, which looks minimal and the labor in laying them. Anyway, it can't hurt to ask for it to be justified. Thats $400 you could spend elsewhere! My build: viewtopic.php?t=62001 My Thread: viewtopic.php?f=31&t=62001 Re: First Home Build in Wellard WA - early stages 12Jul 12, 2013 3:12 pm Thanks for that, I have emailed my sales guy to ask as you say I could use that $400 elsewhere!! Re: First Home Build in Wellard WA - early stages 13Jul 12, 2013 3:43 pm So apparently the $400 is for the sliding door robes!! Is that the usual cost for sliding door robes??!! Re: First Home Build in Wellard WA - early stages 14Jul 12, 2013 5:03 pm Ahhh true. I know there was an upgrade cost for sliding doors, I can't recall the exact amount off the top of my head though. My build: viewtopic.php?t=62001 My Thread: viewtopic.php?f=31&t=62001 Re: First Home Build in Wellard WA - early stages 15Aug 03, 2013 9:40 pm So still nowhere close to starting the build BUT was very happy to have discovered yesterday that the road leading up to our plot has finally been opened so at least now we can get abit better look at it!! There is still fencing at the back end of our plot and the road finishes there too but before we could only view it from a distance. I know its not much of a development but it made me happy lol Re: First Home Build in Wellard WA - Titles Delayed :( 16Aug 26, 2013 2:25 pm So just got an email yesterday to say our Titles which were due in October, are now delayed until January 2014 The developer said it was something to do with needing to add in new sewer lines or something, but still its a major pain Re: First Home Build in Wellard WA - Titles Delayed :( 17Aug 26, 2013 3:25 pm sinurt So just got an email yesterday to say our Titles which were due in October, are now delayed until January 2014 The developer said it was something to do with needing to add in new sewer lines or something, but still its a major pain Ah That is a pain, especially when October was drawing very close! January is a bit of a wait, I agree, but more time to save? Re: First Home Build in Wellard WA - Titles Delayed :( 18Aug 31, 2013 6:31 pm So despite the land titles being delayed we were trying to get our mortgage approval done before our pre-approval expires, so the builders are getting the final contracts ready for us. However got an email on Thursday with a new VR to sign and a totally un-expected cost on it which I am not happy about. Basically our land is a corner block and we specifically asked if there were any extra costs involved in this - sales guy said No. In early June however he realises we need to do something on the side to comply with the developers guidelines so he sends a VR for a feature brick on the side with an extra window - "At no cost to the client". However in the VR he sent on Friday he is now charging us $1800 for this !!!! I emailed back asking why and am still waiting for a response - I would phone but would rather have it in writing as I am really p*ssed off about this and very tempted just to walk away!!! Re: First Home Build in Wellard WA - Titles Delayed :( 19Aug 31, 2013 7:53 pm That's terrible!! Do you are in writing there wouldn't be a cost? We had a similar issue with our render, they were going to do the redraw and include render and we had to pay a reduced fee of $250. Variation arrived for over $600!! I sent an email through and they did actually credit back for the extra charges. I hope something similar happens for you!! Re: First Home Build in Wellard WA - Titles Delayed :( 20Aug 31, 2013 8:35 pm fmac That's terrible!! Do you are in writing there wouldn't be a cost? We had a similar issue with our render, they were going to do the redraw and include render and we had to pay a reduced fee of $250. Variation arrived for over $600!! I sent an email through and they did actually credit back for the extra charges. I hope something similar happens for you!! Yip we have the original VR with the wall and window added in (from June) with it clearly stating at no cost to client so not sure why he has suddenly sent this new VR. The latest one though has also the wardrobe doors in it reduced from $400 to $349, but I think I would rather pay $400 for the wardrobes rather than the $1800 for the wall!! Oh nope actually just looked at it again, he has put $349 in the VR for the wardrobes BUT in the overall cost breakdown he has the wardrobes in at $749!!!! Joe, it depends on your certifier but we are noticing the ones we deal with are really cracking down. So i would recommend you follow your approved landscaping plans to… 4 11700 Hi Simeon, Thank you for laying it down for us. Makes sense. Appreciate it very much. Have a nice day. Cheers 2 9708 Thank you so much everyone. This all makes a lot of sense. I guess when you talk to a builder who butters up everything to look very polished, you get to start believing… 7 19706 |