Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Masterton Homes - santorini porcelin tiles? 2Jul 11, 2013 8:26 am Deposit paid to Masterton 30/05/13 Contracts signed and 5% deposit paid 09/10/13 CDC Approval 14/11/13 Slab 22/01/14 Frame 18/02/14 Brickwork 14/03/14 Roof 22/03/14 Lock Up 11/04/14 Re: Masterton Homes - santorini porcelin tiles? 8Jul 21, 2013 8:18 am Hi again, thanks for the update. Yes think I agree - it is very convenient to get it done through them. Great news about CDC approval! Wish we could have gone that route, our DA should come out of council this week. We are building on Sydney's northern beaches. Knock down rebuild, so need to coordinate tenants and demolition as well! Where are you building? Re: Masterton Homes - santorini porcelin tiles? 9Jul 21, 2013 8:34 am You will have your approval before you know it..I'm not Sure if you have stumbled across the Masterton thread "Masterton Homes - The next thread 4.0" but there are also a couple of Symphony builders on there.. It's a lot of work isnt it, all we can do is try and see the light at the end of the tunnel..our brand new homes!! My partner and I are building in one of the new estates in Mt Annan Re: Masterton Homes - santorini porcelin tiles? 10Jul 22, 2013 1:27 pm Hi Sally, Sorry for the delay in replying, our progress has stalled because I became unsure about the changes we made to the floor plan, so I postponed our appointment for a fortnight. We are building at Pitt Town. Did you decide to go with the Bamboo flooring and did they give you an upgrade price? We are starting to think we should stick to the Santorini tiles.... I have been told they won't give much of a credit back, and the plank vinyl flooring (timber look alike) is about $110 per square metre! I am calculating it will cost over $10,000. I would love to see these tiles laid also? I am a suspicious type and wonder if there is something wrong with these tiles? Are they seconds or something? If they are good quality, how come they haven't been used in any of their displays? Ally Deposit paid to Masterton 30/05/13 Contracts signed and 5% deposit paid 09/10/13 CDC Approval 14/11/13 Slab 22/01/14 Frame 18/02/14 Brickwork 14/03/14 Roof 22/03/14 Lock Up 11/04/14 Re: Masterton Homes - santorini porcelin tiles? 11Jul 22, 2013 7:34 pm Hi ally, yeah we opted for the bamboo flooring in the end for a bit extra cost - I could more easily imagine what the the bamboo flooring would look like. I think they are meant to be pretty good tiles though and they are installing them in the new Warwick farm display home being built ( perhaps only garage though?) apparently. I was told they didn't want to put in a display home in case they went out of production plus they are very new. We had them in for the flooring in the bathroom, powder and laundry..the whitest one (Bianco) in powder and laundry and Gris ( 2nd darkest) in ensuite. Hope you enjoy your upcoming colours appointments! Re: Masterton Homes - santorini porcelin tiles? 12Aug 11, 2013 7:54 pm Hi Speddos, We have been told that we can exchange the porcelain tiles to bamboo flooring free of charge. I'm just wondering how much you were hit up for and if you were told it was no charge at first too? Building the Villina Grande Re: Masterton Homes - santorini porcelin tiles? 13Aug 21, 2013 3:12 pm Oh wow, that's interesting... What stage of the process are you up to though? We changed our mind at colours selection appointment so quite late but I think it would have been complimentary if we had asked to change prior to signing up... Very interested to know what stage you got the complimentary swap though???!!! Re: Masterton Homes - santorini porcelin tiles? 14Aug 28, 2013 8:08 am I am thinking of the bamboo flooring too, my only concern is how the kitchen will be finished off. Will there be a strip around the waterfall ends on the benches? We currently have solid timber flooring and when we renovated the kitchen the floor was down first so the waterfall ends etc sit nice and flush with the floor. I am probably being pedantic but I know the strip would catch my eye everyday against a white kitchen. What to do, what to do Re: Masterton Homes - santorini porcelin tiles? 15Aug 30, 2013 6:04 am speddos Oh wow, that's interesting... What stage of the process are you up to though? We changed our mind at colours selection appointment so quite late but I think it would have been complimentary if we had asked to change prior to signing up... Very interested to know what stage you got the complimentary swap though???!!! Hi Speddos, Sorry, I didn't see your reply until now We were told when we were requesting a site inspection that we could upgrade to bamboo flooring for free but were also advised that they were going to change it so we needed to get it into our tender if we wanted it. We went out to Accent and had a look and then asked for it to be included. I think we asked for this variation on the day we paid our $3.5K (probably helped though they were very forthcoming about it from day one as hubby had asked about a traditional wooden floor) Building the Villina Grande Re: Masterton Homes - santorini porcelin tiles? 16Aug 30, 2013 6:10 am Kjhosko I am thinking of the bamboo flooring too, my only concern is how the kitchen will be finished off. Will there be a strip around the waterfall ends on the benches? Hmmm, hadn't thought of that Kjhosko! Surely there is a special product to make it look better in kitchens? Will have to mention that one to hubby this evening! I wonder if anyone else on the forum got the bamboo floors with the waterfall edge and can show us a pic of how it looks? Building the Villina Grande Re: Masterton Homes - santorini porcelin tiles? 17Sep 02, 2013 7:05 pm Hi again, We changed to bamboo flooring at colour appointment that's why it cost extra - about $2500 I think, which wasnt too bad i guess... Any more and I would nt have done it. I am a bit of a novice sorry... Not sure what you mean by the issue of the waterfall edges in kitchen and the bamboo flooring??? Re: Masterton Homes - santorini porcelin tiles? 18Sep 10, 2013 1:17 pm speddos Hi again, We changed to bamboo flooring at colour appointment that's why it cost extra - about $2500 I think, which wasnt too bad i guess... Any more and I would nt have done it. I am a bit of a novice sorry... Not sure what you mean by the issue of the waterfall edges in kitchen and the bamboo flooring??? There is a beading that goes around the edges of laminate wooden and bamboo floors. It allows it to expand. So generally you have your skirting boards and then the beading where the floor hits the skirting boards. This will apply for any joins and around the kitchen waterfall edge. M have used it (I'm positive it is M) in one of their display homes (I'm guessing Oran Park or Gregory Hills???). I can't remember which one but I was happy to see it on display and how it looked. Building the Villina Grande Re: Masterton Homes - santorini porcelin tiles? 19Sep 10, 2013 1:30 pm http://www.google.com.au/search?q=bambo ... 1200%3B900 I've found this picture on the net which shows the beading. Building the Villina Grande Re: Masterton Homes - santorini porcelin tiles? 20Sep 14, 2013 8:00 pm Hi folks There is another product you can use around the island bench instead of beading. The salesperson from Don's Tiles at Bella Vista showed us, but I forget what it is called. It looked a lot better, more streamlined. He even had a picture on his phone to show us. It was only a couple of hundred dollars extra for a better finish. We are looking at the laminate timber because we have an inside dog that will just scratch the hell out of bamboo. We have the Santorini tiles in our tender, but would love to get a credit back and change to this high quality laminate. We are presently waiting on contracts and I was going to bring this up at our colour appointment. I hope I haven't left it too late Ally Deposit paid to Masterton 30/05/13 Contracts signed and 5% deposit paid 09/10/13 CDC Approval 14/11/13 Slab 22/01/14 Frame 18/02/14 Brickwork 14/03/14 Roof 22/03/14 Lock Up 11/04/14 4 16752 Ask for references and speak to them. If they are defensive or try to avoid the request, walk. 1 74731 I would never build with Fowler homes. I built with them in 2021 and till date maintenance issues are pending. All their existing trades and businesses don't work with… 14 105623 |