Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Building the AllCastle Grandworth 42.5+ 25Aug 04, 2013 7:24 pm Hi Bob, IMO I thought the costings came back higher than I had anticipated. In particular, the high ceilings, changing any woodwork to bricks and doors. In saying so, our sales rep was pretty good (probably the best rep I've come across). The sales rep is more than glad to walk you through the house to show you what is standard and what is not. The good thing about Allcastle display homes is that its pretty much standard, and I think you get more in the package than what is currently displayed. Allcastle deals with Corinthian doors now (so you can check out their website. Keeping in mind, that the standard is listed in the infinity package - anything else will incur an extra charge). Carpet wise - you can have a separate appointment at CarpetCall. The guys there are very helpful. The best carpet upgrade will cost an additional 6k. 10mm underlay is standard. Tiles - you can have a separate appointment at Beautiful Tiles. I spoke to a lady there, and she told me most people spend a few thousand extra. (ceramic tiles are standard). I think our facade was called the Boulevard. Brick and Rooftile-wise - we stuck with standard bricks. You can choose from Boral, Austral and PGH. If you go there, they can tell you what bricks are standard for Allcastle homes (Grandworth). The Princeton etc will have a better range to choose from. With building, I think its a good idea to be conservative. It will probably be a good idea to leave 10k aside for electricals, plus any carpet and tile upgrades. Re: Building the AllCastle Grandworth 42.5+ 26Aug 04, 2013 7:45 pm thanks tony , very useful info ,we will keep you informed on how things pan out , I have asked sales rep for price sheet regarding extras eg; extra lights ( downlights ) I know they will give you a batten holder or oyster light , but we are looking at 4-5 downlights in every room downstairs , extra p/points ,tv points ,external lights ( front, side and back of house ) under stair case etc , do thy charge like wounded bulls or they are reasonable. Re: Building the AllCastle Grandworth 42.5+ 28Aug 06, 2013 8:49 am BOBTHEBUILDER1 thanks tony , very useful info ,we will keep you informed on how things pan out , I have asked sales rep for price sheet regarding extras eg; extra lights ( downlights ) I know they will give you a batten holder or oyster light , but we are looking at 4-5 downlights in every room downstairs , extra p/points ,tv points ,external lights ( front, side and back of house ) under stair case etc , do thy charge like wounded bulls or they are reasonable. We are doing something very similar, yet to get back our electrical variation. Will tell you how that goes. Re: Building the AllCastle Grandworth 42.5+ 29Aug 06, 2013 6:25 pm cheers , one thing I have noticed if you own a 4wd or ute as a car , it just scrapes in the garage with about 75mm clearance front and back , I think I will need a can opener to get in and out of our cars , would be great if they made the garages a metre bigger both ways , although anything can be done at a price ,tony ...... with upstairs lights , they can always be done after completion as you can get into roof space to alter things . Re: Building the AllCastle Grandworth 42.5+ 31Aug 12, 2013 7:10 pm still waiting for tender ,with all of our wish list eg ; quote , should be some time this week or next Re: Building the AllCastle Grandworth 42.5+ 32Aug 23, 2013 11:53 am Hi All, Just an update on where we are at with our build. I cannot stress enough how important it is to check and re-check EVERYTHING at everysingle stage. DO NOT let them rush you through the process. My experience with them has been that they delay, delay and then delay some more so that you are frustrated and pushing them. Then, after weeks/months they suddenly have everything ready to go but the only appointment they have available is the following day or so and you will rush through your checks and in my case, miss the slightest little word or plan changes that result in things being removed from your build. They may also recommend the use of certain words be used in the tender that may translate differently in the actual build and again, remove something from your build yet not notify you it has been removed. If I had my time over, I would have walked away from the money we had already invested with them and gone with another builder! Here's hoping the build quality is good and this was all worth it in the end! FYI - we start gyprocking next week Re: Building the AllCastle Grandworth 42.5+ 33Aug 23, 2013 4:46 pm Bowskie Hi All, Just an update on where we are at with our build. I cannot stress enough how important it is to check and re-check EVERYTHING at everysingle stage. DO NOT let them rush you through the process. My experience with them has been that they delay, delay and then delay some more so that you are frustrated and pushing them. Then, after weeks/months they suddenly have everything ready to go but the only appointment they have available is the following day or so and you will rush through your checks and in my case, miss the slightest little word or plan changes that result in things being removed from your build. They may also recommend the use of certain words be used in the tender that may translate differently in the actual build and again, remove something from your build yet not notify you it has been removed. If I had my time over, I would have walked away from the money we had already invested with them and gone with another builder! Here's hoping the build quality is good and this was all worth it in the end! FYI - we start gyprocking next week What are you building? Re: Building the AllCastle Grandworth 42.5+ 35Aug 25, 2013 11:13 pm Ca6leguy tonyattheponds, any update to your progress? updated. still waiting for something to happen... hopefully my experience isn't like that of Bowski Re: Building the AllCastle Grandworth 42.5+ 36Aug 25, 2013 11:27 pm Bowskie Hi All, Just an update on where we are at with our build. I cannot stress enough how important it is to check and re-check EVERYTHING at everysingle stage. DO NOT let them rush you through the process. My experience with them has been that they delay, delay and then delay some more so that you are frustrated and pushing them. Then, after weeks/months they suddenly have everything ready to go but the only appointment they have available is the following day or so and you will rush through your checks and in my case, miss the slightest little word or plan changes that result in things being removed from your build. They may also recommend the use of certain words be used in the tender that may translate differently in the actual build and again, remove something from your build yet not notify you it has been removed. If I had my time over, I would have walked away from the money we had already invested with them and gone with another builder! Here's hoping the build quality is good and this was all worth it in the end! FYI - we start gyprocking next week I know what you mean by checking and rechecking again. eg1. My first plan, had something to the effect of garage wall only to be "x" metres high (instead of the whole height). I questioned this. It was deleted from the next set of plans. eg2. Allcastle has just sent me a tender with this added on "if your job site has vegetation growth within 3m of building area, it will have to be removed by owner prior to commencement of construction." (better to tell me than later I suppose). Re: Building the AllCastle Grandworth 42.5+ 37Aug 25, 2013 11:36 pm Bowski - keep your feedbacks coming. very useful stuff Re: Building the AllCastle Grandworth 42.5+ 38Aug 26, 2013 7:08 am tonyattheponds Ca6leguy tonyattheponds, any update to your progress? updated. still waiting for something to happen... hopefully my experience isn't like that of Bowski I suggest getting your own carpets laid. You can still get Carpet Call to lay them. You will be getting better carpets for the same price you pay if going through the builder. Re: Building the AllCastle Grandworth 42.5+ 39Aug 27, 2013 1:40 am Ca6leguy tonyattheponds Ca6leguy tonyattheponds, any update to your progress? updated. still waiting for something to happen... hopefully my experience isn't like that of Bowski I suggest getting your own carpets laid. You can still get Carpet Call to lay them. You will be getting better carpets for the same price you pay if going through the builder. I would but the refund the builder is giving me back for the tiles and carpet is peanuts compared to the price of doing it all after handover. My choices are pay the extra 5k for the carpet i sort of want (Godfrey Hirst Eco range - Allcastle's one is called perfections) instead of the Harvey Norman Smart Strand @ $60/m^2 (with only a small refund from Allcastle). Re: Building the AllCastle Grandworth 42.5+ 40Aug 27, 2013 7:33 am I see you went for the easy build package. Do you know if you choose to upgrade all the items included in the package it will come up with the same cost as selecting the package? This way you have more control on what you want. What material is the carpet provided by AllCastle? Hi we are looking to talk to people who have built with them recently. We have signed mid range built contract but identified that a lot of things are not included.… 0 2023 Was the offer also on their website? If so, you could check the Wayback Machine. 1 1901 Elvis has left the building... The site supervisor quit after 2 month on the project. I guess he was just instructed to bark at people, but didn't like when he was… 26 22257 |