Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Building Newport 19 with Coral Homes in Saddlers Ridge 68Oct 18, 2014 12:41 pm Cristyandpercy1 Wow!! That looks like hard work, all those decisions, great work! I love your wall colour particularly. So if the certifier approved stuff in two weeks, does that mean you have the green light to start construction?? Building our first dream home in NSW Thanks Christyandpercy1. It was a bit of hard work to choose what you like but most of the basic inclusions and range appealed to us so most of the tapware, oven and most of the electicals were unchanged. I also sourced out the companies who supplied the range and researched a fair bit into what i like and did some rough plans and lists of ideas i wanted which can make it easier instead of doing it all on the one day. For the colours we just wanted to match what they had put on the brochure and the internal colours we spent a couple of hours at bunnings looking at Dulux colours and some other house item shopping. If you ever see any lights or stuff like that that you really like and are on special id advise to get them. Currently Beacon lighting have a sale where you buy a second light and it is 30% off. This should help us as we want a feature light in the hallway but we have two lights. Once the plans were certified we just had to do the finishes appointment and electrical appointment before they can go any further. We now just have to wait for the costings of the variations and changes we made before they will issue a start date. The consultant said that should be within 6 weeks. Just a word of warning.....do not sign a tender or contract until absolutely everything is correct and what you want. We wanted a 900mm stove top and they kept giving us a 600mm oven and we also wanted about 12 more data points and a few other things which they only gave us 5 extra data points. When we questioned the errors we were told that they can just be fixed up in the finishings appointment but then that meant that the extra costs to upgrade them are not part of the house loan from the bank and these type of changes aren't really part of those appointments Re: Building Newport 19 with Coral Homes in Saddlers Ridge 69Oct 18, 2014 6:32 pm Colors and selections look great! I see some of the same items i selected as well. On lighting, make sure you shop around, ESPECIALLY when it comes to pendants! Beacon lighting is horribly expensive, even with their sales they are overpriced. When i was pendant hunting i eventually found what i was after on, of all places, eBay. Half the price, and the quality is pretty good. Otherwise i can also recommend http://www.discountlighting.com.au/ My Noosa 23 Build - viewtopic.php?f=31&t=72782 Re: Building Newport 19 with Coral Homes in Saddlers Ridge 70Oct 19, 2014 1:58 pm Six weeks is exciting. You should be half way done by Christmas! Building our first dream home in NSW Re: Building Newport 19 with Coral Homes in Saddlers Ridge 71Oct 19, 2014 6:41 pm whzzz28 Colors and selections look great! I see some of the same items i selected as well. On lighting, make sure you shop around, ESPECIALLY when it comes to pendants! Beacon lighting is horribly expensive, even with their sales they are overpriced. When i was pendant hunting i eventually found what i was after on, of all places, eBay. Half the price, and the quality is pretty good. Otherwise i can also recommend http://www.discountlighting.com.au/ ah ok cool thanks Whzzz28! I will be looking at ebay tonight. The only thing we need to look into is having oyster lights fit onto batten light fittings for the bathrooms and possibly a hallway batten. i am not sure this can be done, the only one i can find that fits onto a batten are arlec branded sensor oyster light. Does any body have any experience with this? Re: Building Newport 19 with Coral Homes in Saddlers Ridge 72Oct 19, 2014 6:47 pm Cristyandpercy1 Six weeks is exciting. You should be half way done by Christmas! Building our first dream home in NSW Yeah we can't wait for them to start even cutting the block!! We were originally given a time frame that meant we would have been in before christmas but due to the stuff ups it has been extended to about end of feb next year. At least we do not have to spend any money on christmas lights for the house until next year!! Also it means i can have my partner at my parents house in qld this christmas as i was at the inlaws christmas just gone and then we can all have next christmas in the new house making it even haha. The only thing is that during christmas they usually shut down for a couple of weeks so no progress will happen lol Re: Building Newport 19 with Coral Homes in Saddlers Ridge 73Oct 20, 2014 9:34 am Good stuff cubshome! I got a wee bit exhausted reading through your choices though - I'll need a good lie down after we get through ours I think! So many decisions to make... Follow my Coral Daydream 28 build: https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=72384 Re: Building Newport 19 with Coral Homes in Saddlers Ridge 74Oct 23, 2014 12:26 pm So we got the variations back with some prices. So they have seemed to have changed suppliers for their painted fibre cement. They have changed it to James Hardie 'Scyon' Acon smooth board with vertical grooves. Our tendor had rendered or feature brick for the pillars of the fascade and the garage pillar so we chose to have the black brick which apparantly gave us a credit of about $420 the brick we could have chosen from was from the Designer range of bricks which our colour consultant didn't even mention anything. We were quoted $685 for having off-white mortar. Does this sound reasonable? has anyone asked their bricklayers to do off-white as a cash job instead of going through the builder? How and when do you make the deal? Another thing the consultant didn't ask about is the type of joints for the brick work. round ironed joints are standard. Provision of insulation to the garage roof is about $250. To have the caesarstone tops int he bathrooms is $525 which is what we are disputing with coral as they were on the signed plans. upgrade to the 'bronze' range of door handles for the bathrooms: $76 and for the kitchen: $116. The standard range is not that great. The upgrade to full chrome floor wastes to the bathrooms and showers: $98. Our design did not include above bench cupboards in the kitchen for some reason so we had them included also with cupboards above the fridge. Kitchen: $ 770 and the fridge space: $342. These prices include painted bulkheads and our consultant said that they will also fill the gap between splashback and cupboards. The upgrade from 6000mm stove top to a 900mm: $ 93. The upgrade for the range hood to match: $185. Plus no cost to move a data point thankfully. We upgraded to the Gold range of carpet in all bedrooms: $731. Fly screens to the alsfresco doors: $ 360. Do you think that is a reasonable cost to get flyscreen doors for an alfresco door? (4 panes of glass with two middle able to open) And is the upgrade to off-white mortar expensive? Re: Building Newport 19 with Coral Homes in Saddlers Ridge 75Oct 24, 2014 10:08 am cubshome Fly screens to the alsfresco doors: $ 360. Do you think that is a reasonable cost to get flyscreen doors for an alfresco door? (4 panes of glass with two middle able to open) And is the upgrade to off-white mortar expensive? Confirm what sort of flyscreens they are. They probably aren't security screens, just an aluminum frame with some fly screen in the middle. If you are happy with that, then the price is OK. Off white mortar can be cheaper to get the brickie to do it, but if you want peace of mind, pay Coral for it. The price isn't that bad, builders would charge you ~$400 for it. My Noosa 23 Build - viewtopic.php?f=31&t=72782 Re: Building Newport 19 with Coral Homes in Saddlers Ridge 76Oct 24, 2014 10:19 am Quote: Off white mortar can be cheaper to get the brickie to do it, but if you want peace of mind, pay Coral for it. The price isn't that bad, builders would charge you ~$400 for it. We paid $250 cash to our brickies directly for the off white mortar. We let the site supervisor know straight up that is what we wanted to do when we first met him and he gave us the brickies number for us to organise. Building a Modified Coral Daydream 28, first build, first home and land owners. Acreage Build in Buccan, QLD. Room for the two new puppies Re: Building Newport 19 with Coral Homes in Saddlers Ridge 77Oct 25, 2014 9:29 am whzzz28 cubshome Fly screens to the alsfresco doors: $ 360. Do you think that is a reasonable cost to get flyscreen doors for an alfresco door? (4 panes of glass with two middle able to open) And is the upgrade to off-white mortar expensive? Confirm what sort of flyscreens they are. They probably aren't security screens, just an aluminum frame with some fly screen in the middle. If you are happy with that, then the price is OK. Off white mortar can be cheaper to get the brickie to do it, but if you want peace of mind, pay Coral for it. The price isn't that bad, builders would charge you ~$400 for it. well we tried calling A&L here in newcastle who didn't call me back before they closed on friday which is annoying as they are not open on the weekends? i find that really weird. So i called a branch on the gold coast due to daylight savings and even their sales department wasnt answering like they went home early.....and still no quote for the alfresco doors to compare to coral's. looks like ill have to call them again first thing monday. Re: Building Newport 19 with Coral Homes in Saddlers Ridge 78Oct 25, 2014 9:30 am charlinic6 Quote: Off white mortar can be cheaper to get the brickie to do it, but if you want peace of mind, pay Coral for it. The price isn't that bad, builders would charge you ~$400 for it. We paid $250 cash to our brickies directly for the off white mortar. We let the site supervisor know straight up that is what we wanted to do when we first met him and he gave us the brickies number for us to organise. Cool thanks charlinic6! Was there anything else you wanted done and had to ask you SS? Where they fairly accommodating for your requests? Re: Building Newport 19 with Coral Homes in Saddlers Ridge 79Oct 25, 2014 9:40 am UPDATE: So Coral have finally come back with an answer about the dispute about the ceasarstone for the bathroom vanities. When we first noticed the error on the house plans we were told it shouldn't be included and that it was a mistake and as we have signed it we will just have to get it. We gave the consultant every chance to retract the plans and tender and have it fixed before we went any further but we were told it is fine. We also questioned about the bigger stove and some extra data points that weren't included with the tender letter and were told these can be easily adjusted in the finishes and electrical appointment. WRONG!! These changes need to be in the tender otherwise you have to pay for them in the variations and that is no covered for the approved home loan!! nor does clipsal handle data points. So we never bothered to chase it up any more because of what we were told and of course the issue came back up in the selections appointment and that's when we had to provide what happened and what was said and they have agreed to include the ceasarstone for no charge I think the consultant may have been in a bit of trouble as well. Just make sure you read everything and make sure everything you want changed to be included in the tender. Re: Building Newport 19 with Coral Homes in Saddlers Ridge 80Oct 25, 2014 1:12 pm cubshome UPDATE: So Coral have finally come back with an answer about the dispute about the ceasarstone for the bathroom vanities. When we first noticed the error on the house plans we were told it shouldn't be included and that it was a mistake and as we have signed it we will just have to get it. We gave the consultant every chance to retract the plans and tender and have it fixed before we went any further but we were told it is fine. We also questioned about the bigger stove and some extra data points that weren't included with the tender letter and were told these can be easily adjusted in the finishes and electrical appointment. WRONG!! These changes need to be in the tender otherwise you have to pay for them in the variations and that is no covered for the approved home loan!! nor does clipsal handle data points. So we never bothered to chase it up any more because of what we were told and of course the issue came back up in the selections appointment and that's when we had to provide what happened and what was said and they have agreed to include the ceasarstone for no charge I think the consultant may have been in a bit of trouble as well. Just make sure you read everything and make sure everything you want changed to be included in the tender. I had a similar situation, but not a dispute on what was in the tender. I wanted to have the mirror moved. I was installing 600x300 tiles, and the distance between the bench top and mirror was 200mm. I asked to raise the mirror by 100mm and was told by the sales agent to discuss it with the color consultant. Ok, seems fair as it's not structural. Spoke with the color consultant and they didn't want anything to do with it. Told me that it was a simple change and to talk to the site supervisor. Ok, that doesn't sound right, but hey they are experts right? Spoke with site supervisor. He said it needed to be drawn up for the tiler... Sigh. Back to head office. They were nice enough after i told the story to do a variation at no cost, but boy was that hard to make such a simple change. I would also reiterate your last statement: read everything, again and again and again. I missed a small change i had made (fridge size) and only picked it up when building started. My Noosa 23 Build - viewtopic.php?f=31&t=72782 Ask the council if there is a chance of getting build over easement exemption. Sometimes easements are unused and 24cm is not all that much. Good luck. And yes any builder… 2 14630 In Qld it is a requirement that a builder must have a cost breakdown, for building a home to the same specification, with the same inclusions and the same finish. So ask… 1 4604 Ask for references and speak to them. If they are defensive or try to avoid the request, walk. 1 77444 |