Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Masterton Homes - The next thread 4.0 13867Jun 19, 2017 8:59 am Alex have a look at my blog there's a piece on budget but it's a bit older now Re: Masterton Homes - The next thread 4.0 13868Jun 19, 2017 9:09 am thisisadu Hi everyone My partner and I are in the process of getting a brand new Masterton harmony elite built on a block of land we have just secured in Edmondson park. I've gone through this forum to try and pick at a few things. We have just paid $1000 which is refundable for them to produce a tender for the house including site costs. From what I understand the base price of the house is 265k and then we had around 23k of changes which included raked ceilings and skylights . The person we spoke to gave us a "rough estimate" of 397k.. I tried to press her in more details about where 109k came from to which she said there are lots of things like flooring... To which I thought doesnt the yes inclusions pack included flooring ? To all that have gone through this phase could you please help me out ? Does the yes inclusion and mansion pack which we are getting include a pretty much turnkey house minus driveway, fence , landscaping ? The fall of the land is around 1.2-1.5m from the absolute front of the land to the rear corner. Thanks a lot Alex That $109k would be site costs plus council paperwork plus basix. It should be noted on your tender. The yes & mansion package includes tiles & carpet etc. But its all standard ones Re: Masterton Homes - The next thread 4.0 13869Jun 19, 2017 9:11 am Hi Alex, that sounds about right. We were told by the time we did the driveway, landscaping and all other odds and end to have a fully finished block and house it's about double the Base price. I'd say we won't quite hit double but it won't be far off. Re: Masterton Homes - The next thread 4.0 13870Jun 19, 2017 9:27 am kly525 thisisadu Hi everyone My partner and I are in the process of getting a brand new Masterton harmony elite built on a block of land we have just secured in Edmondson park. I've gone through this forum to try and pick at a few things. We have just paid $1000 which is refundable for them to produce a tender for the house including site costs. From what I understand the base price of the house is 265k and then we had around 23k of changes which included raked ceilings and skylights . The person we spoke to gave us a "rough estimate" of 397k.. I tried to press her in more details about where 109k came from to which she said there are lots of things like flooring... To which I thought doesnt the yes inclusions pack included flooring ? To all that have gone through this phase could you please help me out ? Does the yes inclusion and mansion pack which we are getting include a pretty much turnkey house minus driveway, fence , landscaping ? The fall of the land is around 1.2-1.5m from the absolute front of the land to the rear corner. Thanks a lot Alex That $109k would be site costs plus council paperwork plus basix. It should be noted on your tender. The yes & mansion package includes tiles & carpet etc. But its all standard ones Thanks for that . I was told to budget around 60k for site cost and basix by the same person hence the question of 109k vs 60k Re: Masterton Homes - The next thread 4.0 13871Jun 19, 2017 10:49 am Hey all ... nice to hear from everyone. It's felt far too quiet on here lately. beeprelude - we are #twinning. It will be so lovely once we have our new homes, and yes I hope the lengthy delay will be all worth it. I tell myself that building a house must be a little like childbirth ... the bad bits contract in your memory and you only remember the amazing parts and how awesome the end result is. After all, plenty of people go on the build more houses! shiraz_elite - I'd try and make sure any big ticket items/selections or plan changes are included in your Tender. This just locks in the price and safe guards against a nasty surprise with a future Tender Variation. There can be a bit of time between Tender and actual Selections, items included in the Tender will be at today's price ... not the price when you do Selections. MGARDZ - Congratulations. What a beautiful looking celebration for your precious poppet. Well done on navigating the first year with both your little Miss AND Masterton! Woo Hoo for finally being finished with all issues concerning M. Rox82 - I too thought there was an option with using RWT water for the washing machine. I'd heard it was common for plumbers to come back and change the connection to mains water. Having said, I've asked around about washing in RWT water, lots of people have told me it's not a problem, they've not noticed a difference (compared to mains water) and it's a saving for families. I'm not 100% sold, I'm keen to see how we go. thisisadu - We too are building the Harmony Elite. Our Tender is dated Aug 2015 (so now we'd be considered old prices). Our base price was 246,750 + 64,548 (site costs) + 29,051 (statutory/council requirements) + 12,394 (customer options/variations/promotions). We have both YES Package and Mansion Package. Our Tender price came in just over 350K. Our price now, after all selections (Tiles/Electrical/Air Con/Colours/Kitchens) is just under 380K. All that is left for us to complete after handover is driveway, landscaping and clothesline. We will have a fair bit of electrical to do as we went very bare minimum with electrical, preferring to do more ourselves after handover. KDR Masterton Harmony Elite + custom granny flat Aug 2015 - Deposit paid Dec 2015 - Contracts signed Feb 2016 - Colours appointments Mar 2016 - DA submitted Jun 2016 - DA approved Re: Masterton Homes - The next thread 4.0 13872Jun 19, 2017 11:38 am Thisisadu, welcome to the building journey. I think everyone goes through a few rounds of budget shock during the tender and build. Most people will upgrade the following to some extent : Kitchen fit out Bathroom tiles, shower screens, fittings Flooring ( the standard carpets are very basic) Air conditioning Data and electrical (one double PowerPoint per room isn't enough in this age ) Light points Stairs Stacker doors instead of sliding My advice on the tender is ask for anything you think you might like and then decide if the cost is worth it for you. Best of luck on your build. Villina Lane 11/14 $3900 08/15 Contract 11/15 DA Approval 02/16 Demolition 03/16 Peg out 06/16 Slab 06/16 Ground floor frame 07/16 1st floor frame & windows 09-12/16 Bricks blog Re: Masterton Homes - The next thread 4.0 13873Jun 19, 2017 5:13 pm Thought I spied my kitchen cabinets in the garage as I drove up to our block ... turns out it's tiles! Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ A tradie was on site and only too happy to tell me what had been delivered/done today. We've been really impressed with the friendliness of our trades - all quite nice tradies and happy to chat to us. Impressed to see our undercoat applied - Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ More undercoat - Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Our wall colour is 'June Fog' which looks a little more beige than grey in these pics. I was picturing a soft grey, I hope with more coats of paint it might change a little. Also hoping with our grey benchtop & furniture it will look more grey than beige. Either way, I'm pleased it's a pleasant neutral colour. KDR Masterton Harmony Elite + custom granny flat Aug 2015 - Deposit paid Dec 2015 - Contracts signed Feb 2016 - Colours appointments Mar 2016 - DA submitted Jun 2016 - DA approved Re: Masterton Homes - The next thread 4.0 13874Jun 19, 2017 7:42 pm Had my meeting today with Masterton and Fair Trading on site. I won't post outcome here but those who are interested can private message me for details. Although I will post this. For the Masterton representative that came to my house today and said dont worry about my sales lady Eileen that she died was outrageous behaviour on their part to even tell me this. I asked if he was serious and he said yes. If he can say that behind an employees back and be so disrespectful what does he say about us the paying customers.
Re: Masterton Homes - The next thread 4.0 13875Jun 19, 2017 7:44 pm kly525 thisisadu Hi everyone My partner and I are in the process of getting a brand new Masterton harmony elite built on a block of land we have just secured in Edmondson park. I've gone through this forum to try and pick at a few things. We have just paid $1000 which is refundable for them to produce a tender for the house including site costs. From what I understand the base price of the house is 265k and then we had around 23k of changes which included raked ceilings and skylights . The person we spoke to gave us a "rough estimate" of 397k.. I tried to press her in more details about where 109k came from to which she said there are lots of things like flooring... To which I thought doesnt the yes inclusions pack included flooring ? To all that have gone through this phase could you please help me out ? Does the yes inclusion and mansion pack which we are getting include a pretty much turnkey house minus driveway, fence , landscaping ? The fall of the land is around 1.2-1.5m from the absolute front of the land to the rear corner. Thanks a lot Alex That $109k would be site costs plus council paperwork plus basix. It should be noted on your tender. The yes & mansion package includes tiles & carpet etc. But its all standard ones My fall was very small and they charged me $11 grand soil removal no rock found luckily. Re: Masterton Homes - The next thread 4.0 13876Jun 20, 2017 8:56 am We received our building inspectors report. It contained a few things we didn't notice which we are adding to our PCI list , my favourite is this item: Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Apparently the painter found it easier to hide the half empty paint cans in the ceiling instead of leaving them in the garage with the spare tiles & bricks? Villina Lane 11/14 $3900 08/15 Contract 11/15 DA Approval 02/16 Demolition 03/16 Peg out 06/16 Slab 06/16 Ground floor frame 07/16 1st floor frame & windows 09-12/16 Bricks blog Re: Masterton Homes - The next thread 4.0 13877Jun 20, 2017 10:26 am Gibson that does not surprise me at all. Tradies are just like my 3 kids ... "if we hide the dirty plate/wrapper/apple core etc ... under the bed/under the sofa/down the side of the sofa cushion & so on ... mum & dad will never find out." Yeah right .... we always find out & you'll get in big trouble. Just do it properly in the first place! Sandra that is appalling. 2013 1st tender 24/10 Dep. 18/11 2014 5% 25/02 CDC approval 5/5 Demo 26/5 Pool 3/7 Valid'n 10/7 Slab 11/8 Frame 19/9 Bricks 23/10 2015 Roof 3/12 Lock up 11/2 PCI 31/3 Final insp. & keys 30/4 Re: Masterton Homes - The next thread 4.0 13878Jun 20, 2017 10:28 am Ps can't recall who asked about the laundry taps, but ours are connected to mains, not rainwater. Can't recall if we specified this in the tender though ... too long ago! 2013 1st tender 24/10 Dep. 18/11 2014 5% 25/02 CDC approval 5/5 Demo 26/5 Pool 3/7 Valid'n 10/7 Slab 11/8 Frame 19/9 Bricks 23/10 2015 Roof 3/12 Lock up 11/2 PCI 31/3 Final insp. & keys 30/4 Re: Masterton Homes - The next thread 4.0 13879Jun 20, 2017 2:13 pm Rox82 - we specified at tender or construction plans stage (can remember which - definitely started at tender but I think it needed to be specified in the plan) that rwt doesn't feed laundry. I need to check if they did it but I think they were supposed to fit a little switch over valve so we could choose on the fly. From memory you have a choice for laundry but not for toilets or outdoor taps. There was a thought to switch off for toilets since I read it could sometimes stain the loo. Re: Masterton Homes - The next thread 4.0 13880Jun 20, 2017 2:32 pm Congrats and Hope your little one had a great 1st Bday. That table looks amazing McGRADZ 4 17229 i imagine you also have another contract with an architect? and yeah, whatever other's said about special conditions and appendices 16 16664 Hi all I am looking to run a water line under my concrete footpath which is directly next to my home, was seeing if this is possible without cutting the entire section… 0 20748 |