Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Western Sydney Daydream 30 Coral Homes 18Aug 27, 2017 8:56 am Time for a quick update, plans should be off for CDC approval in the next couple of weeks. We have picked our flooring now and after numerous weeks of getting quotes, I am surprised that Harvey Norman has put forward what I feel is the best value for money option for us, so deposit has been paid. Carpet will be to all bedrooms and media - dream weaver coastal comfort carbon on an 11mm 95kg underlay. Rest except bathroom / laundry will be Novocore Hybrid vinyl timber look planks, colour to be determined as there is a new range coming out in September/October. The Vinyl timber look is a click lock system that is 100% waterproof and has a cork backing to provide a layer of thermal insulation that should help the floor not feel as cold. Attached photos is roughly the colour of the flooring, not the actual products. Internal colour selections next week, as well as tile selections. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Re: Western Sydney Daydream 30 Coral Homes 19Sep 02, 2017 7:10 pm We have now done our internal colours and tile selections. Paint will be a light grey as the main wall colour, with white skirts and architrave. We will have some darker grey feature walls and the media room will be painted a very dark grey. Bathroom tiles will be the light grey floor tile with white to three walls with the timber feature. Vanity colour will be similar to the pic as well. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Kitchen and electrical appointments booked over the next few weeks. We have put 16k in the tender as upgrade allowances, hoping to hit the mark or stay just under! Re: Western Sydney Daydream 30 Coral Homes 20Sep 12, 2017 12:52 pm So selections are now finished with the Electrical closed off today. Variation for electrical ended up at around $9k, which included them doing all the downlights (I would normal recommend these be done after handover, but it works better for our budgets and property valuation to have the builder do it in the contract). We also added a heap of double power points and data points, etc so was expecting a big variation, still a bit hard to cop $135 per downlight, but such is life. Just waiting on a price back from their kitchen company (Timpelle) who think that this process is a licence to print money, so not much being upgraded from the standard package. That said the standard package for our house is pretty good (it includes 20mm caeserstone with waterfall ends, overhead cupboards, and we can choose the thermo laminted cabinets). For an example of their ridiculous pricing, upgrade to supernatural range of caeserstone was around 9k. The cost difference for caeserstone slabs at retail would be approx. $2k, so $7k markup. Refer http://sydneybenchtops.com.au/caesarstone for an idea on stone benchtop pricing. Think we will be sticking with the standard range out of principle lol. Also got the final plan variation back so that is all pretty much finalised now, just waiting for CDC to be completed and we can sign contracts. Like ⋅ 1 comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Hi all, We are looking to build a new two storey house in western Sydney. Can anyone recommend a smallish builder to go with? We are trying to stay away from the big… 0 12490 Hello, we can help you please get in contact 0421019219 thank you 3 32461 I’m restoring all my 40yr old windows and I want to install seals around the casements. I’ve sanded back and oiled the frames with sikkens. My plan is to box up inside… 0 6766 |