Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Building with Wisdom Homes 8332Nov 21, 2017 2:06 pm Building WH Manhattan 44 Ensuite Production Estimates: 13 Nov 2017 DA Approval : 25 October 2017 Contract Sign: 28 May 2017 Tender Sign: 24 April 2017 Request for Tender: 22 Jan 2017 Re: Building with Wisdom Homes 8333Nov 21, 2017 2:21 pm ASJ1981 Hi guys, Quick question - hopefully... TILES We are on the Luxury package. We want nice floors (don't we all!). So basically, it looks like we have to upgrade. I have one "must" in regards to flooring. I need (want) them to be 1.5mm grout. This means, i need rectified porcelain tiles right? Is there any nice concrete look rectified tiles in the Prestige range? If not, how much are they? Are they still $36 laying charges ($18 labour plus $18 for the1.5mm grout charges)? I also like the "timber look" tiles - does anyone know how much they cost? Oh, if we end up getting timber look tiles, i was thinking to extend this to upstairs. What are your thoughts on this? BRICKS Did anyone upgrade? A friend who is also building "warned" us about the builder's range of bricks - the standard ones, when they chip (and they will over time...), it won't be the same colour as the actual brick. I don't know what the term is called, but basically as the brick ages and chips away, the colour also changes. Sorry if i didn't make myself clear... ELECTRICALS We have no PA in our Tender for this. How much should we expect? I only want to add an extra 31 downlights provisions (15 free with Live Boldly Promo), a few pendant light provisions and 5 x ceiling fan provisions Thanks in advance guys! My budget spreadsheet keeps increasing and it's making me anxious :oops: We didn’t upgrade our bricks. The painted on colour is fairly close to the actual brick so shouldn’t be too obvious if some chip. W has a great inclusive brick range compared to most other builders. We got laminate flooring so can’t help you there. Electrical- you’d be looking at about $3.5k for what you’ve listed, but what about extra PowerPoints? We put 20 more doubles in! Also 2 way switches for hallways etc. exterior lighting, dimmer switches, Foxtel and data points, doorbell, antennae, bullnose plates for wall mounted tvs, additional ceiling support for heavy pendant lights, an extra gas point for the alfresco...we spent $9000ish with at least $2000 to spend after handover on downlights, fans, exterior lights and pendants. Building Monte Carlo 40- Wisdom homes Re: Building with Wisdom Homes 8334Nov 21, 2017 2:28 pm Thank you so much doosra and lombieagle!! Your replies helped a lot and i added them to my notes lombieagle, you are so right! It all adds up! Thanks for the amounts - they sound about right from what i have picked up from previous posts. And i really like your tiles too! I'll need another (few more) visits to DL to check out tiles. I've been twice and i actually liked one from the standard range but changed my mind (go figure!) because it wasn't a rectified tile so can't do the 1.5mm grout. I will also have to revisit the PGH handout i was given. Did you mean the Chocolatto from the Alfresco range was a non-slurry brick? Would prefer not to upgrade if we can help it. doosra, i knew the timber look tiles would be expensive. I am not sure if we are going to invest in it for downstairs, it's just a huge amount of money. It just depends on how much i want it i guess.. lol... with flooring, i would rather get it done now than do it a year or two later.. So much to take into consideration, it really gets overwhelming! Re: Building with Wisdom Homes 8335Nov 21, 2017 2:31 pm asj1981 We were quoted around 5K for normal 600x600 tiles with 1.5mm (which is only 18/sqm) & 9K for timber look. we are going for timber look downstairs. I would not recommend tiles upstairs as tiles get cold during winter season and they are very expensive to replace. Bricks - interestingly enough and to our surprise all fabulous colours are painted on and would fade over time, however if you drive around older (new ) estate you wont see any issues of bricks fading. I will only upgrade if brick colour that I want is an upgrade. In our case its not. Because we were getting timber look tiles & also upgrading our stairs we were conscious on electrical spend so we came around 5K and got pretty much everything including provision for fan& light in all rooms.You need a provision of 5K-7K minimum in your tender or your budget. Rethink your down lights as more often people tend to put more of it.Our consultant said so too Dimmers are a must. . Get provisions where all required. Like fans, get provision of fan with light and install after handover. Most items like speakers & data etc are wireless nowadays so keep that in mind when choosing. Re: Building with Wisdom Homes 8336Nov 21, 2017 2:34 pm MandM+4 ASJ1981 Hi guys, Quick question - hopefully... TILES We are on the Luxury package. We want nice floors (don't we all!). So basically, it looks like we have to upgrade. I have one "must" in regards to flooring. I need (want) them to be 1.5mm grout. This means, i need rectified porcelain tiles right? Is there any nice concrete look rectified tiles in the Prestige range? If not, how much are they? Are they still $36 laying charges ($18 labour plus $18 for the1.5mm grout charges)? I also like the "timber look" tiles - does anyone know how much they cost? Oh, if we end up getting timber look tiles, i was thinking to extend this to upstairs. What are your thoughts on this? BRICKS Did anyone upgrade? A friend who is also building "warned" us about the builder's range of bricks - the standard ones, when they chip (and they will over time...), it won't be the same colour as the actual brick. I don't know what the term is called, but basically as the brick ages and chips away, the colour also changes. Sorry if i didn't make myself clear... ELECTRICALS We have no PA in our Tender for this. How much should we expect? I only want to add an extra 31 downlights provisions (15 free with Live Boldly Promo), a few pendant light provisions and 5 x ceiling fan provisions Thanks in advance guys! My budget spreadsheet keeps increasing and it's making me anxious :oops: We didn’t upgrade our bricks. The painted on colour is fairly close to the actual brick so shouldn’t be too obvious if some chip. W has a great inclusive brick range compared to most other builders. We got laminate flooring so can’t help you there. Electrical- you’d be looking at about $3.5k for what you’ve listed, but what about extra PowerPoints? We put 20 more doubles in! Also 2 way switches for hallways etc. exterior lighting, dimmer switches, Foxtel and data points, doorbell, antennae, bullnose plates for wall mounted tvs, additional ceiling support for heavy pendant lights, an extra gas point for the alfresco...we spent $9000ish with at least $2000 to spend after handover on downlights, fans, exterior lights and pendants. Hi MandM+4, thank you for your reply Our consultant didn't put a PA for Electricals, but i added 7k in my spreadsheet anyway, based on the info i got from this fantastic forum! I tend to second guess myself because it's a lot to take in and i can't keep up sometimes! In regards to flooring, we would consider Laminate as well. Our consultant didn't provide a PA for Flooring, but i added about 10k to my spreadsheet (upgrading from $25sqm) and taking into account carpet upgrade as well from standard to a Triexta. Ahhh the joys of building Re: Building with Wisdom Homes 8337Nov 21, 2017 2:36 pm ASJ1981 Thank you so much doosra and lombieagle!! Your replies helped a lot and i added them to my notes lombieagle, you are so right! It all adds up! Thanks for the amounts - they sound about right from what i have picked up from previous posts. And i really like your tiles too! I'll need another (few more) visits to DL to check out tiles. I've been twice and i actually liked one from the standard range but changed my mind (go figure!) because it wasn't a rectified tile so can't do the 1.5mm grout. I will also have to revisit the PGH handout i was given. Did you mean the Chocolatto from the Alfresco range was a non-slurry brick? Would prefer not to upgrade if we can help it. doosra, i knew the timber look tiles would be expensive. I am not sure if we are going to invest in it for downstairs, it's just a huge amount of money. It just depends on how much i want it i guess.. lol... with flooring, i would rather get it done now than do it a year or two later.. So much to take into consideration, it really gets overwhelming! The Alfresco range are only painted on, and if you go for a darker colour, the chips will show. We have Espresso bricks, and even when the bricks are acid washed they do show markings of true brick colour, so be aware. We knew this would be the case, and we actually don't mind the sparkles that come through the darkness of the brick. I think bigger chips in the bricks would be more of a problem. From afar the bricks look great, up close and you can definitely see where the paint wears away. Flooring, be prepared to pay plenty....but I think you are aware. Electricals - it just comes down to how much you want the builder to do vs doing it post handover. We provisioned $10k in ours, and spent a bit over this. Re: Building with Wisdom Homes 8338Nov 21, 2017 2:40 pm MandM+4 ASJ1981 Hi guys, Quick question - hopefully... TILES We are on the Luxury package. We want nice floors (don't we all!). So basically, it looks like we have to upgrade. I have one "must" in regards to flooring. I need (want) them to be 1.5mm grout. This means, i need rectified porcelain tiles right? Is there any nice concrete look rectified tiles in the Prestige range? If not, how much are they? Are they still $36 laying charges ($18 labour plus $18 for the1.5mm grout charges)? I also like the "timber look" tiles - does anyone know how much they cost? Oh, if we end up getting timber look tiles, i was thinking to extend this to upstairs. What are your thoughts on this? BRICKS Did anyone upgrade? A friend who is also building "warned" us about the builder's range of bricks - the standard ones, when they chip (and they will over time...), it won't be the same colour as the actual brick. I don't know what the term is called, but basically as the brick ages and chips away, the colour also changes. Sorry if i didn't make myself clear... ELECTRICALS We have no PA in our Tender for this. How much should we expect? I only want to add an extra 31 downlights provisions (15 free with Live Boldly Promo), a few pendant light provisions and 5 x ceiling fan provisions Thanks in advance guys! My budget spreadsheet keeps increasing and it's making me anxious :oops: We didn’t upgrade our bricks. The painted on colour is fairly close to the actual brick so shouldn’t be too obvious if some chip. W has a great inclusive brick range compared to most other builders. We got laminate flooring so can’t help you there. Electrical- you’d be looking at about $3.5k for what you’ve listed, but what about extra PowerPoints? We put 20 more doubles in! Also 2 way switches for hallways etc. exterior lighting, dimmer switches, Foxtel and data points, doorbell, antennae, bullnose plates for wall mounted tvs, additional ceiling support for heavy pendant lights, an extra gas point for the alfresco...we spent $9000ish with at least $2000 to spend after handover on downlights, fans, exterior lights and pendants. Hey MandM+4, How is your build going? I've been a bit out of it lately here, so not sure where you are at? Bricks? The weather has been a bit of a nuisance lately..... We are having pavers laid around pool, alfresco and bbq area beginning this week, garden shed next week, and hopefully finishing off on pool equipment setup next week after shed is done. Inside, most furnishings are done, still a few rooms left to style. Oz Re: Building with Wisdom Homes 8339Nov 21, 2017 2:44 pm aaron2008 @asj1981 We were quoted around 5K for normal 600x600 tiles with 1.5mm (which is only 18/sqm) & 9K for timber look. we are going for timber look downstairs. I would not recommend tiles upstairs as tiles get cold during winter season and they are very expensive to replace. Bricks - interestingly enough and to our surprise all fabulous colours are painted on and would fade over time, however if you drive around older (new ) estate you wont see any issues of bricks fading. I will only upgrade if brick colour that I want is an upgrade. In our case its not. Because we were getting timber look tiles & also upgrading our stairs we were conscious on electrical spend so we came around 5K and got pretty much everything including provision for fan& light in all rooms.You need a provision of 5K-7K minimum in your tender or your budget. Rethink your down lights as more often people tend to put more of it.Our consultant said so too Dimmers are a must. . Get provisions where all required. Like fans, get provision of fan with light and install after handover. Most items like speakers & data etc are wireless nowadays so keep that in mind when choosing. Thank you aaron2008 9K for timber look is reasonable! What are you doing to your stairs? I didn't want carpet on stairs and i wanted glass balustrades and i know those two things (it's on my wishlist!) are going to take me over budget I put about 7k in Electricals and 10k for flooring, so i think my figures are somewhere in between everyone's suggestions. Hopefully there is room for my glass balustrades and wooden stairs Re: Building with Wisdom Homes 8340Nov 21, 2017 2:48 pm ozmonkeyoy MandM+4 ASJ1981 Hi guys, Quick question - hopefully... TILES We are on the Luxury package. We want nice floors (don't we all!). So basically, it looks like we have to upgrade. I have one "must" in regards to flooring. I need (want) them to be 1.5mm grout. This means, i need rectified porcelain tiles right? Is there any nice concrete look rectified tiles in the Prestige range? If not, how much are they? Are they still $36 laying charges ($18 labour plus $18 for the1.5mm grout charges)? I also like the "timber look" tiles - does anyone know how much they cost? Oh, if we end up getting timber look tiles, i was thinking to extend this to upstairs. What are your thoughts on this? BRICKS Did anyone upgrade? A friend who is also building "warned" us about the builder's range of bricks - the standard ones, when they chip (and they will over time...), it won't be the same colour as the actual brick. I don't know what the term is called, but basically as the brick ages and chips away, the colour also changes. Sorry if i didn't make myself clear... ELECTRICALS We have no PA in our Tender for this. How much should we expect? I only want to add an extra 31 downlights provisions (15 free with Live Boldly Promo), a few pendant light provisions and 5 x ceiling fan provisions Thanks in advance guys! My budget spreadsheet keeps increasing and it's making me anxious :oops: We didn’t upgrade our bricks. The painted on colour is fairly close to the actual brick so shouldn’t be too obvious if some chip. W has a great inclusive brick range compared to most other builders. We got laminate flooring so can’t help you there. Electrical- you’d be looking at about $3.5k for what you’ve listed, but what about extra PowerPoints? We put 20 more doubles in! Also 2 way switches for hallways etc. exterior lighting, dimmer switches, Foxtel and data points, doorbell, antennae, bullnose plates for wall mounted tvs, additional ceiling support for heavy pendant lights, an extra gas point for the alfresco...we spent $9000ish with at least $2000 to spend after handover on downlights, fans, exterior lights and pendants. Hey MandM+4, How is your build going? I've been a bit out of it lately here, so not sure where you are at? Bricks? The weather has been a bit of a nuisance lately..... We are having pavers laid around pool, alfresco and bbq area beginning this week, garden shed next week, and hopefully finishing off on pool equipment setup next week after shed is done. Inside, most furnishings are done, still a few rooms left to style. Oz Hey Oz, Our bricks were finished Monday, scaffolding to be raised this week and roof starts next week. I’m thinking fascia and gutters may be next week, tiles the week after, if it happens faster it’ll be a bonus! We are on week 11 (slab as week 1), so pretty close to Rocchet’s timeframe, I’ve been stalking her blog Meeting WL out there on Thursday to try and get the $17K driveway down to a much more reasonable figure...lol...wish me luck! I’ll post some pics when I take some, maybe tonight. 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