Browse Forums Building A New House Re: ALMOST PCI Valeco Homes - Polished Concrete + Monochrome 427Apr 10, 2018 4:46 pm Agent_009 Thanks Stacey. We won't be getting polished concreted but I can't wait to see yours Rugged concreted benchtops look great though. We only want square set cornice in ensuite and entry (to save money). Thanks again. No worries! Let me know if there are specific upgrades you are wanting and I can let you know what we paid. I will still double check what other big upgrades we had when I am next home. Re: ALMOST PCI Valeco Homes - Polished Concrete + Monochrome 428Apr 11, 2018 6:09 pm iTool We're in an established suburb rather than a new subdivision - still toing and froing with Valeco on the FWD, so it'll be at least a couple more months until we break ground. Might start a thread when I actually get time! Hi iTool, do you have any updates on your build? Re: ALMOST PCI Valeco Homes - Polished Concrete + Monochrome 429Apr 12, 2018 6:49 pm Did a quick drive by the house again. Still no progress with our alfresco area, but we have a window hood! Still needs to be painted white. And the letterbox is getting painted Monument I think.
We're not really happy with where the letterbox is positioned, but we're kinda beyond caring now to be honest. Hahaha Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Re: ALMOST PCI Valeco Homes - Polished Concrete + Monochrome 430Apr 12, 2018 7:10 pm Agent_009 Just taking a look at what our big ticket items were for you, will list some below. Lots of little things add up though... we had roughly 50k of upgrades I think in the end, most of which was on our initial specifications document so we knew what we were in for before signing HIA. We only had about $9k of upgrades in variations after signing HIA. I believe Solar Power/Hot Water is now included as standard with Valeco - it wasn't when we signed so we got it through a promo which was $5,990 for a 1.5KW Solar Package, Colorbond Roof and Standard Daikin Split System Ducted A/C. We then paid $3,150 to have it upgraded to a 5KW system. Our facade cost us $6,656. Upgraded ceiling height to 2590mm with a promo that was $1,990. Square set cornices to entire house excluding garage $2,760. Our kitchen island 1200mm width + cupboards on the seating side cost about $2,000. Cypress pine decking to alfresco $2,795. 25 Optica 10W LED Dimmable Downlights with a promo that was $1,895. Butler pantry 40mm benchtop and cupboards $2,223. Rugged Concrete throughout kitchen/butlers $4,504 (+ bathrooms $830) Saturn Zen light switches throughout (+ only 3 kitchen powerpoints) $945 Re: ALMOST PCI Valeco Homes - Polished Concrete + Monochrome 431Apr 12, 2018 7:46 pm finally the window hood makes its appearance! one small step closer! surely it must be soon? Re: ALMOST PCI Valeco Homes - Polished Concrete + Monochrome 432Apr 12, 2018 8:29 pm gr8ly finally the window hood makes its appearance! one small closer! surely it must be soon? Haha still no idea. They havent given us any ETA. And it's hard to even guess because I have no idea how long it will take them to redo/fix the last few things. Especially since they have sat there with zero progression so far. Re: ALMOST PCI Valeco Homes - Polished Concrete + Monochrome 434Apr 12, 2018 9:01 pm Agent_009 Thanks so much Stacey! Are those Optima lights the one you can turn on and off with your phone? I don't think so. I think you had to buy another upgrade for it to be "My Lights". We have MyAir for zone control of the ducted air though. Re: ALMOST PCI Valeco Homes - Polished Concrete + Monochrome 436Apr 12, 2018 9:09 pm Agent_009 Thanks. I must admit Valeco seem to have some pretty good promotions. Yeah their promos are pretty sweet. We utilised a bunch. I think we didnt bother with MyLights because my partner wants to switch to Philips Hue lights at some point. Pretty sure you can control them on phone. Re: ALMOST PCI Valeco Homes - Polished Concrete + Monochrome 437Apr 12, 2018 9:38 pm Did you go gas cooktop? I've always wanted gas (I've had electric for way too long) but I must admit after watching a few videos on those induction cooktops, I could be sold on one of those. Some of them have a bridging feature where you can join two zones to make one large zone. Something like this: https://www.harveynorman.com.au/electrolux-80cm-flexibridge-ceramic-induction-cooktop.html https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bJUW6avl5DA Re: ALMOST PCI Valeco Homes - Polished Concrete + Monochrome 438Apr 12, 2018 10:14 pm Ah yes, I forgot to mention we upgraded all our kitchen appliances to Bosch. We are getting this induction cooktop: http://www.bosch-home.com.au/productlis ... PVS875FB1E The concreter will take and reuse. In my case I bought structural LVLs and scraped them back and used them as joists. 1 5817 i had the my concreters concrete right up to the fence. I have pits all along my path, so the water tends to drain away from the house and into the pits. There's only one… 7 13411 |