Browse Forums Building A New House Re: What builder did you choose and why? 13Jul 30, 2018 9:29 am Elisha That’s great you had a good experience with GJ Gardner Homes. That’s great about the floors. How are they with what’s included with the house? Good, we had quite a few variations but my wishlist were polished floorboards and granite benchtops which we achieved. 6 month build. Aircon, central heating, brick letterbox, clothesline, concrete paths and driveway, flywire screens and lots more were included. We already had our block of land but they do lots of house and land packages which look good too! Re: What builder did you choose and why? 14Jul 31, 2018 9:00 am I don't remember the letterbox cost, I think around $100 to $200? The driveway was $5000 and the concrete for back patio and front porch was a grand or two, I'll try and find the quote. Coral Homes Avoca 20, Providence, Ripley QLD Re: What builder did you choose and why? 16Jul 31, 2018 5:19 pm ethan870 thanks I just had a quote from them and they charge $7500 driveway $2800 patio and front porch with tiles I think i will take off the driveway. way too expensive for a 25m2. Coral Homes Avoca 20, Providence, Ripley QLD Re: What builder did you choose and why? 17Jul 31, 2018 5:25 pm watto82 ethan870 thanks I just had a quote from them and they charge $7500 driveway $2800 patio and front porch with tiles I think i will take off the driveway. way too expensive for a 25m2. Yup, and mine was only 3m x 3m! Crazy markup.Thanks anyway. One more question if you don't mind. I just received the BAL rating for the block we are looking at and is considered as 12.5. Do you know if that generally add extra costs to the building ? Thanks Re: What builder did you choose and why? 18Jul 31, 2018 5:37 pm I don't know too much about BAL ratings but a quick google indicates the location is rated one above BAL low, which attracts no structure or cost modification. BAL 12.5 apparently indicates a vulnerability to ember attack and may have some minimal extra requirements, butvthat is something I would research and take to the builder to confirm. Coral Homes Avoca 20, Providence, Ripley QLD Re: What builder did you choose and why? 19Jul 31, 2018 6:51 pm What first attracted me to Fairhaven Homes was that they had base prices on their website. I liked the transparency of that and it made it easier for me to make comparisons, as I had a fairly strict budget. I then visited their local display home and a few others and I liked their houses the most. I discussed options with the sales consultant and realised I could actually afford a 4 bedroom house, where everywhere else I was looking at 3 bedroom houses. Fairhaven had a floor plan that I loved. So far my experience has been good and have found that I can afford nice extras like double glazed windows. In regards to BAL, my land JUST made it in to the BAL region which costed an extra ~$3000. Fairhaven Homes - Clovelly 191 Hi All, I just wanted to close this topic out with an update. So we ended up agreeing to a number with the insurance company, and after an extensive amount of hand… 8 24158 That sucks! Hope it all works out. Good to move away from steel anyway for all your reasons, but it's also thermally poor. 16 18182 No the fireplace doesn’t work. It’s been enclosed. I’m not sure what was removed, as it was done quite some time ago - well before what I can see with photos online… 2 11767 |