Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Building with Wisdom Homes 12106Aug 26, 2018 11:48 pm navylion Building a Wisdom Homes Manhattan 35 in Sydney North West MyBuildTimeLine: http://navylion.wixsite.com/mybuildtimeline Re: Building with Wisdom Homes 12107Aug 27, 2018 1:08 am navylion Building a Wisdom Homes Manhattan 35 in Sydney North West MyBuildTimeLine: http://navylion.wixsite.com/mybuildtimeline Re: Building with Wisdom Homes 12119Aug 27, 2018 12:52 pm champs2018 twolittlepeas champs2018 Hi All, I know this has been discussed many times here and I missed making my notes then..We have finally signed the initial contract and waiting for CQ to call us to book appointments. I know its just 2days of appointments to decide and 2hrs per appointment to decide on everything. It seems too less of time to comeup with everything the way we want. It would be really helpful of you all share some tips on what we can plan to do before going to CQ and what we can be ready with or what basic things we can plan and be ready before we head to kitchen, tiling and electrical appointments..thanks in advance for all your inputs and support.. Hi champs2018 I suggest you check out all your inspiration on instagram, pinterest, display homes. Perhaps arrange a time to visit the CQ Di Lorenzo showroom prior to your appointments to see the builder's range and upgrade ranges. My husband and I are first time builders, and we did our selections before CQ opened. I went in assuming we could just pick some pre-set/popular colour schemes (I've seen a melb builder offer this) or copy a display home but no, there wasn't anything like that. Well you might be able to copy a display house now, since your kitchen and tiles are together at CQ and the consultant should be able to look up the colours for you. When I did my kitchen appointment with the supplier, the consultant had no references to show. For example, For our kitchen, (we don't have a window splashback) I was shown the lamiwood and decoglass from the builder's range, I didn't know, and wasn't told that I could upgrade my splashback to smoked mirror or even to caesarstone, until i saw it the final docs and saw the checklist option there. But thats my rookie mistake for not prepping and researching before our appointments. In hindsight, we made a lot of rookie mistakes lol. You really have to know what style and look you want for your home so you can ask for it!! Wishing you luck!! Twolittlepeas, thank you for your inputs..quite helpful. I am redesigning the kitchen so have the plan in mind..But yes for colors and tiles I really wanna go and check the CQ before our appointment but not sure if they allow us without an appointment.. I am making notes of what options we need to choose but yeah like you experienced..if we dont know what to ask as an upgrade then its tough for us to take off from work and visit again.. We are at exactly the same stage as you, we signed last week. We dropped into the CQ on the weekend and just wondered around. They were ok with it but we didn't expect any help from the staff. They were attending to people at their appt's, we stayed clear to not interrupt their process. I'd check with your CSM first tho. We are going to visit the Di Lorenzo Showroom as i think there are much more tiles to choose from/on display. In regards to upgrades etc. I am the same. I want to know what all the upgrades are so i can just pick. I'll be asking for specific upgrade lists... Re: Building with Wisdom Homes 12120Aug 27, 2018 12:59 pm stevezau stevezau We have finally signed contracts and have paid the 10%. Now moving into canvas quarter appts. Critical is the landscaping design to start with CDC. Few questions i'm hoping someone can help who has gone through the process 1. Landscaping - We heard Wisdom is far more expensive. We are def getting a pool with Wisdom but am thinking to do rest as minimal and do post-handover. Any other experiences here? - We really have no idea regarding landscaping. Is it better to get a landscaping architect to design something for us as we are really bad at design.. We want something nice and don't mind paying. 2. Experiences during the colour appointments. Did you get everything done in the 2 appointments? If not, how many times did you go back. Any tips/things we can do to be prepared to try minimise the return trips (1hr 20min each way for us to Wisdom HQ). From reading the posts.. we will - visit houses trying to find the colours/tiles/style we want to copy.. we are likely to copy the Aspiration from Leppengtion, we like the lighter cabinets style. Most other Wisdom houses are too dark. hopefully will speed things up. - look over electrical and other plans with a fine tooth comb to prevent admin re-draw fees. We are kinda in a race to get slab down before shutdown so any tips will be helpful! Anyone??? Esp the landscaping side, own plans vs wisdom? Hi stevezau I got a quote for the tiles used in the Aspiration. Its the Casa dolce casa, priced at $82sqm, and labour $94.50sqm. Hope this helps. Can someone please offer some advice? Im DESPERATE. Because I'm completely and utterly exhausted. How long are variations taking with other companies at the moment? We… 0 18473 In fairness nobody gave a crap about the ACCC and the gag clauses continued in the pro forma templates of a few other builders after the ACCC took on Wisdom, and more… 19 73513 Hi Everyone, I am exploring builder in NSW and received a very tempting quote from Wisdom home for their momentum series. I just want to know experience of building… 0 8241 |