Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Coral Homes - Marcoola 32 modified 15Sep 22, 2018 6:45 pm Santo65 GarethB Santo65 Network cabling plan: This was an interesting one. While we were at our Clipspec appointment we were under the impression that they are able to do data cabling as well. Well they can...like maybe a Hills setup...but apparently nothing like what I have outlined in my network plan (see pic). We're pretty sure at a guess you wouldn't want to use Clipsal to do this anyway but we were keen to see what their price would be. Clipsal told us that for extensive data cabling such as ours we would have to liaise with the contractor and organize for them to do it. We called the contractor and they advised me that they charge a flat rate of $165 per point! That makes what we have here almost $6000! We asked them if they can install and label the cables so we can then punch them down into the terminals and patch panel ourselves to which they said, we can talk about that closer to the event. We have sourced all of the hardware including the patch panel, server cabinet, cable, wall plates, RJ45 mechs ect for around $1100 and are now in the process of finding an external qualified cable installer to to do this for us. I'm pretty sure it won't come to $6000! Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ For those of you wondering why so many data points and virtually no TV points I'll briefly explain. The data cable will act as a universal cable for anything we might want it for. For example it can be used to carry a HDMI signal for Foxtel, media servers and the like. It could also be used to carry the FTA RF signal to any chosen point in the network should you need to. It can be used for a normal old phone point and certainly for VOIP phones should you want landline style phones. The obvious use is to provide internet to consoles, TV's and computers. Another use can be for POE security cameras or other POE devices such as doorbells or wireless AP's. So in a nut shell it gives the flexibility to make any outlet in the house anything you want it to be. If anyone would like any details about the setup we're no experts but we're willing to share what we've gleaned and will be using ourselves. I had electrical appointment on Thursday and as soon as they mentioned the cost of the points i said no thanks. I have my cabling license but was just hoping to get a few put in by them to save me the hassle later on, as yourself i have all my equipment ready to go but they wanted to provide switch cabinets etc. Will just wait until after my build to run them myself and save a couple grand on the install as well. Yes Garath. Pretty much the same here. We're very time poor and concerned we won't have the time to catch up with the SS or other contractors when needed so were trying to minimize hassle by getting as much done using Coral where affordable. By the way where do you live Garath...how much do you charge haha. Same here i was hoping to just get the bare basics run with them so it saved me the time in running down walls etc, most of my cables will go to WAP & POE cameras so they are an easy one but i just hate running down the walls if i can avoid it. HAHA I am building in Hervey Bay. Re: Coral Homes - Marcoola 32 modified 16Sep 22, 2018 7:05 pm GarethB Same here i was hoping to just get the bare basics run with them so it saved me the time in running down walls etc, most of my cables will go to WAP & POE cameras so they are an easy one but i just hate running down the walls if i can avoid it. HAHA I am building in Hervey Bay. Yes my wife realized we had seen you at the Coral colour selections showroom on Thursday! She scours these forums for Coral builds and had already seen your posts. All the best with the build...we shall follow with interest Re: Coral Homes - Marcoola 32 modified 17Sep 30, 2018 3:31 pm Santo65 Main theme for internal: Internal colourOsprey stone was an upgrade, about an additional $600 throughout the house. Only one timber grain laminate was included so overheads in the kitchen being Silk Polar White was an extra cost of about $90.Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ External theme: External colourWoodgrain garage door is an upgrade as well as off white mortar.Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Carpet-tile contrast: Carpet to tile contrastWe went for the top of the line carpet upgrade. We allowed $3000 extra in our budget and it came out at about $3700. 15 year guarantee solution dyed nylon, very plush and nice to touch. Stayed with the STD underlay as we didn't feel it made a huge difference considering the carpet.Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Santo, all your selections are so amazing 😍 You went for Gold selection carpet is it? We have actually planned to do a underlay upgrade and stick to silver range for carpets. Looking forward to see your house pictures. Re: Coral Homes - Marcoola 32 modified 18Oct 01, 2018 11:38 am MrsAJ Santo65 Main theme for internal: Internal colourOsprey stone was an upgrade, about an additional $600 throughout the house. Only one timber grain laminate was included so overheads in the kitchen being Silk Polar White was an extra cost of about $90.Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ External theme: External colourWoodgrain garage door is an upgrade as well as off white mortar.Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Carpet-tile contrast: Carpet to tile contrastWe went for the top of the line carpet upgrade. We allowed $3000 extra in our budget and it came out at about $3700. 15 year guarantee solution dyed nylon, very plush and nice to touch. Stayed with the STD underlay as we didn't feel it made a huge difference considering the carpet.Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Santo, all your selections are so amazing 😍 You went for Gold selection carpet is it? We have actually planned to do a underlay upgrade and stick to silver range for carpets. Looking forward to see your house pictures. Thanks MrsAJ! Hard to go too far wrong with neutrals I guess but we just like 'em With the carpet we almost just went for the builders range thinking we'd wear it out and replace it in a few years. It's a strategy that some people use I'm sure and it's a reasonable one. However at CarpetCourt we came across a couple of carpets that we loved. The two tone of the cut pile twist, the lush feel and the promise of hard wearing/stain resistant solution dyed nylon had us drooling. So we we thought we'd check it out at colour selection and see what the damage would be. We already made a $3000 allowance in our budget as it was high on the wish list. Although they didn't have the exact carpet we showed them, we found this one in the platinum range that was virtually identical. So bottom line it is platinum range (sorry!) but considering we have about 80m2 to carpet the extra cost (we have one of the flooring/aircon packages) was $3800. Because of the thickness of the carpet we were able to stick with the standard underlay. We're definitely going to be doing the "star fish" on this carpet in the media room when we finally get in there! Re: Coral Homes - Marcoola 32 modified 19Oct 01, 2018 10:03 pm Santo65 MrsAJ Santo65 Main theme for internal: Internal colourOsprey stone was an upgrade, about an additional $600 throughout the house. Only one timber grain laminate was included so overheads in the kitchen being Silk Polar White was an extra cost of about $90.Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ External theme: External colourWoodgrain garage door is an upgrade as well as off white mortar.Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Carpet-tile contrast: Carpet to tile contrastWe went for the top of the line carpet upgrade. We allowed $3000 extra in our budget and it came out at about $3700. 15 year guarantee solution dyed nylon, very plush and nice to touch. Stayed with the STD underlay as we didn't feel it made a huge difference considering the carpet.Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Santo, all your selections are so amazing 😍 You went for Gold selection carpet is it? We have actually planned to do a underlay upgrade and stick to silver range for carpets. Looking forward to see your house pictures. Thanks MrsAJ! Hard to go too far wrong with neutrals I guess but we just like 'em With the carpet we almost just went for the builders range thinking we'd wear it out and replace it in a few years. It's a strategy that some people use I'm sure and it's a reasonable one. However at CarpetCourt we came across a couple of carpets that we loved. The two tone of the cut pile twist, the lush feel and the promise of hard wearing/stain resistant solution dyed nylon had us drooling. So we we thought we'd check it out at colour selection and see what the damage would be. We already made a $3000 allowance in our budget as it was high on the wish list. Although they didn't have the exact carpet we showed them, we found this one in the platinum range that was virtually identical. So bottom line it is platinum range (sorry!) but considering we have about 80m2 to carpet the extra cost (we have one of the flooring/aircon packages) was $3800. Because of the thickness of the carpet we were able to stick with the standard underlay. We're definitely going to be doing the "star fish" on this carpet in the media room when we finally get in there! Thanks for your reply Santo We dont have a budget for Platinum range currently. Might be next time though 😉. Don't forget to post the Starfish carpet picture after you move in. Re: Coral Homes - Marcoola 32 modified 20Oct 02, 2018 9:41 am Hi Santo, Nice to see another SC neighbour there are a few of us in here building in the estate. I love your plans and very jealous of your 3 car garage. It’s something we really wanted, but by the time we bought our block there were only 3 left (other than acreage) so unfortunately nothing was wide enough. So many houses being built now. 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