Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Upgrading with builder Vs changing post build 2Feb 22, 2019 7:18 am Current State: Slab/Frame/Bricklayer/Lockup/Lining/Stairs/Kitchen/Wet flooring/Painted/PCI/Got the Keys My Thread: Building Windsor 40 with Eden Brae (Caddens) Re: Upgrading with builder Vs changing post build 4Feb 22, 2019 7:38 am Current State: Slab/Frame/Bricklayer/Lockup/Lining/Stairs/Kitchen/Wet flooring/Painted/PCI/Got the Keys My Thread: Building Windsor 40 with Eden Brae (Caddens) Re: Upgrading with builder Vs changing post build 6Feb 22, 2019 7:44 am Did you look into the price comparison? If you dont mind me asking (and I know all builders are different) but how much did you spend doing it? Re: Upgrading with builder Vs changing post build 7Feb 22, 2019 8:01 am Holliemilgate Did you look into the price comparison? If you dont mind me asking (and I know all builders are different) but how much did you spend doing it? It all depends on the actual fixtures you have chosen. Taps for example can vary in price. There are $150 taps and there are $1,000+ taps. Depends what you choose, your builder will credit you the difference in cost of their standard tap to the cost of the tap you have chosen (could be RRP or could be Builder's discount) - hope that makes sense. I guess the first thing you need to ask your builder is if they allow you to do it. For me, a credit is a credit - big or small. If i was to do it after handover, i would not receive a credit at all, so it just made sense to do it through the builder. Re: Upgrading with builder Vs changing post build 8Feb 22, 2019 8:49 am Holliemilgate Hi, Looking for some advice, I am wanting to put Matte Black Door handles, Cupboard handles, taps and fixtures throughout my new home and was wondering if it's worth upgrading through our builder or changing over after the build is finished. Has anyone been able to affordably source them post build? Is it as easy as buying online and fitting them? Or is it more of a stuff around trying to find particular sizing etc? Thanks Hi I work in door hardware sales 🙂 The sizing can be an issue, door handles are easy and fairly standard in fixings across the board but cabinet handles vary in their screw hole distances from style to style. If you are meticulous about it and measure the the centers when you pick them and make sure you can find a black handle with the same centers it might work out but it can be very tricky. I would just get the builder to do it, black is popular these days so the prices arent that much higher on the door furniture... not too sure on taps ect. though Re: Upgrading with builder Vs changing post build 9Feb 22, 2019 9:34 am alt Holliemilgate Hi, Looking for some advice, I am wanting to put Matte Black Door handles, Cupboard handles, taps and fixtures throughout my new home and was wondering if it's worth upgrading through our builder or changing over after the build is finished. Has anyone been able to affordably source them post build? Is it as easy as buying online and fitting them? Or is it more of a stuff around trying to find particular sizing etc? Thanks Hi I work in door hardware sales 🙂 The sizing can be an issue, door handles are easy and fairly standard in fixings across the board but cabinet handles vary in their screw hole distances from style to style. If you are meticulous about it and measure the the centers when you pick them and make sure you can find a black handle with the same centers it might work out but it can be very tricky. I would just get the builder to do it, black is popular these days so the prices arent that much higher on the door furniture... not too sure on taps ect. though In relation to cupboard handles, these are probably the easiest to source and fit yourself post handover. Buy one or two now to doublecheck they are the identical size (distance between screw holes) as those provided by the builder. Re: Upgrading with builder Vs changing post build 10Feb 22, 2019 5:00 pm We upgraded all of our door hardware, taps, powerpoints etc to the black/charcoal option. Some of the costs were quite affordable and others were mindblowing ($2,600 to change the bathroom and ensuite mixers to the matte black version of the builder's standard tap range....). Some things are easy to change after the fact, like the face plates for Clipsal iconic GPO's etc and if the builder was going to charge a huge premium we would have done these ourselves afterwards, but overall their charges were mostly in line with our expectations. I think they charge just enough to make it worthwhile for the customer and still build a healthy profit margin into it for themselves, as the cost to actually change from one option to the next couldn't cost anywhere near what they actually charge. Re: Upgrading with builder Vs changing post build 11Feb 23, 2019 5:24 am Our builder is flexible- we are supplying gge and front door locks, kitchen tap, kitchen sink, pendants, facade lights and kitchen cabinet handles all for builder to install. Credits were supplied back to use for some of those things. Our last build, we supplied all tapware (uncle is a plumber so sourced at cost) and pendants for builder to install. Hi all, I've received the unwelcome news that our certifier (BCA Certifiers) has merged into the McKenzie Group. A quick Google revealed McKenzie is the mob that… 0 4245 How much are you ahead in payments compared to where the build is at? Have you fully drawn down the loan? 5 11934 Hi All, I'm new here! I'm in a block of 4 apartments (Waverley council) and looking to change a window to a sliding door. The window faces an enclosed garden (with a… 0 5540 |