Browse Forums General Discussion Re: Coral Homes Grange 28 build time 13Jan 29, 2020 12:11 pm Hi Shannon, We have our variations booked for the 24th Feb, we are also wanting matte black tap ware did you choose basic tap ware or higher in price. That seems ridiculous and please let me know how you go with the $210 for the bathrooms (I assume it's with Coral)! Also interested in seeing your selections and prices! Re: Coral Homes Grange 28 build time 14Jan 29, 2020 1:17 pm Hi Shannon, Zara The joys of selections and variations... We are also building with Coral - in Brisbane. We had our final selections appointment yesterday. All up - just shy of $30k extras from basic contract inclusions. That does include security screens, blinds, shutters, extra tiling, plenty of lighting and waterfall bench and caesarstone upgrades. Our sales rep put in a $5500 allowance for electrical - he should have made that $10k! Who wants batten light fittings and single powerpoints anyways... Carpet upgraded in tender to Silver range but still ended up going one better and getting Gold. Also the thicker underlay. Tiling we went with Beaumonts - no annoying voice overs... Were quite impressed with final price there so also added in getting the patio tiled at the same time. Were going to leave it brushed concrete until after we moved in. Colour selections - guess it depends on how much you want to add. Like I mentioned - we did all window coverings and security as well. That was a significant cost and comparable to external contractors doing it after handover. And yes - our bank valuation came back much lower than expected. We contested the valuation as all the data used was based on 10yr old history. We have a new block twice as big as anyone else in the area and no sales history so we had to sign a waiver stating we accepted the lower value. In the valuers words, we were over capitalising... It's going to be our home. Not an investment or a throwaway... Good luck and happy building Magpie Re: Coral Homes Grange 28 build time 15Jan 29, 2020 1:51 pm We have the security screens and bench tops included are the standard security screens acceptable? We're super annoyed about the sales rep not shedding light on the ACTUAL cost!! We have the rumble carpet which is the lowest so we have to upgrade that and we haven't left much for the budget as we weren't told of all these extra costs! Our tile selection we had $1,000 for allowance to have the 600 x 600 tiles and managed to spend $3,500 all up almost as the standard range wasn't for us. Our bank valuation knocked us back also so we had to go through another bank as we are stage 1 of a new estate so minimal to base the valuation off. Fingers crossed our colours selection goes to plan though! Re: Coral Homes Grange 28 build time 16Jan 29, 2020 2:07 pm Hi Zara Where are you building - North Lakes or Griffin by chance? We are also in a stage 1 estate so bank valuer was not much use at all - and certainly wasn't in our favour. Security screens - do you mean the standard diamond grill or the woven mesh style? We went with the woven mesh but not with the expense of Crimsafe. You won't stop a determined burglar when all they need to do is chuck a brick through the non-screened window. 45kg Rottweiler is a bigger deterrent there and we have one of those One thing that I was super annoyed about was the ducted air conditioning. It was included in our promo package and we upgraded to have an extra two zones. It was never explained exactly how it works though and the inability to moderate the temperature with even the upgraded version in different rooms was never explained. Have never had ducted before so we were none the wiser. We ended up doing yet another upgrade to get the MyAir (?) option which includes temperature sensors in multiple rooms that allow the system to be controlled properly. Re: Coral Homes Grange 28 build time 17Jan 29, 2020 2:19 pm We're just north of North Lakes, we have screens added to our tender which adds around $1,300 so I assume it's the cheapest. We decided against ducted air con it was around $12,000 through Coral and a friend does split systems and since we're a young couple we're only doing master and family to save money. Re: Coral Homes Grange 28 build time 18Jan 29, 2020 10:19 pm Hey all! Tribe, that electrical variation was on top of the $5000 allowance. For our 3 kitchen island pendant lights to be fitted we were charge $133 each light, external up/down lights $89.18 each and we have 3 and $142.10 for an external fan. For a 3 in 1 ducted vent in the bathroom they're $470 each we have 2, $402.50 for basic ducted fan in 1 toilet and $115 per downlight. The black taps for $210 per bathroom are called 'Arlo'. Still quite nice just not as minimalist and soft looking as the Pheonix Vivid Slimlines. We too are having waterfall ends however we upgraded to 40mm thick and chose cloudburst concrete throughout. However seeing as the stone alone is over $13k we've decided to have cloudburst in the Kitchen only and 'Snow' everywhere else. We also upgraded our carpet and carpet underlay. I'm not sure what range it was but it was much nicer and softer than the standard range. We chose spotted gum look vinyl plank floors. We also included tiled wastes which were something like $80 each. We also extended our tiles to the ceiling in the bathrooms. Paid extra for backsplash to be laid in herringbone. And paid extra for feature tile we chose. We already had an undermount sink included for the Kitchen and also top and bottom cupboards to run along the full length of the wall in the laundry with stone bench included. We chose elegance package so ducted air and aluminium fly mesh was included. However we did upgrade to myair which allowed us to have individual zones for each individual room just about. Only rooms sharing are loving, dining and kitchen together and the IT Hub and media room together. We also included the 900mm cooktop package and we got the gas freestanding and paid extra to have our range hood built in. We also paid extra to have the no handle kitchen/laundry cupboards/drawers along with soft close. We also paid to have cold water connection to fridge area. Got the package for the steel frames and colourbond roof. We also paid extra to have 70m2 of driveway so the driveway doesn't narrow so then we can fit 2 cars side by side the entire length of driveway. We also got charged extra to have 2 colours of render on the facade as only 1 is included. We looked into roller blinds and plantation shutters and let's just say you can DIY the whole house for the price of 3 of there roller blinds with block out. We also looked into black door handles and you can buy them $20< cheaper And install yourself. Bit annoying when you pick things as an upgrade and instead of paying the difference between the items you don't you have to pay for the whole value of the upgraded item on top of the standard door handle. So better off keeping standard door handles and upgrade them yourself later on. We did however upgrade the front door handle to the one with the hidden lever behind the push bar. Re: Coral Homes Grange 28 build time 20Jan 29, 2020 10:42 pm Brick colour: Rice by PGH Render colours: White Exchange and Smooth Coffee (darker colour) Roof and gutter: Surfmist Fascia and Garage:Woodland Grey Timber battons above the two pillars in facade along with front door and alfresco posts to be stained 'Light Oak' (timber square on top of flooring plank) Wall colour: Lexicon Quarter Kitchen, vanity and laundry cupboards: Polar White Silk Finish Spotted Gum vinyl plank to all areas except bedrooms, media and bathroom/toilets Carpet to bedrooms only Warehouse White 450x450 tile to floor and walls of bathrooms except vanity walls Same tile also to portico and alfresco Nostalgia White Satin laid in brickbond to vanity walls and herringbone to kitchen splashback Feature tile: Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Main tile: Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ My partner likes thEse house colours in the Coral Facade illustration so we.chose as close to as we could get. Even have the same door and lights in the same place. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ We spent close to 2 years in a process with TA. It was horrible..... we got to tender, and the first cut was 50% over our budget which "they care such about meeting ". We… 18 28029 Ask the council if there is a chance of getting build over easement exemption. Sometimes easements are unused and 24cm is not all that much. Good luck. And yes any builder… 2 14738 In Qld it is a requirement that a builder must have a cost breakdown, for building a home to the same specification, with the same inclusions and the same finish. So ask… 1 4802 |