Browse Forums Building A New House Re: What have you done after handover and is it worth it? 7Mar 05, 2020 3:43 pm Brickface I sat with my electrician (cousin) and went over the plans in detail. We mapped out the total electrical plan, then marked what he can do vs what they need to do. At $139 a downlight (from memory) we just put in baton holders. At $69 (from memory). Boston holders were instructed to avoid batons so we could put in the same downlight they use but at only $10 a unit trade prices. With 60 odd downlights downstairs this saved me about $60 a downlight. Adds up quick. I’m not paying labour though. Upstairs every room and hallways was wired for baton holder per switch. Rooms were wired with fan switch too. We can easily access roof cavity and run downlights and fans where we need them. Another huge saving. Including pendants as we can plumb down walls from ceiling cavity too. Flooring - carpet. There are plenty of suppliers out there. Carpet court I believe are having a sale now. It’s a simple shop around. And be ready to go before you get keys so it doesn’t add too much to your wait time. Same with tiles. Wardrobes you can do anytime. Plenty of cabinet makers out there. Marketplace is a good start. Butlers pantry depending on design you can do afterwards with any kitchen place if you plan it smartly. Not sure what hydraulics are like on vacant land but KDRs hurt. We provisioned 20k. It came in at 20k and then had to add another 18k to our landscaping to accomodate storm water. At our cost. You’re building a big home so any upgrade you do has a larger multiplier effect due to size. Like a few posts above said. Make them work for your signature get as much put into the contract as you can. And remember the post contract variances that builders makes their biggest margins so what your doing now in planning is the right step. Hi Brickface, Would you by any chance be able to share you hydraulic plans and quote? I just got a quote from my builder and it came at over 50K, depite making detailed enquiries at sales stage and provisioning only 10K. You can PM me if you're more comforatble. Thank you Re: What have you done after handover and is it worth it? 8May 22, 2020 2:01 pm Huggies - What did you end up doing yourself? We are just starting the tender process now and thinking exactly the same - what we can do post handover back what to get project home to do. How would warranty work for items done later? Like for example we have changed the layout of the kitchen for our design and got quoted $5.8k for that upgrade (basically a bit more bench space and an oven tower) Depends what you're current inclusions are, but we're not including wardrobes and will just use second hand ones until we can save later on to get them built. Also have a… 3 11596 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 73283 Hi I am wanting some opinions about the build of a steel shed I am going to get one about 4.5 x 2.5 m steel shed and the height will be about 2.3-2.4m high The one I am… 0 14434 |