Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Coral Homes DayDream 28 Build 3Aug 12, 2020 8:56 pm Hey Jakob, We too are building with Coral, the San Marino 30. We had Ronny as our SC, and like you found him absolutely fantastic to deal with! My biggest suggestion is be prepared to spend alot more than the initial qoute, as site costs, upgrades in electrical, tile & colours appointment has pretty much blew up our budget. But in saying that we are still finding for the size of our house and with all the upgrades we have added, Coral homes has still come out cheaper than other builders we sussed out. Also there's a great Facebook page called 'people building with coral homes Aus wide' with heaps of helpful tips and advice. Re: Coral Homes DayDream 28 Build 4Aug 13, 2020 12:11 pm bestspecials Nice plan. Have you made allowances for flooring and electrical? Yes we are doing flooring after or just before skirts if we can get it past them. Ive set aside 15k for flooring we are using engineered oak floorboards from preference and wool carpet from carpet court. Timber with install should be around 9 glue fixed, and carpet is around 6 with a mate doing the install. Im also an electrician so ill do a lot of the extra after just getting the standard with the build. Any suggestions? Re: Coral Homes DayDream 28 Build 5Aug 13, 2020 12:17 pm David212 Hey Jakob, We too are building with Coral, the San Marino 30. We had Ronny as our SC, and like you found him absolutely fantastic to deal with! My biggest suggestion is be prepared to spend alot more than the initial qoute, as site costs, upgrades in electrical, tile & colours appointment has pretty much blew up our budget. But in saying that we are still finding for the size of our house and with all the upgrades we have added, Coral homes has still come out cheaper than other builders we sussed out. Also there's a great Facebook page called 'people building with coral homes Aus wide' with heaps of helpful tips and advice. Hi thanks for the advice, I have signed up to both of the facebook pages. How much more are we talking? i mean we have 25k in site costs and its looking to be a fairly standard M class slab with no out of the ordinary expense. Electrical wise did you have the 18kw dakin ducted system installed and did you have to pay extra for the 3 phase connection to the house or is it included in the $13,916. Also in your bathrooms were you able to choose 450mm tiles instead of the 300x300 for your flooring? Re: Coral Homes DayDream 28 Build 6Sep 17, 2020 12:28 am Hey Jakob, your plan is very nice! Have bought quite a few appliances in the last couple of years, Bosch is a favorite of mine. If you are talking about regular kitchen appliances I would recommend European, I love kitchen aid. As for me, European appliances are the best kitchen appliances, they are a beautiful addition to any kitchen. They are the absolute top of the line and are the standard for luxury kitchens. Re: Coral Homes DayDream 28 Build 7Sep 17, 2020 7:55 pm hi Jacob, found your blog as me and my husband in a process of building our home and Coral is one of the builder that we considered. May I know what is the biggest factor for you to chose Coral to other builders? I know that they are popular in QLD but many mixed reviews in NSW. Also, how much they quoted the driveway for your home? Re: Coral Homes DayDream 28 Build 8Sep 17, 2020 9:06 pm polo3 hi Jacob, found your blog as me and my husband in a process of building our home and Coral is one of the builder that we considered. May I know what is the biggest factor for you to chose Coral to other builders? I know that they are popular in QLD but many mixed reviews in NSW. Also, how much they quoted the driveway for your home? We are doing the driveway separate from the build as all builder overcharge for any concrete other then the slab. Every builder has horror stories, but coral has been reasonably priced with what we are hoping will be to there very good finish it doesn't look or feel cheap when you walk through there showrooms and its not all talk there facades are very reasonably priced. We went with the hamponts and with rawson homes which was our 1st preferred builder they were over priced and had very little to show for your frontage. Re: Coral Homes DayDream 28 Build 9Sep 17, 2020 9:23 pm Jakob M polo3 hi Jacob, found your blog as me and my husband in a process of building our home and Coral is one of the builder that we considered. May I know what is the biggest factor for you to chose Coral to other builders? I know that they are popular in QLD but many mixed reviews in NSW. Also, how much they quoted the driveway for your home? We are doing the driveway separate from the build as all builder overcharge for any concrete other then the slab. Every builder has horror stories, but coral has been reasonably priced with what we are hoping will be to there very good finish it doesn't look or feel cheap when you walk through there showrooms and its not all talk there facades are very reasonably priced. We went with the hamponts and with rawson homes which was our 1st preferred builder they were over priced and had very little to show for your frontage. wow, we are actually in tender process with Rawson and still waiting for the tender presentation but also felt their facade options are limited. We thinking to get second tender from Coral because of their Hamptons looks. Thank you Jacob. Please keep us posted with the building progress. Re: Coral Homes DayDream 28 Build 10Oct 08, 2020 9:04 pm Wilton is Mine subsidence. Has Coral homes or your certifier consulted the NSW mine subsidence board? No issues if everything has been checked, just a friendly experience motivated question for your own follow up. Enjoy your new build and congratulations Re: Coral Homes DayDream 28 Build 11Dec 31, 2020 4:15 am i believe my next door neighbor is building this same floorplan in Bingara Gorge i think you will need to add another 50-70k to build a decent 28sq home in todays market especially with those additional variations you mentioned, once you hit the color studio you will see alot of things you didnt think were extras and all those small things add up. i noticed you went for 2.7 ceilings... if the budget allows get all your doors , bulkheads , robes and stacker doors raised to 2400 and if inclined to do so you could have your windows made bigger to suit or atleast raise them to be level with the tops of doors and bulkheads I said after the 1st build “ never again “ & now im on my 3rd Re: Coral Homes DayDream 28 Build 12Dec 31, 2020 4:17 am ps if you are over in greenbridge east you will more then likely only need an m class slab so there is a bit of a saving there I said after the 1st build “ never again “ & now im on my 3rd 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 15036 Hi so sorry for the late reply. I already contacted them and they wouldn't tell me instead they tried to get me to talk to one of their home coordinators and I'm not… 2 6147 Thank you so much everyone. This all makes a lot of sense. I guess when you talk to a builder who butters up everything to look very polished, you get to start believing… 7 19850 |