Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Building terminology- no returns? What does this mean 3Jun 29, 2022 10:17 am Accessible Carpentry & Cabinets accessiblecarpentry@gmail.com accessiblecarpentry.com.au https://www.facebook.com/pages/Accessible-Carpentry-Cabinets/583314911709039 Re: Building terminology- no returns? What does this mean 4Jun 29, 2022 10:47 am Accessible Carpentry & Cabinets accessiblecarpentry@gmail.com accessiblecarpentry.com.au https://www.facebook.com/pages/Accessible-Carpentry-Cabinets/583314911709039 Re: Building terminology- no returns? What does this mean 5Jun 29, 2022 10:55 am Architectural Homes & Duplexes - specialising in custom designing homes to your budget Get a Free Onsite Consultation Today or send a PM for information, questions or advice. Re: Building terminology- no returns? What does this mean 6Jun 29, 2022 11:06 am Architectural Homes & Duplexes - specialising in custom designing homes to your budget Get a Free Onsite Consultation Today or send a PM for information, questions or advice. Re: Building terminology- no returns? What does this mean 10Jun 29, 2022 5:12 pm Accessible Carpentry & Cabinets accessiblecarpentry@gmail.com accessiblecarpentry.com.au https://www.facebook.com/pages/Accessible-Carpentry-Cabinets/583314911709039 Re: Building terminology- no returns? What does this mean 11Jun 29, 2022 8:45 pm Architectural Homes & Duplexes - specialising in custom designing homes to your budget Get a Free Onsite Consultation Today or send a PM for information, questions or advice. Re: Building terminology- no returns? What does this mean 12Jun 29, 2022 9:40 pm Accessible Carpentry & Cabinets accessiblecarpentry@gmail.com accessiblecarpentry.com.au https://www.facebook.com/pages/Accessible-Carpentry-Cabinets/583314911709039 Re: Building terminology- no returns? What does this mean 13Jun 30, 2022 2:37 pm Okay, I have a price on your splashback from my joiner Adam To supply and install the 3100mm x 700mm slab ( Calacutta Nuvo) including cutting, delivery and installation is $5,000. Before negotiating. So as we were saying yesterday, you are only supposed to be paying for the upgrade, so if you take out $1500 for installation and approximately $1500 for the standard range slab, that leaves you with an upgrade price of $2000. You could then allow a 30% margin and the upgrade cost would be $2600. Doesn't come close to $8,900. I hope this doesn't sadden you too much but that is how these guys make money....sucker clients in with a cheap base price and then smash them on the variations. Cheers Simeon Architectural Homes & Duplexes - specialising in custom designing homes to your budget Get a Free Onsite Consultation Today or send a PM for information, questions or advice. Re: Building terminology- no returns? What does this mean 14Jun 30, 2022 3:19 pm Egdissapointedowner Ashington Homes Okay, I have a price on your splashback from my joiner Adam To supply and install the 3100mm x 700mm slab ( Calacutta Nuvo) including cutting, delivery and installation is $5,000. Before negotiating. So as we were saying yesterday, you are only supposed to be paying for the upgrade, so if you take out $1500 for installation and approximately $1500 for the standard range slab, that leaves you with an upgrade price of $2000. You could then allow a 30% margin and the upgrade cost would be $2600. Doesn't come close to $8,900. I hope this doesn't sadden you too much but that is how these guys make money....sucker clients in with a cheap base price and then smash them on the variations. Cheers Simeon Omg! Are they legally allowed to do that? Can you just charge whatever you want?! yep Re: Building terminology- no returns? What does this mean 15Jun 30, 2022 3:32 pm Egdissapointedowner Ashington Homes Okay, I have a price on your splashback from my joiner Adam To supply and install the 3100mm x 700mm slab ( Calacutta Nuvo) including cutting, delivery and installation is $5,000. Before negotiating. So as we were saying yesterday, you are only supposed to be paying for the upgrade, so if you take out $1500 for installation and approximately $1500 for the standard range slab, that leaves you with an upgrade price of $2000. You could then allow a 30% margin and the upgrade cost would be $2600. Doesn't come close to $8,900. I hope this doesn't sadden you too much but that is how these guys make money....sucker clients in with a cheap base price and then smash them on the variations. Cheers Simeon Omg! Are they legally allowed to do that? Can you just charge whatever you want?! Interesting question! Can you get your contract out and see what the variation clause says? But yes they probably can charge what they want as people are between a rock and a hard place. It's hard to change your stone after handover, if not impossible without destroying your cabinets. Architectural Homes & Duplexes - specialising in custom designing homes to your budget Get a Free Onsite Consultation Today or send a PM for information, questions or advice. Re: Building terminology- no returns? What does this mean 16Jun 30, 2022 5:26 pm Ashington Homes Okay, I have a price on your splashback from my joiner Adam To supply and install the 3100mm x 700mm slab ( Calacutta Nuvo) including cutting, delivery and installation is $5,000. Before negotiating. So as we were saying yesterday, you are only supposed to be paying for the upgrade, so if you take out $1500 for installation and approximately $1500 for the standard range slab, that leaves you with an upgrade price of $2000. You could then allow a 30% margin and the upgrade cost would be $2600. Doesn't come close to $8,900. I hope this doesn't sadden you too much but that is how these guys make money....sucker clients in with a cheap base price and then smash them on the variations. Cheers Simeon Hi Simeon, that's not quite correct. The original contract has a refund for a tiled splashback so the OP is paying the complete price for the supply and install of the new stone splashback. It's definitely overpriced but nowhere near the price you have said. The poor OP is now convinced that they have been completely and utterly r1pped off when in reality it was only a medium level overprice. Accessible Carpentry & Cabinets accessiblecarpentry@gmail.com accessiblecarpentry.com.au https://www.facebook.com/pages/Accessible-Carpentry-Cabinets/583314911709039 Re: Building terminology- no returns? What does this mean 17Jun 30, 2022 5:53 pm If you read the contract you got a refund for the tiled splashback of $200 odd dollars. So the $8900 is the price you paid for a splashback. It's not an upgrade on top of another price Accessible Carpentry & Cabinets accessiblecarpentry@gmail.com accessiblecarpentry.com.au https://www.facebook.com/pages/Accessible-Carpentry-Cabinets/583314911709039 Re: Building terminology- no returns? What does this mean 18Jun 30, 2022 7:16 pm chippy If you read the contract you got a refund for the tiled splashback of $200 odd dollars. So the $8900 is the price you paid for a splashback. It's not an upgrade on top of another price Hi Chippy Thanks for the correction. You are on point with the details as always So the actual price should be $6500 - $257 = $6,243 However that $257 credit is a bit light on. looks like they are crediting the cost of the tiles without the labour. Anyway, I really appreciate you pointing out my error Thanks Simeon Architectural Homes & Duplexes - specialising in custom designing homes to your budget Get a Free Onsite Consultation Today or send a PM for information, questions or advice. Re: Building terminology- no returns? What does this mean 19Jun 30, 2022 9:50 pm Ashington Homes chippy If you read the contract you got a refund for the tiled splashback of $200 odd dollars. So the $8900 is the price you paid for a splashback. It's not an upgrade on top of another price Hi Chippy Thanks for the correction. You are on point with the details as always So the actual price should be $6500 - $257 = $6,243 However that $257 credit is a bit light on. looks like they are crediting the cost of the tiles without the labour. Anyway, I really appreciate you pointing out my error Thanks Simeon Hey Simeon There was 2.5m² of tiled splashback so the $257 credit is $100 per m² which actually isn't to bad but like most project builders they have kept their margin on the credit and then recharged it on the additional extra. I would have expected maybe $7500-$7800 as the cost from a builder for that particular slab cut and installed (they will charge for the whole slab plus labour). It still means that the OP has been gouged but the price that you and I would charge a client for the same thing is very different to what I would expect from a project builder. Accessible Carpentry & Cabinets accessiblecarpentry@gmail.com accessiblecarpentry.com.au https://www.facebook.com/pages/Accessible-Carpentry-Cabinets/583314911709039 i had the my concreters concrete right up to the fence. I have pits all along my path, so the water tends to drain away from the house and into the pits. There's only one… 7 13456 Depends how much direct sun it gets. Is there any shading (eaves or trees)? If the sun hits a window directly it doesn't matter too much if it's double or single… 1 13060 Sorry but you have a crap builder. Probably too late now. For our last build I only spoke to builders who would allow me easy access (at no cost). I used my own sparky… 10 10486 |