Browse Forums Building A New House Re: And so it begins - C0rals Hamilton 252 on the Gold Coast 2Jun 08, 2009 9:07 pm 2014 - Prepping to build the Soho 4 with Plantation homes, industrial style 2009 - Built the Brampton with Coral Homes viewtopic.php?f=31&t=15399&start=280 Re: And so it begins - C0rals Hamilton 252 on the Gold Coast 4Jun 08, 2009 10:48 pm 2014 - Prepping to build the Soho 4 with Plantation homes, industrial style 2009 - Built the Brampton with Coral Homes viewtopic.php?f=31&t=15399&start=280 Re: And so it begins - C0rals Hamilton 252 on the Gold Coast 5Jun 08, 2009 10:56 pm 2014 - Prepping to build the Soho 4 with Plantation homes, industrial style 2009 - Built the Brampton with Coral Homes viewtopic.php?f=31&t=15399&start=280 Re: And so it begins - C0rals Hamilton 252 on the Gold Coast 6Jun 08, 2009 11:00 pm 2014 - Prepping to build the Soho 4 with Plantation homes, industrial style 2009 - Built the Brampton with Coral Homes viewtopic.php?f=31&t=15399&start=280 Re: And so it begins - C0rals Hamilton 252 on the Gold Coast 10Jun 09, 2009 5:50 pm omg jellylegs!!!! i completely missed that...so really i can look at any laminates for the kitchen and i thought i had chosen!!! 2014 - Prepping to build the Soho 4 with Plantation homes, industrial style 2009 - Built the Brampton with Coral Homes viewtopic.php?f=31&t=15399&start=280 Re: And so it begins - C0rals Hamilton 252 on the Gold Coast 11Jun 09, 2009 6:28 pm Thanks for the details re Laminex - I was getting a bit worried already about choosing one of those colors for the kitchen benchtop! Will be heading to Coomera Springs color room Saturday to get a start on it - do we need to make an appointment or can we just rock up there? They have bricks etc there too hey (OMG feels like lambs to the slaughter here so much to learn lol) here I was thinking I was going to be driving all over the place for tiles, bricks etc etc. SO glad I found this forum so I can learn all this stuff from here...... As for our changes Rebekah, (luv what you did with the master & hallway btw) it (will) cost $2450 to extend the bedrooms & robes in those rooms & switch windows to the side and another $880 to extend the bathroom out - not sure how much yet to move toilet out to eaves - thats a recent thought that they havent priced yet. Our alfresco area at 5x4.5m is quoted at $11800 & front veranda 5mx 1.5m for $4350 both not including concrete - does that sound about right? Cheers Re: And so it begins - C0rals Hamilton 252 on the Gold Coast 12Jun 09, 2009 8:22 pm hi omg - sorry for the ******* laminate info from what i know all the display home colour rooms are open all weekend to the public as the colour consultants only use the colour rooms for appointments during the week...alfresco quote sounds about right, i always worked it out at approx $500 pm2 and my 3 x 5 under roof alfresco came in at just over $7000, but it only has one brick pier - your's may need two? 2014 - Prepping to build the Soho 4 with Plantation homes, industrial style 2009 - Built the Brampton with Coral Homes viewtopic.php?f=31&t=15399&start=280 Re: And so it begins - C0rals Hamilton 252 on the Gold Coast 13Jun 09, 2009 10:12 pm Building with Coral 2009 hi omg - sorry for the ******* laminate info from what i know all the display home colour rooms are open all weekend to the public as the colour consultants only use the colour rooms for appointments during the week...alfresco quote sounds about right, i always worked it out at approx $500 pm2 and my 3 x 5 under roof alfresco came in at just over $7000, but it only has one brick pier - your's may need two? No worries about the laminate confusion - it was more still more info than we knew this time yesterday so all good! Yeah we will need 2 piers as the area extends out 1m from the meals room wall. From what I have seen on here our pricing seems comparable.....the only real query I have at the moment is our site costs & realistically I believe we wont get a closer costing until the soil testing is done - it just concerns me that we have about .7m fall from front to back & estimate of $17k - is a big house tho & we will prob have piers put in for when the pool is dug as it will be pretty close to house. Cheers Re: And so it begins - C0rals Hamilton 252 on the Gold Coast 14Jun 10, 2009 9:13 am Building with Coral 2009 omg jellylegs!!!! i completely missed that...so really i can look at any laminates for the kitchen and i thought i had chosen!!! Yes, that's right Jess! Don't quote me - but I'm pretty sure you can choose from ANY of the laminex range for your kitchen and for your bathroom benchtops. I know that the diamondgloss and silver are upgrades, but I'm pretty sure all the other standard laminex products are yours to choose from. We have the diamondgloss benchtop in the kitchen and that was about $100 for the upgrade. Friends of ours have it for their bathroom benchtops (which I don't recommend after living with it in the kitchen ) and that cost them $50 for the upgrade. You can also choose from the...what is it called...Wislonart(???) range - something like that. Or is it Formica? You'd need to check your colour list. The options are endless!! I also spoke recently to a couple who built with Coral a couple of years ago and they also thought they could only choose from that limited list. They're REALLY ticked off now because they're living with colours they wouldn't have picked if they new they had more options. It must be the way the list is presented - we double checked that to clarify what we could choose from, otherwise we would have done the same thing. OMG - Just ask your sales person for the colour selection list. Ours gave it to us very early on which was great. We photocopied it and scribbled all over ours while we changed our mind. The colour rooms are a great place to start, but they don't have the entire range of bricks and tiles there. We went out to PGH and had a good look through. You'll get to see entire walls of the bricks and you can place a tile sample with them to see how it looks. MUCH easier way to make a decision than looking at a couple of samples. I do recommend making the effort to go to the brick place, a Dulux colour place and all the tile places on the list! It's time consuming, but you'll possibly be looking at unfortunate colour choices for a hell of a lot longer if you don't put the effort in. Re: And so it begins - C0rals Hamilton 252 on the Gold Coast 15Jun 11, 2009 7:04 am Update - settlement is scheduled for 4.15 today so fingers crossed please everyone that it goes smoothly. If all goes to plan, at 5.30 tonight we shall be sitting on our patch of dirt drinking the first glass ( first of many - have to christen the party house ) of champers to be opened at our house! Then tomorrow when the champers has worn off its off to PGH to have a good look around & pick up color sheet while we are out & about. Thanks for the tips guys Cheers Re: And so it begins - C0rals Hamilton 252 on the Gold Coast 16Jun 11, 2009 10:49 pm Woohoo we settled the land today with no problems - except it was way too cold to crack open the champers after work tonight so it looks like a champagne brekkie! Cheers Re: And so it begins - C0rals Hamilton 252 on the Gold Coast 17Jun 11, 2009 10:56 pm yay omg!!! it's soooo cold though 2014 - Prepping to build the Soho 4 with Plantation homes, industrial style 2009 - Built the Brampton with Coral Homes viewtopic.php?f=31&t=15399&start=280 Re: And so it begins - C0rals Hamilton 252 on the Gold Coast 19Jun 12, 2009 7:33 pm Fantastic news congratulations You officially own some dirt Gosh yes, this cold weather is crazy. It was 4 degrees here at Oxenford this morning. Re: And so it begins - C0rals Hamilton 252 on the Gold Coast 20Jun 12, 2009 11:05 pm JellyLegs I know that the diamondgloss and silver are upgrades, but I'm pretty sure all the other standard laminex products are yours to choose from. We have the diamondgloss benchtop in the kitchen and that was about $100 for the upgrade. Friends of ours have it for their bathroom benchtops (which I don't recommend after living with it in the kitchen ) Jellylegs... I was going to go with the dimond gloss for the kitchen bench... would you recomend it ... any pros or cons thanks lwbjl http://buildingfraser251withcoral.blogspot.com/ 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 19388 So AFAIk the outcomes of the BAL ratings form part of a clause that allows them to pass these costs on to you. However the more relevant detail is how did it go from 19… 1 11014 My door tends to rub against the frame during winter and I'm looking to fix it so it closes smoothly. Looking online on Youtube I'm seeing methods to fix the alignment and… 0 1171 |