Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Builders trade price V's Retail price 2Jun 16, 2009 10:34 pm Our custom build with Rossdale http://hazehome.blogspot.com/ https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=17630 Re: Builders trade price V's Retail price 4Jun 18, 2009 12:46 pm 'A bottle of wine contains more philosophy than all the books in the world.' Louis Pasteur Vegie garden: viewtopic.php?f=19&t=27637&start=0 My Backyard Adventure Re: Builders trade price V's Retail price 5Jun 18, 2009 1:05 pm lisanne Brosman Hi, thanks for that . We have a meeting with our builder to discuss the pricing on the upgrades this afternoon. Should be interesting. I dont at all begrudge the builder applying his margin on top of his price. It is a business and they are obviously in it to make money. However when this ends up at a point where their supplied price is greater than the undiscounted price that you can purchase items at a retail outlet then the way i see it either the builder is applying a greater margin than he is entitled to or he is really not buying things at that great a price. I would have thought on face value that they pay 60-70% of retail, add 20% leaving their price to the client approx 15% or so lower than retail. Anyway, see how we go this arvo............. While I do agree with you, keep in mind that anything the builder purchases and installs is covered by their warranties/insurance etc lisanne makes a very valuable and crucial point. You really have no choice but to accept the prices quoted by the builder for your upgrades or as an alternative option, you can do you own upgrades after handover (if that is possible). We chose many standard fittings (ie. taps, spouts, handles) which were a standard inclusion because the upgrade price quoted by our builder was a bit steep. We will upgrade these items ourselves after handover, because we can get them cheaper ourselves. Pass the wine and 2 glasses please ... Re: Builders trade price V's Retail price 6Jun 20, 2009 6:12 pm hi again. Yep you are all dead right. I had my meeting with my builder and discovered that they get great rates on the items they buy lots of so if you want somthing different you will be credited back a relatively small amount and then he potentially wont have the same level of pricing on the upgrade. For the most part we are just going to swallow it. Something would have to be massively cheaper for it to be worthwhile to supply it ourselves.As mentioned using the builders supplies enables those goods to be covered by the builders warranty. Which is pretty important. I am thinking in retrospect that maybe my expectations were a little too high. It has been a learning experience but with best part being that I am now comfortable that all of the prices he is supplying me with and his margin are all above board. Re: Builders trade price V's Retail price 8Aug 08, 2009 3:09 pm The other day I found out that a friend of ours got around 30% off for timber flooring materials thanks to his mate who has a trade account with the company. I was amazed! 30% is a lot of money. Makes me wonder how much trade discount on bricks etc really is. Re: Builders trade price V's Retail price 9Aug 08, 2009 6:41 pm I sell to builders every day - they get a 10% discount which is standard. Materials sold in job-lots get priced on a 'job-lot' - that would be the same whether its a builder or joe-blow off the street Some builders do get bigger discount for loyalty etc in some areas though. Site works are just about to start on our build with Blueprint in Midvale. viewtopic.php?f=31&t=106894 2 4096 Hi all, We are looking to build a new two storey house in western Sydney. Can anyone recommend a smallish builder to go with? We are trying to stay away from the big… 0 12400 I would never build with Fowler homes. I built with them in 2021 and till date maintenance issues are pending. All their existing trades and businesses don't work with… 14 108345 |