I just got an email back from our building admin in regards to some costings and I think they are trying the rip me off.
1. We asked for Standford doors instead of standard plain doors and they came back with a costing of $990. We have 12 doors so thats $82.50 per door. When I asked her about the upgrade to the stanford door, she said that it would be $50 extra. A Stanford door from BUNNINGS will cost me $40!!! Is it worth me getting my own doors and maybe trying to offer them to av. I mean thats double the price! Or should I just not get them to do the doors and then get the installed myself???
2. We asked what it would cost to change the hinged wardrobe doors to sliding doors. Now to change them to vinyl sliders it will be an extra $400 and to change them to standford sliders it will cost $870. We will have sliding wardrobes in 3 bedrooms. So assuming thats 2 doors per wardrobe.... so they are charging us $66.6 per sliding door (if vinyl) and $145 per sliding door (if standford)
3. We chose the Canterbury bricks as our brick selection.She came back with the price $2327. When we enquired about the HAWTHORN, she said it would be $2000 upgrade. I looked up the AustralBricks website, and the Hawthorn is MORE expensive per brick than the Canterbury. What is going on??? Why is she quoting me an extra $327 when the brick we chose is cheaper than the one we enquired about???
4. 3 power phase. The cost is $1699. I asked her for the breakdown and all she wrote back was:
Hi Layla. Answer to your question regarding 3 phase power.1. Upgraded meter box2. Additional connection costs to the power company3. Additional wiring from Electrical pit to meter position4. Larger conduit for underground wiring.
Does that make sense? Should 3 phase power cost that much? I called up our electrical providers and they said that 3 phase is available on our street.
I am livid at the moment
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Thank you
Layla