Browse Forums Building A New House Re: What things would you do after handover? 4Feb 23, 2010 11:54 am ... built a Promenade with Clarendon. viewtopic.php?f=31&t=25104 20-10-09 - excavation and piering completed ... 12-04-10 - Basins fixed. Connecting to the electrical grid 23-04-10 - PCI 07-05-10 - HANDOVER! Re: What things would you do after handover? 5Feb 23, 2010 12:05 pm RHI - BALDIVIS PERTH 2005 Bought/Finished WA Housing Centre Home 2010 Building the Benchmark with REDINK Homes in The Avalon 2013 Building the Michigan with Cont3nt Living In Highbury Estate! Re: What things would you do after handover? 6Feb 23, 2010 12:25 pm Built a Tribeca 44 with the Big M Sales Accept 15/06/09, Contract Signed 24/09/09, Site Start 23/11/09, Slab 11/12/09, Frame 12/01/10, Roof 20/01/10, Lock-up 30/03/10, Fixing 30/04/10, Handover 27/08/10. Re: What things would you do after handover? 8Feb 23, 2010 3:24 pm RHI - BALDIVIS PERTH 2005 Bought/Finished WA Housing Centre Home 2010 Building the Benchmark with REDINK Homes in The Avalon 2013 Building the Michigan with Cont3nt Living In Highbury Estate! Re: What things would you do after handover? 9Feb 23, 2010 4:11 pm http://burbankascent2500.blogspot.com/ https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=28503 [url=http://www.TickerFactory.com/] HOUSE COMPLETED IN 119 DAYS PCI Complete Handover 24th August Re: What things would you do after handover? 11Feb 23, 2010 4:20 pm ... built a Promenade with Clarendon. viewtopic.php?f=31&t=25104 20-10-09 - excavation and piering completed ... 12-04-10 - Basins fixed. Connecting to the electrical grid 23-04-10 - PCI 07-05-10 - HANDOVER! Re: What things would you do after handover? 13Feb 23, 2010 6:42 pm We are doing the following after handover 1. Render saving about 7k from builder quote for full render. 2. Flooring - Got prices through carpet call builders division. 25% saving on retail pricing. 3. Aircon - Builders quote 15k for 6 zones and 17kw. I have 8 zones + 20kw + 2 controllers + square outlets unit for same price. 4. Driveways and concrete for porch and alfresco. 5. WIR cabinetry. Saving of at least 20% here. 6. Electrical fit out - Getting builder to run wires only and our own electrician to install lights. Most people do this anyway but the saving here was upwards of 8K. 7. Landscaping. No idea how much here yet. The only other item i would have liked to add to this list is the water tank, but it was going to be too much hassle. We are paying 7K to builder where as externally should be less than 5k. Although the point to keep in mind is that this way there is a lot more project management. It is a hassle to get quotes, find reliable tradesman and manage everything. Re: What things would you do after handover? 14Feb 24, 2010 6:56 am liveonimpulse We are doing the following after handover Although the point to keep in mind is that this way there is a lot more project management. It is a hassle to get quotes, find reliable tradesman and manage everything. Totally agree but the way I see it is "no pain no gain" so if I want to the save a few extra bucks i guess I have to go through with the hassle of it all (and that i'm a PM by profession might help! I actually looked at doing owner builder but due my lack of building experience/knowledge, I steered away from it and thought this was the next best thing! Thanks guys you have given me lots of ideas! Those that are you doing the air conditioning, are you getting the builder to do the ducts and you install the motor or the whole she bang after handover? Re: What things would you do after handover? 15Feb 24, 2010 8:53 am liveonimpulse We are doing the following after handover 1. Render saving about 7k from builder quote for full render. 2. Flooring - Got prices through carpet call builders division. 25% saving on retail pricing. 3. Aircon - Builders quote 15k for 6 zones and 17kw. I have 8 zones + 20kw + 2 controllers + square outlets unit for same price. 4. Driveways and concrete for porch and alfresco. 5. WIR cabinetry. Saving of at least 20% here. 6. Electrical fit out - Getting builder to run wires only and our own electrician to install lights. Most people do this anyway but the saving here was upwards of 8K. 7. Landscaping. No idea how much here yet. The only other item i would have liked to add to this list is the water tank, but it was going to be too much hassle. We are paying 7K to builder where as externally should be less than 5k. Although the point to keep in mind is that this way there is a lot more project management. It is a hassle to get quotes, find reliable tradesman and manage everything. Going slightly off topic maybe, but who are you looking at using for WIR cabinetry? I need to startr looking at that as the WIR will only have the standard shelf and rail through the builder. Building Charleton 283 with Henley. Stage 11 - Alamanda Point Cook Build contract signed 22nd September 2009 Land settled - 17th May 2010 Site Start - 25th June 2010 Re: What things would you do after handover? 16Feb 24, 2010 10:57 am ebyelyakov Re kitchen - my understanding (could be wrong, don't quote me on this) is that it may complicate things with the bank because house won't be complete until the kitchen has been finished and therefore, your builder might struggle to get the final payment before the kitchen has been finished. I think you may also find that the builders WON'T allow you to install your own kitchen as they can't supply a certificate of occupancy on the house until the kitchen is installed (which then in turn leads to the banks not being willing to make the final payment). If you're not relying on bank funds you may have more of a chance of doing it this way, but they may still not allow it as I don't think they're actually allowed to release the site to you until the certificate of occupancy has been achieved. Perhaps if your kitchen people worked with the builder to have the kitchen installation done in parallel to the rest of the works? Then you run into all sorts of insurance headaches as the builder will not insure the works, and (in my experience) contractors are notorious for damaging kitchen cabinetry. I have had to claim on the benchtops for both of the new homes that I've either built or bought prior to completion as the contractors had been using the benchtop as a sawhorse and but deep cuts and scratches into them. Cut straight through the laminex in the first, scratched the heck out of the stone in the second (but at least that one polished out!!). As for what we're doing after handover: - all internal flooring with the exception of wet areas - robe fittings - light fittings (well, we've paid the sparky direct to do these, and we have to try to get them insured or take the risk that they will go missing) - all landscaping (including driveways, paths, garden, etc) - alfresco, deck, pergola, retractable shades on pergola - outdoor kitchen (although gas and water provisions have been included in the build) - fencing (this will probably wait a couple of years as the houses on either side are planned to be redeveloped, and we suspect one or both will put garages on the boundary) - storm water we have also requested the the skirtings around some rooms be loose-fitted for easy removal. I'm planning on lining some rooms with built-in bookcases finished to look like part of the wall, so the skirtings will need to go on afterwards. Re: What things would you do after handover? 17Feb 24, 2010 3:43 pm makoby im the opposite. I have renovated my last home, and although I could saved a few thousand K's after handover, I want to be able to turn the key and move my stuff in. So nothing after handover here!! Even down to downlights, feature lighting and flooring etc. BUT we are doing driveways/ landscaping ourselves. But there is plenty you can do. carpet, tiles, heating, cooling, lighting, curtains/blinds, painting. SAME!!!! I WANT A REST I am sick of living in a construction zone!!!! At the end of the day when I am spending $X hundred thousand dollars - a few more to me to have the luxury of someone else doing the hard work for me is worth it if I no longer have to lift a hammer, a chisel, a saw, a damn paint brush... or any other tool to do with building or renovating!!! (unless of course it's for the landscaping!) Sleven Moved into our Atlantique MkII 36 by Carlisle Homes Re: What things would you do after handover? 18Feb 24, 2010 5:03 pm sleven At the end of the day when I am spending $X hundred thousand dollars - a few more to me to have the luxury of someone else doing the hard work for me is worth it if I no longer have to lift a hammer, a chisel, a saw, a damn paint brush... or any other tool to do with building or renovating!!! (unless of course it's for the landscaping!) ... a few more... hundreds thousands? I whish I could afford this... If my builder were to do all finishes I would be well above 100K (considering their 25% builders margin) ... built a Promenade with Clarendon. viewtopic.php?f=31&t=25104 20-10-09 - excavation and piering completed ... 12-04-10 - Basins fixed. Connecting to the electrical grid 23-04-10 - PCI 07-05-10 - HANDOVER! Re: What things would you do after handover? 20Apr 27, 2014 4:20 pm Hello all. Just a quick question about flooring and painting after handover. I am planning on getting tiling in the living areas and carpet in the bedrooms which seems pretty standard here in Canberra from the display homes I have visited but I will do them after handover. I have done a few searches and found out if I want to organize my own tiling, I should request the builder to leave the skirting boards tacked on. Does that mean the tiler will remove the skirting board, do the tiling then attach the skirting board again? If not, who removes / attaches the skirting board? My second question relates to painting. Once the tiling has been completed, and the skirting boards has been reattached, would the painter sand or fill in any holes in the skirting board then paint it? Or would I have to organize a different trade to prep the surfaces before painting? In addition, if I organize get a professional painter to paint, is it common for the builder to have all my walls prepped for painting or would my painter? (e.g. plastering and sanding of the gap between gyprock sheets and the screw holes for example) Thank you in advance! Building is both exciting and stressful Depends what you're current inclusions are, but we're not including wardrobes and will just use second hand ones until we can save later on to get them built. Also have a… 3 11622 Bought in Nov 21 at the height of the market (classic). Good area, atrocious floor plan. BUT has land out to the left-hand side that we can extend out on (see second… 0 8770 Thanks mate. Yeah good points! Leaning towards Option 3 to get a bit extra space in the cabinets but not going too crazy high (and expensive). Would require a mini… 13 39682 |