Browse Forums Building A New House 1 Feb 27, 2012 12:36 pm Hi All, We have prestart booked 6th march and am freaking out that we are not going to be able to do what we want due to costings being soo high. We have already added $20,000 to the house already Can anyone help with the general costings of standard and upgrades and LED downlights ?? Thank you Re: REDink Prestart Costings - Please help 2Feb 27, 2012 1:35 pm in very similar situation to you mary...we have already added $20k to our base price.... hope someone has some numbers as i will be watching this closely as we are hoping to get to prestart by end of march with RI. REDink Prestart Costings - Please help 3Feb 27, 2012 3:19 pm There is some prices of upgrades on page 1 and 2 of my build thread, we were told that to go for LED ur better off doing it post handover as the builder adds 25% on top of what it costs them (what it would cost u post handover to do it yourself) Make sure at pre start u get them to put extra conduit at each switch as it makes it easier to upgrade lights to fans post handover Also get extra tv points as this is much easier for them to do while building I also recommend putting a PowerPoint in the roof space near the manhole (and place the manhole in the garage if u can) Their standard range is quite good, and u have quite a lot to choose from! One other thing, add a $10000 pre start allowance to your contract if u can, then u don't have to find the extra funds at handover if u spend more than u plan, and if u don't spend it you will get that put in your account once the construction loan turns into a normal loan Building our own custom design with Redink Pre-start - 28/06/2011 Building license approval - sept 2011 Footings - 8/10/2011 my thread - viewtopic.php?f=31&t=48921 Re: REDink Prestart Costings - Please help 4Feb 27, 2012 3:31 pm Thank you Leona for those pointers didnt know nothing about a prestart allowance so i will look into that.. Does anyone know how much it costs to raise the ceiling in the garade from 25c to 28 c? Re: REDink Prestart Costings - Please help 5Feb 27, 2012 3:34 pm to raise the garage to 28c should be around the $1500 dollar mark. We spent around the 10k mark in prestart. just over 3k alone in the electrical plan. Building with Dale Alcock in Piara Waters Re: REDink Prestart Costings - Please help 6Feb 27, 2012 6:18 pm Thank yo Leezels I was stressing it was going to cost around $3-4000... Anyone else have any other pointers..... I am wondering what it will cost to get full render on the front of the house?? any ideas Re: REDink Prestart Costings - Please help 7Feb 27, 2012 6:34 pm Hey Mary I was quoted a little while back 1450 on the front render if that helps prices may have changed by now though Oct 10 - Council Approval Oct 23 - Site scrape Oct 29 - Footings and Prelay OCT 30 - Slabbed Nov 6 - Bricks Delivered Nov 13 - Brickwork started Re: REDink Prestart Costings - Please help 9Feb 27, 2012 6:55 pm HI All, just wondering how much redink will charge for waterfall edges to our kitchen island and extend to add a breakfast bar.. we have the free essastone bench tops... Also we are only allowed to pick from the formica range for our cabinetry.... just wondering if it is very expensive to upgrade to like super gloss or polyrey REDink Prestart Costings - Please help 10Feb 27, 2012 7:01 pm Mary, I don't know about the waterfall edges but whatever house your costing is based on that size bench is what is included, and anymore can be quite expensive, be mindful that each slab of stone is 3000mm long As for high gloss, our kitchen was about $700 extra and bathroom about 200 ensuite 300 ish to upgrade!! Building our own custom design with Redink Pre-start - 28/06/2011 Building license approval - sept 2011 Footings - 8/10/2011 my thread - viewtopic.php?f=31&t=48921 REDink Prestart Costings - Please help 11Feb 27, 2012 7:05 pm Oh and I grabbed this quote from my thread to give u an idea of what the extra costs were for our electrical.. as a bit of a guide our elec changes cost us 1700 however this includes all light switches with dimmers, all double gpo's, about 10 extra gpo's, 4 TV points with data next to them, and a few extra lights outside. oh and a 40 amp single phase power outlet for our spa outside a couple of the big ticket items were our splashback which was an extra 600 or so, (600x300 tiles) changing the alfresco from 25c hardiflex to 28c recessed plasterboard with the eaves 25c (just over 2k) Building our own custom design with Redink Pre-start - 28/06/2011 Building license approval - sept 2011 Footings - 8/10/2011 my thread - viewtopic.php?f=31&t=48921 Re: REDink Prestart Costings - Please help 12Feb 27, 2012 10:52 pm Hi All, Wow I link the prices of your upgrades. I am going from whatever the standard height is to 32c upper floor and 35c ground floor and I am being charged around 22K. Render for the sides and rear (front is included) is 18K. Upgrading from laminate master ensuite, guest ensuite and kids ensuites plus stone in powder room is 6.8K> I am querying everything but it is sure mounting up..... Glad I have seen this thread. Ciao Mark Re: REDink Prestart Costings - Please help 14Feb 28, 2012 12:28 am CC101.... for the 5k what is that getting you. I have not even considered electrical so i would be keen learn what additional stuff costs. I will put more GPOs and will what some dedicated 20amp lines for amps etc.... Thanks in advance Cheers Mark Re: REDink Prestart Costings - Please help 15Feb 28, 2012 12:33 am marybond2012 HI All, just wondering how much redink will charge for waterfall edges to our kitchen island and extend to add a breakfast bar.. we have the free essastone bench tops... Also we are only allowed to pick from the formica range for our cabinetry.... just wondering if it is very expensive to upgrade to like super gloss or polyrey Our waterfall end was about the $1100 mark. Building with Dale Alcock in Piara Waters Re: REDink Prestart Costings - Please help 17Mar 04, 2012 9:59 pm AussieMark CC101.... for the 5k what is that getting you. I have not even considered electrical so i would be keen learn what additional stuff costs. I will put more GPOs and will what some dedicated 20amp lines for amps etc.... Thanks in advance Cheers Mark no down lights. 2 gas points, 2 tv points, flumed exhaust, few conduits, extra lights and powerpoints in and outside. it still took us to 5k approx. Re: REDink Prestart Costings - Please help 18Mar 04, 2012 11:18 pm Hi Jlil, PM sent, did not want to derail the thread..... 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