Browse Forums Building A New House Re: building with simonds 12Feb 13, 2013 8:17 pm We are also building the Sierra in Melbourne, so far the only thing we have been surprised by is the waterfall bench, we have a laminate bench not ceasear stone or other. But there is a bracket, and hence a gap, between the bench top and the waterfall end, that's apparently how their kitchen company does it in Melbourne, apparently the stone top does not have the plate, but is not a 45' mitre either. Might want to just double check that, otherwise we are so far happy, we are currently sitting at final stage waiting for fit out to finish! 2 Re: building with simonds 14Feb 14, 2013 6:10 pm Hi jem + gab, We are building with simonds at seaford meadows. There's photos of my build and Alcatraz build and caz76 build on my thread if you wanted to check out our progress. So far the build has been pretty smooth and very quick (in 4 days we had frames, roof, fascia, gutter, windows and bricks had started) We choose the $30 thousand upgrade package to try keep the price down. We got all our flooring, shower niches, down lights, render, appliances, bricks upgraded etc. We are having a laminex kitchen bench with waterfall edges (the budget didn't stretch to stone unfortunately) but we did upgrade our tiles to a pebble feature wall in the ensuite and rectangle wall tiles Good luck with everything...I look forward to following your progress. Re: building with simonds 15Feb 15, 2013 3:48 pm alcatraz only surprise was the inclusion of smart glass to ensure we kept the six star energy rating, 2k-3k extra as we have a lot of sliding glass doors Did you have this properly explained to you? Exactly how far off was your house from the 6 stars? Did you have ALL available options to gain the 6 star rating presented? The one option they gave you was obviously the easiest option for them. You certainly shouldn't take this as gospel. 3k extra seems high. Re: building with simonds 16Feb 15, 2013 3:58 pm We are building with Simonds. The Crestwood at Cascades on Clyde. We made quite a few changes and are happy so far. We are at lock up. Painters are in atm. Re: building with simonds 17Feb 15, 2013 8:00 pm I expect the size of the windows caused us to drop down on the rating as we replaced three or four to sliding doors and the main living area has two sets of large stack doors. Already have r2.5 in all walls and r5 rated insulation in the roof i think it came in at $2,600 from memory. Re: building with simonds 19Mar 20, 2013 2:56 pm We are just waiting for the big clean and driveway now....getting closer where are you building Alcatraz? Elvis has left the building... The site supervisor quit after 2 month on the project. I guess he was just instructed to bark at people, but didn't like when he was… 26 22252 Following these simple steps will help you mitigate unwanted costs, have your expectations met and give… 0 4974 you need to understand the breakdown of warranties. 90 warranty is considered as minor defects rectification period where as the longer ones are more major/structural… 1 5880 |