Browse Forums Building A New House Re: chandler alfresco in the barossa 4Mar 13, 2013 10:24 am Live Love Lough Building thread: https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=74918 Building blog: http://uniquebyeva.com.au/ourhome/ Our food forest blog: http://www.foodforestcookery.com Re: chandler alfresco in the barossa 10Mar 23, 2013 8:18 am Re: chandler alfresco in the barossa 11Mar 23, 2013 9:03 pm Hi Hatchy, We are building in the Barossa as well with Hickenbotham. We also signed in November (late) and our selections appointment is not until mid April. It was extremely helpful to see your upgrade prices....I got a shock at some though!! We are probably about 4-6 weeks behind you I think! As you live so far away I will be able to give you progress reports if you want as we live near by. We have enjoyed the process so far and cant wait for selections.... Re: chandler alfresco in the barossa 12Mar 23, 2013 10:22 pm hi zub13, oh we might be neighbours. what design house are you building? if you need any prices i will try to help you out if i have the prices. not sure if you are aware but you get charged to make your breakfast bar flat instead of raised. the first available appt we could get for colour selections was tuesday just gone, but we booked it about a month in advance. we didnt have the colour consultant we were spose to but another lady as apparently they are really busy atm. h Re: chandler alfresco in the barossa 13Mar 23, 2013 10:39 pm we also moved the stove across next to the fridge space so we can fit our microwave next to it instead of paying $300+ for a microwave provision. Re: chandler alfresco in the barossa 14Mar 23, 2013 11:21 pm zub13 We also signed in November (late) and our selections appointment is not until mid April. It was extremely helpful to see your upgrade prices....I got a shock at some though!! We signed with Hicki in Feb 2012 and did our selection in Nov 2012. Ignored multiple letters advising of selection dates. We weren't ready to select as like other we had no idea of prices for upgrades. I obtained upgrade prices for selection book items by emailing (a long list) via the liaison guy. Re: chandler alfresco in the barossa 15Mar 24, 2013 8:10 am we also got some prices off of our sales consultant via email but some things they cant give you like tiles or carpet upgrades etc. Re: chandler alfresco in the barossa 16Mar 24, 2013 2:53 pm Hi zub13 and gopowa. Where are you building gopowa? Hope to follow each of your progress too. hachy, if you don't mind, what type of towel holders did you want that are outside of the range? I think I would like a towel ladder but they don't have one in the book. Also, if we wanted something from the same supplier but a different model, would that be considered outside the builder's range. For example, let's say I wanted a different oven from Westinghouse, one that is not in the selections book, would I be able to ask for that? And tiles, if they don't have the tiles in the selections area, can I pick something else from the Beaumont range? I guess I'd better send a long list to ask for prices before our selections day too--no point making a long trip to find I can't afford what I want and have to pick on the day, under pressure of time constraints. Thanks, as always, for all and any advice you can offer. Re: chandler alfresco in the barossa 17Mar 24, 2013 5:39 pm Hi everyone, Sorry Hachy for previously adding the t!, We may indeed be neighbours, or at the very least estate neighbours!! We based our design on the Rochester, but we have modified it a bit. We took out the dining room and made a big butlers pantry and we took out the study to make a big ensuite and double WIR for our master, plus a few other modifications to room sizes etc. We have the prices of extra power points ($55 for a double) and we have the upgrade package included in our deal when we signed up, which includes essastone bench tops, flat bench, 9 foot ceilings, stainless steel appliances including dishwasher and some silver upgrades for tiles etc. Its the hidden things that I want to know about like the cross over. What is this and why was it $2500? Prices for extra external lights, Drawers for the ensuite, and pot drawers in the kitchen would be handy, plus knowing a rough price for the gutter and fascia upgrade to colorbond would be good too.... Also, hachy, what did you do about the NBN? We have heard conflicting stories. Its great being able to talk to others who are building with the same company, and in the same area too Re: chandler alfresco in the barossa 18Mar 24, 2013 10:06 pm lucinda i want towel ladders, found some at harvey norman http://dny4libbg4qa4.cloudfront.net/med ... 50_1_2.jpg i am not to sure if you would be able to ask for something outside of their range, i would say probably not but i could be wrong. you could always send them an email or give them a phone call and ask that way you know beforehand. not sure about the tiles either sorry. yep definately send an email to try to get prices beforehand so you can go prepared. do you have a colour selections date as yet? hi zub, no worries about the "t" someone else already has done that haha. the name hachy would be pronounced like you would say the letter h, haha. just a nickname picked up on another forum. i have a funny suspicion you may be one of the blocks behind me but i will private message you in regards to that. just sounds like one of the ones behind as i know the ones behind our block are all 900m2 blocks, if we had an extra 30 000 i would have loved one of those blocks. i do feel sorry for you if you do happen to be my neighbour though as i have two small kids so you will probably hear me telling my eldest off all the time. sounds like you got some great upgrades, wish we qualified for them sorry i didnt get any of the upgrades you are after as our budget doesnt stretch that far so i dont have any prices for those things. NBN costs $1030 for hickies to do and you cant get telstra so they tell me :/ we didnt get it, we dont use a house phone and currently have the prepaid usb internet which i guess we will be sticking to. i dont actually know much about it to be honest. Re: chandler alfresco in the barossa 19Mar 25, 2013 10:17 am I love the towel ladder. I want one now! We were lucky with the upgrade deal as we would not have been able to afford a lot if it otherwise! We have 2 dogs and I'm not sure how they will cope with 'suberbia' either as they are used to having a big area to run around in.... Re: chandler alfresco in the barossa 20Mar 25, 2013 10:34 am just recieved final prices fixed in the mail and site plans and all other paperwork. funny enough all of the paper work has our names on it and a written note from our colour consultant has my name wrong hahaha, luckily that is only a note for us and not a formal one we have to get changed. Hello! 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