We signed with Mcdonald Jones as the Quote was great!! When she first showed us the quote we almost fell off our chairs.. Luckily she then went on to explain what was free and what was our special surprise bonus that she wouldn't tell us about originally.
The base price of our house was $179 690 - When we first looked it was $174 000 so it had already gone up which was a little disappointing, but thats the way it goes!
Our original quote came in at about $260 000 which was huge!!!!
After all the discounts it came down to $226 500. Which was right on budget.
Then she proceeded to tell us the following was free
- Airconditioning (We knew this one) -$13 500
- Impressions Upgrades package -$4990
(This was the upgrade package we were going to pay for which included the air con, ceaserstone, steel frames etc)
- Alfresco -$5000
- Choice of one of 3 appliance packages Miele, Smeg or Omega (Microwave, oven, cooktop, dishwasher)
I will attach the quote so you can see the variants, apparently the special deals change quite often so this won't be something to go buy but it gives you a good idea of what they offer on quotation.
Some of the strange ones:
Natural gas:
Our developer isn't sure whether we will have natural gas so we are currently waiting on him. If we don't we will have to get gas bottles put in which is going to cost us about $2000 extra. Hopefully when the developer gets back to us we can cut that cost out.
3 phase mains:
This is for the air con, apparently most houses run 2 phase and they charge a cost to put the 3 phase into our house which is what the air con runs on.
Concrete piering:
They allow 50 LM but if they go over it is an extra $90 per LM. Apparently they get you to come out on the day and count the LM with them so you can see first hand whether they go over or not.
Opening from garage to BED 2
Blake builds bikes so this was an alteration we made so he has a small workshop to build in.. Sounds weird but you will see what we are doing once out plans are drawn up.
Delete theatre wall:
We thought this would give the living area a much more open feel because it is a small house. We are going to tile this room as well and put a big shaggy rug in there to make it feel homey but open at the same time. Our wall is going to be replaced by a fish tank to keep the open feel.
The base price of our house was $179 690 - When we first looked it was $174 000 so it had already gone up which was a little disappointing, but thats the way it goes!
Our original quote came in at about $260 000 which was huge!!!!
After all the discounts it came down to $226 500. Which was right on budget.
Then she proceeded to tell us the following was free
- Airconditioning (We knew this one) -$13 500
- Impressions Upgrades package -$4990
(This was the upgrade package we were going to pay for which included the air con, ceaserstone, steel frames etc)
- Alfresco -$5000
- Choice of one of 3 appliance packages Miele, Smeg or Omega (Microwave, oven, cooktop, dishwasher)
I will attach the quote so you can see the variants, apparently the special deals change quite often so this won't be something to go buy but it gives you a good idea of what they offer on quotation.
Some of the strange ones:
Natural gas:
Our developer isn't sure whether we will have natural gas so we are currently waiting on him. If we don't we will have to get gas bottles put in which is going to cost us about $2000 extra. Hopefully when the developer gets back to us we can cut that cost out.
3 phase mains:
This is for the air con, apparently most houses run 2 phase and they charge a cost to put the 3 phase into our house which is what the air con runs on.
Concrete piering:
They allow 50 LM but if they go over it is an extra $90 per LM. Apparently they get you to come out on the day and count the LM with them so you can see first hand whether they go over or not.
Opening from garage to BED 2
Blake builds bikes so this was an alteration we made so he has a small workshop to build in.. Sounds weird but you will see what we are doing once out plans are drawn up.
Delete theatre wall:
We thought this would give the living area a much more open feel because it is a small house. We are going to tile this room as well and put a big shaggy rug in there to make it feel homey but open at the same time. Our wall is going to be replaced by a fish tank to keep the open feel.
They then provided us with the build schedule, which I'm sure will be slowed down because our land is not registered yet =[
Now we wait....
Until our land is pegged out they can't get on the block to do the soil samples done and the contours drawn up to see if we need any retaining walls done etc.
Our pre- selection colours appointment is on the 4th April and Colours is on the 4th May. We also have a plans meeting in between those to check everything is how we want.
We didn't receive any info about colours yet but I'm looking forward to the pre-selections appointment where they tell us how we can prepare for the selection day.
Until our land is pegged out they can't get on the block to do the soil samples done and the contours drawn up to see if we need any retaining walls done etc.
Our pre- selection colours appointment is on the 4th April and Colours is on the 4th May. We also have a plans meeting in between those to check everything is how we want.
We didn't receive any info about colours yet but I'm looking forward to the pre-selections appointment where they tell us how we can prepare for the selection day.