Think we have signed off on all interior stuff now. My brain is dead from all this decision making.
We upgraded the carpet and opted out of the tiled floors in non-wet areas as we found we could get bamboo floors done for over $2000 cheaper than through Di Lorenzo.
We changed the layout in the kitchen to include an island bench and upgraded to polyurethane doors.
For the electrical we added lots of powerpoints and bayonet light fittings. We will change the bayonets over to LED downlights after handover. Our investigations into pricing showed we could do this for approx $70 less per light fitting than if we used Clipsal.
We upgraded the aircon to Actron ESP plus with 7 zones.
Wisdom's landscaping quote came in at $33000. Apart from the driveway we will either do the work ourselves or go directly to contractors for each component. Landscape companies charge more because they subcontract the work so have to take their cut as well as paying the subcontractors.
So far we have exceeded our provisional allowances in our tender by nearly $15000 and we aren't finished yet. Ouch. Need to get hubby working harder.
Any chance you could tell me who you will be getting to do your flooring? Trying to find someone to do bamboo floor boards also?
ReplyDeleteWe got our quote from Floorworld at Casula. They supply bamboo direct from the manufacturer in China. It is the same quality and strength, and comes from the same manufacturer as some of the branded bamboo. Because it is direct, you don't get an additional markup to the price as you would if it was supplied by a middleman company who have applied their own brand to it.
Delete