Having prepared and developed a very firm understanding of what we wanted changed the only surprises we faced today were:
- The finalised siting of the house on our block
- The crazy site costs (close to $40k) required to ensure our house didn't fall down
As you can imagine, the Site Costs came as a bit of a blow, given the quote originally was for ~$15k. This meant that the Alfresco and Terrace extension, Dwarf Wall to Alfresco and capped services had to go.
As it is, the house is over budget by 10% and we haven't even done our Colour Selections yet... Here's hoping my relationship with the bank extends to a little more borrowing ;)
My advice for Tender?
- Collate your required changes and document into a check list
- This includes going through emails sent to your Sales Consultant, your Building Co-Ordinator and any other lists lying around/typed up.
- Try and rank in importance. We ranked items 1-3 (1 = being must keep, to 3 = if we have to cut back it can go)
- Keep as much structural as you can, keeping in mind these structural wishes can sometimes never be done later (Double Glazing, Roof Height, Hebel, Extra Windows, Extensions etc)
- Bring some snacks... we had a brunch before, but missed lunch and ended up having dinner late
I'll post up some of the Tender details once I have them all sorted.
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