Tender 2 - Update

After we finished our initial Tender I went away and read through everything. One thing that I was still not convinced of was the Garage Extension. Our siting plan showed a 900mm garage extension, and our tender listed a 400mm Extension, but we wanted a 500mm extension so we had to get this sorted and get all the documents having one correct measurement.


Ok so... Our lot is 16500mm wide, the House is 14610mm + Garage Extension 500mm = 15110mm. This leaves 1390mm down the East side of the House, and 940mm between the Eaves and the Fence. To have Eaves above Habitual Rooms you need at least 1000mm between the Fence and the Eave. So this means we can't have Eaves over Bed2/3. I wasn't going to make the Garage any smaller so this will have to do.

I also had a think about my Store in the Study that I added, and it began to seem more strange just having a Cupboard built into the corner. I decided to make the store take the full width of the Study to try and hide the Store space a bit more while gaining a larger store room. See pics below:

Store Room Version 1.0

Store Room Version 2.0

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Tender!

So we had our Tender appointment today. It was supposed to go for 4 hours, we went the full day and we were totally exhausted at the end of it.

We spent a bit of time playing with Window sizes, Stacker Doors and Sliding Doors.

We found out more detail around:

• Initial site costs indicated
• Site Sitting Corrected after much discussion around the Garage dimensions drawn being incorrect
• Surprise! Bushfire assessment $7300!
• Windows to be set underneath eaves, because we elected to have eaves added. Which resulted in a confusing conversation about raising window height. I was concerned because I wanted to have the doors/windows finish at the same height and have bricks over the Windows.  They said if I wanted to do this it would be about $5000 because of extra lintels required and that it doesn't look "bad"

Changes / Updates from Sales Quotes:

• Lounge Window Height changed to 600mm high x 2410mm wide in lieu of 1200mm high x 2700mm wide. We wanted no window due to the room being a Theatre Room, but this is not allowed in the BCA and states the window must be a minimum of 10% of the floor area. So we chose the smallest we could get taking into account the 10% rule and chose a standard window size from Stegbar and provided this to PD at Tender. There was no issues with this.
• Games / Alfresco Door changed to 2400mm high x 2400mm wide in lieu of 2100mm high x 2400mm wide Sliding Door
• Delete Study West Facing Window
• Make North facing Study Window Full height. 2400mm high x 1800mm wide in lieu of 1200mm high x 1800mm wide.
• Costs for Lounge Walls relocation and Double Doors included (But they wouldn't let us have the doors open to 180 degree, I'll get a carpenter to fix this after we move in)
• Rear Garage Door updated to 1020mm instead of 1200mm wide. (1200mm is to wide)
• Bed 2/3/4 Removed skinny 600mm high x 2410mm wide Windows for larger 1200mm hig x 1800mm wide Windows.
• Family / Alfresco Sliding Door changed to Stacking Sliding Door. Height changed to 2400mm high x 2700mm wide in lieu of 2100mm high x 2700mm Sliding Door.
• Added Aluminum Sliding Fly Screen Doors with Aluminum Mesh to Family Games Rooms.
• Cavity Sliding Doors to Pantry / Study
• Discussion around Doors for Ensuite but decided against it when cost came to $4000.
• Updated Entrance Door to 1020mm wide (not a 1200mm Pivot Door due to $4000 cost and little fingers) Door to be same as Epping Kallara Entrance.
• Hallway door specified as a WIN7FG with Transparent Glass on top for some privacy and light.
• RIMM door with Transparent Glazing for Pantry
• Cat3 Bricks (not sure if this was in early versions)
• Additional Manhole to Garage, can't relocate one in Hallway because of access requirements for hHating
• Store cupboard added to Study. Keeps the Study size looking the same as the display, but has a large storeroom for Media/Coms/AV stuff.
• Tiber Dumper to Ensuite Shower with separate Mixer.
• All Overhead Cupboard heights increased from 720mm to 920mm high and bulkhead/cornice above all cupboards. (Hate that dust on top of cupboards.)
• Change the Rangehood to Slide Out. Ensure that Rangehood is vented externally (no oil/smells in the roof please)
• Make sure all the Cupboards match, Shadow line, Pencil Edges, etc
• Glass Splashback to Kitchen/Pantry Walls.
• Caesarstone pricing fixed up. Cat1 for Kitchen/Ldry, Cat2 for everywhere else.
• Taps: Capped fresh water points to Fridge, and Toilets for Electronic Bidet. PD refused to do the Toilets, which we asked if there was a problem at Quote time. We said we will walk away from the deal (and we would have) and all of sudden they could add them
• Laundry Taps Under Bench for Front loading Washing Machine
• Acoustic R2.5 insulation to Theater Wall
• Upgraded Heating Ducts to 8" from 6" standard for Future Air Conditioner (Note this might still be to small)
• Added Additional Heating Ducts to Bathroom/Ensuite
• Full Tiling to Ensuite Wall, including upgrade of Stud Centers to 300mm spacing
• Stained Finish to Pantry and Hallway Doors
• Delete Raised Ceiling to Entry and Kitchen

 PD Wouldn't Do:

• Won't do 100mm Slab to Garage. Wanted this for future mini Car Hoist. But Engineering needs all the specifications, locations, etc and it would need to be engineered, = lots more $$$. They really were not interested in helping at all here.
• Won't leave Skirting Boards off for future Flooring.
• Won't do Sink Cabinet to garage, but will do capped Hot, Cold and Waste Points.
• Cant move Meter Box Forward anymore because of Estate Restrictions.

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Quote #5

Last quote before Tender!

We have been told this will be the last update to our quotes before Tender which I am kinda of happy about as it will give me a little break to think about anything else we have missed and want to change on the day. It'll also help me to start organising the paper work that we need to bring.

We are told that, at our Tender we will get most of the pricing for our items that have been listed "TBA"

Our Tender is scheduled for the 25th of May.

Quote #4

To many quotes!

We have had the quote updated to remove some errors around the caesarstone.

 

Quote #3

So we have updated our quote with a few more items we were after, this is the first real take, we need to update this again as there are some errors around caesar stone.

Well we have added a few things to this one, sorry about the scribbles and comments written everywhere.

Main items/changes:

• Double Glazing
• Stacked Stone Piers
• Changed to Bellford Facade
• Doors, Stacking, Sliding, BED Rob Doors, Pantry, Study etc.
• Caesar stone to Laundry with extended bench
• Full tiling to Ensuite wall
• Delete Linen cupboard
• Soundscreen insulation to Lounge
• Slide out range hood to Kitchen
• Window size change to Bed 2, 3 & 4

There are still a-lot of TBA costs that we would like to firm down, we are told some of these won't be available until tender.