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Monday, August 13, 2012

Builders Questioner


 I have used this list in each interview with builders to understand what we are getting and Most importantly  WHAT NOT ...!!! 

Hope this will help full for some of you guys out there .

GENERAL

  • Allocated Start Date
  • Fixed Price Contract     
  • Capped Price Extended Start Date
  • Gurantee Completion Time
  • Warranty
  • Site Costs  
  • Fixed Price Site Cost 
  • Fixed Price Tendear 
  • BASIX
  •         How long will it take to finish 
  • Driveways  (How long it will cover ?                      / What Materials ?                              is it colored ?          ) 
  • Garden taps how many            Price?
  • Fences
  • Gas outlet to alfresco area
  • Air Conditioning (Zones ?                   Kilowatt?           Ho many control panels ?                    How much?                      )
  • Which façade  ?
  • is it possible to visit selection studios prior to sign contract ?
  • is it possible access the property during building in progrees for inspections ? 
  • Post construction professional interior and exterior house clean

SITE NEEDS 

  • Colored concrete driveway  & pathway 
  • Site cost up to 1m of fall
  • All piering ,up to 1m of fall ,M class site 
  • All service connections power,water,sewer,gas, storm water

THE PONDS REQUIREMENTS

  • H- Class Slab         
  • Moroka Finish  (Texture applied on brick work of facade to comply with Ponds)
  • Eaves including soft lining (450mm)
  • NBN Connection
  • Landscaping 

BASIX

  • 4 star rated tapware and toilet
  • Fire retardant sarking to underside of the roof tiles
  • Whirlybird roof ventilator for better cooling & BASIC score
  • BASIX  fee

KITCHEN

  • Caesarstone  benth tops (Colour range ?     ,Thickens ?  )
  •  Width of the bench top  ( 900mm )
  • Kitchen kickboards as per doors 
  • Provision for dishwasher including powerpoint and water point
  • Provision for microwave including powerpoint
  • Bulkheads to overhead cupboards 
  • is overhead cupboards included       
  • Overhead cupboards both side of the range hood  
  • Double bowl stainless steel sink  (is this under bench drop in sink ?     if not cost ?         )
  • 1 and 3/4 bowl stainless steel sink 
  • Glass splashback to kitchen (1 Peace of glass ?      )
  • Designer handles to all cupboards (Not knobs)  ?
  • Extra power points to kitchen     Cost ?
  • Power points to kitchen island  
  • Cupboards under kitchen island 
  • Heat resistance between back of the oven and wall 
  • Cupboard hight            As seen in model house ? 
  • 1m frige space 
  • Soft close kitchen drawers and pot drawers              
  • How many drawer and pod drawers provided ? 
KITCHEN APPLIANCES

  • Electric upright multifunction oven in stainless steel finish with a 5 burner hob gas cooktop with wok burner ( Make ?                  Size ? 900mm                  Fan forced ?  )
  • Gas cooktop in stainless steel finish (Make ?                           Size ?           )
  • Range hood  (Make ?                                         Size 900mm ?        
  • Is this ducted to out side                                  cost ?
  • Dishwasher provided 
  • Dishwasher space provided 
  • Microwave provided 
  • Inbuilt Cuno water purifier with chrome spout 
  • Stylus mixer to kitchen sink
  • Mixer  choice of either to kitchen sink

BATH ROOMS

  • Bench tops (Caesarstone/Laminated)     How long ?
  • Laminated square edge tops to floating vanities
  • Laminated doors with PVC edges in a wide range of colours
  • Fowler Regent porcelain counter top or semi recessed basin with chrome pop up plug and waste ?
  • Fowler Regent or Caroma Liano porcelain counter top or semi recessed basins with chrome pop up plug and waste 
  • Floating vanity units 
  • Vanity door handles 
  • Wall mounted bathroom mirrors     (  Frameless ?                          shadow line ?  ) 
  • Towel rail to bathroom, ensuite and powder room with shower
  • Toilet roll holder to bathroom, ensuite, powder room 
  • Spa bath           Size  ?                                        Design ? 
  • Special recess (Bath rooms .etc )
  • Bath room water proofing      
  • Tiled hobs for shower recess for upgraded waterproofing
  • Stylus Prima close coupled toilet suite
  • Semi frameless shower screens with pivot doors, chrome trims and clear laminated glass
  • Clear laminated frameless shower screen without door to suit specifi c designs
  • Privacy locks to doors 
  • Stylus Pin chrome mixer and wall mounted Caroma Liano spout to all bathrooms, ensuite,powder room and baths
  • Hand held shower with rail
  • Floor wastes to wet areas  (Plastic/Chrome)
  
LAUNDRY

  • Laundry bench     How Long ?             (Caesarstone/Laminated)   ,          Thickness  (20mm)
  • Cupboard 
  • Sainless steel drop in tub (Capacity 70L?      )
  • Stylus Venecia mixer to laundry
  • Floor wastes to wet areas ( Plastic/Chrome )

STRUCTURE

  • External stud frames  (90/70mm)
  • Internal stud frames  (90/70mm)
  • Ceilings hight  (2450/2600/2700mm)
  • Roof pitch (25 degree)
  • Concrete to front porch including ceramic tiles over 
  • Gas bayonet point to living area
  • Brickwork above all windows ,external doors and garage door ( Any excluded location ?      )
  • 300mm Engineered joist system
  • White Ant treatment / barrier / chemical / re-treatment
  • T2 Blue
  • Feature Cut-out and Niches
  • Bricks selection  ( PGH/ Austral / Boral                      Range ?                        )
  • Mortar (    colours   ?                                               and joints ?               )
  •         How many years of structural warranty ?
WINDOWS

  • Aluminium windows and sliding doors 
  • Obscure glass to bathrooms
  • Security keyed windows and door locks to all opening windows and sliding doors
  • Blinds/Curtains   (What type ?                               )
  • Window coverings
  •  
ROOFING

  • Monier concrete roof tiles in a range of profi les and colours 
  • Colour bond ® steel (selected from Rawson range)
  • Sarking to the underside of roofing
FASCIA AND GUTTER

  • COLORBOND® Fascia and Gutter with painted PVC Downpipes
INSULATION

  • Batts to wall (excluding wall between garage and house)  (R1.5/R2.0 ? )
  • Batts to ceilings (excluding ceiling over garage)   (R3.0/R3.5 ? )
FRONT DOOR

  • Front Door made of  (Glass                Design            Lock Provided ?                              )
  • Tri-Look lever entrance 
  • Laundry entrance door (Design                       Lock ?         )
  • Door Bell 
INTERNAL DOORS

  • Door hight (2340mm)  
  • Locks 
  • Design
  • Handles 
  • Paint Finish 
  • Internal doors: Gainsborough Amelia or Carla Series Lever handles with privacy sets to all bathrooms and WC’s
  • Wall/door stops to bedrooms, wet areas and living areas
  • Aluminium stacker door to alfresco
FIXOUT

  • 67mm bevelled edge architrave and 
  • Skirting in paint finish (  90mm/67mm)
  • 90mm cornice to all rooms (  Decorative Cornice   ?               )
  • Square set to wall and ceiling junction
DOOR FURNITURE

  •       External doors designs ?
  • Handles 
  • Deadlock to other external doors including door between house and garage
ROBS

  • Corinthian flush internal doors in paint finish to bedroom robes with one melamine shelf and hanging rail
  •  Mirrors 
  • Sliding doors 
  • Handles


LINEN CUPBOARD

  • Corinthian flush internal doors in paint finish to linen cupboard with four melamine shelves
GARAGE

  • Garage door (  Roller door ( COLORBOND )  /  Sectional overhead garage door 
  • Double garage door ?                                can we make it single  ?                              cost ?
  • Remote control operation    (How many controllers ?              )
  • Wall switch
  • Power point 
  • Internal light
HOT WATER SYSTEM

  • 5 star gas hot water system (Capacity ? 160L              ,        Make ?                               Controllers ? 
ELECTRICAL

  • Three phase meter provision
  • Light point to each room 
  • 3 external light points 
  • Smoke detector as required – hard wired 
  • Double power points to all rooms
  • Double power points throughout
  • 3 in 1 heat fan in bathroom and ensuite
  • Powder room exhaust fan ducted to outside
  • Phone points,       How Many ?
  • Tv points ,            How Many ?
  • Down lights
  • Light globs 
  • Light fittings
  • Power point and internal light in to garage
ALARM

  • Alarm system   (How many sensors?          Model ?           Zones ?         )  
  • is it possible to add more sensors later 

PAINTING

  • 3 coat paint system throughout house including    (2 role cotes ?      )
  • 1 internal wall colour
  • 1 feature wall colour
  • 1 ceiling colour 
  • Taubmans gloss paint to doors and internal woodwork
WALL AND FLOOR TILING

  • Ceramic wall and floor tiling to bath, ensuite and powder rooms   (  Selection Range ?                  )
  • Floor coverings  (Carpets ?                          Colour Range ?                               Size of the tiles ?                                     Selection Range ?                         
  • Tiling heights 
    1.   Bathroom and ensuite 2100mm high to shower recess, 500mm over bath, skirting tile to remainder
    2.   Floor to ceiling tiling in all bath rooms
    3.   Kitchen 600mm high splashback tiling
    4.   Laundry 300mm high tiling over laundry tub and skirting tiles to remainder

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