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Comments (38)Samantha B I just completed my kitchen Reno in Perth. My pantry was also bricked up like yours. Literally doubled the space by getting rid of it but we found out after that the pantry was structural & we had to put an extra support beam in the roof instead ($800) so be careful of that! We completely moved the plumbing, gas & electrics & it only cost a few hundred! So don't be afraid to do that as long as u know decent priced tradies! We ended up doing nearly everything ourselves & went with a masters flat packed kitchen & sourced our own stone benchtops dirt cheap ($2500 installed for a 2m bench & a 1.5m island each with one waterfall edge.). Heres before & after pics....See MoreUnderfloor heating — worth the investment?
Comments (139)If those prices don't include the electrician's costs of connection then to me they don't match up and I'd say your supplier/installer can't do maths lol. Pricing will change between supplier and of course electricians, and of course I'm working off the impression that the floors are flat where you want it installed. If the quote includes the electrical work, as in it covers everything besides tiling to where you can switch it on, then it looks reasonable to me and sits around the ballpark of what we paid. With the electrician's connection costs included then the figures match up better between the bathrooms and the living area, looking at it from a total per m2 viewpoint. If it includes the floor covering as well, then I'd say get on the phone and book the job straight away before they realise their mistake lmao. For instance if the quote is just for material and install, without electrical connection then the two bathrooms are quoted at $166.66 per m2 and the living area is quoted at $53.57 per m2. A large difference at cost per m2. If however the quotes include the electrical connection then you can average out the m2 cost across all three rooms and it amounts to $73.53 per m2. The electrician would be charging the same price for connection of each room (with only minor differences) if there is nothing out of the ordinary in any room. That means it's a static cost in each room that could make the bathroom quotes look inflated, and the living room look on the cheaper side. When you have a m2 quote on something across multiple rooms of different sizes, it's important to factor in anything outside of materials that's included in the quote. Assuming the install could be considered standard (whether it be underfloor heating, tiling, carpet, etc.) there will be other costs involved such as labour hours, wiring connection, installation materials, etc. Some can be considered static such as the electrician installing a single thermostat in each room, whatever actual size that room may be. Others will be more fluid such as labour hours for the tradesmen doing the install - will take a lot longer to lay tiles in a room of 56m2 than it will to lay them in a room 6m2. Whenever you are given a quote involving installations by m2, it's important to get them to detail what exactly is included in the quote. If you don't do this you run the chance of ripping yourself off. Let's say you get 3 different quotes from underfloor heating suppliers who all give you different prices but without details. One may look more expensive than the other two but actually be cheaper overall due to including everything up to 'turn on' phase, where the other two may only include supplying and laying the underfloor heating with you having to organise your own electrician after install....See MoreFloor plan-demonium
Comments (9)I have just renovated and moved my kitchen to the center of the house with a dual level island, have enlarged the old kitchen window area so we can view our new garden-to-be. A word of caution, ensure that your renovator checks out all the expenses before you start, they did not do this in my case before I signed the contract and I ended up paying $3000 more than planned for cutting into the floor slab to get the waste pipe to the outside from the center of the house. Also ensure your builders pin the slab back together correctly, I consulted a structural engineer ($330) and even then the builders needed close monitoring to ensure they refilled and joined the slab correctly, as they just wanted to do what they normally do without following his instructions. I used a company with a very good reputation and still had problems, double check everything is written into the contract before you sign, even if you have discussed the work with the builder and designer before hand you can still get caught out, as I did. Having watched the builders, most of the gyprocking painting, etc, we could do ourselves, but any brick wall removals, slab cutting really needs to be done by a professional just to cover you house insurance wise I would think. Good luck...See MoreHelp! Need basement bedroom ideas
Comments (8)would love to see a screen so that the window and AC isn't visible as you walk in the door.. consider a ceiling mounted full height wall to wall curtain as the feature wall in front of the window and AC. .with minimual sewing skills cheap sheeting fabric is wider and easy to use...See Moreprintesa
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