Hello friends,
It's been over a month since I last update, well the heading says it all yes we finally signed our contract and it was before the cut of point for the $32,000 First Home Owners Grant (FHOG)now now I know the abbreviations does not look good so don't laugh as I'm not a F HOG lol. Anyway Zuccala Homes in the end provided us with the all important contract before 30 September 2009 cut off date as promised so a massive THANK YOU to them and I salute them for meeting the timeline. We would also like to thank our Sales Consultant (J.R) for her patience and assistance during this period, she is fantastic and in way it is sad not dealing directly with her anymore.
Yes there were some mistakes in the contract but they were minor but most of it are spot on so very happy with them on that part as well.
I would love to share what was written in the contract but they made us sign as part of the contract a confidentially clause which restrict us from talking about it (not happy personally, but commercially understandable). What I can say to those of you that's just started make sure you get everything in writing I mean everything and make sure you list down all the stuff you want to get quoted on before tender. For those of you who signed tender and are waiting for contract recheck your tender e.g drawings, standard inclusions etc over and over again until you feel confident that everything are correct and all upgrades you want are there because they aren't flexible to any changes especially to drawings when contracts are ready for signing. The variation fee for any changes are outrageously shocking. So make sure you recheck everything because we wanted to do a couple of minor changes such as rendering where the front door area are, which we now regret for not checking properly and now can't be added on unless we pay the outrageous variation fee.
Ok that's it for now. Those of you who are still interested in my boring blog keep a look out for the next update, and those of you who are don't want to follow my blog anymore then party hard lol.
Congrats! Don't stress too much about the render - you can always get that done after handover by a local tradie maybe?
ReplyDeleteHi Sirona,
ReplyDeleteThanks for the kind comment, let see how it will look and if it's no good than we will get someone to render it. We are just concerned that if done after handover the paint colour might not look the same. We are just annoyed that they are not flexible in allowing us to do this minor change without the variation fee, I understand if it's structural or something major but it's just a bit of extra rendering YKWIM.
Yay Polo,
ReplyDeleteWell done on getting the full FHOG/FHOB!!! Just found the blog and read it all from the beginning. I'm so excited for you - the Galleria is a fantastic house with a great floorplan. I'll be following your blog with great interest. By the way, love your colour choices - especially the black roof tiles - kick ass!!!!!
Paul
Hi Paul & Dan,
ReplyDeleteWelcome to my blog. I hope both of you enjoy reading it so far. Overall the Galleria is good, the only disappointment I have is the bathroom being in the middle of the house so might have ventilation issue as there are no windows. We might install another exhaust fan for extra ventilation.
Lol yeah choosing the black roof tiles is the best choice I made at the colour selection appointment Lol.
Dan what's happening with your house?? I see you haven't been updating lately.
All the best guys and keep updating on any new progress with photo's ofcourse LOL.
Hey Polo,
ReplyDeleteYeah I know, if there was more progress i'd be able to write more! hahaha. Will be a post soon though.
Hope things are well and can't wait to check out your finished product :)