allowable number of fixtures on one stack?
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Comments (13)The bid doesn't specify the finished carpentry amount. I'll have to ask the GC that. The allowances permit us to choose our own supplier if we wish. The cabinetry allowance is for whatever we choose...painted or stained. We would like stained cabinets. I just went to a kitchen store and they will be getting me an estimate within a week. Thank you all for the feedback...it is very helpful! For the prices you are quoting, was that for materials only or for materials and labor to install the cabinets? I told the kitchen designer that we wanted quartz or comparably priced granite in the kitchen and master bath. Cultured marble in the two kids baths. The half bath just has a pedestal sink. I liked the look of beech, and of course the cherry looked awesome! I think we would be fine with beech though to save money. I'm also having her price stacked cabinets to the ceiling. We have 9' ceilings. Not inset....See MorePlease Opine on My Allowances
Comments (44)We are building a 4500 square foot home in a gated community in the coastal plains of NC. It is a million dollar home. We cannot compare our cabinetry to yours at all bc our builder provides custom cabinetry from his own shop. This also includes his trim. However we paid him already for his basic provisions in our home when we started. mostly this is for interior and exterior doors, trim, cabinetry, garage doors, interior plumbing ( we haven;t yet picked out hardware or cabinet pulls) Our allowances for the remainder however are crappy and yours and some of the others above sound better to me: Here are ours: 12k for appliances $9,400 for all exterior plumbing (including valves and drains) for 3 1/2 baths kitchen wet bar and laundry room (all interior plumbing the builder provides) 7k for lighting (builder provides interior can lights and exterior lighting) $ 3.50 per square foot for tile (We are going to be charged extra to install certain tiles.. marble for instance is more to install due to floor prep) $4.00 per square foot for any Karastan rugs we buy.. includes an 8 lb. pad for exercise, bonus room and a back stair well $65 per square foot allowance for granite. On our brick allowance ] we were never given a price... but it was basically builder's grade brick and so was the grout (plain grey mortar anything we picked over that was over. We had a stone accent on the front of the house that goes two stories and the same in the great room for our fireplace. We paid 15k for all the stone as an extra even before we built but then we were charged $2k over that after it was installed. And it was not even real stone, it was cultured ledgestone. He had priced materials at 1k for a 15k job. We are allowed only 4 paint colors in the home at builders cost. Then all other colors are $200 more plus extra labor (not sure how much yet) if the ceilings are not painted white. In fact we were not given total allowances on a lot of our build (plumbing for one) but were given singular allowances on some things and had to ask about other things. So far we have had to pay extra on everything we have put into our home... including having any color on the windows. At this point we are currently in wallboard and can't wait to see our overages on the remainder of our home. At the rate we are going our 1 million dollar home will be 1 million and a half by the time we are done! We are already being told we need to bring in more fill in the back yard and to sod all the way up to the pond behind our home will be extra. Can't wait to see his bill on that one. So at least you have total numbers to work with. We decided to keep certain things down like rugs, lighting and some plumbing fixtures so we can change them out later, if needbe. I have drawn the line on tile and decorative glass bc I don't want to change them later on. This post was edited by zoe52 on Sat, Jan 17, 15 at 17:57...See MoreAllowance for bottom-mount drawer slides: inconsistent gaps
Comments (21)Many Cabinetmakers, including myself, will use jigs or templates when drilling multiple units so you don't have to measure every single drawer, hinge, etc. I've made jigs/templates for everything from, drawer hardware, hinges and shelf holes. In your picture it could be that someone used the wrong jig holes or just didn't think it would matter when initially setting up. I'm sure your Cabinetmaker would be willing to adjust to meet your request. Any good "custom" Cabinetmaker would as far as I'm concerned. If he's not a custom shop, it may be impossible to adjust. He may charge you for it. If he has jigs set up for assembly, and they are set for as pictured, he would have set up that middle drawer differently. I'm not just referring to the slides, this also would be for attaching the drawer front. It all depends on how he assembles. The Blum Tandem plus Blumotion slides are IMHO one of, if not the best on the market. It is true that in order to maximize drawer depth (front to back) you may need to add to the depth. I typically used the 560H5500B which are 22" (550mm) slides in order to maximize depth. Technically the drawer ended up being about 21 3/4" long when using these. Total depth for slide is figured by taking the nominal length (550mm in this case) + 3mm. 3mm being the amount the slide is set in front the front edge. For inches divide the metric by 25.4. I found these to be perfect for maximizing depth without needing to adjust depth of cabinet. However, it comes down to how your Cabinetmaker makes his cabinet and the usable depth of your cabinet....See MoreAllowances for New Build Home
Comments (134)You will be needing to make decisions often, sometimes daily. They won't be easy decisions, either. And some might depend on others. What doesn't stop a builder from walking with it? Their reputation. What doesn't stop us from walking away from it? Our reputation. Sorry to say, reputation is not at all the same as an obligation, and in the blink of an eye it could be irrelevant. Could the house had not appraised correctly in the end? Yes, so then we need to make up the difference or requalify for a higher loan amount. Ummmm... NO. Qualifying for a higher loan amount doesn't get you a property above the appraised value. The appraised value is the amount the bank deems the property to be worth and reflects the risk they're willing to take with their money. IMO you were taking a huge risk in expecting the appraised value to cover your costs. With new construction, it very often doesn't. You could have missed your target by tens of thousands. I shopped , compared and went over every detail for so long I thought I would never feel rested again. Make sure you are up to the task. Yeppers, this 1000 times over. Choosing sinks, and then re-choosing because you forgot about your MIL who won't be able to reach the faucets. Deciding on refrigerators and whether you'd like more fridge and less cabinet or vice versa. You decide on the larger model, but then all of a sudden you have a cabinet with an impractical skinny width. Then, the siding gets hung up because of trade tariffs, and you have to choose a different color and company, and the new shades are not at all what you started with. It goes on and on and on.. I got so burned out, I refused to make any more decisions. At one point, the builder offered to take me out to lunch and a personal visit to the supplier of the vinyl tile (my choice was discontinued)....See Morekirkhall
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