Contract appointment

Almost 4 months after our initial deposit we finally reviewed and signed our construction contract with Porter Davis. The delay was mainly due to my work travel commitments.

As a whole, the day went quite smoothly (surprisingly!). The contract consultant was very nice and extremely helpful. We spotted a few mistakes in our selections and drawings but these were updated accordingly for our final set of contract drawings.

The only real disappointment of the day was that our splash back cannot be one single sheet. We were half expecting this since hearing that the maximum size was 3m. So we made a decision to have one single 3m piece in the center with two pieces either side. We much prefer this over having a big line right down the middle of the stove/oven. 

Here is a quick summary of the day

The good stuff:

• Knowledgeable and helpful consultant
• Drawings were fairly accurate to what we requested
• 90% of costs supplied at Colour were accurate
• Any mistakes found were fixed immediately (Pricing, dimensions)
• Consultant was very accommodating with any last minute (non-structural) changes 

The not so good stuff:

• Garage extension was much more than originally quoted by the BC. $3,000 suddenly became $5,000+! Our BC was very apologetic and we managed to come to an agreement.
• Rush Rush.... Seems like this is becoming a pattern. Lucky we didn't have many issues in the drawings and are only building as single story house.
• Kitchen culture drawings which included all our cabinets was not updated as per our appointment.
• Some items in our 'Tender Document' were not very clear and required clarification.