Building Amanda, Mike, Lachie & Hayden's Home: Selections with Homestead

Our selections with Homestead was approached with two separate meetings - a pre-selections session and a final selections session.

The pre-selection was used to make the easy to pick decisions and understand what other decisions we would need to make based on what we had already selected during our tendering process. We created a large list of things to discuss and research, ready for further estimation and discussion at the final appointment.

The final appointment was quite straight forward, completing a number of selections and creating a final list of decisions we needed to make (e.g. perimeter termite boundary, door handles). The selections process included more detail than we thought would be done at this stage including any stud work for home automation, location of hot water system, window opening direction and external water tap positions. We noticed a number of things that we assumed would be standard, but were not included. This included drains for external taps, drain for bathroom & lock for garage/laundry entry door.

One other thing that wasn't made clear - the price for any upgrades we made prior to signing the contract included a discount by the builder. Any selections we made during our formal selections process is a set price and not negotiable. Fortunately we had gone into selections with most of our choices made, however did elect for some items to be installed after handover where practical.

Some pictures and selections we made are as follows