We had our electrical appointment through Your Home Consulting a week ago.
We had only initially budgeted $4000 for electrical additions ... eekkk
We basically wanted LED downlights everywhere, ceiling fans in all living spaces and rooms...
Luckily we have a good friend who is a sparky who can help us install our fixtures and fittings at a reasonable price.
Its actually quite fun doing the electrical plans, you need to imagine how much light you need for the space. You dont want to overdo it either and make it uncomfortably bright!
The main thing is to get the downstairs lighting right... Because after rough in and plastering you ain't gonna fit a electrician in between floors!
Also need to be mindful of two way switches... Fortunately plantation do give you two of these in the home...
The basic electrical inclusions have a basic light fitting in each space, 2 x double power point in each room and three tv points. Rest is an additional cost.
All up im hoping to keep the electrical budget to around $9000.
Other big decisions we have made is our flooring! Our plan is do laminate flooring for the entire upstairs and all rooms and large gloss porcelain tiles for the downstairs.
Plantation quoted us for their most basic tile range and timber laminate nearly 13k.
Went to a few tiling shops to and we came across CTM at springwood! it had tiles and is affiliated with solomon flooring too. A one stop shop.
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Crystal White - Has small detailed quartz stones 600x600mm gloss porcelain tile |
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Classic 1050 Parador Spotted oak Laminate
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Overall we made some great savings going through CTM flooring and with better tile options which will help compensate for our electrical blowout. I even went to other stores for quotes and CTM couldnt be beaten...