I figured I should upload the document from the electrical appointment that we had.
In the end, the CAT6 brigade will be glad to know they won... but only because we had so much room left in the budget that adding the cables didn't contribute much to the bottom line. Therefore, media devices such as TV's will get a wired connection to the network instead of wireless, and we might even operate two wireless points/a mesh system as we have cables running the length of the house. However, we didn't run a port to every room in the house.
We also went nuts on downlights, as they ended up being quite good value after we sold all the batten lights back. That said, the play is to still replace a number of them post-build with these
Downlight Colour as we enjoy our smart lighting system here far too much to lose that level of control.
I can't recall if I mentioned that we also upgraded our ducted A/C as the price difference was marginal. It is now smart (will work through an app) and zones can be run independently of each other (previously the main zone would always be on). Zones are:
- Dining & Family
- Master Suite
- Home Office & Entertainment
- Bed 2, 3 & 4
- Activity (outside bed 2, 3 & 4) – plan to store books and wine here!
We only went with one USB GPO and it's on the end of the breakfast bar.
All potential wet areas (laundry and bathrooms) were given extractor fans to outside. Kitchen already had that, obviously.
Colour choices were a Deep Ocean (colorbond) roof, Shale Grey (Taubmans) fascia, Silent Night (Taubmans) cladding, Basalt (Colorbond) garage door and a Surf Wash brick with Off White mortar (Austral).
The solar is a 6.6kW system with a 5kW inverter, pre-installed for free and operating from day one, but locks us into buying our power from
Powershop for 5 years. That said, we can buy from someone else, but don't get the benefit of the solar then. Every year on the anniversary of house handover the system buy-out cost reduced by $1000, until 5 years when it's completely our system and we can do with it as we like. I decided to go with the free panels as it's still a saving over getting it installed with my own money later, especially after building a house, but I am not certain I will be using their services.
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