Quality and Inclusions
Quality and inclusions, from your Melbourne home builder
Your vision, our creation, starting from a written standard list.
Oakview Homes builds across Melbourne from a written standard inclusions list, from the plans and site costs to the kitchen, floors and paint. This is the standard list, subject to your contract and working drawings.
Photos on this website are for illustrative purposes only and can show upgrades beyond this list. Refer to your working drawings.
See how we build, stage by stage, the homes we have finished and the rough cost of building a house.
General and OH&S
- Plans, specifications, soil test and building permit.
- Local government and occupational health and safety requirements.
- Liability and construction insurance.
- 10 years structural guarantee.
- 3 months maintenance period.
- Modern facade as per owner-approved drawings (images are for illustrative purposes only; refer to working drawings).
Services connections
Connection of these services is included for allotments up to 600 m2 and front setbacks up to 7 m.
- Electricity underground from a pit.
- Water from a dry tapping point within the boundary (2 taps: 1 inside the front boundary, 1 attached to the house).
- Sewer and stormwater connection within the boundary, as per plan (relocation of tapping points, if required, is not included).
- Phone and NBN conduit from boundary to house, with the NBN box in the garage.
- Consumer account opening fees are not included.
Site costs
- Site cost allowance $20,000, with a fixed site cost after the soil test report. It includes the site cut and bore piers for the concrete slab; screw piles are not included.
- Site cut up to 300 mm.
- Foundations to H1 class waffle pod slab.
- Concrete slab to porch and alfresco.
- Termite protection (if required by local authorities).
Ceilings
- 2740 mm high ceilings to single-storey homes.
- Square set finish.
Energy efficiency
- R2.5 insulation batts to external walls and ceiling (excludes garage, porch and alfresco).
- Sisalation to external walls.
Rainwater tank or recycled water
- Rainwater tank or tapping to a Class A recycled water system, connected to 1 garden tap, 1 laundry and 2 toilet flushing.
External finish
- Clay bricks from the standard builder's range with natural mortar to single-storey homes.
- Lightweight cladding with render finish to front piers; rendered alfresco pier as per plan.
Roof, windows and garage
- Concrete roof tiles from the standard range.
- Colorbond gutter, fascia and downpipes.
- 450 mm eaves to the portico at the front of the house, plus fills over windows where required.
- Double-glazed powder-coated aluminium windows (awning or sliding), with keyed locks to openable windows.
- Lock-up garage with a Colorbond panel-lift door and 3 remotes.
Plumbing
- Concealed plumbing.
- Bushfire Attack Level (BAL) is not included in the standard range.
Doors and robes
- Flush panel internal doors with privacy set.
- 2340 mm high flush panel doors to robes.
- Choice of style for internal door handles.
- Door stops to all openable doors where applicable.
- Walk-in robe to master bedroom with white melamine shelf and hanging rod.
- Built-in robes to other bedrooms with white melamine shelf and hanging rod.
- Linen with 4 white melamine shelves.
- Door seals to all external door frames.
Kitchen and pantry
- Up to 3 m long kitchen counter with under-counter and overhead cabinets.
- Up to 2.7 m long kitchen island with under-counter cabinets.
- Matt or sheen laminate cabinets with white melamine shelving.
- Choice of designer handles.
- Pantry with 5 white melamine shelves.
- Soft-closing hinges and runners.
- Capped cold water point to refrigerator.
- Tiled splashback to rear wall of kitchen.
- Double-bowl kitchen sink.
- Single lever mixer tap in black finish.
Ensuite and bathrooms
- Tiled shower base.
- 1950 mm high aluminium semi-frameless pivot door shower screen with clear glass.
- Matt or sheen laminate cabinets with white melamine shelving.
- Up to 1675 mm bath tub.
- Fixed polished edge mirrors to full width of vanities.
- Tapware and basins from the standard range.
Laundry
- 700 mm wide laminate cabinets with white melamine shelving and stainless steel insert trough.
- 20 mm stone benchtop.
- Concealed water and power points.
Electrical
- Safety switch.
- Hardwired smoke detectors.
- Batten holders to other areas.
- Exhaust fans to shower areas and laundry.
- 3-phase sub electric board.
Flooring
- Floorboards to family areas with scotia beading (quad) to perimeters.
- 8 mm hybrid floor to all bedrooms.
- 600x600 tiles to wet areas with 100 mm high tile skirting.
Paint
- Weatherproof acrylic three-coat system to external woodwork.
- Gloss enamel on doors, skirtings and architraves (white).
- Low sheen washable three-coat paint to internal walls.
- Low sheen washable builder's white to ceilings and cornices.
Want the list applied to your block and design? Send us your details, or call 03 8658 7000, and we will put a quote together.
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