Browse Forums Owner Builder Forum 1 Aug 09, 2008 8:31 pm Hi
We are looking to buy an old house in Melbourne. The old extension will have to be removed and a new brick one built. Is there such a thing as an estimate per sq m for builder and owner builder costs? In thinking we'll need 60sqm extension which will include kitchen, plus 2 new bathrooms in other parts of the house. Any ideas pls? I looked at the archicentre quote page and found it a bit much. Cheers Rosemary Re: cost 2Aug 10, 2008 8:21 am Hi Rosie - I think the Archicentre cost guide is one of the best ways (without going for a full quote).
Do you mean you found it a "bit much" in terms of work you'd need to do for the estimation? Or too expensive? Owner builders can have huge variance in cost - it depends on what you can do yourself, if you have any tradie mates who can give you discount rates, what appliances you select, what tiles you select, whether the extension is on a slab or stumps. Lots of questions to be answered! After 4 years - we're in! Re: cost 3Aug 10, 2008 9:09 am Hi
Sorry about being so ambiguous. I dont find the quoted costs on the site necessarily high. What I mean is, I dont intend to be an owner builder; the house Im interested in goes to auction in 3 weeks; Ive never considered doing a renovation; and I need to do some ballpark figures to see if this project will be viable. The house is in an area where the land is $2000 per sqm and so Im trying to do my sums. As an example, today I read that a new company has started specialising in basements - and the article says $3500 per sqm. Its that rough estimate Im looking for and then I can add cost of kitchen and bathroom etc. R Rosemary 7 11991 We were lucky in that our old house was so small (86 square metres) compared to the new house, they were able to take enough readings around the old backyard house before… 8 37142 Fair Trading can issue orders to rectify and complete but once the matter goes to NCAT these orders are automatically vacated. You will have to terminate contract and sue… 21 29709 |