Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Building Costs 18Feb 08, 2007 6:46 am We are buidling with Adenbrook Homes and the base price for the Lakewood home is $176,000 roughly. Adding the necessary extras like site costs, rainwater tanks, tiling, carpets, pavers, driveway, letterbox, clothesline etc and some not so necessary like tinted windows/doors and solar hot water system (and a few other extras ), we are looking at $212,000.
Not so shabby, eh? Find a good builder and you will not be out of pocket $100,000. Re: Building Costs 19Feb 08, 2007 9:05 am Just a quick question, is BASIX a NSW 5 star thing, or is it something I should be aware of here in Melbourne?
I belive that all builders in Vic have to build to 5 star energy efficiency - which includes insulations, fittings, and either a 2000L tank or a solar assisted hot water system. These are listed in the inclusions of our builder, however they do state that they individual house will be evaluated (depending on the way it faces) and there may be additional costs if you need to upgrade what they class as the standard insulation, or even some windows are affected. In response to my earlier shock - I can understand a designer home costing a lot more than the "base" price, but I didn't see that a major builder with good standard inclusions could charge that much extra on top... but then I have never built a home before, so was thinking maybe I was kidding myself! I suppose time will tell. Ray. Second Time 'Round Re: Building Costs 20Feb 08, 2007 11:16 am Hi Ray,
Re the 5 star rating in Vic .. when you start upgrading features, just be very aware that a lot of things do effect the star rating. We got caught out big time on this and had a nasty shock in the mail with a post contract variation hitting us with additional charges due to our upgrades. Perhaps when you do make a change to the standard, check with your administrator. And it's all kinds of things like doors, raising roof, wider windows etc. Good luck!! Amber http://ourdreamhouse.blogspot.com Looking to tile the facade pillars rather than rendering. Builder is quoting 2500$ laying cost for upto 10msq. The 2 pillars come to be 16msq. So laying costs are 5000$… 0 8525 10 16271 Ha all, I am now about half way (maybe a bit more) through my build with Carlisle Homes - double-storey knockdown/rebuild project. So I am now doing my due diligence and… 0 4115 |