they dumped a bit of soil from the other side of the subdivision, just a couple of inches of soil from a pool they put it. My block needed it apparently.

I have full drawings that came with the land. It was a sub division so the original owner needed to submit plans to the council. The original plan therefor has some sort of partial approval for that design, but it expired a year or so ago. It would need council approval but I've spoken to them and t...

My block came with a 15 page soil report, so a builder should be able to get the footing price pretty close to the mark surely? What could cause a blow out beyond the original estimate in that case? a big rock?

I've always found the idea of paying a deposit before knowing the final price of a build a bit weird, know what I mean? The price could still rise significantly without making it worth pulling out and losing the deposit, so you kind of have to expect it will, right? Has anyone ever experienced the f...