Browse Forums General Discussion 1 Aug 27, 2010 11:32 pm Hi all, I am very new to this forum and I am planning to make some additions to our home. I spoke to an architect to just get a headstart.... but the planning and approval etc may cost upto $5000. is that reasonable? I am a first timer for home renovation. and I am quite confused as well... dont know where to start.. any suggestions are welcome.. would also appreciate if anyone caould suggest a few good builders in the area. thanks and regards.. A question that sometimes drives me hazy: am I or are the others crazy? Re: good builders in Adelaide 2Aug 31, 2010 1:09 am Hi sanjha187 I think $5000 is about average for all the prelim costs. We have just started our extensions & have paid about this for engineer, soil tests, council approvals etc. I can give you a rough breakdown if you're interested? We started by getting a few builders to come out and provide a quote. We had a couple of larger companies & also a couple of small builders quote to get a comparison. We ended up signing with a small builder & have been very happy with the whole process so far. Re: good builders in Adelaide 3Aug 31, 2010 9:31 pm Thank you Vanillabean for your response,We have started getting some prices from builders as well, went to a big one today and he was actually trying to get us to pull the house down and build a whole new one.... some jump in our budgets!!! according to him the reno costs would be roughly 300K and he could build a new one for around 350K those were very rough prices though...we are not looking to spend that much so we have some serious thinking to do, DH wants to build a new one whereas i am more inclined towards getting a quality upgrade and keep the costs down. we might end up just redoing the kitchen and bathroom and leave the rest alone.. I would appreciate the rough break down if thats not too much trouble for you, and would you recommend anyone in particular? did you get all done by the same company or you had separate planner and builder? thanks and regards A question that sometimes drives me hazy: am I or are the others crazy? Building a new home, and looking for a garage builder (home builder not contracted to do this). Someone to build steel garage (double), colorbond, including supply and… 0 3252 9 24791 Thank you. Do I use timber floorboards for stairs or do people use timber treads? Or is both the same? 6 7272 |