Browse Forums General Discussion 1 Nov 14, 2012 7:13 pm Hello. I will be building two new houses behind my house, and as part of it, I need to remove about 6 palm trees and a few plants, as well as take down an awning/carport, remove paving, etc. It's pretty straight forward - one weekend's work I reckon. I'd like to minimise building costs, so do you think it would make the building cost much cheaper if I did this myself? Or would the cost of this to the builder be negligible? I would ask the builder this myself (I have) but I've emailed them with so many questions that they've stopped emailing me back!!! Thankyou Re: Making building cheaper by doing demolition / tree remov 2Nov 14, 2012 9:07 pm They will have an excavator on site. By far the quickest and easiest way to remove a tree would be for the machine to yank it out of the ground then deliver it to the truck bound for a tip. Same goes for the awning, it can be pulled out and any pavers can be bucket scooped out. Re: Making building cheaper by doing demolition / tree remov 3Nov 14, 2012 9:13 pm I know, but would I save money by doing it myself? I know it would be easy for them, but if I can save money I'll do it myself. Re: Making building cheaper by doing demolition / tree remov 4Nov 15, 2012 12:29 am I work for a builder and have seen what you have described a number of times. When you sign up for a build, and the builder will organize a surveyer to create a plan on the block, and showing tree locations, House locations, and numerous sand levels over the entire lot. Builder will then get earthworks quotes based on the survey plan. Earth workers will itemize how much they will charge. You then have the right to say we will complete all the clearing, and tree removal. If you do the works yourself, during any clearing and tree removal the sand levels around the area will obviously change, so the builder will need to organize an additional site survey, so the earth worker knows how much sand to bring in and level the block to the approved floor level. To summarize, you can do works yourself to a certain extent to save money, but you may charged by the builder anyhow for the additional site survey, possibly also an engineers inspection, to confirm the sand is compacted properly. 2 The DIY project can be broken into two major steps. Planning and Design and Construction. Both of these steps are as important as one another to ensure you give… 0 5175 Hi group, have some damage to the door frame and skirting board. It's a side door to the laundry area. Only has a security door. I had a termite inspection (note drill… 0 5059 0 2021 |