Browse Forums General Discussion 1 Sep 22, 2013 12:40 pm I'm looking at building but not in a new estate but on my own block of land. As such, Henley are charging $6000 to build in my zone. My questions is, has anyone successfully negotiated to not pay the zoning fee? If so what are your tips and tricks. I can't see how it can cost an extra $6000 to build outside of a new estate, I mean I have to pay site costs on top of this anyway. Thanks, Re: Zone costs with the Big Builders 2Sep 22, 2013 12:56 pm How far out of town are you?? How far from the "usual" new building areas? Build thread: viewtopic.php?f=31&t=65085 Re: Zone costs with the Big Builders 4Sep 22, 2013 1:48 pm Some councils have quite onerous development controls which can add cost on terms of processing effort. New estates have specific building and siting requirements and due to familiarity it is easy for the builders to comply with estate / council requirements. Designs often go through the estate developers first and this means that there is better chance few changes will be needed to submitted plans at council DA stage. Fewer new builds also occur in the existing suburbs. That means their supervisors generally have to travel out of their way to manage your build. This time would add up over the duration of your build. Not really trying to defend the builders but the additional costs would be a reality. Build thread: here Land Nov 12, Contract 6/07/13, Consent 15/08/13, Start 20/09/13, Slab 25/09/13, Frame 4/10/13, Brick 21/10/13, Roof 2/11/13, Lock-up 17/12/13, Handover 3/3/14 Re: Zone costs with the Big Builders 5Sep 22, 2013 7:32 pm Hey Maximus... Yes i can understand that their SS need to Travel, but gee It can't be that expensive. In any case, if we choose to go with one of these big builders I'll let you know how I go, but appreciate every ones thoughts. Cheers. Re: Zone costs with the Big Builders 6Sep 24, 2013 11:28 am Hi Crazyk, We are going to built in Strathfield and Wisdom has charged 10k for this and their argument is most of the tradies live in the west and they have to travel day in day out!!! Re: Zone costs with the Big Builders 7Sep 24, 2013 11:39 am AAAHome Hi Crazyk, We are going to built in Strathfield and Wisdom has charged 10k for this and their argument is most of the tradies live in the west and they have to travel day in day out!!! Assuming traddies are paid for travel there might be something in that but not sure if its the case. Maybe divide the build contract time by $10000. EG 40week build=200 working days \$10000= $50 a day. Might give a better idea how reasonable it is. http://camdenbuild.blogspot.com.au/ by invite only please pm me Yes it had a house on it. But Melbourne water only wanted something the original size of the existing house. We managed to fit a 45sq house on. 10 33668 Hi All It has been a few weeks since my last update. The build has been progressing well. No major issues to report. The scaffolding was dropped today, gyprock will be… 96 357045 First time building 2 storey home, is under construction (in Framing stage) in NSW. I have 3 toilets and need bidet spray in… 0 16861 |