Browse Forums General Discussion Re: Site costs for sloping block 4Jul 25, 2013 10:46 am ] mpp Richard Rolfe Hi, As an ex Builder, it's good to see you're being realistic with the site costs. $50K is a decent budget, but it obviously depends on the amount of slope, does it slope front to back/back to front, crossfall? It also depends on whether you are going to cut & fill or house on stumps, or a combination. With the smaller blocks, you can lose a lot of room on the sides with retaining walls etc and communicating with neighbours is important. What have others done on neighbouring blocks as an idea. As for the house, it sounds low but , only one way to find out, get some quotes. Regards, Richard PS When we were doing house and land packages, we would count the site costs with the block price, so we could compare apples for apples, some sloping blocks may look cheap but get you in the end, unless they have nice views or something like that. Thanks Richard for the reply.Of the few blocks which we have seen one is with a moderate fall sloping upwards from roadside to the backside.The other os sloping down from front to back.I will try to add images of the block These are the images of the blocks.Hopefully you can see the fall http://s1280.photobucket.com/user/mpp2768/media/main_zpsc497dce9.jpg.html?sort=3&o=0 http://s1280.photobucket.com/user/mpp2768/media/image2_zps5e8a6498.jpg.html?sort=3&o=1 Re: Site costs for sloping block 5Jul 27, 2013 4:42 pm I looked in Highton too, end up buying in Torquay. What turned me off Highton was the weird sloping blocks and the site costs associated with them. I have seen some of the homes build with massive cut/fill and retaining wall systems which would cost a fortune. To make this blocks cost effective you need to work with the block, maybe a split level design. Currently getting my design priced, i have a rise of 2000mm front to back over 32m and they're trying to tell me it will be better and cheaper on site costs if we split level the build, which would mean having a couple of steps in the build. See if the agent has a soil test for the block, this could uncover rock, clay, fill, who knows! All the best Never argue with an idiot. They will only bring you down to their level and beat you with experience. George Carlin Give Jonathan a call. Tell him you know me. He is in my opinion the best surveyor I have ever worked with. His number is 0425 285 622 All the best Simeon 3 9168 i did click it, still couldnt make it out rofl. in any case, doesnt look like too extreme a slope, you may be in luck. Just shoot out some emails to volume builders in… 3 14162 I am not sure whether Perth has its own way of doing things in regards to this. Most of Perth has class A (sandy soil), except for some areas near rivers or hills. 2 8270 |