Browse Forums General Discussion Re: Building Costs increase in last 10 years 12Mar 26, 2014 9:58 am 3in1 Supadiverta. Rainwater Harvesting Best Practice using syphonic drainage. Cleaner Neater Smarter Cheaper Supa Gutter Pumper. A low cost syphonic eaves gutter overflow solution. Re: Building Costs increase in last 10 years 13Mar 26, 2014 1:16 pm Quote: Using historical sales results of individual houses to gauge price increases is misleading as the land values have increased. Builders do not build the land. That has been my biggest beef with these figures for a while. We have some of the dearest real estate prices in the world and going back to the '70's the house value as a percentage of house + land was 65% : %35. Now it has turned 180º and is 35% : %65. I read recently that in the US in some of the big cities like LA , the price to build a new house is just above cost. Builders have slashed margins just to keep their core workers employed and are basically just keeping their heads above water until better times come along. House sizes ... http://www.couriermail.com.au/life/home ... 6119251532 House Blocks... http://www.couriermail.com.au/life/home ... 6086174060 Stewie Joe, it depends on your certifier but we are noticing the ones we deal with are really cracking down. So i would recommend you follow your approved landscaping plans to… 4 10852 Just to makea point about this, an approach that some people have found sucessful in negotiating these rises down, Is to provide some workings to the builder, specifying… 4 81561 Fair Trading can issue orders to rectify and complete but once the matter goes to NCAT these orders are automatically vacated. You will have to terminate contract and sue… 21 29642 |