Browse Forums Real Estate 1 Sep 15, 2009 11:31 am hi everyone just came across this forum today. so this is my first post. i am currently looking at buying a property in melbourne's inner west. i have seen one that i think might be for me but it needs a fair bit of work. what i'm looking for is some advice/recommendations on how to go about getting a good reputable builder to give me a quote on roughly how much it would cost to get this house completely renovated and how long it would take. i know i can get the pre-purchase building inspections for structure and pests but they don't give building renovation quotes. can anyone recommend a good builder in melbourne's inner west that might be able to quote on this work? any advice is much appreciated. mods - if this question is in the wrong place please feel free to move it to a more relevant forum. cheers christmasbender Re: pre-auction reno quote & recommend builder (melb inner-west) 3Sep 24, 2009 2:45 pm Hiya, Can't recommend any builders but we have had good experiences so far with our architect. We met with her before we settled on our house and talked about what we might want to do with it and she gave an educated guess about the price. We haven't gone directly with builders- you'll get a price estimate from them which will be cheaper than an architect, because it will only go up. Since you haven't given the builder a plan to price on, you might find the price they give you is for a box with basic project bits in it. If you want anything different, you'll pay a lot more. Builders make a lot of their profit from extras. Architects are used to spending more on building to get the details right, but are usually happy to work the cost down by modifying designs and things (what's the name for the taps and sinks and stuff?). We're buying all the tiles and taps ourselves, for example, and using some reclaimed and a lot of discount stuff. It's all chancy, though. Good luck! Hi I live in a 100yr old semi and my neighbour added an additional floor last yr and our architect has advised that we can knock down our semi and build a free-standing… 0 37714 10 15745 We already paid for somfy motors for the blinds. The quote above was purely for “pre-wiring” so the blinds company can install the motors and blinds. That’s why we… 5 16275 |