Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Metricon thoughts&Bordeaux 59 (Melb) &builder recommenda 12Jun 14, 2019 4:50 pm Yep, we just went through costs with a base + promo pack and air con on the 59 sq Somerset at 875k, probably around 900 after final upgrades. It seems like the price has increased quite a bit, considering you got a whooping 67 squares on a similar style! I’m very jealous haha. Did you try to haggle at all (or get any free additions) after the final price came out for everything you wanted included? Re: Metricon thoughts&Bordeaux 59 (Melb) &builder recommenda 13Jun 14, 2019 5:05 pm Reiri36 Yep, we just went through costs with a base + promo pack and air con on the 59 sq Somerset at 875k, probably around 900 after final upgrades. It seems like the price has increased quite a bit, considering you got a whooping 67 squares on a similar style! I’m very jealous haha. Did you try to haggle at all (or get any free additions) after the final price came out for everything you wanted included? No not really. We didn’t think too be be honest. Because we thought it was a great price with everything we got. I believe the extension came in at $80,000. But we got freebies during the build. And because m left some things out. They had to pay for it. So we did get a few thousands worth. The Somerset was one of my favourites too. But the doulton stairs won us over. It is metricon biggest job on new land in over 40 years we were told. So metricon treated it like their baby. They even had csr install the hebel. My ss was the best. I even told metricon his an asset to them. Don’t know if that got him promoted. But after my house they moved him to framing Supervisor. He was an awesome guy. Very humbling and attentive. Re: Metricon thoughts&Bordeaux 59 (Melb) &builder recommenda 14Jun 14, 2019 5:36 pm That’s great to hear! From what I’ve read some SS can be terrible My dads super worried about extra hidden costs after we have a total cost set (everything including upgrades) cause we’re really pushing our budget atm (with $1m for land costs). He was just telling me about - oh what if they say there’s some issues with plumbing/pipes to your site and end up charging an extra few thousand etc. here and there. Did you experience any of this? Re: Metricon thoughts&Bordeaux 59 (Melb) &builder recommenda 15Jun 14, 2019 5:40 pm Reiri36 That’s great to hear! From what I’ve read some SS can be terrible My dads super worried about extra hidden costs after we have a total cost set (everything including upgrades) cause we’re really pushing our budget atm (with $1m for land costs). He was just telling me about - oh what if they say there’s some issues with plumbing/pipes to your site and end up charging an extra few thousand etc. here and there. Did you experience any of this? We did get $11,000 extra for site cost. Because neighbours build on the fence line. So they had to move the house across. Which then bought it closer to the other neighbours who also had their easement there. So they had to put 60 piers in. So yeah there can be extra cost that does come up. viewtopic.php?t=86597 Re: Metricon thoughts&Bordeaux 59 (Melb) &builder recommenda 17Jun 17, 2019 1:31 am Hi $900k is a good price for a good home with all the good upgrades. Re: Metricon thoughts&Bordeaux 59 (Melb) &builder recommenda 18Jun 17, 2019 2:03 am Renman we did some calculations and it’s roughly $940k total for it done with pretty good upgrades (carpet, floorboards, 60/40mm benchtops, tiles etc). I think this is pretty good for the quality we’ll get. I’m not sure how much extra we’d be spending on the landscaping, driveway and fencing though. Not too sure on how much they cost. If anyone has rough figures for landscaping etc that’d be great. Contacts would be awesome Re: Metricon thoughts&Bordeaux 59 (Melb) &builder recommenda 19Jun 17, 2019 4:01 pm Reiri36 @Renman we did some calculations and it’s roughly $940k total for it done with pretty good upgrades (carpet, floorboards, 60/40mm benchtops, tiles etc). I think this is pretty good for the quality we’ll get. I’m not sure how much extra we’d be spending on the landscaping, driveway and fencing though. Not too sure on how much they cost. If anyone has rough figures for landscaping etc that’d be great. Contacts would be awesome What ever you planned for landscaping, double it. DM if you want to discuss price estimation. Our landscaping bill will be close to $230k. Hey guys, I have just purchased a block of land in Eastern Suburbs of Melbourne. The block size is 630 Sq Mtrs (land settlement is due in 6 months). This is purely an… 0 24271 If you need to pay for a project manager you would be well advised to just engage a builder who would take full responsibility for the build. As opposed to you OB where… 5 15090 It's all about wireless, self install now. The cost/benefit of wired setups for the house are no longer what they used to be. Lots of wireless options. Eufy, Arlo and… 2 9798 |