Browse Forums Building A New House 1 Sep 16, 2020 6:48 am Re: Site cost - boreholes 3Sep 16, 2020 2:54 pm ![]() Means you have rocks at 1500-1600 Is that a bad thing? I have been provided fixed site costs for 16k to 20k but one builder is charging me 45k .. such a massive difference o.o and I am not entirely sure why there is such a huge discrepancy compared to other builders... Re: Site cost - boreholes 5Sep 17, 2020 12:17 am ![]() I think it is okay, you would most probably require piers to around 1200-1500 due to uncontrolled fill. How did he explain the difference? I do have a Meter fall on my land apparently. But they didn't see that the developer already has placed a retaining wall.. so hopefully that can lower the cost quite a bit.one of the builders actually quoted be just 16k and was able to fix it. I mentioned this to them. So hopefully they can look at the engineering again and lower the cost.. Hi The "P" just advises there are some problems with the site that the engineer needs to address, as you're a KDR the P would relate to the disturbed/loose soil with… 1 10311 ![]() Thanks for the insight! My plot is a new development so hopefully I won't have too much problem during build as everyone should be roughly building together. I also… 2 18134 ![]() Approvals are covered in the cost we are paying to the pool company. The only thing stated in our home build contract for the additional cost is engineering support. … 3 27133 |