Hi all! First home owner here. Still trying to get a hang of site costs. We have now been given a quote of 38k for site cost + 3..5k for fixed rock.
As per your engineering below, our land falls from front to back. The highest point is 118.02 and the lowest point is 116.77. This equals 1.25 fall.
In relation to the fill there’s 1.26 of fill on the RHS rear corner, 1.43 on the rear left, 690mm on the front right and 1m on the front left.
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We haven't got a breakdown of the 38k for site costs however I assume that they will be including retaining walls. Here's the builder's proposed engineering plan. For our block of land, would anyone have an idea whether having split level/steps help decrease site cost? Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅
thanks so much!
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Browse Forums Building A New House  18 Nov 2020 54 Loyal Member Re: Can split level potentially help lower site cost? 2Dec 08, 2020 3:07 am Chat to your builder and see what they say. We have a 2m fall on our block and have gone split level - I believe it was mostly because Council wouldn’t sign off on the impact of the high retaining walls on the neighbours though. Certainly less site works would likely mean less cost but it’s whether the extra materials cost for your design would make up the difference. Not sure your local council conditions but often you can maintain current setbacks by going through a DA as alterations and additions rather than a new build, hence the… 1 14282 10.3.1 Height of rooms and other spaces (1) Heights of rooms and other spaces (see Figure 10.3.1) must be not less than -- (a) in a habitable room excluding a kitchen … 3 4587  1 17976 |
