Browse Forums Building A New House 1 Feb 22, 2022 9:01 pm Hi All, My partner and I are building with Henley Homes. We expected around 40k site costs but were shocked to see 65k, with a 35k cost being for Due to insufficient gradient from furthest point of stormwater drainage to assumed legal point of discharge, an alternative discharge method may be required. This may include additional costs to provide a Hydraulic Engineer designed stormwater discharge system in order to conform to AS/NZS 3500:2003. Note: - Cost to be confirmed on receipt of Engineer's Final Hydraulic design. Any resulting changes and costs will be advised to the Owner/s by variation. At tender we were told this was due to our block being dead flat. Has anyone ever received this charge and what did it end up costing. It's probably going to be the nail in the coffin of our build if it stands. Re: Unexpected Site Costs 2Aug 21, 2022 11:02 am I am with the same builder aka plantation homes and in the same situation. Current estimate is like 50k for a flat block ~480m2. Can someone offer some advice? Thanks! 1 25593 Henley should give you some indication of site costs. Too many variable to give you any reasonable accuracy 1 8110 Hi El Forgo From what you are describing, I would be budgeting at least $6,000-7,000/sqm at an absolute minimum, possibly even $8,000. This factors in: 1. The sheer… 4 8657 |