Browse Forums Building A New House 1 Aug 31, 2024 11:27 pm What would you do? What would be the less risky path, and does the cost of building a 2 storey outclass the cost saving of building a single storey over sewer main? Thank you. Re: Single storey build over sewer vs 2 storey 3Sep 02, 2024 4:54 pm We are building over a main (100mm, 2m deep and concrete encased) - unfortunately in our case the SM was a late find post settlement (grrr) We have a DA and just finalising the detailed engineering (piles, 8m deep etc) so no load onto the main, estimating around 60k'ish in additional costs Check with your local authority - but there might also be other considerations (access openings, heights, removable floor, bedrooms etc), we have variations of these but on our 2 story build the ground was always going to be mainly garage so not so much impact here cheers I think you are getting different numbers because they all just based them on "other jobs" even though each job is unique. Often, with builders, unless you're speaking to… 3 15921 Hello All 🙂 We are planning to start our journey of construction our first home. We zeroed down on Metricon and henley homes based on design suitable for our lot and… 0 25956 |