I went to the www.houseandlanddesign.com.au website and found a couple of interesting houses (flinders & burnett) that they're displaying in the pacific pines location. Will check it out.
Herbert
Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Building on a sloping Block 21Nov 21, 2008 11:09 am helmut no don't know anybody who have used them. My wife and I were about to sign up for one of their house and land packages but decided against it in the end (not any problem with the company, just decided to go with another block of land). They have a nice split level display at the observatory in Reedy Creek. I went to the www.houseandlanddesign.com.au website and found a couple of interesting houses (flinders & burnett) that they're displaying in the pacific pines location. Will check it out. Herbert Re: Building on a sloping Block 22Nov 21, 2008 11:58 am Herbert
Excavation was $17000. You have to find somewhere to take all the soil. If its clean and you get a venm certificate shouldnt be too hard. My house will be 38 squares and ends up being 5 different levels. 3 levels at the front and 2 levels at the rear. Just about to finish off the slab. So far has been a bit stressfull. You'll be surprised at the amount of time and work to get these types of homes out of the ground. Re: Building on a sloping Block 23Nov 21, 2008 4:29 pm Bananas Herbert Excavation was $17000. You have to find somewhere to take all the soil. If its clean and you get a venm certificate shouldnt be too hard. My house will be 38 squares and ends up being 5 different levels. 3 levels at the front and 2 levels at the rear. Just about to finish off the slab. So far has been a bit stressfull. You'll be surprised at the amount of time and work to get these types of homes out of the ground. Hi Bananas, Thanks for sharing. I just spoke with a man at Gl1indemanns who curtly asked me " Has anyone told you how much site costs are?" I said no and he said between 30 and 50K. So maybe I will reconsider going to look at their dsiplay home . It's not a good start when he's already high balling before we even talk designs costs etc. We are in Brisbane so costs may be different, but not by a factor of 100%! Thanks again for sharing. Re: Building on a sloping Block 24Nov 21, 2008 4:42 pm Bananas Herbert My house will be 38 squares and ends up being 5 different levels. 3 levels at the front and 2 levels at the rear. Just about to finish off the slab. So far has been a bit stressfull. You'll be surprised at the amount of time and work to get these types of homes out of the ground. Must be a fab house! 5 levels. I can see through a few posts that split levels are more complicated and will cost more. I'm going toward flatenning the groud and building a retaining wall around the house. If I get it right - the retaining wall should not be higher than 1 m. It seems that building a house is up there with getting married and moving countries in terms of stress! Re: Building on a sloping Block 25Nov 21, 2008 4:45 pm Hi Herbert,
Before you write that builder off, did you ask him what he means by "site costs"? Usually this just isn't the excavation amount. You will find that as it is a difficult (sloping) site, you do pay more for the site costs, and they mount up pretty quickly. It will depend on the type of build you do, as the more the house is suited to the site, *hopefully* the site costs aren't as much. Here is a starting point https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.p ... site+costs Cheers Bel Still not in. Don't ask!? Re: Building on a sloping Block 26Nov 21, 2008 4:45 pm Herbert
17k was just excavation. You also have to include waterproofing, retaining which could add up to thousands. I am getting everything done at cost so thats another 20% or so saving. Plus builders also include all service connections, basix requirements (not sure if you guys have that) in their site cost. So 30 to 50k is probably not far off the mark. I'm looking at about 60k by the time my slabs down. Re: Building on a sloping Block 27Nov 21, 2008 4:51 pm helmut no don't know anybody who have used them. My wife and I were about to sign up for one of their house and land packages but decided against it in the end (not any problem with the company, just decided to go with another block of land). They have a nice split level display at the observatory in Reedy Creek. Hi Helmut, I just called www.houseandlanddesign.com.au and they only go as far as Logan. Lucked out there.. Re: Building on a sloping Block 28Nov 21, 2008 4:55 pm Bananas Herbert 17k was just excavation. You also have to include waterproofing, retaining which could add up to thousands. I am getting everything done at cost so thats another 20% or so saving. Plus builders also include all service connections, basix requirements (not sure if you guys have that) in their site cost. So 30 to 50k is probably not far off the mark. I'm looking at about 60k by the time my slabs down. Hi Bananas, thanks. OK that calibrates things for me. There's an existing house on the site which we intend to tear down. So I assume the basics should be already there. I saw a nearby house newly built with the same gradient and they've put in a 4 bed/3 bath house 2 story house. (no split level). The retaining wall at the back look like it's no more than 1 meter. So i'm encouraged by this. How do you get things done at cost? Are you project managing it yourself? Re: Building on a sloping Block 29Nov 21, 2008 5:06 pm bel Hi Herbert, Before you write that builder off, did you ask him what he means by "site costs"? Usually this just isn't the excavation amount. You will find that as it is a difficult (sloping) site, you do pay more for the site costs, and they mount up pretty quickly. It will depend on the type of build you do, as the more the house is suited to the site, *hopefully* the site costs aren't as much. Here is a starting point https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.p ... site+costs Cheers Bel HI Bel, thanks and yes I was too hasty. Great post and it shows I've got lots to learn. The cost seem to come in at 20 - 25K for a 1 m "cut and fill" (see I'm learning). So 30K may be a little on the high side, but this is a prelim discussion and we didn't tlak about whst ios included. BTW are hard wood sleepers "solid " enough for a retaining wall? Is there much maintenance to do, say after a few years, to ensure the wall continues to do its job? Thx Herbert Re: Building on a sloping Block 30Nov 21, 2008 5:16 pm Hi Again
Ok, I'm not that great with the retaining walls, but what I'm learning is that over a certain height (I think determined by council - not sure) the retaining wall needs to be masonry and engineer designed. I'm sure Bananas will have more info on this. Still not in. Don't ask!? Re: Building on a sloping Block 31Nov 21, 2008 5:30 pm Herbert
i'm a designer for a few builders in Sydney and im project managing it myself through one of those companies to get their prices. been in the business for a few years now so i know all the trades, suppliers etc etc. In regards to your cut/fill is it a total of 1.0m or is it 2.0m over the building platform. Antimber retaining walls are fine if they are built properly and you like the look. there is plenty of discussion on the forum about them. Re: Building on a sloping Block 32Nov 21, 2008 6:11 pm Bananas Herbert i'm a designer for a few builders in Sydney and im project managing it myself through one of those companies to get their prices. been in the business for a few years now so i know all the trades, suppliers etc etc. In regards to your cut/fill is it a total of 1.0m or is it 2.0m over the building platform. Antimber retaining walls are fine if they are built properly and you like the look. there is plenty of discussion on the forum about them. Hi Bananas, Bel, Thanks for the info. Regards to cut/fill i'm only guessing so no exact info for you. Will check out the forum on the timber retaining walls. Herbert Building on sloping sites 33Nov 25, 2008 3:21 pm Hi there
If you want some information first about building on sloping sites (don't let builders tell you split level slabs are the best/most cost effective/only way to go as this is not true) you could check out the following: Go to http://www.lookhome.com.au/articles.html and search for the artcile "challenges into triumphs" and you'll be able to watch a short 2min video about building on sloping sites, and then read an article. It has some case studies, one of which at least features a Qld builder or two. Then, another Queensland builder is Aurora Constructions contactable via realestate.com.au here: http://www.propertymarketing.com.au/what_is.php Hope this helps! Re: Building on sloping sites 34Nov 25, 2008 7:13 pm renovation survivor Hi there If you want some information first about building on sloping sites (don't let builders tell you split level slabs are the best/most cost effective/only way to go as this is not true) you could check out the following: Go to http://www.lookhome.com.au/articles.html and search for the artcile "challenges into triumphs" and you'll be able to watch a short 2min video about building on sloping sites, and then read an article. It has some case studies, one of which at least features a Qld builder or two. Then, another Queensland builder is Aurora Constructions contactable via realestate.com.au here: http://www.propertymarketing.com.au/what_is.php Hope this helps! Thanks renovation survivor! We're talking to a lot of project builders and a lot of them are doubtful about building a "slab" home on our land. We're going to get a contour survey of our land in order to give the builder a better idea of what the project is about. Thanks again! Re: Building on a sloping Block 35Jul 10, 2014 3:47 pm Hi, I'm with Bush and Beach Homes and we've got a number of standard designs that would work on your block but the members of the forum are correct in that the homes will almost certainly need to be adjusted to suit the slope to make them work well. That's no problem, we're happy to modify a home or draw one up from scratch. We specialize in sloping blocks and odd shaped blocks. Call me, Tony on 0408 287 151 if you'd like a chat. We build from Hervey Bay down to the NSW border in Queensland Re: Building on a sloping Block 36Oct 24, 2016 8:34 pm bel Hi Herbert, Welcome to the forum! As you have worked out, it's a great source of information. I'm in Sydney and will be building on an upsloping block. Our slope is big enough to be a problem, but not so large that we couldn't build with a project builder. We have used a basic design, and have 3 levels on the ground floor. Our garage is dropped substanially lower than the ground floor, with the ground floor split. Upstairs will be all one level. I'm still waiting for council approval so haven't gone through the process yet to relay experience. A quick google search came up with K3rdic Homes in Brisbane as building on sloping sites. Don't know anything about them, but might be a place to start. I have found a really great site to get general info about sloping sites http://www.splitlevelhomes.com.au/series.asp. Whilst the builder is on the central coast in NSW, the info about the rise of land, and houses suited I've found really helpful. Hope it helps. Cheers Bel Hi, we are also looking at building on an upslope. We have 4m over 46metres but about 2m over building platform. Can I ask how much yours was and who you built with as I am in Sydney also Re: Building on a sloping Block 37Oct 24, 2016 9:28 pm Gi gardner, Stroud, chelbrooke? I think our neighbour built with home and land designs they moved from reedy creek. House looks good and didn't take too long to build... I don't know them v well but they didn't complain about anything I don't think. Will check with hubby. We're in gilston nr nerang x Give Jonathan a call. Tell him you know me. He is in my opinion the best surveyor I have ever worked with. His number is 0425 285 622 All the best Simeon 3 12423 i did click it, still couldnt make it out rofl. in any case, doesnt look like too extreme a slope, you may be in luck. Just shoot out some emails to volume builders in… 3 18575 Howdy all. I am looking for feedback on what people would do to maximise and make an area as flat as possible. First, out the front of the house is a sloping hill, pretty… 0 20168 |