Browse Forums Building A New House 1 Apr 08, 2009 9:43 am Our land slopes, we have rock, dh says it slopes diagonally 2metres every 10metres, one lady said to go for a small footprint and site cost would be lower in a double storey to a single storey home. We want to do a two storey anyway so we have more yard. We saw one home we liked at 168k, how much more to finish it off if we didn't change the plan, it is 11m x 13m in the footprint? To get a quote we have to pay $800, just wondering if anyone had a idea of what to expect it all to cost? Re: How bad can site costs get? 2Apr 08, 2009 9:58 am It is possible it could be expensive . we have a slope and double storey design . we are solid rock and we have been quoted $35000 for excavation and removal and are currently getting other quotes. You also need to go to a lot of trouble to adequately drain and water proof the house from the run off another significant cost . There can be other significant site costs as well but I couldnt comment on these , others will have a better idea Mike 2/3 of the way thru the build Re: How bad can site costs get? 4Apr 08, 2009 10:56 am We have a 1 metre fall from front to back. Cost about $8500 for fill and a retaining wall. Luckily our soil test came back as M class Wisdom Homes Manhattan 39 Blog - https://edmondson-park.blogspot.com.au H1 Thread - https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=88210 Re: How bad can site costs get? 5May 06, 2009 3:25 pm oh god i'm in a nightmare with site cost. i know it was going to cost but no builders will give me the straight answer. (and i don't even ask for exact figure just approximate). A said might be $10K B said might be $15K C said might be $20K D said over $30K i am just at my wits end. Don't know what now. This is what i get for trying to build on a hill slope. The house slope to the right and i haven't got an exact measurement yet but i think 40 dgree slope is not far from it maybe more. I don't know what else is going to shock me. I'm already living in the nightmare. Anything else you guys wanna share with me? So i don't get a heart attack when more horror hit me later? Re: How bad can site costs get? 6May 06, 2009 8:33 pm ok here there is rock, clay, sandstone etc etc ... you get the drift. our site costs were over 40k. BUT out of town on property i did hear of one lady who had site costs quoted at 70k+. Our place is single story , large footprint. otherwise I think it would have been closer to 30k. Re: How bad can site costs get? 7May 06, 2009 9:19 pm Have you considered building a split level? Some builders tend to specialise in these and build homes that can be split in several spaces to make the most of the slope. They often give you a much better of the block & make your yard much more usable rather than a huge drop away or a wall of dirt straight off the back of the house. Our 1st house (we didn't build) was very sloping with a huge drop away and therefore we never used the space down there. Our custom build with Rossdale http://hazehome.blogspot.com/ https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=17630 Re: How bad can site costs get? 8May 06, 2009 10:30 pm at this point in time i consider anything really just to make it work. i just can't go over the budget more than i already did. they're going to tell me my site cost this friday. if it's unaffordable... *shrivel into a puddle of defeat* dear god i don't even know what to do because i am stuck with that land and i have to be able to build a house on that. Re: How bad can site costs get? 9May 06, 2009 10:43 pm Based on our experience, one of the biggest hidden cost with "site cost" is in the concrete piering. Normally the "provisioned linear meter" covered in the contract will be much lower than the actual figure, and no one would know how deep they have to drill until it's been actually done. Although that $800 sounds a lot, but at least they will do a few "test" drill in a few spots around the proposed area and you can have a rough idea how long your concrete piers might be. We paid about $2600 extra and that was in August 2007, not sure if the cost is higher now, details in my blog below: http://building-our-first-house.blogspo ... -done.html Another option as one of my friend did was, instead of been hit with a unforseen figure, he prefer to get the builder to make it a fixed cost for the concrete pier instead of "provisional" value. Of course the builder will add in some margin there but at these there won't be any surprise. And it makes it easier for the $ when he negotiate with the bank for loan. Hope this helps! Re: How bad can site costs get? 10May 07, 2009 12:39 am Our site costs nearly hit $50000. Our hidden massive costs is the finishing off the front, side, and back yard to make the property usable. This doesn't include one blade of grass or plant. Avoid slopes at all costs - pardon the pun Fi has moved in!! Re: How bad can site costs get? 11May 07, 2009 12:25 pm people like slopey blocks as they normally come with a view, but it looks like they get stuck with huge site costs. You really need to think about this before buying land. We had a 1 metre fall from front to back on our block, we locked in the site costs and only had to pay 6k for a HD slab. Re: How bad can site costs get? 12May 07, 2009 12:34 pm Doesn't only have to be slopey block for costs to escalate. Ours is dead flat but because of flood levels / imported fill it then required piering / drop edge beams / retainings all which escalated site costs to over $50k. Some things are worth waiting for. Re: How bad can site costs get? 13May 25, 2009 8:05 am so my site cost for the block of land i had in mind ended up being $70K over and that's only estimated. There's probably some rocks there that adds more $$$. Since i budgeted only $25-30K for it, I ended up going with a flat block on the other side of town instead. But it's funny because it didn't felt so slopey but it was pretty bad. Good thing is our builder is really nice, I'd like that they tell us front face what it was going to cost before I get myself in deeper. I am not sure whether Perth has its own way of doing things in regards to this. Most of Perth has class A (sandy soil), except for some areas near rivers or hills. 2 13099 Is anyone building with Mojo and have a recent site cost tender 0 15952 Henley should give you some indication of site costs. Too many variable to give you any reasonable accuracy 1 1884 |