Browse Forums Building A New House 1 May 24, 2009 1:58 pm For what its worth - our site was so steep, the guy was honest to say would have to load the $$ if he quoted fixed price. We agreed the cheaper way would be to pay the digger a daily rate, cost of trucks to take dirt away $75 /hr + $60 a load to dump. This work great for us - the landfill was only 10 mins away. You need an honest worker - ours was gr8. Re: It's not the Cost of Land, it's Cost of Land Plus Siteworks 2May 25, 2009 12:33 am Desmondp Often land further away which is cheaper has more expensive siteworks so its a false economy I tend to disagree, it's not really the fact that if you're further away (I'm assuming you mean further away from the city) you pay more on site cost, it just depends on what type of soil and fall that area has. You could be close to the city and have bad soil, hence high site cost. I'm also getting fixed site cost and you are right, if the cost is cheaper than they had fixed, I wont get a refund of the balance. However, this is the risk I'm willing to take to have piece of mind knowing that this is the price I'm paying, rather than sweat it out waiting for the soil test. Besides, as my land wont settle until months from now, I need a fixed price contract to go for my loan and and eligible for the grant, if I didnt get fixed site cost, I would probably miss out on the grant. However I do agree that before people buy land, they should also research about site cost around that area before making the decision to buy. Idiots are fun, that's why there is one in every village! - Dr. House - 1000000% definitely add insulation. I have in my home and it makes a big difference minimising sound transfer. Insulation is pretty cheap and definitely worth it 2 6447 We are building a house that was planned to be clad in Hardie Linea, our builder has now requested to swap this for BGC Nuline Plus. They look fairly similar and he has… 0 1138 As per title, unsure if my land doesn’t have enough fill. The house on the left seems to have higher elevation. Not sure if the empty lot in between has just been… 0 922 |