Browse Forums Building A New House 1 Jun 02, 2009 1:16 pm Hi All, I think this is an obvious question but, is it normal for a project builder to quote prices on their brochures which dont in any way reflect the real cost to build? The reason I ask is we just received a tender back (which is pretty vague at best) and it is nearly double the price of the house as advertised! In their brochure the house is advertised @ 179K now we are looking at 305K and this doesn't even include any landscaping/driveways/fences etc. What are other peoples experiences? and can anyone advise of any other builders who are more realistic in their advetised prices? Cheers, Steve Re: Cost of building 2Jun 02, 2009 1:20 pm What sort of upgrades have been included in your tender? And does that include your site costs? That could push it up quite a bit Re: Cost of building 3Jun 02, 2009 1:57 pm From what Ive gathered since my time here, the average is about 40% on top of base price. But for the life of me I cant remember if this included landscape, driveways etc or just upgrades to the house Either way, it's alot more than what you've got! Custom European Cabinets - Melbourne Kitchen Specialist PM for business details as website currently being updated! Our Crazy Owner Builder Journey! Re: Cost of building 4Jun 02, 2009 2:01 pm From our experience the initial costs quoted with a builder is for stock standard everything. Anything upgraded or extra is always going to cost on top - little things like door handles / internal doors from garages / paint colours / laminex all can add up very quickly and increase the base price substantially. Then adding in site costs can be even more horrific depending on the actual site. Some things are worth waiting for. Re: Cost of building 5Jun 02, 2009 2:12 pm That does seem really hight but all depends on what sort of upgrades and modifications you have made to the floorplan. I am building with DFH and have found there standard range to be very good. The base prices was 182000 and our contract price is 215000. This includes site costs fencing, temp fencing and driveway. A few smaller items that all add up that are included are stone benchtops, higher ceilings, rear access to backyard all floor coverings a additional sliding door, brick infills, off white mortar, window locks, flyscreens however we have not had any structual changes. Also the builder has allowed us to go directly through the electrician for all electrical which I am hoping will save us some money, however we dont need to add much as the house comes standard with alot of electrical 3 powerpoints in bedrooms 2 tv points. Re: Cost of building 6Jun 02, 2009 2:22 pm We recently received our tender for a house with a base price of $177K which turned out to be around $315K. That included a different facade and a fair amount of upgrades. It included a driveway (for a single garage when it was a double) but no landscaping. We ended up getting the price down to around $255K after taking out the upgrades we didn't really need. Re: Cost of building 7Jun 04, 2009 12:03 pm Our base house was around 215k. The quoted price for our build is 380k (includes site costs). Things we changed were : - adding home theatre - extending living space - adding walk in pantry - adding an kitchen island - stone bench tops throughout kitchen - timber floor with metal balustrades on the staircase - 300x600 tiles in the wet areas - moving garage to side of house - additional rendering to the sides of the house (only a meter to the sides) - a big alfresco - alfresco doors on the living area - double glazing on windows - 1200mm showers - upgraded shower heads and mixers - 3 phase airconditioning - 3-in-1 heatlamps to all the bathrooms - extra ensuite with walk in robe - two built-in robes - large linen cabinet - cut-out for home theatre equipment in home theatre. - high-end spa with 21 jets and heat pump - double basin in the master bedroom ensuite - upgrade toilet bowls throughout - added a balcony with metal balusters. - double entry doors on the balcony and entrance. - 2 extra circuits for the downlights (supports around 50 downlights) I'm doing the downlights, structured cabling, landscaping, letterbox, clothesline, fencing, paving, driveway elsewhere so that's not included. Things we're thinking of cutting back on... - We'll save around 7-8k if we make the alfresco area a little smaller - We'll save around 1-2k if we don't upgrade the toilet bowls - we'll save around 4k if we remove the spa (reluctant) - we'll save roughly 9k if we don't double glaze the windows. So it should come up around 370k. All these prices are also fixed for 12 months, so we shouldn't expect any nasties to come up. The only variations are for footings, which we've allowed 15k (i'm told that's reasonable in the area we're building in). Hope that helps, Cheers Howie Blog : http://ournewhaven.blogspot.com/ (Modified Newhaven - Homestead Homes) Status : DA - Dec 09. Slabbed - Jan 10. Handover - Aug 10 Re: Cost of building 8Jun 04, 2009 4:38 pm Our base price was $192,500. We added: *1.4 metres to the garage to build to boundary and to make it wider *upgraded carpet and underlay *upgraded taps and basins *feature tiles for kitchen, ensuite and bathroom *9 foot ceilings *2340 high doors *timbagrain garage door *1200mm wide pivot door *5000ltr water tank plumbed to laundry and toilets *600mm eaves to dwelling and a bunch of other things like window upgrades and the like. Our contract price is $206,000. Building a Modified Lawson Modern 29 @ Botanic Ridge, Cranbourne South, Victoria custom probably not. Volume, most defiantly, but spec would vary. If youre doing a knock down, there additional costs associated with that that will eat into your budget… 1 10276 multiple occ properties are always billed by trades at a premium, rarely per sqm for the lot. You either have trades you know whoe will do by sqm or youre going to get… 1 2237 2 3001 |