Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Stonecutters Ridge site cost 5Jul 19, 2009 9:22 pm made 4 u - your profile doesn't tell us which state you're in - Stonecutters Ridge is your typical Sydney estate - strong clay component in the soil. Many Sydneysiders will confirm the need for H class slabs because of the high level of clay. jjolr - you didn't mention the 3-3.5m of fill. I'd say this might be contributing to the high site costs rather than the H class slab. Now - if the compaction of the fill has been done correctly - I'm not sure that you'd need 4m piers (but I'm not an engineer). If you like - PM me what Lot number you're look at and I may be able to give you some history on what used to be at that particular spot. The estate you see now is fairly flat and the slopes are gentle. We've seen the site from farmland right through to now - there did used to be some very big hills and valleys that have been smoothed. My advice - pay $300 to Wisdom (or some other builder) and get them to do a proper soil test and put together a tender for your site costs so that you know the real amount. After 4 years - we're in! We were lucky in that our old house was so small (86 square metres) compared to the new house, they were able to take enough readings around the old backyard house before… 8 37142 Thanks for the insight! My plot is a new development so hopefully I won't have too much problem during build as everyone should be roughly building together. I also… 2 3372 Approvals are covered in the cost we are paying to the pool company. The only thing stated in our home build contract for the additional cost is engineering support. … 3 7119 |