Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Driveway costs 3Sep 09, 2009 5:30 pm ---------------------------------------- Building the PD Lisbon 24 http://www.porterdavis.com.au/#homeviewer/lisbon/24 Blog of our progress. http://lisbon24.blogspot.com/ Homeone build thread https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=28665 Re: Driveway costs 4Sep 09, 2009 7:52 pm Blog: http://bluemistkids.blogspot.com "Never be afraid to try something new. Remember, amateurs built the ark, and professionals built the Titanic." Re: Driveway costs 9Sep 11, 2009 7:57 am The main cost drivers of a driveway is the required volume of concrete, ease of excavation of driveway and removal of excess soil/rocks etc, colour/finish of concrete and if you have some special requirements like a drop edge beam on the side of driveway. We paid approx $16,000 for 210sqm ( close to 30cubic metres of concrete). It was coloured concrete finish. We chose to surround the perimeter of the house with a pathway and this then included approx 15 metres of a 700mm high drop edge beam along one side of a pathway. This enabled us to claim that as a retaining wall with council which i had budgeted 2-3k for in our planning. It also made it uncomplicated and efficient in terms of activities post our main builder completing his work. I had three concrete contractors to chose from. They were no nonsense and helpful at a time when stress levels were high. Lesson for me was for anyone building in a particular regional location area talk to your prospective concreters and ask him what else he can do to help you meet the DA conditions that may be imposed on you. They are often the guys who come in after the builder has finished his work, they see the work in progress , they understand various builders track record as they often have plenty of material from independent post mortems with people like us. gongbuilding a good choice would be to pay for relocation , because as kvazer said it depends on your council regulations. is a great place if you're looking to do that. 2 3555 To my understanding early saw cuts are to control shrinkage cracks, so doing them now would be pointless. Control joints may reduce ugly cracking during periods of soil… 3 7405 |