Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Fixed price or cost plus option? 5Sep 17, 2009 9:12 pm danc12 Have you at all considered demolition and construction from scratch, it could be worth a look at the cost of this too. Hope this helps. Dan We were initially told by the architect a reno is cheaper. Now we are not so sure - a demolition/build would probably be about the same price but would give us more choices with design. We're sort of stuck down the reno path now as do not want to get another DA (this DA took us a year to be approved!). Good to know you can negotiate on the price. Still waiting for all the tenders to come through but one builder already told me his quote and it was definitely over our budget. I think he told me first to get my reaction. Thank you so much everyone. This all makes a lot of sense. I guess when you talk to a builder who butters up everything to look very polished, you get to start believing… 7 17630 So AFAIk the outcomes of the BAL ratings form part of a clause that allows them to pass these costs on to you. However the more relevant detail is how did it go from 19… 1 9170 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 6212 |