Browse Forums Building A New House 1 Oct 01, 2009 9:14 pm I have just been advised that my footings variation has blown out. I am looking at reducing the cost where possible. Has anyone got the ground work done themselves (just the cut and fill)? If so did this save much over the builders quote? We had a previous quote and final costing last November (did not build as council rejected plans). These were similar in terms of cut and fill but $10,000 less which seems heck of a rise in less that 1 year. Any comments would be great. The block is in Adelaide if there are any recommendations of companies to use. 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 37373 Elvis has left the building... The site supervisor quit after 2 month on the project. I guess he was just instructed to bark at people, but didn't like when he was… 26 20955 |