Browse Forums Building A New House 1 Mar 17, 2010 12:07 am Hi all. We are going to build Imperial 47 in Bentleigh, and are getting some preliminary costs at the moment. We just had an appointment with the sales consultant, and one of the items discussed was the site costs, so I had a few questions to anyone who built with M: - is the slab price not included in the base house price? - is it normal for the site cost to be ~$40K? - is it true that site cost for a nockdown and rebuilt house is greater then for a a new site? She said that it's different type of slab for land after demolished house. Thanks a lot for all help. Sergey Re: Metr!con - Site Costs 2Mar 17, 2010 6:08 am Volume builders do generally include the cost of the slab in their price, however, they only allow for an M-class slab on a block with 300mm of fall or less, with gas/electricity/water connections sited less than x distance from the house.... and so on. Very few blocks will meet the criteria. I don't think I've ever heard of anyone with zero site costs. There are dozens (probably hundreds) of variables. Longer distance to run connecctions, unstable soil or fill on the block, proximity to sewer or other easements (or to a proposed swimming pool, underground water tank or anything else underground), slope of the block, additional stormwater drainage due to fall of the land, soil type, nearby tree roots, access issues (this one often applies to knock-down-rebuilds), blah, blah, blah.... And rock can be a huge cost, and is almost never included in site costs - owners can be hit with extra costs once work begins if excavation uncovers rock that needs removal. Some builders will fix the site costs - that can be worth investigating. It's a lucky dip though; you might be better off, or you might not. Re: Metr!con - Site Costs 3Mar 17, 2010 8:09 am kek Volume builders do generally include the cost of the slab in their price, however, they only allow for an M-class slab on a block with 300mm of fall or less, with gas/electricity/water connections sited less than x distance from the house.... and so on. Very few blocks will meet the criteria. I don't think I've ever heard of anyone with zero site costs. There are dozens (probably hundreds) of variables. Longer distance to run connecctions, unstable soil or fill on the block, proximity to sewer or other easements (or to a proposed swimming pool, underground water tank or anything else underground), slope of the block, additional stormwater drainage due to fall of the land, soil type, nearby tree roots, access issues (this one often applies to knock-down-rebuilds), blah, blah, blah.... And rock can be a huge cost, and is almost never included in site costs - owners can be hit with extra costs once work begins if excavation uncovers rock that needs removal. Some builders will fix the site costs - that can be worth investigating. It's a lucky dip though; you might be better off, or you might not. We were lucky enough to have zero site costs. We did however have to upgrade the slab at a cost of $6,000 or so but that was it. Maybe someone made a mistake? P.S P0rt3r D4V1S wanted $10-15,000 for *fixed* site costs on our block of land but we ended up going with Inspired/Hermitage Homes. Our house thread: https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=18335 Re: Metr!con - Site Costs 4Mar 17, 2010 7:28 pm smarakhov Hi all. We are going to build Imperial 47 in Bentleigh, and are getting some preliminary costs at the moment. We just had an appointment with the sales consultant, and one of the items discussed was the site costs, so I had a few questions to anyone who built with M: - is the slab price not included in the base house price? - is it normal for the site cost to be ~$40K? - is it true that site cost for a nockdown and rebuilt house is greater then for a a new site? She said that it's different type of slab for land after demolished house. Thanks a lot for all help. Sergey We're halfway through a full demolish & rebuild with M - check our early blog entries for info that you'll need. Link is at the bottom of this post. As Kek said, the basic price includes a basic slab on a perfect block of land, which very few people are fortunate enough to get. As for knockdown/rebuild, you'll pretty much always have a "P" site due to the pre-existing building and any trees which were there. I think the site costs on our Nolan were about $25k, we had a weatherboard house and a whole bunch of trees removed off the site, which was fortunately pretty flat. Add a bit of slope and the costs for retaining walls and bigger cut/fill will easily reach $40k. T&T Knockdown and rebuild - building Metr1con Nolan 41 (43) @ http://tim-and-tina.blogspot.com! http://www.verdantdental.com.au Re: Metr!con - Site Costs 5Mar 17, 2010 9:18 pm smarakhov Hi all. - is the slab price not included in the base house price? - is it normal for the site cost to be ~$40K? - is it true that site cost for a nockdown and rebuilt house is greater then for a a new site? She said that it's different type of slab for land after demolished house. Sergey * Only the cheapest, easiest slab is in the base price. Also no connections to gas, electricity, phone and water included. * Ours was around $12k but for a house half the size on a perfectly flat block without trees or rocks. * Not sure but I suspect it would be. Trying this building gig one more time. I am not sure whether Perth has its own way of doing things in regards to this. Most of Perth has class A (sandy soil), except for some areas near rivers or hills. 2 12982 Is anyone building with Mojo and have a recent site cost tender 0 15906 Henley should give you some indication of site costs. Too many variable to give you any reasonable accuracy 1 1830 |