Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Site Costs with Allworth 23Jul 03, 2010 12:13 am Hi no we didn't receive anything in the mail just a phone call saying we need to download it from the net and complete it. I've had a look at and it seems a little bit complex to just complete by yourself (unless your a surveyor or have those skills). I don't recall reading anything in our quote stating that we are required to do this. Allworth complete the plans, surveying , engineering etc etc, lodge DA to council, why shouldn't they complete this for us too ? I'm going to ask the question will get back to you. Re: Site Costs with Allworth 24Jul 03, 2010 8:48 am Check this out, a Concerto open for viewing viewtopic.php?f=31&t=35577 __________________________ Building the Concerto with Allorth Homes @ The Ponds Our blog Noddy @ The Ponds http://noddytheponds.blogspot.com PM me re Landscape Plans Re: Site Costs with Allworth 25Jul 03, 2010 9:18 am I agree shadowscollide - I dont believe this is something we should be required to complete, and Allworth should be doing this. I'm waiting on them to get back to me - left a msg last week and no one has returned my call yet. Awesome noddy, we will definetly check it out next weekend. Re: Site Costs with Allworth 26Jul 03, 2010 10:01 am cclarity Allworth often allow 60 lineal meters or so of piering, chances are with your block being reasonably flat you will come no where near that and will get a rebate for the unused l/m, could possibly be worth a few grand. That's interesting. What if the client signs a fixed price contract - I suppose they wouldn't be eligible for the rebate in that case?? My signature is distracting people from my wise posts ... Re: Site Costs with Allworth 27Jul 27, 2010 10:30 pm Hi all we recently received our full plans. We have reviewed them and signed off. A few variations but only slight internal changes, eg widen fridge space, add sliding doors here and there... nothing major. Allworth will now prepare them for Council. We completed the Bush Fire Assessment as best we could (as per advice from Allworth). We were advised regardless of our conclusions that Council will complete a full assessment themselves via the Rural Fire service. We go back in two weeks to the office to complete colour selections. Virtually have everything picked anyway and confirmed availability eg, with PGH re bricks. Hoping by October that construction will start. Fingers crossed. Is anybody thinking of adding return to grid solar to their new home ? I'm just reading into that a bit now. Cheers. Re: Site Costs with Allworth 28Jul 28, 2010 8:26 am Hi shadowscollide, congrats on signing off on your plans, we're also building with Allworth and just waiting on our plans to come back from council this week or early next week. We're hoping to start building in 4 weeks time at the latest. Allworh's new promotion is to include solar panels, I haven't done too much research on these but would love to add them in one day as we've got a big roof facing north and it would reduce our electricity bill... something definately to consider in this day and age... __________________________ Building the Concerto with Allorth Homes @ The Ponds Our blog Noddy @ The Ponds http://noddytheponds.blogspot.com PM me re Landscape Plans Re: Site Costs with Allworth 29Jul 29, 2010 9:51 pm Well done Noddy you will have to get some photo's up on your blog once building starts. Interested to see how the Concerto looks as work progresses. We will do the same however we are a long way off. Our plans have been lodged to council, we received the revised plans and all the other plan confirmation paperwork yesterday (very quickly I might add) so it's just a council waiting game now. Hopefully no unnecessary delays. In the meantime we will book in to do colour selections in the next week, however my wife is about to have a baby , so it might have to wait an extra week, I can't make colour selections without the wife (of course). Re: Site Costs with Allworth 30Jul 31, 2010 7:12 pm I noticed that the new brochures for the Conceto and Harmony which have base price of 138,900 now show a Free SOlar Power inclusion, which is connection of solar power to home connected back o grid. For who have signed with Allworth, have you confirmed this with Allworth or is this only for people who are approaching Allworth now? ------------------------------------------------------- http://homeinkalina.blogspot.com Enjoying our new Concerto with Allworth Homes in Kalina, The Ponds Handover - 28/06/2011 Re: Site Costs with Allworth 31Aug 09, 2010 8:12 pm Hi Piman, my understanding about the solar is that it is only included with new Harmony quotes under the new price structure (from 15 June 2010). Our quote included the Allworth Advantage ($10,000) so that is locked in (pre June 15). The 1.5 kw solar system on offer would be worth approx $3000, so not too worried about it. We are going to put in a 2 kw return to grid solar system post lock up. Will have everything organised to go in a week or two after moving in. Good luck. Re: Site Costs with Allworth 32Aug 09, 2010 9:05 pm Thanks shadowcollide. I will check with Allworth regarding this when I meet them soon. We did nog sign contract by 15th June so they revised our quote to bump the base price from 136900 to 138900 for the concerto, which is what the new flyers are saying, so will now check with them to include Solar Power . Also, we have been quoted 8.5K for driveway, patio to alfresco and path to porch. We earlier went for a complete home package of 10k but then exlcuded the turf at front which was only 1.5k reduction. Does anyone here have an idea for quote on driveway, alfresco floor etc. as above? Am considering if there is a big price difference if getting it done after handover? ------------------------------------------------------- http://homeinkalina.blogspot.com Enjoying our new Concerto with Allworth Homes in Kalina, The Ponds Handover - 28/06/2011 Re: Site Costs with Allworth 33Aug 10, 2010 11:53 am pman Also, we have been quoted 8.5K for driveway, patio to alfresco and path to porch. We earlier went for a complete home package of 10k but then exlcuded the turf at front which was only 1.5k reduction. Does anyone here have an idea for quote on driveway, alfresco floor etc. as above? Am considering if there is a big price difference if getting it done after handover? Hi Pman, I got a quote for our driveway, I got a quote for just the driveway to be concreted by a guy that is doing alot of driveways in The Ponds and his quote came back at $5500. So $8.5k for driveway, alfresco and porch may not be too bad... I would send you plans to a couple of guys and get them to quote it up though, just so you can compare. Dave. __________________________ Building the Concerto with Allorth Homes @ The Ponds Our blog Noddy @ The Ponds http://noddytheponds.blogspot.com PM me re Landscape Plans Re: Site Costs with Allworth 34Aug 10, 2010 12:19 pm Thanks noddy09, the 8.5k in this case seems reasonable then. I will also check with our consultant if they are doing the complete driveway as you would know in the ponds that we need the normal plain concrete driveway in the council portion in front of the house and then our driveway (which allworth are doing a stenciled one)? I hope this includes the front bit as well but just a minor detail I need to check ------------------------------------------------------- http://homeinkalina.blogspot.com Enjoying our new Concerto with Allworth Homes in Kalina, The Ponds Handover - 28/06/2011 Re: Site Costs with Allworth 35Aug 10, 2010 2:29 pm our quote includes council property as well, it wouldn't surprise me if Allworth have not included this for yours. __________________________ Building the Concerto with Allorth Homes @ The Ponds Our blog Noddy @ The Ponds http://noddytheponds.blogspot.com PM me re Landscape Plans Re: Site Costs with Allworth 36Aug 13, 2010 8:24 pm Congrats noddy09 on your BTCC approval. We got a call from Allworth that our plans are here finally so meeting consultant tomorrow ------------------------------------------------------- http://homeinkalina.blogspot.com Enjoying our new Concerto with Allworth Homes in Kalina, The Ponds Handover - 28/06/2011 Re: Site Costs with Allworth 37Aug 14, 2010 7:18 am pman Congrats noddy09 on your BTCC approval. We got a call from Allworth that our plans are here finally so meeting consultant tomorrow Hey Pman, thanks mate, good luck with your interior selections. __________________________ Building the Concerto with Allorth Homes @ The Ponds Our blog Noddy @ The Ponds http://noddytheponds.blogspot.com PM me re Landscape Plans Re: Site Costs with Allworth 38Aug 15, 2010 1:17 pm Thank you all for your sharing of information. I too am currently looking into building with allworth / concerto 4. My site costs are nearly $15k. As for shadowscollide I too have fire zoning and found all info I reqd on the web site http://www.rfs.nsw.gov.au/ you can rate your own land using the helpful brochures on this site, you will need to know the distance from your building to the nearest vegetation and the type/classifaication of vegetation that is growing there. My quote for this extra is $4k and this is to include sarking in roof, metal in eave area, wire mesh in weep vents to prevent ash/embers from entering. keep posting it is all great info to read, thank you Re: Site Costs with Allworth 39Aug 16, 2010 2:02 pm Hi juzme, Welcome to the Allworth concerto post Nice to see another person considering this house. May I ask, where are you building? Also, your site costs seems very reasonable. Did you go with variable or fixed site costs and are you going directly with Allworth or through Package Central (home and land package)? ------------------------------------------------------- http://homeinkalina.blogspot.com Enjoying our new Concerto with Allworth Homes in Kalina, The Ponds Handover - 28/06/2011 Re: Site Costs with Allworth 40Aug 16, 2010 10:52 pm Hi guys worth mentioning that we have gone with the complete home package. We will pay $9500 for stencil concrete to driveway (47 metre's squared & alfresco area 12 metres squared, concrete path to entry & turf to front (not that there will be a heap of grass to lay). We did this for the convenience, the plans show the driveway going right to the curb, which for us means on completion the place should be looking pretty tidy. Might seem a bit expensive when you crunch the numbers against other quotes but from what I can tell this quote includes the excavation involved to driveway & alfresco & obviously the work is approved through council as apart of the whole construction. We figured if Allworth were making money from us it was definitely here. Additional Note: we have completed our colour selections, worth mentioning that we will be paying $1200 to upgrade the carpet. The basic carpet on offer is horrible so we had to upgrade. As we are fire prone we are waiting with baited breathe re Fire requirements as determined by council. Hoping we don't need to spend thousands as this could blow our budget for other things. eg Return to Grid Power. We are also hoping for a M Class slab & not a H. Will post more info as I think of it. Is anyone building with Mojo and have a recent site cost tender 0 16161 Henley should give you some indication of site costs. 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