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Hi Lileegirl
I checked out Gumtree and rang a few people. All of the people wanting fill wanted it delivered - they class it giving you a 'free' place to dump the fill. they want it, they just don't want to pay to have it delivered, meaning either way we have to pay. The further the truck has to take it the more you pay. The guy that we ended up getting did it at $85 an hour including the truck/excavator. And he did it today which we needed. The cheapest quote was $75 an hour and he 'could maybe do it next weekend' which would have held the build up and cost us delay $$ to Beechwood. The quotes ranged from $75 to $120 an hour. It's all done now so no hold up from our end at least. This building thing is painful.
You are so right - building is extremely painful. Some builders seem to make it much more painful with lots of hidden surprises (=hidden costs). We have been looking at other builders to potentially build again - our biggest problem is finding a block of land
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