Browse Forums Building A New House 1 May 02, 2010 7:52 pm So we are looking at a few builders and their prices are quite different. Some offer things in their standard inculsions that others require you to upgrade for. What are some of the main important things I should be looking at when comparing prices. Ta Re: What to compare when looking at builders pricing... 2May 02, 2010 7:59 pm Know what type of fittings and finishes you want and then compare the standard inclusions...and importantly what each will charge you to get the home you want! Deemaree Kyndylan Capers: viewtopic.php?f=36&t=46852 My blog: http://www.sufficientlysufficient.blogspot.com/ Re: What to compare when looking at builders pricing... 3May 02, 2010 8:07 pm One builder I spoke with today include 3 pase power, internal fuse board with safety switches, remote garage, water point for fridge, gas point for alfresco, fly screens, render as standard.. stuff I haven't seen on other builders inclusions list so now I am just confused what is not normally standard and you have to add. Gosh building is just a bit bleh sometimes Re: What to compare when looking at builders pricing... 4May 02, 2010 8:14 pm It all comes down to get the most for your money! We are building with NBG here in Victoria, friends are currently building with another large company. Our houses have similiar space, fittings and finishes but theirs is costing nearly 50k more due to the fact that their builder charges extra for a lot of items that our builder includes as standrd. Deemaree Kyndylan Capers: viewtopic.php?f=36&t=46852 My blog: http://www.sufficientlysufficient.blogspot.com/ Re: What to compare when looking at builders pricing... 5May 02, 2010 8:58 pm I know close friends of ours who have been quoted between $310,000 and $650,000 for an extension. As the extension is in a "leafy suburb", where the land and houses twice the price of average prices, the builders have come in for their cream. The reasoning is that if you can afford to live in a pricey suburb, you should pay double what something costs, simply because you're supposed to afford it, never mind that you bought the original house many years ago at a reasonable price and now need to extend. Unfortuneatley, these builder's know that sooner or later a fool and his money will soon part, and play the stupidity game. When you point out, wait a minute if I build this same extension in an outer suburb on a cost per square metre basis at half your price, how do you justify it? Well they can't and head towards the door quick smart, end of storey, sorry we're too busy to haggle. They then wait for the next succer to come along. On the law of averages, while housing is in demand, they can play these games and get away with it. Every builder has a go, and when he needs the work, he will listen and offer realistic rates. Until that happens, he will charge what he likes. I know what I'm talking about, having built hundreds if not thousands of houses over the past 42 years. My advice to my friends was, get or hire a professional architect, skilled in housing and contract law, and pay him not so much for design but sound building advice. Don't get a builder to prepare plans unless you're prepared to accept his deigns and pricing and unless you want bias. Then settle on a set of plans and documents for your house or extension, and keep the builder out of it, till you ask him to quote. Once you find a builder fitting in to general rule of thumb for so much per square, you will know if you're in the ball park. The only major variants are the appliances, finishes and extra luxuries. The basic brickwalls are brick, the frame is steel or timber studs, the roof is sheet steel or tiles, the price choice for the basic shell doesn't vary that much between houses, and thus shouldn't between builders. So get the builder to build you your house or extension shell, then set up accounts and buy your own appliances but only when required. You should come out of it about half the price for the same thing charged by more affluent suburban builders. This means you should put away enough money to buy these variables and supply them to the builder. If you work the timing right, you won't have to pay delivery or storage charges, as the builder calls say for a stove or cooktop, as long as he gives a few weeks notice, you place the order and agree with the builder when he needs it on site to build it in. You then place the order with the store and have it delivered to the property, usually for free delivery. Hopes this helps. Mr Joe. Re: What to compare when looking at builders pricing... 6May 02, 2010 9:05 pm Hi, I have also been looking around at prices of builds and in the end I also decided to go with NB due to inclusions offered. What I did was to choose a few designs from about 5 different builders that I liked and arranged to get an estimation with the things I regarded as essential (ie larger oven, dishwasher, remote control garage door, floor coverings, evaporative cooling etc). NB has a lot of inclusions that were not essential to me (ie stone benchtops, spa, frameless shower screens etc), but when I priced up a house I liked with M in the Allegra range with my must have inclusions, M was going to cost more but did not have all the inclusions that NB had. Other builders worked out to cost more as well. This ended up swaying me towards NB, as I decided that these inclusions although not essential would add to resale value of the house down the track. Michelle House - Lockup completed 23rd December 2011 - Painters are in!!! https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=37261&start=0&hilit=Blaxland Hi team, Im looking for a second hand sd4b monitor preferably white. 0 8923 Really tight at the top of the stairs- how to get furniture into those rooms? Study books - does anyone really use them these days? Large storage closet would be more functional. 2 6884 Hi, I am looking into doing a KDR in Melbourne and am contemplating using Kialla Homes. 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