Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Any experiences with Firstyle homes 267Nov 17, 2016 2:43 pm Thornton23 Aug-Oct 2014 Deposit Tender April 2015 Land titled Jun-Jul 2015 Final Tender &Clipsal Aug 2015 DA approved Jan 2016 Slab Feb 2016 Frame Apr 2016 Brick June 2016 Roof July 2016 Lock up Re: Any experiences with Firstyle homes 272Nov 18, 2016 12:00 am Kastet Jaff Could you please explain with more examples ? I am also thinking of Firstyle & will help. Sure. What exactly are you interested in? Interested to find out driveway/flooring/ceiling height costs. The houses with Standard inclusions is 100k cheaper than the major project builders. Will the price between an estimate and Contract vary a lot ? Re: Any experiences with Firstyle homes 273Nov 18, 2016 9:33 am Jaff Interested to find out driveway/flooring/ceiling height costs. The houses with Standard inclusions is 100k cheaper than the major project builders. Will the price between an estimate and Contract vary a lot ? - 2.59 ceilings around $3k - timber laminate in lieu of standard ceramic tiles was around $2k - driveway included All our upgrades came to ~ $30k. Re: Any experiences with Firstyle homes 274Nov 18, 2016 9:40 am Jaff The houses with Standard inclusions is 100k cheaper than the major project builders. Are you basing this on an estimate they gave you, or their price list? The prices on their price list are missing a lot of necessary items like basix and slab costs that some builders do include in their advertised prices. In my experience the estimated prices are in the same ballpark as other project builders. Re: Any experiences with Firstyle homes 276Nov 18, 2016 1:25 pm I wouldn't base anything off price lists. Ask someone from both companies to give you a rough estimate to build on your lot. If the inclusions are roughly the same, there won't be 100k difference. Re: Any experiences with Firstyle homes 277Nov 18, 2016 1:40 pm Thanks @fradescu, I have only based on the price lists. FS homes Price list says including standard site costs. They are reluctant to give me an estimate as my settlement is due in 6 months. Re: Any experiences with Firstyle homes 278Nov 18, 2016 2:13 pm Jaff Thanks @fradescu, I have only based on the price lists. FS homes Price list says including standard site costs. They are reluctant to give me an estimate as my settlement is due in 6 months. For your size..expect a site cost of around 28k to 30k..n basix abt 5k..if you have access to recycled water.. Re: Any experiences with Firstyle homes 280Nov 18, 2016 2:53 pm Jaff Thanks @fradescu, I have only based on the price lists. FS homes Price list says including standard site costs. They are reluctant to give me an estimate as my settlement is due in 6 months. Ignore these specific numbers because I'm doing a KDR, but just to give you an idea, Braeside 33 Distinct is on the pricelist for $275k. Their estimate is roughly 420k to build. In comparison, Fowler Seville 33 is $325k on their price list, and they've estimated around $420k to build too. Wisdom Impression 33 is $340k on their price list, and their estimate is $440k. Wisdom includes flooring and the other two don't. So for pretty much the same size house, all three are estimating pretty much the same cost. I had a contour survey already done to get those estimates. Perhaps they won't give you an estimate because your lot hasn't completed development, so the contours won't be final yet? Hi Kaiser85, We are building with Firstyle Homes. Our build has just started, slab pour is on Saturday (hopefully!). Their standard range is pretty good. We did our… 1 4958 You have mandatory building inspections and privately engaged building inspections. The difference between the two comes down to inspecting the building so it's safe and… 3 13070 Ask for references and speak to them. If they are defensive or try to avoid the request, walk. 1 47551 |