Browse Forums Building A New House Re: building vs Buying a established property 3Jun 21, 2010 12:56 pm Cooper's Build - Perth NOR viewtopic.php?f=31&t=30525 Prelim- mid Sept 2009, Pre Start 2 Feb, Siteworks- 21 April 2010, Slab- 10 May, Deliveries- all by 26 May Bricking- 28 May - 26 June, Roof complete 5 Aug, Float 28 Aug, Lock up 16 Sept Cabinets 1 Oct, Tiling 22 Oct, PCI 18 Nov, KEYS 3 Dec 2010 MOVED IN 17 DEC 2010 Re: building vs Buying a established property 6Jun 21, 2010 1:19 pm Henley - Wilshire Mk 3 ... I love my house!! Site start: 4th Feb 09 Handover: 10th Sep 09 Blog: http://stormygirlscastle.blogspot.com/ Build Thread: viewtopic.php?t=7166 Re: building vs Buying a established property 8Jun 21, 2010 5:00 pm Dear J.K. Rowling, Your books are entirely unrealistic. I mean, a ginger kid with two friends? Sincerely, Anonymous Re: building vs Buying a established property 13Jun 21, 2010 10:47 pm Blog: http://bluemistkids.blogspot.com "Never be afraid to try something new. Remember, amateurs built the ark, and professionals built the Titanic." Re: building vs Buying a established property 16Jun 22, 2010 8:31 pm Henley - Wilshire Mk 3 ... I love my house!! Site start: 4th Feb 09 Handover: 10th Sep 09 Blog: http://stormygirlscastle.blogspot.com/ Build Thread: viewtopic.php?t=7166 Re: building vs Buying a established property 17Jun 24, 2010 9:49 am mmwarren2007 Hi there, my partner and I are looking at demolishing the 1950's house we have on our block and rebuild. Jimbo1 how much did it cost for you to demolish your house and how hard has it been with council? We were quoted $177K to do a reno/extension on the existing house but have discovered that it may be cheaper to build a new house. Anyone have any suggestions? Cheers Michelle Hi Michelle, the quotes we had ranged from 8k to 15k. We had asbestos in some areas and all the higher end quoters banged on about asbestos this, asbestos that and it really started to become apparent that they were using it as an excuse to hike up the price. We went with the lowest quote, we made sure they had all their insurances up to date, permits in place etc. I can't recall if I downloaded the forms from the net or if council faxed them to me but it was an easy process. I filled out the paperwork I needed to, handed it to the demo guy and he took care of the rest. I think the permit took around two weeks and they demolished a couple of weeks later. Our demolish was a 3 bedroom weatherboard, colorbond roof, freestanding tin garage, freestanding bungalow (lots of asbestos), long concrete drive, huge paperbark tree (extremely ugly so glad it's gone) and a couple of smaller trees. Our only problem has been the delay in building means the block has been empty for 9 months and is beginning to look like a forest of weeds!!!! Mrs J You might be able to apply to divert the sewer at your expense. In NSW you would contact a Water services co-ordinator and they would give you advice as to whether or not… 1 16146 Ask for some kickplate to be added and also for tradies to be requested to use lanyards on tools on that side of the building. Be respectful and have the discussion… 1 1690 The setback from the kerb is 4m. It is council land to provide an area for services like sewer main, gas mains, water mains, underground power or poles for overhead power,… 4 2394 |