Browse Forums Building A New House 1 Sep 22, 2011 9:27 am Hello neighbours , We have bought a block on Stage 5. Block is 739 sqm, with a drop of over 4m from kerb to rear fence; we are considering the Georgia Spa by Hickinbotham which is about 275 sqm We are currently getting prices from builders. Footing prices have ranged from $25K to $60K! We are just wondering how much people have actually been paying for footings. Thank you in advance for your responses. Re: The Settlement Golden Grove - price of footings 2Sep 22, 2011 4:42 pm There are way too many possible 'exclusions' from these sorts of quotes and unless you have a very detailed and specific quote request that is WRITTEN then you are setting yourself up for a lot of pain. For example, is excavation AND removal of soil included? Has the soil test been done and have the people quoting it actually seen the soil test? There are many other issues as well on sloping sites that will impact this. Builders are people too.... Re: The Settlement Golden Grove - price of footings 3Sep 23, 2011 6:38 pm We paid 26, ours is one of the "flatter" blocks. We were billed a separate 5 for the soil removal. But 4m is alot, is it split level? Re: The Settlement Golden Grove - price of footings 5Sep 24, 2011 10:01 pm Once we changed sales reps..... Good, there were a couple little hiccups, which u may get with any builder, but since we have started it has all run smoothly Re: The Settlement Golden Grove - price of footings 6Oct 01, 2011 3:27 pm We got out block of land in Stage 1. We only paid $10,000 Wow I hadn't realised things had gotten that pricey in just a couple of years since I built, that is crazy with how much land is now costing if you aren't lucky enough to… 3 7103 Hi, you've probably already resolved this, however, Commbank will probably pay the funds to you after you send evidence the work is done regardless the change in the quotes. 1 35321 Just to makea point about this, an approach that some people have found sucessful in negotiating these rises down, Is to provide some workings to the builder, specifying… 4 81712 |