Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Needing Advice... HELP!! 2Nov 29, 2011 4:28 am The Harder You Try - the Luckier You Get ! Web site http://www.anewhouse.com.au Informative, Amusing, and Opinionated Blog - Over 600 posts on all aspects of building a new house. Re: Needing Advice... HELP!! 6Nov 30, 2011 6:44 pm My building forum: viewtopic.php?f=31&t=49650&p=756654#p756654 Building the 'Ultimate St Marks' with Home Buyers Centre Re: Needing Advice... HELP!! 8Nov 30, 2011 7:32 pm My building forum: viewtopic.php?f=31&t=49650&p=756654#p756654 Building the 'Ultimate St Marks' with Home Buyers Centre Re: Needing Advice... HELP!! 10Dec 02, 2011 12:57 pm My building forum: viewtopic.php?f=31&t=49650&p=756654#p756654 Building the 'Ultimate St Marks' with Home Buyers Centre Re: Needing Advice... HELP!! 15Dec 12, 2011 5:27 pm My building forum: viewtopic.php?f=31&t=49650&p=756654#p756654 Building the 'Ultimate St Marks' with Home Buyers Centre Re: Needing Advice... HELP!! 16Dec 12, 2011 6:55 pm sdmould Oh wow what kinds of things did you upgrade? Hahahha.. Oh, you know.. Just EVERYTHING. A few major costs were things like Sisalation in roofing, 4m wide stacker door for alfresco, supply and instalation of soakwells.. (These all got deleted from the final list tho) Cost us to upgrade our front door to 1200mm door (I got a big Hubby who wanted a big door.. ) I upgraded all our tapware thru RedInk but have since decided to supply all our own (at a saving of approx $6K) The tiling upgrades didnt end up being that costly at all really (well, not as much as I first expected). Think it was about $5K to upgrade all tile sizes, added in listello borders and wanted wall tiles laid vertically. The wet areas were definitely the biggest costs tho. Reccessed showers / semi-frameless screens / Stone benchtops / above bench basins / extended laundry bench plus cupboard etc etc... Add in a few electrical changes and BAMN... $46K!! I've since gone thru the list and deleted a lot of things we can do post handover for cheaper, and now sitting at around $20K, which isn't too bad I dont think?? Versaloc is a mortarless besser block system that still needs a properly engineered footing. If you just do a 400x200 footing it will fail in time. At 17m long you need it… 1 17255 Yes, unless you are in a low intensity rainfall area or the area is protected from rain. Do you have access to NCC Part 2 or can you download it? I can email you a copy… 10 12506 Thank you so much for the effort. We will use it to talk with builder. We also had idea of building duplex instead and seeking suggest ions. viewtopic.php?f=31&t=106744 11 13830 |