Browse Forums Building A New House 1 Jun 17, 2012 12:34 pm Hi Guys, I recently bought a piece of land and looking for a custom home builder. I can't afford luxury builders and I budget is below 12k per sq...Tried to communicate with Latitude 37 but they seems a bit expensive (13k-14k/sq). the price can be lower but the house will be relatively smaller. I also found some small builders like Bafto Homes and Kleinert Homes. Dunno their price yet but will try to talk to them next week. Any recommendations please? I'm not a native English speaker please forgive my poor expression. Thanks! Re: Looking for Custom Home Builder in Mel. budget under 12k 2Jun 17, 2012 5:37 pm It really depends on your land condition. But you are really looking at 13~18k/sq for custom home builder. I have been looking for a few months and so far the range come close to 14k/sq on average. Where about is your land in Melbourne? Re: snowing 3Jun 17, 2012 9:45 pm Hi snowing, the land is in Glen Iris. Thanks for your reply, it seems custom builders do cost 20% more than volume builders... Re: Looking for Custom Home Builder in Mel. budget under 12k 4Jun 18, 2012 3:29 pm Yes it is. But then for custom build you have lesser chance of blowouts during the build. It was "blown out" right at the beginning. and also flexibility come as a cost. As I know Glen Iris is well established suburb. Are you doing a knockdown and rebuild or the knockdown part already done??? This makes a difference. Re: Looking for Custom Home Builder in Mel. budget under 12k 5Jun 18, 2012 4:45 pm Best one I have came across is Long Island Homes with Ashford Homes would have been our second pick. We went with LIH and with a base build total is around 9-10k per square including double garage. We are upto about 10.5k with all our variations. Link to my custom house is attached to my sig. Note: this is for single story. double would be more.. Re: Looking for Custom Home Builder in Mel. budget under 12k 6Jun 18, 2012 10:13 pm snowing It really depends on your land condition. But you are really looking at 13~18k/sq for custom home builder. I have been looking for a few months and so far the range come close to 14k/sq on average. Where about is your land in Melbourne? It depends I'm paying a little under 10K/square approx, all information is my blog. The good & the bad. I did get quoted 15-20K square at the home show, the bank said I should have paid 8.5K/square when getting the loan! I had to pay the difference. Volume builders will be cheaper, the difference is the variations. I don't pay very much for changes and the extra's are usually a reasonable price. Re: snowing 7Jun 19, 2012 12:46 am yer..I haven't knock down the old building yet. probably will cost 20k... Re: Looking for Custom Home Builder in Mel. budget under 12k 8Jun 19, 2012 12:57 am hi theanonyuser, thanks for your reply. Wow, under 10k/SQ is sooo good! was this the original price? or it was negotiable? I went through the Bafto Homes offical Website and I saw they call themself "Luxury home builder" which scared me to contact them cuz I definitely cant afford a “Luxury home”, so far. It cost me way too much to purchase a piece of land in Glen Iris and I have to tight my budget to build the house..If I can get a price of under 10-12k/sq from Bafto Homes that would be fantastic! How is the quality and finish of Bafto Home overall? Thanks! your infor is helpful Re: Looking for Custom Home Builder in Mel. budget under 12k/SQ 9Jun 19, 2012 10:07 am bobotoday307 yer..I haven't knock down the old building yet. probably will cost 20k... Our knock down in that area cost $12,000. Re: Looking for Custom Home Builder in Mel. budget under 12k 10Jun 19, 2012 1:43 pm Know what you're going through. Check out Interline Constructions here: https://interlineconstructions.com.au/ . They have a building calculator.
Re: Looking for Custom Home Builder in Mel. budget under 12k 11Jun 19, 2012 8:38 pm bobotoday307 hi theanonyuser, thanks for your reply. <cut> I went through the Bafto Homes offical Website and I saw they call themself "Luxury home builder" which scared me to contact them cuz I definitely cant afford a “Luxury home”, so far. It cost me way too much to purchase a piece of land in Glen Iris and I have to tight my budget to build the house..If I can get a price of under 10-12k/sq from Bafto Homes that would be fantastic! How is the quality and finish of Bafto Home overall? <cut> So far its been pretty good. The tradesman have been average/above average (not as perfect as I would like), Elvir / Bafto Homes owner who is also the site manager has been excellent at fixing all the issues so far. I'm waiting on updates for the last issues I raised and I update the blog in my signature with every issue/work I find. The price was very, very good It was not negotiated, and I did have various extras I added. The custom plans were excellent, so I'd definitely recommend Bafto Homes as a draftsman without any hesitation. Re: Looking for Custom Home Builder in Mel. budget under 12k 12Jun 19, 2012 8:45 pm Thanks zyme! but the minimum cost for them is 450k...I can't afford them. Re: Looking for Custom Home Builder in Mel. budget under 12k 13Jun 19, 2012 9:08 pm Thanks again theanonyuser, do they have a standard inclusion or fixed price? and is there any hidden cost ? I think I will go and talk to them tommorrow if I could. Thanks for your help! theanonyuser bobotoday307 hi theanonyuser, thanks for your reply. <cut> I went through the Bafto Homes offical Website and I saw they call themself "Luxury home builder" which scared me to contact them cuz I definitely cant afford a “Luxury home”, so far. It cost me way too much to purchase a piece of land in Glen Iris and I have to tight my budget to build the house..If I can get a price of under 10-12k/sq from Bafto Homes that would be fantastic! How is the quality and finish of Bafto Home overall? <cut> So far its been pretty good. The tradesman have been average, Elvir / Bafto Homes owner who is also the site manager has been excellent at fixing all the issues so far. I'm waiting on updates for the last issues I raised and I update the blog in my signature with every issue/work I find. The price was very, very good It was not negotiated, and I did have various extras I added. The custom plans were excellent, so I'd definitely recommend Bafto Homes as a draftsman without any hesitation. Re: Looking for Custom Home Builder in Mel. budget under 12k 14Jun 19, 2012 9:15 pm By the way my name is Bo. Nice to meet you theanonyuser! Re: Looking for Custom Home Builder in Mel. budget under 12k 15Jun 20, 2012 7:52 am bobotoday307 Thanks again theanonyuser, do they have a standard inclusion or fixed price? and is there any hidden cost ? I think I will go and talk to them tommorrow if I could. Thanks for your help! <cut> Fixed price only as far as I know. No hidden costs, I've made variation changes days before something has happened and there was no extra charge for the variation. My price includes driveway, house, any site scrape et cetera, here's a link to the document: http://www.baftohomes.com.au/BH_Standar ... l_2011.pdf Oh, and my names Gareth. The only challenge I've ever had with Bafto Homes is getting in contact with Elvir, he's always busy. Otherwise I've had no issues, once I do get in contact he seems to get things sorted. EDIT: I think my build will run over schedule, however there was a 3 week delay for the bricks at the start...(which I accepted as I didn't want to change bricks) Re: Looking for Custom Home Builder in Mel. budget under 12k 16Jun 20, 2012 9:07 am Thank you soooo much Gareth! Do you mind PM me your building size and price please? A rough number will do. I am totally happy if I could build a similiar house with yours. Thank you again! Re: Looking for Custom Home Builder in Mel. budget under 12k 18Jun 24, 2012 8:39 pm Hi Bo! The other good builder I have heard of is Hontondo, if you haven't come across them already. If you were in Sydney I would recommend my builder who build customs at slightly more than project home prices, but you are in Melbourne. Glen Iris is a fantastic location though - land value will be high and the properties there are valuable, so you want to make sure you build a comparable home quality. (My grandparents lived for many years in Scott Grove in Glen Iris, so I know the area well). Good luck. SunshineT's Build: viewtopic.php?f=31&t=34585 Designs start: 4/12/09 DA: 5/7/11 Demo: 22/12/11 Slab: 24/2/12 Keys: 31/8/12 Re: Looking for Custom Home Builder in Mel. budget under 12k 19Jun 29, 2012 3:14 pm Hi mate I am a builder in the bentleigh area. Why would you buy in a beautiful suburb like glen iris hen want to cut corners with your build. I am a ustom builder and if you contacted me and said you want o spen 10-12k per square I would tell you I am not the builder for you. There is no way a builder can give you a quality home at that rate no matter what you are told. If I can be of any help feel free to message me. Cheers Pay peanuts get monkeys. Re: Looking for Custom Home Builder in Mel. budget under 12k 20Nov 12, 2012 5:25 pm Thanks Bobotoday - I'm finding L37 a tad exxy and not 'creative' enough with their design once one starts asking for different little things. 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