Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Anyone building at bunya??? 3255Sep 24, 2013 9:56 am Our build blog: http://acustombuildinbunya.wordpress.com Bungarribee resident? Visit and join Bungarribee Dot Com Re: Anyone building at bunya??? 3257Sep 24, 2013 10:26 am i think (and this is just my persional view) they will eventually finish within time or close to it. my SS told me has done a similar house in 12 weeks instead of 24 (stated in the contract) but i guess it also depends on how often they can work. in previous stages they may had less work so now if they start late they know they can catch up later on. Re: Anyone building at bunya??? 3258Sep 24, 2013 11:17 am Hello to all the new comers! SuperDez, I'm surprised your windows are costing that much, did they give you window codes? Also keep in mind that when you put a window in they are taking bricks away. To add a vertical window to a bricked part of the house is costing us $320. I think you need to haggle. Our First DRP review came through. We got hit with a few more windows, rendering/cladding and window shade structures. All up at an extra cost of $6000... .. But here is the kicker, rendering for 9m2 made up $3480 of that. Needless to say I had heart failure at that number, but there was no need to stress as my wife suggested that we do it our selves. We have had very a rough quote of $1000 to get it done after build. We are also DIYing the window shade structures bringing the total down to around $2000. I have to say that Linc is great to talk to and I even told him that we have a nick name for them which is "the DRP gods", to which he laughed and explained that he is just the messenger. Here is a list of items with costs. 1 Provide additional render to northern side of garage from the start of the single storey portion to the end and to return for 2.0m around the western side. $3480 $386 per m2 yeah right. 2 Provide 3 panel awing style windows to match lounge room to study and side of rumpus $360 3 Provide additional render continuing from the ground floor lounge room around to stair return wall, note single level render only. $980 $326 per m2 Where do they get these numbers? 4 a. Provide brick return of 2.0m to the rear wall of the ensuite. $1840 b. Provide cladding return of 2.0m of the ensuite around the northern side (Chancellor St) deleting brickwork. $520CR Chose the credit option 5 Provide additional window to side wall of media AA1906 to match front. $420 Finally a cost that seems reasonable 6 Provide to the kitchen AA0621 in lieu of AF0615 over the cooker. $590 7 Provide additional window to side wall of bed 2 AA1306 to match front. $320 8 Owner to provide and install 450mm deep shade structures to ground floor north facing windows regardless of glazing type. By Owner Re: Anyone building at bunya??? 3259Sep 24, 2013 11:25 am LiquidSnake i think (and this is just my persional view) they will eventually finish within time or close to it. my SS told me has done a similar house in 12 weeks instead of 24 (stated in the contract) but i guess it also depends on how often they can work. in previous stages they may had less work so now if they start late they know they can catch up later on. I guess the main thing is that you don't want them rushing to get it done after wasting weeks at the beginning. Rushing = potentially sloppy work, especially on things like brickwork, flooring etc. @htaco thanks for the breakdown. We're in that stage currently, will be seeing what our builder tells us about the extra dent in the wallet soon Our build blog: http://acustombuildinbunya.wordpress.com Bungarribee resident? Visit and join Bungarribee Dot Com Re: Anyone building at bunya??? 3260Sep 24, 2013 12:27 pm Wow htaco! What a list!!! I'd be doing the same - what is with the difference in rendering cost?? I know scaffold can cost a bit but seriously!! Hoping everything else runs smoothly and you have no further requests from DRP Wish you all the best. Once you signed the contract, they will find millions excuses to charge you. And have seen their sites unfinished for a long time. 4 25603 As title suggests, looking at using the interlocking Pentablock stacked stone products to replace failing timber retaining… 0 18536 I am building in claymore NSW and this is shown in the building envelope plan. … 0 10609 |