Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Has anyone asked their builder for fixed site costs? 4Nov 15, 2012 11:07 pm We had our soil test done independently prior to approaching builders, which was lucky for us we have a P Class slab due to rock & sub soil moisture. Our builder allowed for M class site costs as standard so I asked for an estimate for our site costs, she advised that the builders allowence would be sufficient still (which I questioned 3 times as it was alot cheaper than all the other builders we'd spoke too) despite providing her with a copy of our soil report. So essentially we had fixed site costs at tender then just before we signed contracts they tried to add in another $10k for piering, 41 of them to be extact. But I argued against paying it as I had questioned our sales lady so many times about it & had all her return emails that there wouldn't be any extra site costs. So they wore the extra costs, the 2 things in our favour was already having soil test done & having those emails as proof. Bec Re: Has anyone asked their builder for fixed site costs? 5Nov 15, 2012 11:29 pm When walking through all the display homes if I got into any detailed discussions with any of the consultants, I always asked how much piering do they include. There was a wide variation. Some quote by depth, whereas others quote by an allowance of lineal metres. I'm going to try and go for a fixed-price contract, although I am not convinced these actually exist as there seem to be so many loopholes. Build thread: here Land Nov 12, Contract 6/07/13, Consent 15/08/13, Start 20/09/13, Slab 25/09/13, Frame 4/10/13, Brick 21/10/13, Roof 2/11/13, Lock-up 17/12/13, Handover 3/3/14 Re: Has anyone asked their builder for fixed site costs? 6Nov 16, 2012 7:43 am Our previous design had a number of piers and due to poor soil the engineers drawing called up 450dia piers, minimum 2m deep. As there was no fixed depth (to be determined on the day of drilling) there was no way to give a fixed cost. ----------------------------------------------- http://pab34newdigs.blogspot.com.au/ ----------------------------------------------- 9 24792 I am not sure whether Perth has its own way of doing things in regards to this. Most of Perth has class A (sandy soil), except for some areas near rivers or hills. 2 13098 Is anyone building with Mojo and have a recent site cost tender 0 15952 |