Browse Forums Building A New House 1 Nov 02, 2013 8:47 pm Hi all, My first post! What a great resource and community for people looking to build a house. I've only touched the surface but there is a fountain of knowledge I plan to spend the next few days scouring! I'm in the market for a Knock Down Rebuild and I'm about to lay down my deposit to get the ball rolling. I am however a little curious (impatient) as to the associated costs. I found a great break-down thread and peoples respective site costs however I was wondering what ball-park I might actually be looking at. My current house is in Zone 3 VIC, on bowling green flat land front to back, has easy access, has fencing on all sides except the front, has no tree's near the current or proposed house, no rocks etc and includes underground power. Obviously soil plays a part however having an existing house already on it, must mean something? My current house is single story, I'm wanting to build a 2 story. Does anyone have any thoughts and ideas on what the site cost might actually be for me? As an aside, I have been entirely amazed at the lack of sales skills exhibited by many of the staff of he larger builders. I'd be fired in 5 minutes if I spoke and/or acted and/or was unable to answer what I would deem many basic questions in my line of work. :S Is this normal? Re: Sales Staff & Site Costs 2Nov 02, 2013 11:51 pm Firstly, welcome and best of luck. Can't help with the prices but I'd say you are in the best possible position with regards to site works. We're in WA on a flat sandy site and our site costs are going to be around $13K including soakwells Tknight As an aside, I have been entirely amazed at the lack of sales skills exhibited by many of the staff of he larger builders. I'd be fired in 5 minutes if I spoke and/or acted and/or was unable to answer what I would deem many basic questions in my line of work. :S Is this normal? What you're finding is that some builders consider they're doing you a favour taking your hard-earned several hundred thousand dollars so they don't need to bother with customer service. 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 13091 Is anyone building with Mojo and have a recent site cost tender 0 15951 Henley should give you some indication of site costs. Too many variable to give you any reasonable accuracy 1 1880 |