Thought I would share our provisionals vs actual costs.
Budget Actual Difference
Kitchen/cabinets | $10,000.00 | $12,075.00 | $2,075.00 |
Colours/appliances | $6,000.00 | $9,565.00 | $3,565.00 |
Electrical | $12,000.00 | $8,384.00 | -$3,616.00 |
Flooring | $15,000.00 | $26,216.14 | $11,216.14 |
Fly Screens | $0.00 | $2,220.00 | $2,220.00 |
Outdoor Screening | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 |
Landscaping | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 |
Aircon | $2,000.00 | $630.00 | -$1,370.00 |
Outdoor Flooring | $0.00 | $3,277.70 | $3,277.70 |
Basix | $0.00 | $2,910.00 | $2,910.00 |
Totals | $45,000.00 | 65,277.84 | |
Difference | $20,277.84 |
Obviously the big one was flooring, we are doing laminate at $88s/m for downstairs,and 600mm tiles at $72+labour.
So far our cost to build is around $650k, so including knockdown and landscaping, hoping to keep it this side of $750k total!