Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Building At Macarthur Heights (UWS Campbelltown) 261Feb 03, 2019 4:45 pm Hi Guys, I was searching around for a forum for McArthur Heights and came across this forum. I was just shopping around to build my investment property on University Drive Lot 413X series appox 570 sqm. I did note that the land has a bit of slope maybe 2.5m-3m downwards slope. Anyone building around this area now and can you suggest any builders? I am based in Brissy and very much interested to know if there are significant site costs around the slopy block. I am planning to build a single /double storey and a detached granny flat if possible or I may even build a duet. It all depends on the costs so any tips from the current owners should be gold for me. PS: Sorry I may have asked same questions again and apologies if this annoyed anyone cheers RMZ Re: Building At Macarthur Heights (UWS Campbelltown) 262Feb 04, 2019 5:29 am We are in inital stage, got cdc approved and now site is locked out by builder for construction. How abu you?[/quote] Just about to start building. We were told we had “rock“ from the report given to us. It we have not come across any as of yet 😁. Re: Building At Macarthur Heights (UWS Campbelltown) 263Feb 04, 2019 6:59 am Banksy_2212 We are in inital stage, got cdc approved and now site is locked out by builder for construction. How abu you? Just about to start building. We were told we had “rock“ from the report given to us. It we have not come across any as of yet 😁.[/quote] Hello Banksy, with whom are you building mate? Re: Building At Macarthur Heights (UWS Campbelltown) 265Mar 06, 2019 5:31 am TimBone Excited couple here who will soon commence building our dream house in MacArthur Square. We just bought a land in Mulholland Ave and we picked GJ Gardner as our builder. Congratulations! We are about 1 month into building our new home within the estate. Its very exciting! Re: Building At Macarthur Heights (UWS Campbelltown) 266Mar 06, 2019 5:34 am rgs We are in inital stage, got cdc approved and now site is locked out by builder for construction. How abu you?[/quote] How is it building going? We are about a month in and we are about to start laying bricks Re: Building At Macarthur Heights (UWS Campbelltown) 267Mar 06, 2019 5:47 am Banksy_2212 rgs We are in inital stage, got cdc approved and now site is locked out by builder for construction. How abu you? That's exciting. What the house size? We are building a two storey home with attached granny flat. Total size is 340 sqm. We locked in total construction price of $500k excluding landscaping and fencing. We thought it is a good deal but what do you think guys? How much (if you don't mind) is your construction cost? Re: Building At Macarthur Heights (UWS Campbelltown) 268Mar 06, 2019 7:35 am TimBone Excited couple here who will soon commence building our dream house in MacArthur Square. We just bought a land in Mulholland Ave and we picked GJ Gardner as our builder. Hi timbone neighbour we are building in muholland avenue as well so exciting Re: Building At Macarthur Heights (UWS Campbelltown) 269Mar 06, 2019 9:50 am Juls TimBone Excited couple here who will soon commence building our dream house in MacArthur Square. We just bought a land in Mulholland Ave and we picked GJ Gardner as our builder. Hi timbone neighbour we are building in muholland avenue as well so exciting Awesome? Which block? Re: Building At Macarthur Heights (UWS Campbelltown) 270Mar 06, 2019 9:24 pm TimBone Juls TimBone Excited couple here who will soon commence building our dream house in MacArthur Square. We just bought a land in Mulholland Ave and we picked GJ Gardner as our builder. Hi timbone neighbour we are building in muholland avenue as well so exciting Awesome? Which block? Welcome neighbors, we are in Mcguanne st Re: Building At Macarthur Heights (UWS Campbelltown) 271Mar 07, 2019 3:49 pm TimBone Banksy_2212 rgs We are in inital stage, got cdc approved and now site is locked out by builder for construction. How abu you? That's exciting. What the house size? We are building a two storey home with attached granny flat. Total size is 340 sqm. We locked in total construction price of $500k excluding landscaping and fencing. We thought it is a good deal but what do you think guys? How much (if you don't mind) is your construction cost? Hi TimBone, we are building a two storey home as well (no granny flat) and 365 sqm in total area. The base price plus council and developer requirements and our BAL 29 rating came around similar price. We put a lot of upgrades in ours so the overall price would be much higher than $500k. Re: Building At Macarthur Heights (UWS Campbelltown) 272Mar 07, 2019 6:22 pm Hi TimBone, we are building a two storey home as well (no granny flat) and 365 sqm in total area. The base price plus council and developer requirements and our BAL 29 rating came around similar price. We put a lot of upgrades in ours so the overall price would be much higher than $500k.[/quote] Thanks! That's quite reassuring that our price is reasonable. We are meeting up with the architect tomorrow to draw up our plan. Soil test and siting done. We are excited Re: Building At Macarthur Heights (UWS Campbelltown) 274Mar 27, 2019 9:38 am TimBone Banksy_2212 We are in inital stage, got cdc approved and now site is locked out by builder for construction. How abu you? That's exciting. What the house size? We are building a two storey home with attached granny flat. Total size is 340 sqm. We locked in total construction price of $500k excluding landscaping and fencing. We thought it is a good deal but what do you think guys? How much (if you don't mind) is your construction cost? Hi Tim, We are also looking to build a two storey with attached granny flat. Who's youre builder? Our total build size will only be 315sqm (including granny) We got an initial quote but that was sitting around the 550k mark. Re: Building At Macarthur Heights (UWS Campbelltown) 275Mar 27, 2019 9:40 am kp123 TimBone Banksy_2212 We are in inital stage, got cdc approved and now site is locked out by builder for construction. How abu you? That's exciting. What the house size? We are building a two storey home with attached granny flat. Total size is 340 sqm. We locked in total construction price of $500k excluding landscaping and fencing. We thought it is a good deal but what do you think guys? How much (if you don't mind) is your construction cost? Hi Tim, We are also looking to build a two storey with attached granny flat. Who's youre builder? Our total build size will only be 315sqm (including granny) We got an initial quote but that was sitting around the 550k mark. Send me a private message and we can talk from there. Do you need to pay contribution fee? Re: Building At Macarthur Heights (UWS Campbelltown) 277May 28, 2019 8:46 am MacRock I’m looking for suggestions for a landscaper. I’m getting wildly different estimate as people don’t know what to do with the slope. Any tried and tested landscaper? Slope before or after the build? Re: Building At Macarthur Heights (UWS Campbelltown) 278May 28, 2019 10:55 am IamSAM MacRock I’m looking for suggestions for a landscaper. I’m getting wildly different estimate as people don’t know what to do with the slope. Any tried and tested landscaper? Slope before or after the build? After build. Re: Building At Macarthur Heights (UWS Campbelltown) 279Oct 11, 2019 4:38 pm rajmatizer Hi Guys, I was searching around for a forum for McArthur Heights and came across this forum. I was just shopping around to build my investment property on University Drive Lot 413X series appox 570 sqm. I did note that the land has a bit of slope maybe 2.5m-3m downwards slope. Anyone building around this area now and can you suggest any builders? I am based in Brissy and very much interested to know if there are significant site costs around the slopy block. I am planning to build a single /double storey and a detached granny flat if possible or I may even build a duet. It all depends on the costs so any tips from the current owners should be gold for me. PS: Sorry I may have asked same questions again and apologies if this annoyed anyone cheers RMZ Go for 2 detached dual occupancy houses. Your lot is big enough to be sub divided. Condition - 18 min frontage. Cheerio OB! Re: Building At Macarthur Heights (UWS Campbelltown) 280Jan 21, 2020 4:08 pm Hi all, We got a block in MH and we are close to sign the contract. Our block has a ~1m slope. I told the builder that we would prefer to do a split level home as it was an advice from a friend who is a civil engineer and has built some houses himself. The problem is that the builder seems to pushing us to do a cut and fill instead. They say it would be better as the house would not have a step and the retaining walls required would be maximum 600mm. What intrigues me is that the builder(Smnds Homes) is really pushing us to do a cut and fill and not even considering a split level house. Anyone with similar experience? We have to sign the contract on beginning of February so no much time left to make changes. Cheers, Building Standards; Getting It Right! We bought a house in 2015 advertised as a 7/2/2, 4br up, 3br down (7br), and to date, it’s a great house. However, we’ve just had it valued and it’s come in as a… 0 11966 Thanks for your reply. I will just wait and see I guess. Trying to get some more information from our builder. 9 30236 |