Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Knock down rebuild site cost 10Aug 20, 2015 9:10 pm We've been quoted $17k for demo as we have asbestos. The unknown site costs are what terrifies me about the kdr process... is it right to suggest you can't be certain of costs until your old house is gone? Re: Knock down rebuild site cost 11Aug 20, 2015 9:29 pm $17k sounds high, at least by Adelaide standards. Ours was just about half that for a 3br house plus large shed lined inside out with asbestos, plus a few large trees. Having the house gone does not affect the site costs. The only real unknown is the footings, and the only thing needed for that is the soil test. They can do that while the house is still there. I think we had our final costs before the house was demolished. Re: Knock down rebuild site cost 12Aug 20, 2015 9:45 pm I'm in Melb. $6k was asbestos alone (garage, side fence, eaves, laundry). Do you mind me asking how you approached your financing oneJohn? Did you have full approval before knocking your place over? I've been told more extensive soil tests are required after demo. Seems a catch 22 that you may not have final costs until demo is done? Re: Knock down rebuild site cost 13Aug 20, 2015 10:18 pm We had quotes like that for demolition too, but it paid to shop around. Disposal is probably more expensive there though. We had plenty of margin in our costs, so finance wasn't an issue for us. But the soil tests were done before demolition, and we did have our final footings costs before demolition. As long as they can get around the house to get some soil samples, they shouldn't need demolition before final costs. We've had the offer of a short term tenant whilst waiting for CDC/DA home approval and demolition for our knock down rebuild. It would achieve a pretty low rent as it's… 0 13908 Hi I live in a 100yr old semi and my neighbour added an additional floor last yr and our architect has advised that we can knock down our semi and build a free-standing… 0 37871 We were lucky in that our old house was so small (86 square metres) compared to the new house, they were able to take enough readings around the old backyard house before… 8 37851 |