Browse Forums Building A New House 1 Nov 14, 2015 8:21 pm Hi guys, Anyone can advise how long does it take to build new one storey house about 200m2. We had a look at one house and land package today and the sales lady from says about 3-4 months. This is quite contrary from when we went to masterton when they say it will take about 6-9 months. (the other builder is not masterton) Thanks for any reply Re: How long does it take to build new one storey? 2Nov 14, 2015 8:37 pm 3-4 months sounds about right. Lots of others variables attached though. Generally contract will be for 365 days to complete.
viewtopic.php?t=79845 Re: How long does it take to build new one storey? 4Nov 14, 2015 8:54 pm Not quite familiar with building house yet. But we're confused when the sales lady said 3-4 months, because we spoke to Masterton and Clarendon they both said longer (couldn't remember about other builders) Re: How long does it take to build new one storey? 5Nov 14, 2015 9:30 pm Every builder is going to be different - a house that size can easily be built in 14-16 weeks and there are builders who can (some have express options) but most will take longer and same size can take a year. If timing is important to you, you need to direct yourself to builders who can guarantee it. Speed is not a guarantee of quality either way slow or fast. Re: How long does it take to build new one storey? 6Nov 14, 2015 9:39 pm Like all things it can be done well or done fast. There is only one way to build a house faster (generally) and that is to throw more workmen at it. So if they build it faster, means they will probably have more hands working on it. I'm with a smaller builder and they told me 6 months, because I will only get one tradie for each job, but I'm hoping that will result in a high quality build. Re: How long does it take to build new one storey? 7Nov 15, 2015 12:21 pm I think it also depends on what they quoted for including in time - my build time in my contract is 124 days - this is 6 days a week days. Other builders would be 5 days a week - business days basically - so you have to add then weekends to your time - in my case add 21 days for the missing Sundays. Then what do they consider part of the build time - are they including the time it will take to draw up plans, pick colours, write contracts and get DAs as well as the build - or just the build? I know when I asked we were told the whole thing will take easily 6 - 9 months - but the actual build bit about 13 weeks - and this seems to be true as it has take us since July to now we half way through our wait with council for our DA - and that was us rushing through the planning stage. Our builder also has basically their own contractors who just work for them - so they line up their houses in a order, so basically once bricks done, the layer move to the next house where the bricks arrived yesterday - same with kitchens etc. So once they have your DA (and our contract states building starts in 20 days after approval) your put in line with current builds and everything is ordered then and dates already put in place for when people need to be where. However I know 2 other builders in my town though who have to work with their contractors between their own personal jobs as well so it puts things behind when you can't make sure the bricklayer is there that week and might start 4 days later than expected which puts everyone back 4 days plus their delays. What I found useful is the last 4 months I have been watching builds going with all the builders and getting an idea of completion time on average. I have seen with our builder 4 houses started and now handover whereas the other ones is about 1 house. One house I would be upset if it was mine, basically it started a week before one builder 3 blocks away - the house started a week later now has the owners moving in last week while the first house still hasn't been painted or anything done inside - just waiting for the bricklayer took 4 weeks after delivery of the bricks. I have now met the owner and he isn't happy - especially when it was meant to be started in April, and didn't until July - and last week I finally saw the plaster there. I guess it also depends how busy they are and how many people work for them. I found my best bet was to watch current builds and see how they are going. I drive through the estates about twice a week and take a look. ~Shellby~ GJ Bridgewater 203 11/3/2016 - Site Work Started 29/9/2016 - Handover 142 Work Days 6 Work Days Over https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=80174 I had an old shower unit that broke on me and when I took it off, there were only 2 water pipes, instead of the normal 2 water pipes and a shower head pipe. S o I… 0 37082 Sorry but you have a crap builder. Probably too late now. For our last build I only spoke to builders who would allow me easy access (at no cost). I used my own sparky… 10 9949 Hi Mofflepop, I would recommend finding a building designer to prepare plans, they should design to your specified budget. The benefit is you can tender the project out… 9 20735 |