Browse Forums Building A New House 1 Aug 19, 2016 7:14 pm Has anybody ever been charged a "tight site fee"? Or is it just us? Our block is over 900sq metres with a huge frontage, not one tree on the block but the builder want to charge almost $5000 as it is a "tight site". Re: Tight site fee? 2Aug 19, 2016 7:22 pm Are you kidding? Never heard of it!!!! Your block is actually on the larger size, what a joke! Who is your builder? Coral build- Modified Bronte 42 - We're in!!! https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=82234&p=1513775&hilit=coral+modified+bronte#p1513775 Re: Tight site fee? 4Aug 20, 2016 10:02 am That seems rather completely strange. What's the road access like? Our Custom Dale Alcock build in the Village at Wellard https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=78620 Re: Tight site fee? 5Aug 20, 2016 10:21 am Just a normal suburban street. The curb is in bad condition so they could drive equipment over any section of it. They tell me they charge it "all the time". I am interested to see if this is really the case. Re: Tight site fee? 6Aug 20, 2016 1:53 pm I would questioning it, we had to pay an excess handling fee of 6k as we are a battle axe but otherwise I wouldn't have had to pay anything extra. sekisui build viewtopic.php?f=31&t=75060&p=1573965#p1573965 Building a sekisui house in Holmesville NSW viewtopic.php?f=31&t=75060 Re: Tight site fee? 7Aug 20, 2016 3:15 pm Yep we had that for a battle axe block too, not for a normal street frontage! Re: Tight site fee? 8Oct 28, 2016 4:45 pm Not sure if you ever look at the forum, but just wondering if you started building! 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 12979 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 36896 |