Browse Forums Building A New House 1 May 21, 2017 8:51 pm Can anyone please advise if $33K for site costs for a 26 Square house in Point cook justifiable? Our builder gave the cost as $13k two years ago, but due to financial circumstances we could not build then, with the updated quote they are now saying that the $13k has turned into $33K. Does anyone get a similar site cost in that area (Point Cook VIC)? Re: Site cost 33k for a 26 Sq house 2May 21, 2017 8:57 pm AndyGee Can anyone please advise if $33K for site costs for a 26 Square house in Point cook justifiable? Our builder gave the cost as $13k two years ago, but due to financial circumstances we could not build then, with the updated quote they are now saying that the $13k has turned into $33K. Does anyone get a similar site cost in that area (Point Cook VIC)? Can you ask the what does this site cost entails? I'm building the suburb next door and site cost arpund $20k Re: Site cost 33k for a 26 Sq house 4May 21, 2017 9:50 pm Labour costs from two years ago, yes a bit more, but not 250%,demand meaning I can ask lots more, I would ask for a more detailed breakup, then price it up to see how much is pricing opportunity. Re: Site cost 33k for a 26 Sq house 5May 21, 2017 10:16 pm If you're not really lock on the house plan, might worth lookimg at other builders too and compare Re: Site cost 33k for a 26 Sq house 6May 21, 2017 11:02 pm Got a response from the builder: Custom type X with deepened edge beams - this is due to the soil conditions on the street. 700mm fall over the build area Our design's garage is within 1m of boundary. This may cause rescued wall height issues and due to this they will have to cut the full block. Small retaining wall to the rear of the house. Other common inclusions. Re: Site cost 33k for a 26 Sq house 9May 22, 2017 8:49 am AndyGee Got a response from the builder: Custom type X with deepened edge beams - this is due to the soil conditions on the street. 700mm fall over the build area Our design's garage is within 1m of boundary. This may cause rescued wall height issues and due to this they will have to cut the full block. Small retaining wall to the rear of the house. Other common inclusions. My build is approx 400mm slope across build site and I do have a deepened edge beam and retaining wall along the back side... $33k still sounds pretty high Re: Site cost 33k for a 26 Sq house 10May 22, 2017 10:28 am Have they considered stepping your garage down further relative to the house to reduce the wall height so that they don't need to cut the entire site? We had this situation and it was cheaper to change the slab than remove so much dirt. Design wise ours was simple though, our garage was already a separate roof the main roof. The other question is, do you want the site 100% cut? A lot of people in our street did it that way and they ended up with quite a step in their already small back yards (depends on the amount and direction of your fall), we were determined to avoid that. We were able to get some dispensation from the council to allow us to go a little bit higher with the garage wall by applying for a report and consent but still needed to drop the garage down as well. Re: Site cost 33k for a 26 Sq house 11May 22, 2017 2:02 pm Thanks bank. With our design the way it is, we will have to get it 100% cut. I am checking if the costs are valid or not.. do they sound valid? I checked with a surveyor and he said that it is best to check with another builder who has built on the same street.. so we are getting one of our friends' builders to help us. If anyone has built in the Address estate in Point Cook, please PM me as I want to know your site costs to compare. Thanks. Re: Site cost 33k for a 26 Sq house 12May 22, 2017 2:12 pm Asking others in your street is the best idea. They can vary wildly though, they certainly do in our estate. 33k sounds high but with the issues you have you may not do a lot better. Ours were 31k including screw piles and a small retaining wall but I've heard worse in our street so we came to terms with it. Re: Site cost 33k for a 26 Sq house 13May 22, 2017 6:42 pm My next door neighbour has said he paid $10k for the site costs, but I am thinking that his estimate came before the land got titled (similar to ours) and as such is not a good comparison. Re: Site cost 33k for a 26 Sq house 14May 28, 2017 1:22 pm Quick update, within one day of quoting us a 33k site cost price, the builder came back with a 20% discount on it, this immediately made us lose faith in them and caused further trouble. I have worked in business Sales myself and there are way better ways to deal with high costs that how we have been treated. We are now looking at other builders. Thanks for the help everyone. Re: Site cost 33k for a 26 Sq house 15Jul 19, 2017 7:30 am AndyGee Quick update, within one day of quoting us a 33k site cost price, the builder came back with a 20% discount on it, this immediately made us lose faith in them and caused further trouble. I have worked in business Sales myself and Ha, the benefit of inside knowledge! 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 37136 Thanks for the insight! My plot is a new development so hopefully I won't have too much problem during build as everyone should be roughly building together. I also… 2 3371 Approvals are covered in the cost we are paying to the pool company. The only thing stated in our home build contract for the additional cost is engineering support. … 3 7119 |