I hope you don't mind if I join in.
Melobius, we are building next door at Beaumont. Our site classification was "P"(poor?) with soil classified as H2-D. I think its quite common in the area. Our lot had a fall of about 3 meters from front to back so we had to cut and fill the site to build a double storey. We had an olive grove to begin with. Clearing the trees and stumps fell as our responsibility.
Metricon quoted our site costs at 28K.
If you haven't done any tiling, joinery, electrical selections, you may very well exceed 100K. We certainly did by a fair bit and had many arguments (I mean... negotiations...) with the missus regarding what items to sacrifice.
Hope that helps.
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Browse Forums Building A New House  25 Oct 2017 24 Beaumont SA Junior Member Re: Metricon - Savannah 40 - Adelaide Athelstone 41Aug 11, 2018 2:02 pm Metricon Franklin 53 - https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=92752 24 Sep 2016 58 SA Loyal Member Re: Metricon - Savannah 40 - Adelaide Athelstone 42Aug 11, 2018 2:10 pm  dunkintooI hope you don't mind if I join in. Melobius, we are building next door at Beaumont. Our site classification was "P"(poor?) with soil classified as H2-D. I think its quite common in the area. Our lot had a fall of about 3 meters from front to back so we had to cut and fill the site to build a double storey. We had an olive grove to begin with. Clearing the trees and stumps fell as our responsibility. Metricon quoted our site costs at 28K. If you haven't done any tiling, joinery, electrical selections, you may very well exceed 100K. We certainly did by a fair bit and had many arguments (I mean... negotiations...) with the missus regarding what items to sacrifice. Hope that helps. I’m sure it will be about that much hehe I’m just in denial right now!! Damn our area being cursed with problem soil! Haha My husband is currently getting yelled at I’m mean talked to bout what I ... I mean we want. How is your build going? Do you have a thread? 25 Oct 2017 24 Beaumont SA Junior Member Re: Metricon - Savannah 40 - Adelaide Athelstone 43Aug 11, 2018 2:23 pm Metricon Franklin 53 - https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=92752 28 Aug 2015 198 Fulham SA Bronze Member 24 Sep 2016 58 SA Loyal Member Re: Metricon - Savannah 40 - Adelaide Athelstone 45Aug 13, 2018 5:22 pm stoff17Hey guys, I might join in on the conversation too if you guys don’t mind. First of all dunkintoo, I think “p” means problematic by memory off my soil test but don’t quote me on that, it was a long time since I looked. melobious Our site costs were 31k and we are in Fulham, with no slope and on memory got told we have the best soil you can get. So I don’t get it when you’re in a very active soil. But is what it is. Also as dunkintoo said, selections will kill you as we thought we were so on top of things waiting 5 years for our adventure to start and still blew 1000’s of dollars. Anyways good luck with everything. Admin = ok but annoying and long. At site, love it Metricon Franklin 53 modified Yeah I’m pretty sure we will be shocked when it gets to that point but I’m secretly hoping!! Haha. Will let you all know when we get to there!! Haha the waiting is slowly killing me but since we aren’t ready to build till next year I won’t rush things! Fulham... isn’t that near the beach? or are you at Fullarton? We are near to the foothills so that may have something to do with it! I will go check out your thread!! Hehe I love following people’s journeys and seeing the end result! 28 Aug 2015 198 Fulham SA Bronze Member Re: Metricon - Savannah 40 - Adelaide Athelstone 46Aug 13, 2018 11:28 pm melobious stoff17Hey guys, I might join in on the conversation too if you guys don’t mind. First of all dunkintoo, I think “p” means problematic by memory off my soil test but don’t quote me on that, it was a long time since I looked. melobious Our site costs were 31k and we are in Fulham, with no slope and on memory got told we have the best soil you can get. So I don’t get it when you’re in a very active soil. But is what it is. Also as dunkintoo said, selections will kill you as we thought we were so on top of things waiting 5 years for our adventure to start and still blew 1000’s of dollars. Anyways good luck with everything. Admin = ok but annoying and long. At site, love it Metricon Franklin 53 modified Yeah I’m pretty sure we will be shocked when it gets to that point but I’m secretly hoping!! Haha. Will let you all know when we get to there!! Haha the waiting is slowly killing me but since we aren’t ready to build till next year I won’t rush things! Fulham... isn’t that near the beach? or are you at Fullarton? We are near to the foothills so that may have something to do with it! I will go check out your thread!! Hehe I love following people’s journeys and seeing the end result! Our journey was real long and expect admin side to take along time. We took 12 months to get to site. So maybe start a little earlier as it drags and drags. It will be all worth it in the end. Yes we are in Fulham and it is very close to the beach. Pretty much end of Henley beach road. Metricon Franklin 53 modified Re: Metricon - Savannah 40 - Adelaide Athelstone 47Aug 13, 2018 11:55 pm Hi everyone, melobious , stoff17 , dunkintoo ! The more the merrier =  I believe that "p" class sites are problem sites. Ours was "p" class due to the removal of many trees and it is a knock down rebuild site. Our soil was class "E-D" extremely reactive. We first did selections just before xmas and only finished them a month ago. Our pre-site manager Adrian has been amazing. No task is too little or too big for him. No question left unanswered. We never knew what we were going to spend on upgrades. We knew what we wanted and we knew there was going to be quite a cost associated with that. I picked the most expensive upgrades and worked backwards from there. Tried to find value in lots of things I would like completed before handover rather than having to run around after handover. We have just received loan approval, waiting on abolishment of services and demo that is booked in on the 30th of August. M want to be on site by the 14th of September. Cannot wait to get started. 28 Aug 2015 198 Fulham SA Bronze Member Re: Metricon - Savannah 40 - Adelaide Athelstone 49Aug 14, 2018 4:42 pm Hahaha. Well that’s great news and when you say Adrian, are you talking about Adrian Newlands? He was our pre site manager too. He was great and helped at any moment. Great bloke. Very thorough Metricon Franklin 53 modified 25 Oct 2017 24 Beaumont SA Junior Member Re: Metricon - Savannah 40 - Adelaide Athelstone 50Aug 15, 2018 12:27 am Exciting times. Congratulations! Look forward to reading about your build progress. Metricon Franklin 53 - https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=92752 Re: Metricon - Savannah 40 - Adelaide Athelstone 52Aug 31, 2018 4:35 pm Re: Metricon - Savannah 40 - Adelaide Athelstone 53Oct 09, 2018 7:22 pm Some updates: Demo 17.09.18 Demo 17.09.18Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Demo 17.09.18 Demo 17.09.18Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Finishing off Demo 18.09.18 Finishing off Demo 18.09.18Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Demo Complete 19.09.18 Demo Complete 19.09.18Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Demo Complete 19.09.18 Demo Complete 19.09.18Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Start of Pre Wetting of site (5 days) 19.09.18 Start of Pre Wetting of site (5 days) 19.09.18Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Metricon on Site 25.09.18 8 Trucks of Clean Fill Delivered Metricon on Site 25.09.18 Site Benching 8 Trucks of Clean Fill DeliveredLike ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Metricon on Site 25.09.18 Site Benching Metricon on Site 25.09.18 Site BenchingLike ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Metricon on Site 25.09.18 Site Benching Metricon on Site 25.09.18 Site BenchingLike ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Started Trenching (3 days) 1300mm Deep Footings. 150m3 of soil removed. 15 Trucks to remove it. 27.09.18 Started Trenching (3 days) 1300mm Deep Footings. 150m3 of soil removed. 15 Trucks to remove it. 27.09.18Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Trenching (3 days) 1300mm Deep Footings. 150m3 of soil removed. 15 Trucks to remove it. 28.09.18 Trenching (3 days) 1300mm Deep Footings. 150m3 of soil removed. 15 Trucks to remove it. 28.09.18Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Trenching (3 days) 1300mm Deep Footings. 150m3 of soil removed. 15 Trucks to remove it. 2.10.18 Trenching (3 days) 1300mm Deep Footings. 150m3 of soil removed. 15 Trucks to remove it. 2.10.18Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Steel and Plumbing 4.10.18 Steel and Plumbing 4.10.18Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Steel and Plumbing 4.10.18 Steel and Plumbing 4.10.18Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Vapour Barrier 5.10.18 Vapour Barrier 5.10.18Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Steel Complete 6.10.18 Steel Complete 6.10.18Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ First Pour 10 Concrete Trucks to pour footings. 150m3 of concrete. 8.10.18 First Pour 10 Concrete Trucks to pour footings. 150m3 of concrete. 8.10.18Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ First Pour 10 Concrete Trucks to pour footings. 150m3 of concrete. 8.10.18 First Pour 10 Concrete Trucks to pour footings. 150m3 of concrete. 8.10.18Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Re: Metricon - Savannah 40 - Adelaide Athelstone 56Nov 06, 2018 10:20 pm Slab 10.10.18Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Bricks delivered 17.10.18Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Structural Steel 19.10.18Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Timber arrived 22.10.18Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Frame started 24.10.18Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Frame 25.10.18Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Frame 25.10.18Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Re: Metricon - Savannah 40 - Adelaide Athelstone 58Nov 07, 2018 11:33 am Nice to see things moving along! =) 28 Aug 2015 198 Fulham SA Bronze Member Re: Metricon - Savannah 40 - Adelaide Athelstone 59Nov 08, 2018 5:52 pm Going along nicely. 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