Browse Forums Building A New House 1 Feb 22, 2009 10:58 am Hi all, i'm new to this site so bear with me with the silly questions I've posted a few different questions in other posts to make it easier to get answers since i have a LOT of questions
Just wondering what 'site costs' actually includes? I figure it includes site levelling and excavation soil tests site inspections? What else is there? And how much approx am i looking at? Thanks all Re: What exactly do 'site costs' include? 2Feb 22, 2009 11:10 am It may depend on the state you are in. But for NSW it will include BASIX.. Also you should add service runs as well to site costs. The closer you are to the street, ie, 6m set back the cheaper. Service runs include electricity, water etc etc. Re: What exactly do 'site costs' include? 4Feb 22, 2009 1:15 pm No-one will be able to answer how much your site costs will be on here - it depends totally on your block and it's location ie. it's slope, presence of rock, soil type etc and which builder you choose as ultimately they will be the ones deciding the cost.
Our contract includes in the base cost an M class waffle slab, concrete pump, termite protection, sewer and storm water to 650msq lot, allowance of 12m underground power, gas connection up to 20m, dry tapping type water connection and 300mm of site fall to building area. On top of this we have a number of items we have to pay extra for eg. $5.5k for our cut and fill, removal of excess soil from site, additional compaction, rock removal and a second soil test for us as our land was not titled at the time of the first tests. We also have to pay $3.5k for slab upgrades which consist of concrete piering. Then we have agricultural drains which are another $2.5k and retaining walls at $4.5k. It all mounts up even on what appear to be nice flat blocks. Some builders will fix your site costs so that might be something to consider. And avoid a sloping block if budget is tight. Re: What exactly do 'site costs' include? 5Oct 12, 2019 1:35 pm Homes built in rural areas of the country also means higher site costs due to the transportation of materials back and forth as well as the equipment needed. The type of terrain as well as if it is a slope; could say this is one of the most important factors that will influence your site cost, the flatter the land, the less you will have to pay, and of course vice-versa, the more uneven it is, the more you will pay. The type of terrain - a clean block will cost you way less than a block full of vegetation that has to be removed. The type of foundation - affected by the type of soil, most common is the sandy soil, considered the best as it is the least reactive and also less likely to shift. All of the above and more is mentioned on this blog: https://www.pivothomes.com.au/building/building-site-costs/ Have a read as they go in depth about all of the stages and what affects the price as well as what you could do to help keep your price down before reaching out to a company. Is anyone building with Mojo and have a recent site cost tender 0 16336 Henley should give you some indication of site costs. Too many variable to give you any reasonable accuracy 1 2291 Looking to tile the facade pillars rather than rendering. Builder is quoting 2500$ laying cost for upto 10msq. The 2 pillars come to be 16msq. So laying costs are 5000$… 0 8583 |