Browse Forums Building A New House 1 Sep 21, 2018 6:21 pm Hi guys, We are looking at building in Greenbank area and the block of land has a BAL12.5. We received a quote from a builder today and it is $14,390!!! Is this reasonable? The quote said: assessment $400 Spark guards to weepholes $400 Flame retardant bristles to garage door $600 Upgrade windows $1800 Safety screens to windows and sliding doors $6475 Entry door upgrade $485 Anticon wool blanket bal rated $4190. Re: BAL12.5 cost 2Sep 21, 2018 6:28 pm Sounds a bit steep. If I remember correctly the quote from my builder was around 4k. The wool blanket - not sure what that is, but was quoted sarking as part of the 4k. I got it deleted at contract as my land was deemed not to be in a bushfire zone. Building the Votivo43 - viewtopic.php?f=31&t=88553 Building the Arden Votivo 43 Follow me here: https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=88553 Re: BAL12.5 cost 3Sep 21, 2018 6:45 pm cory Hi guys, We are looking at building in Greenbank area and the block of land has a BAL12.5. We received a quote from a builder today and it is $14,390!!! Is this reasonable? The quote said: assessment $400 Spark guards to weepholes $400 Flame retardant bristles to garage door $600 Upgrade windows $1800 Safety screens to windows and sliding doors $6475 Entry door upgrade $485 Anticon wool blanket bal rated $4190. Depends on the size of your house etc but it’s a similar price to what we paid on the Gold Coast. We paid around $11k for ours. Our anticon blanket was $5000 alone. :-D Modified Miami 31- Brighton Homes https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?t=91265&f=31&p=1789112#p1789112 Re: BAL12.5 cost 5Sep 21, 2018 6:53 pm Forgot to mention ours is a 44sq double storey house. Building the Votivo43 - viewtopic.php?f=31&t=88553 Building the Arden Votivo 43 Follow me here: https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=88553 Re: BAL12.5 cost 6Sep 21, 2018 9:44 pm It really just depends on what what needs to be upgraded. Some builders may use windows that don’t need to be upgraded ect ect. The only thing on that list that seems expensive if the safety screens to windows and doors. I don’t know how many windows and doors you have but I’m pretty sure you only need aluminium mesh on openable windows. Doors don’t need any mesh Re: BAL12.5 cost 7Sep 27, 2018 10:13 am The price is over the top, I would be asking the builder to justify the costs of these 4 items Spark Guards Upgrade windows Safety Screens Anticon But in Particular the safety screens, you only need to upgrade the flyscreens to Aluminium wish roughly would be $25 per flyscreen, either they are trying to rip you off to make up margin or the estimator doesn't know what they are doing. Good luck Alternatively, you can sign a contract with pre-defined known amount you pay to the builder for management and warranties and then you just pay the invoices their provide… 2 5247 Hi Marko The best thing to do is to have a look at your contract and see how the variation clause is worded. We use the NSW Fair trading contract and the way that is… 1 5059 |