Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Canberra build quotes 7Aug 31, 2020 6:37 pm Almay realjian Hi Almay, good to see another Canberra post. I’m building a house in Molonglo Valley. I was told by various sources that 2000-2500 per m2 is the Canberra norm. Please note this calculation includes garage. I’m still in the design phase and haven’t got the costing yet. The costing is likely to end as 2500 per m2 as I’m building on a slope block. Canberra is expensive compared with others states. Who is your builder? I was told volume builder is slightly cheaper if your land is flat and suitable for their plans. Hi, yes the build cost is actually horrendous, to the point that I start having second thought about building. 4bdr house in VIC or QLD (outside of COVIT) time can be built for 250K! this is unreal. I am working really hard to find 4bdrm house build for 350K with decency, and have been knocked back twice(!) by 2 builders. How is it even legal to overcharge so much?! I guess they have too much business here. To be frankly, if not Builders Grant, I would not sign up for that horror haha, just would bought an investment property somewhere and keep offsetting rent here. But 25K +10K for new house (I am not FTHG eligible) is not small amount of money. It really helps to slightly offset this "illegally" crazy high prices. I am currently trying to work with BLD, they seems to be willing to work so far. VERY slowly, but progressing to pre-contractural stage. Have you picked the builder yet? Hi Almay - I am also going through the design stage with BLD. Would love to know how you're going, any issues so far? I, too, find them a bit slow. Re: Canberra build quotes 10Jun 18, 2021 8:00 am Moki somebol @Almay & Moki How did you go with BLD? I am in process of getting quotes as well. So interested to see how you went with them Hi there. I decided not to build with them in the end. For better or worse, I have ended up with another builder. Can you tell me who you went with and how was your experience dealing with them? Wow I hadn't realised things had gotten that pricey in just a couple of years since I built, that is crazy with how much land is now costing if you aren't lucky enough to… 3 5352 The irony. I'm starting to wonder if this a Bimguys second account. 84 29373 Like with any service, they don't have to compete on price. They know the market rate for a particular service and offer it for a relatively same price. I am not a sparky… 1 3704 |