Browse Forums Owner Builder Forum Re: Costing for Strip Footings and stumps 2Sep 21, 2010 10:55 pm Where you are coming from is where you are going to... Re: Costing for Strip Footings and stumps 12Oct 10, 2010 2:54 pm Hi Tom and Kylie sounds good and I think it can be done at a lower price I'm in Sydney NSW Kal tomandkylie Hi Kal, Let us know what state you're in and I'm sure someone will have a contact for you. Don't be discouraged by one high quote it's not unusual to get variations of up to $10,000. This has happened to us a few times during the quoting process. For gyprocking we got 2 quotes for around $7000 and 1 quote for $17000 - for exactly the same job! We thought the extra 1 was a misprint but they were serious, some tradies just don't need the work and are only interested in doing it if they can get ludicrous money from you. One of the challenges of OB'ing is getting the balance between getting a fair price and finding someone available to start within your timeframe. We've found sometimes we've had to pay a little more to keep the project moving. All the best If you're in a flood zone, not only are you dealing with the importation of fill and laying it down in 150 lifts to achieve compaction, you're going to have to consider… 4 5532 Are they stumps or screw piles ? How much fill is there, is the site a class "P" ? A "H2" site is not supposed to have stumps it is supposed to have grid beams according… 1 6942 |