Pre-cast Concrete House Build Perth

Very interesting - why did you decide to go with pre-cast concrete?

Hey @amazin.abs - approximate finished cost of the house, fitout, pool area etc is around $900k-$1M - approximately $2000-2250 per SQM of internal living area over 3 floors.

I'm still changing a bunch of things on the fly so wont know exact $$ until its all finished up.Would likely have been move in by now if I didnt make so many changes. ONLY regret so far is not making the Garage Double the size for 4 car garage as it would have been effectively cheaper & faster to do as I could have have manufacuted & installed Basement & GF walls all in 1 hit. (ie same footprint as ground floor so walls would go straight up 2 floors high - similar to the staircase & front of house in one of the early photos)

Cost would have been a fair bit higher had I not done plenty of homework & research for about 12+ months.

Have got a pretty good contact for Precast here in Perth as a mate that ive known for 20 years owns precast company.

For Cabinetry/Fitout I've gone overseas few times to China to inspect few factories so importing all the high cabinetry for kitchens/WIR/Cellar/Garage/bathrooms etc in 2 40FT containers.

Also Australian Standard Double Glazed Windows with 7 year warranty as its an AWA Member company which are better than just about any window company I've had a look at in Perth & would have cost more than double locally.
Importing NEFF Appliances over from Belgium.

algernon - house was initially desigend for double brick and since adapted to concrete. Went with the idea after seeing it on Grand Designs then started researching more into it and fell in love with uniqueness of concrete designs. Have seen more and more concrete houses popping up in Perth now and have had about dozen friends & family interested in exploring the idea so definitely getting more traction! Final product should look like the updated render below.


@searching4 knowledge - It is faster than double brick thats for sure, bit slower than I hoped for given the changes I keep making! GF & UF walls will be burnished & sealed white concrete with feature Grey/Black walls so no need for render & texture so that will save plenty of time. That alone will save a tonne of time over the 2 floors, specially with the crane & rigging crew working no matter if its raining or not so in winter time could be difference of few months of time savings


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Its great to see something different, Electrical would take some planning/thinking...

I could imagine, will look epic! I have completed a few 2/3 storey homes in my time and that's design would be hard to do with standard brick at the best of times!
Tricky to add anything later, I'm sure you have tried to cover everything first up.
I was going to say are you using polystyrene to aid in joins to equipment...
Looking forward to following!
Cheers

Definitely consider good ERV ventilation system for that one.

How are you planning to handle insulation, by the way?

Foof on, top floor locked up!

Scaffold dropped on the weekend so pretty stoked to see the full house revealed at last without any obstructions!

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Couple of progress photos from the last few months

Hey Sandi
Love this project...Altho concrete Cantilever stairs would have iced it
Thanks for Sharing
Cheers