Browse Forums Owner Builder Forum Re: The cost of building 3Jun 25, 2013 9:04 am My storybook home build: https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=38&t=57987 Re: The cost of building 5Jun 25, 2013 2:50 pm Foremost Building Expert in Australia,assisting with building problems/disputes, building stage inspections,pre-contract review advice for peace of mind 200 blogs http://www.buildingexpert.net.au/blog Re: The cost of building 8Jul 02, 2013 10:15 pm Settlement 1/2/12 New Shed 23/3/12 Slab poured 27/3/12 Frame complete 4/5/12 Roof complete 1/6/12 LOCKUP 29/6/12 Our new build blog http://kareenhillsownerbuild.blogspot.com/ Re: The cost of building 9Jul 06, 2013 9:10 am MJlo ...we also imported sliding systems for build-in robes and kitchen cabinets... Thinking to do the same to save on building cost. Where did you import the stuff? Are you happy with the quality of the products? We imported from Eastern Europe, we have relatives there, so it was easy to organise. Very happy with the quality, you can't get much better than this. For similar quality and size kitchen we were quoted $30-35k locally, yet only $6k overseas for top of the range kitchen (not including benchtop though. We bought Quantum Quartz benchtop locally, as it was too heavy and fragile for shipment). Laundry cabinets cost only $1000 there, were quoted about $4000 here. Build-in robes sliding system cost us about $300-400 each. Again for something similar (but still not as good) we were quoted more than $2000 each. And we also imported many sheets of particle board for the shelvings in the robes. Timber looking similar to laminex range, not plain white. Cost us 3 times cheaper than cheapest crappiest white melamine from Bunnings. I've heard about someone who imported kitchen and robes from Vietnam and was impressed with product quality and prices. If we didn't have relatives in europe we would definitely took a journey to Asia, for same purpose You can even try China, just need to be extra careful with quality etc. Mind you there are heaps of premium quality stuff in China, sadly it just seems that the cheapest crap gets imported in Australia Re: The cost of building 10Jul 06, 2013 9:30 am delatite13 Must ask Nika25, who did the electrical, and plumbing etc which have to be signed off on if your hubby did nearly all the work. I assume this was also extra? Yes you are right. I didn't mention it because licensed electricians/plumbers are compulsory anyway. They cost us about $12k each and it's included in $300k total building cost custom probably not. Volume, most defiantly, but spec would vary. If youre doing a knock down, there additional costs associated with that that will eat into your budget… 1 10305 multiple occ properties are always billed by trades at a premium, rarely per sqm for the lot. You either have trades you know whoe will do by sqm or youre going to get… 1 2349 2 3094 |