Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Construction proposal... 9Jun 18, 2007 1:45 pm Normally Sydney project home builders charge $600 for initial site survey+soil test+initial drawing.
After that differs from every builder. Some charge 5% of total value and need to sign contract before lodge to council, some are more flexible, charge a few thousand and wait for council approval. We paid $6000 and received council approval, still haven't sign contract yet due to a few internal changes. After contract signed, you will see a section there telling you their schedule for payment stages. You can actually request for a copy before/after council approval. In case you found anything too ridiculous, you can pull out before been stuck too deep. Hope this helps. Cheers Allan http://building-our-first-house.blogspot.com/ Re: Construction proposal... 10Jun 18, 2007 1:48 pm $15000 is definitely too high, shop around and you will a lot of other builders with more reasonable prices. Would you mind telling us which builder this is??
If you past the 120 days, the base price just keep rising. Ours took 4 months for council approval and the base price increased twice - $5000 in total. It will keep increasing until the contract signed. Cheers Allan http://building-our-first-house.blogspot.com/ Re: Construction proposal... 11Jun 21, 2007 9:13 am I'd be reluctant to hand over $15,000 without seeing something in writing that say if the whole thing goes pear shaped, I'd be entitled to a big refund.
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