Browse Forums General Discussion Re: COST OF BUILDING ON SLOPING LAND 2May 11, 2013 9:37 pm How long is a piece of string? How much of a slope ? Type of soil? Style of house? Size of house? Single / double / split level ? If you're on a tight budget, a sloping block is probably not a good idea. 2 Re: COST OF BUILDING ON SLOPING LAND 3May 12, 2013 6:54 am Less than 1m slope added around $5,000 to my 23 square single storey house. See here for more info http://www.anewhouse.com.au/?p=1290 The Harder You Try - the Luckier You Get ! Web site http://www.anewhouse.com.au Informative, Amusing, and Opinionated Blog - Over 600 posts on all aspects of building a new house. Re: COST OF BUILDING ON SLOPING LAND 4May 12, 2013 7:52 am Generally, sloping land will cost more on to build. We are building on a sloping block (massive slope) and our custom build of 52sq (36sq living) with quality inclusions is costing us less than 11k per square. We designed a house to suit the fall of land rather than trying to put a standard house on a sloping block. Plus we are providing a few items ourselves ie. aircon, heating, tiles, data cabling, kitchen laminex etc which kept the cost down. We were lucky to find a builder that would let us provide some things ourselves. It took a couple of years to find a builder who could do what we want within our budget. It is possible but if you're on a tight budget and want to build soon I would suggest buying a flat block. Custom downslope build Build thread viewtopic.php?f=31&t=61873 Blog http://www.buildingroyalmanor.blogspot.com.au Re: COST OF BUILDING ON SLOPING LAND 5May 21, 2013 4:29 pm my house-to-be is approx 90sqm with 15sqm of balcony, with a drop of about 1.7m. Very early estimate had cost of subfloor (including soil test, engineering, scaffolding) at 50K. It's high end engineering/spec but its your house, it cant fall down a hill. Re: COST OF BUILDING ON SLOPING LAND 7Sep 11, 2013 10:45 am Hi Shaman, suggest if you are still looking at sloping land, that you do some research on custom builders who work on that kind of terrain in your area and are used to solutions for sloping blocks. If you make a short list that have good client feedback and you find to have high quality and good communication (meet them to look at a project under construction if possible) then a builder like this can help you to look at a block and get a picture of the possibilities. Do not go with volume builders for a sloping block. Their building techniques are not suitable to slope, and will not maximise the useability of what could be a beautiful home if built on appropriately. Don't be fooled by an apparent difference in cost either, as the initial quotes of volume builders do not usually include site costs, which are obviously a huge factor on a sloping or hilly block. (go on forums too, and look at people's experiences.) It boils down to: lots of advantages to finding a builder you trust first, who has experience on the kind of land you are interested in, and they can guide you a lot on possibilities, choices, costs. Good luck with it! Give Jonathan a call. Tell him you know me. He is in my opinion the best surveyor I have ever worked with. His number is 0425 285 622 All the best Simeon 3 12372 Howdy all. I am looking for feedback on what people would do to maximise and make an area as flat as possible. First, out the front of the house is a sloping hill, pretty… 0 20138 i did click it, still couldnt make it out rofl. in any case, doesnt look like too extreme a slope, you may be in luck. Just shoot out some emails to volume builders in… 3 18545 |