Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Builder soak well...how important? 2May 04, 2014 9:26 pm 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: Builder soak well...how important? 3May 04, 2014 9:55 pm Thanks for the reply Bashworth, that is precisely why now we are feeling a bit skeptical about doing it outside. But does this mean that other owners (probably 80% in Perth) taking this risk on themselves? It feels defeated... Re: Builder soak well...how important? 4May 04, 2014 10:18 pm Ozlizz The salesman says that those who are doing soak wells independently do not understand their contract and their builder won't be responsible for fixing the house in future if any structural damage happens to their house related to the soak wells. is this true? Thanks yes it is true. soak wells was included in our siteworks. our soak wells were bigger than me. They needed a Mini-Excavator to dig the hole and a crane to get in the hole. They had about four guys working Re: Builder soak well...how important? 5May 04, 2014 10:18 pm our siteworks was $6,000 including soak wells Re: Builder soak well...how important? 7May 04, 2014 10:32 pm our land is A class. we kept away from the S class because we were told from the sales guy that it would be $20,000 for siteworks. Re: Builder soak well...how important? 8May 04, 2014 11:12 pm Our builder allowed a standard provisional amount of 3500 for soakwells which has now been amended to 5800. The house is fairly large and I have a 9m by 7m freestanding garage and they aall will need stormwater drainage. While its a lot I think you are over a barrel as others have said as above, if anything goes wrong it is potentially a he said she said situation. The potential saving is not going to be massive for the risk taken on. I will leave this to the builder. Re: Builder soak well...how important? 9May 04, 2014 11:27 pm Ozlizz You are lucky cupcakes; ours is 19k including soakwells (6k). I would not have complained if it was even 15k. Your costs sound same as ours .... We're sitting at $18k provisional including soak wells. We're in a C2 zone and with clay down below, they can dig the holes and sink the suckers!! Our last house we did our own soak wells and it was this experienced that made perfect sense to leave them in the contract this time. Some things it is easier to get the builder to do it. If I was building in sand, sand and more sand, no dramas, but throw some clay in and nope, I'll pay good money. Finally got the Soakwell at my house sucked out. Now I’m looking for ideas on how to hide it as it’s a bit of an eye sore. I’m thinking I’d like to turf over the… 0 3801 The worst thing you can do is sign a building contract without a pre contract review. Over the years many people have come to me with disputes where they just signed… 0 8521 It's possible but a soak well is usually much larger. Your 'soak well' only holds 424 litres when full. What is your soil type? Soak wells need sandy soils. 10 9155 |