Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Cost of Building a House 13Nov 03, 2008 2:00 pm Finally Designing and building the home I always wanted to! Re: Cost of Building a House 15Nov 03, 2008 5:54 pm With a tight budget of around $200,000 you should be getting a soil test and contour survey done on your block of land asap to determine site costs before signing any building agreement. Use the survey and soil test with getting prices from a couple of prefferred builders. Most builders in that price bracket have very small profit margins so don't expect any major cost saving negotiations. but site costs can be huge if not investigated asap. When discussing costs with a builder ensure you also ask the following as a minimum:
1. cost of footings to suit soil test report and bore hole depths. Cost of revised conc slab. Cost of extra engineering 2.cost of site cut and retaining walls if required and aggy drains with stormwater pits, Extent/length of retaining walls. Determine where the site cut will end. Cost of engineering the retaining walls. Cost of removing rock etc 3. Cost of sewer/stormwater connection to LPD. 4. Cost of 5 star energy rating to suit your site. do you need double glazing to comply with regulations. 5. Cost of outdoor flooring, steps and decking if required. Many times the floor to an alfresco is not included and if its more than 300mm off the ground who is paying the extra costs. 6. Check who is paying crossover deposit and council asset deposit. 7. Cost of conc pump for slab. 8. Cost of temporary fencing, check with council. These are just basic items that often don't get asked with no experience and subsequently get caught with extra major costs. Builders generally always want to do the right thing, they want to build you a very nice home, but sometimes things are not fully worked out or are let down by missleading sales consultants who can misslead both the builder and the client, doesn't always happen but does happen. Look after yourself by asking just few extra items in writing before you sign with any builder and both you and the builder will be very happy that all has been worked out and construction progresses smoothly knowing that you have allowed for the extra costs. good luck The price you're seeing for a high-spec 2-storey home in Perth sounds steep, but unfortunately, it's kind of the norm these… 8 8617 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 10324 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 2425 |