Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Question about KDR 4May 11, 2016 3:25 pm Building a modified Madison 39 with Clarendon Homes in Tennyson homeone link: viewtopic.php?f=31&t=79106 Blog Link: https://minandb.wordpress.com/ Re: Question about KDR 6May 11, 2016 4:46 pm We are currently going through the KDR process and, as others have advised, you will need to organise the demolition contractor, abolishment of gas & electricity and cap your water & sewerage. We signed a building contract in December 2015, demolished in January 2016 and had a site start in March 2016. The logistics of booking a demolition date, organising abolishment of gas & electricity, finding a suitable rental property, organising removalists etc. in the right order and in a very short time frame, can be very time consuming. Our build thread viewtopic.php?f=31&t=82369&p=1525857&hilit=fairhaven#p1525857 Re: Question about KDR 7May 14, 2016 10:42 pm PVBuild Hey Witherwings, Generally you would organise your own demo and abolishment of services outside of the construction package from a project / volume builder. The same applies for smaller builders / custom builders. We are doing KDR at the moment; although in very early stages. Currently living in the house we'll knock down, and I'm not going to look for a rental / book in demo until we've gone through tender and signed the contract. The paperwork that I have states that we have at least 10 weeks until we have a contract ready for signing. In Melbourne, the average price for a demo (including asbestos) is between 15 - 20k. If you wish to salvage from the house, the price for demo may go up as demolishers make money from recycling bits of old houses and fittings. In terms of cost, completely understand about selling vs KDR as we've been considering these options for about 3 years now. You have to go in with eyes wide open and understand that site costs will most likely be higher for KDR, as the foundations always need extra support. However, stamp duty and tax normally outweigh site costs if you were to sell, anyway. Good luck. Thanks for the reply! Can I just ask, why do the foundations need extra support? Don't the foundations get removed and the land flattened? Re: Question about KDR 8May 15, 2016 8:00 am Yep - because you've removed the old foundations from the land, it means it's now disturbed. So then you have to build your new place with extra support in the disturbed land so they can't move as much. That's my understanding. Re: Question about KDR 9May 22, 2016 1:21 pm PVBuild Yep - because you've removed the old foundations from the land, it means it's now disturbed. So then you have to build your new place with extra support in the disturbed land so they can't move as much. That's my understanding. Oh ok! Understood! Thanks for the reply! Re: Question about KDR 10May 22, 2016 1:42 pm When they dig up your old foundations the soil is disturbed and not "compacted" in the way the origional soil is. We had 59 concrete piers and some of our piers went down 2800 so that they were founded well in to the original undisturbed soil/clay. Our build thread viewtopic.php?f=31&t=82369&p=1525857&hilit=fairhaven#p1525857 We were lucky in that our old house was so small (86 square metres) compared to the new house, they were able to take enough readings around the old backyard house before… 8 37743 The biggest challenge will be if you take out a loan and then run out of money - you'll have an incomplete security and lenders do not like this so you can get stuck.… 2 19482 Hi, I am looking into doing a KDR in Melbourne and am contemplating using Kialla Homes. I am looking for feedback on them from others who have built with them. 0 13805 |