Browse Forums Renovation + Home Improvement 1 Apr 23, 2017 6:36 pm Hi everyone, We are looking to add an extra floor to our existing brick veneer house. I know we have to get DA/CDC approved first. - Should we directly approach the builder to do everything or - Should we approach a draft man to get DA/CDC first and then get a builder? Obviously we've got budget constraints so i think getting the DA/CDC approvals done ourselves would save some money. On the other hand, how do I know the design is actually feasible to build from a cost perspective if the design and the build are done by 2 independent parties? Do draft mans have idea of the approximate building costs? For example, will the draftman know that I can save 50k if we install a door 2 metres to the right? Re: Home Extension - Designs approved first or builder first 3Oct 02, 2017 8:56 pm Lightsview_1524 Get your own design done by a competent designer who can extract the approximate Quants/Costs Sort out the engineering earlier on in the design process Then get 3 quotes from builders and compare them with your initial estimates you should be within 10%.. Designer,Engineer (Civil,Const & Envir),Builder,Concrete & Masonry Contract.Struct Repairs Re: Home Extension - Designs approved first or builder first 4Oct 14, 2017 12:33 pm http://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=71740 http://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=72345 http://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=52895 http://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=71740 The draftsman or building designer should have a pretty good idea on costs. Stewie Re: Home Extension - Designs approved first or builder first 5Oct 17, 2017 2:49 pm Hi World2160, It's always a bit of a chicken and egg conversation but you might like to use this renovation costs calculator. Hope that helps. Richard@themakeovergroup Re: Home Extension - Designs approved first or builder first 6Oct 26, 2017 7:58 am As a carpenter my advice would to engage the best first floor addition mob in your area to do everything and you'll get what you paid for and if you don't you get what you paid for. First floor additions are something that need a lot of engineering to be pulled off right, I know of someone who just paid over $110,000 for a room 25sm or so over a garage @ around $4000 a sm. I could have built that addition and got at least 12sm more out of it by building it a different way and still to code, even a bricklayer friend of mine agreed the build was a well built shocker. If your patio is going to be 35 sqm then that's going to need Council Approval. The fact that they previously approved your 25sqm patio will be irelevant 1 5506 Would anyone on this forum know of a builder/company in Brisbane with house designs for a shallow block. I have a block 20 x 20 so with front and rear set backs I need a… 0 4743 Your best bet might be to go visit the display homes and walk around in them, and take photos. Get a feel for it in person instead of deciding from the floor plan. There… 1 21437 |