Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Level 1 Compaction Report - Melbourne SE - Burbank 3Sep 06, 2018 3:56 pm Thanks. We've been in touch with the developer and they advised that our whole street did not get a level 1 compaction report. The builder advised us to sign the contract, before they will perform any engineering analysis on the lot for us. The risk is, it could cost more when they do their analysis. Our neighbour who is building with Arden nextdoor fixed their site costs at 22k. Ours was fixed to 17k. Best case, I'm hoping that the site costs will not change or at worst, change a little bit. Re: Level 1 Compaction Report - Melbourne SE - Burbank 4Sep 06, 2018 9:34 pm Get minimum 2 independent soil testers to do 2 separate soil tests, min 3 boreholes and depth to below natural soil (ie under the fill). Then take the worst soil test ie highest reactivity and lowest bearing pressure to different builders and get them to quote site costs and fix the costs. Don't EVER sign a builders contract unless you know what is in your soil. Re: Level 1 Compaction Report - Melbourne SE - Burbank 5May 28, 2019 8:55 pm Hi, I am about sign a contract from known builder, can anyone please share their experiences or suggest what to consider before signing contract. It would be a great help. Regards, Sumit Re: Level 1 Compaction Report - Melbourne SE - Burbank 6May 28, 2019 9:13 pm skochhar Hi, I am about sign a contract from known builder, can anyone please share their experiences or suggest what to consider before signing contract. It would be a great help. Regards, Sumit Re: Level 1 Compaction Report - Melbourne SE - Burbank 7May 28, 2019 11:01 pm sweetswisssteel skochhar Hi, I am about sign a contract from known builder, can anyone please share their experiences or suggest what to consider before signing contract. It would be a great help. Regards, Sumit Unless you got your own soil tests done first, you are crazy. Don't sign anything unless all the costs are known and fixed. Always get 3 quotes and stay within your budget. Otherwise there are heaps of threads here about all the inclusions you should get or not. Thanks kindly for replying. In my quotation it's mentioned inclusions up to P class engineered waffle pod slab. Does this means irrespective of soil test results builder won't charge extra apart from what mentioned in quote. Re: Level 1 Compaction Report - Melbourne SE - Burbank 8May 29, 2019 4:26 am skochhar sweetswisssteel skochhar Hi, I am about sign a contract from known builder, can anyone please share their experiences or suggest what to consider before signing contract. It would be a great help. Regards, Sumit Unless you got your own soil tests done first, you are crazy. Don't sign anything unless all the costs are known and fixed. Always get 3 quotes and stay within your budget. Otherwise there are heaps of threads here about all the inclusions you should get or not. Thanks kindly for replying. In my quotation it's mentioned inclusions up to P class engineered waffle pod slab. Does this means irrespective of soil test results builder won't charge extra apart from what mentioned in quote. What determines the thickness of the slab is the reactivity of the soil eg E class slab will be thicker than H1/2 etc. Soil tests are not that expensive, forewarned is fore armed. Don't be an uneducated fool. Re: Level 1 Compaction Report - Melbourne SE - Burbank 9May 29, 2019 9:31 pm So not all developers can provide the level 1 compaction report? I thought it's required. Sorry for being naive. Re: Level 1 Compaction Report - Melbourne SE - Burbank 10May 29, 2019 10:41 pm basicbeans So not all developers can provide the level 1 compaction report? I thought it's required. Sorry for being naive. Re: Level 1 Compaction Report - Melbourne SE - Burbank 11May 30, 2019 2:07 am Just the soil test is not going to be enough to test the quality of compaction. If you are planning putting your house footings on the fill, you would need proper compaction testing to be done (eg radioactive). Hi All, Recently we have signed a contract with Burbank and we are not aware that they have just DORSET, SURREY, HAMPSHIRE, KENT, PILBARA and REDGUM bricks from PGH are… 0 3792 isn't a garage level with the rest of the house a given? pretty sure they 'came around' long time ago. if you have a flat block, the garage is usually level with the rest… 1 18279 they can, it's a fairly standard solution when the slab isn't recessed. the falls need to be in the main floor, if it hasn't been done then you need to ask them to redo… 4 6969 |