Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Should of got full fixed site costs! 3Sep 24, 2018 2:21 pm sweetswisssteel Read you contract and see what provisions are there. Maybe you can pull back some inclusions that are equal value and save money that way? If it was a provisional sum then ask for all costings and how they arrived at 11k, maybe they will pull back a bit if you can show they are overcharging you. On the quote they allowed a provisional sum of up to 15 cubic metres of rock The supervisor told me they found 10m3 on the first excavation another 5 during electrical work then 45m3 when doing the plumbing trenches and drainage so I used 15m3 already in the first 2 stages then got hit with a big 45m3 amount of rocks I need to pay for now @ $283 per m3 Re: Should of got full fixed site costs! 5Sep 25, 2018 9:56 am I guess it is what it is, I still went ahead because the block was very cheap All I think i can do is ask if they can reduce the cost but you know what, I asked this to the sales guy before signing and he was sure that there was no rock in that area. "he apparently knew this because theyve built in the same area a few times" what a bull crap artist Re: Should of got full fixed site costs! 9Sep 26, 2018 7:59 am Patrick ....but you know what, I asked this to the sales guy before signing and he was sure that there was no rock in that area. "he apparently knew this because theyve built in the same area a few times" what a bull crap artist Gouging (literally) has been discussed many times before. Nobody believes Salesman that are paid high commissions, they will tell you whatever you want to hear, promise the earth (excuse the pun), and after you have signed the contract are nowhere to be found.Caveat emptor Designer,Engineer (Civil,Const & Envir),Builder,Concrete & Masonry Contract.Struct Repairs Hi Kristy Around $1.7-1.8m or around $4,600/sqm. if you PM me your email I will send you a break up in a spreadsheet so you can get an understanding of the costs for… 1 12777 Is anyone building with Mojo and have a recent site cost tender 0 16220 Henley should give you some indication of site costs. Too many variable to give you any reasonable accuracy 1 2196 |