Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Building 1st home with Hickingbotham in S.A 51Oct 09, 2018 8:07 pm Hi, just wondering what the issue was with your septic? We are looking to build in a rural township and connect to the towns common effluent system. But we still have to get a septic tank which the builder (Hickinbotham homes) has allowed $6,000 for. I’m worried that we might get hit with an additional cost for septic as you appear to have. Re: Building 1st home with Hickingbotham in S.A 52Oct 09, 2018 8:26 pm [Hi our original quote was for a standard size residential house block, so because we're on a couple of acres and we're classed as rural the price went up and our septic system has soak age pits not sure if that helps you but i would recommend you question Hickingbotham to get exact figures because we found out the hard way after we had set our budget. quote="Bebbsy"]Hi, just wondering what the issue was with your septic? We are looking to build in a rural township and connect to the towns common effluent system. But we still have to get a septic tank which the builder (Hickinbotham homes) has allowed $6,000 for. I’m worried that we might get hit with an additional cost for septic as you appear to have.[/quote] Re: Building 1st home with Hickingbotham in S.A 54Oct 10, 2018 6:55 am Bebbsy Cheers 😁 How did you go with additional costs in connecting to utilities from your rural block. We would have about 45 metres to the street from our block. So far they allowed $2000 for our utilities and that's for 40 meters. Re: Building 1st home with Hickingbotham in S.A 55Oct 10, 2018 9:42 am mumbron Bebbsy Cheers 😁 How did you go with additional costs in connecting to utilities from your rural block. We would have about 45 metres to the street from our block. So far they allowed $2000 for our utilities and that's for 40 meters. That’s useful to know. Thx and good luck with your build. Hi there, We’ve recently had plans approved to add a 1st storey addition to our existing house for a growing family in Sydney. With the current cost of building… 0 4643 We already paid for somfy motors for the blinds. The quote above was purely for “pre-wiring” so the blinds company can install the motors and blinds. That’s why we… 5 17282 |