Browse Forums General Discussion Re: Home warranty - NSW 5Jun 16, 2020 3:20 pm Each individual builder will have a different price, dependent on the size of their company, broker fees, and risk. Id be seriously asking the builder who said 10k why? they may be classified as high risk so there premiums are higher. Re: Home warranty - NSW 6Jun 19, 2020 11:07 pm Thank you for the reply everyone. I have had an update from the builder. The response is given my work is more of a major renovation to the existing house (adding a first floor) building insurance is to cover any damage etc for the existing house. Where as home warranty is for the structural warranty 7 years post build. Is this correct? Re: Home warranty - NSW 7Jun 21, 2020 12:00 am pgp82 Thank you for the reply everyone. I have had an update from the builder. The response is given my work is more of a major renovation to the existing house (adding a first floor) building insurance is to cover any damage etc for the existing house. Where as home warranty is for the structural warranty 7 years post build. Is this correct? Structural Warranty is 6 Years now and not 7. But yes the cost of cover is depended on the building company, risk scale. Goodluck Building trust through excellent work. Re: Home warranty - NSW 8Jun 22, 2020 1:20 pm pgp82 hello everyone, I'm still in the process of going through quotes for my build. We are doing a first floor addition and renovation and the build cost is approx $300k. I have been told by some builders that the home warranty is closer to $10k. Is this correct? how do I know if this is correct? Thank you. Hi saw your post. I was surprised to read you are doing a first floor addition and renovation for $300k. We have a small house but none of the quotes have been under $500k. Would you mind sharing how big your project is and how you've approach builders?Did you get plans done first? Thanks Re: Home warranty - NSW 9Jun 23, 2020 10:01 am rebe3719 pgp82 hello everyone, I'm still in the process of going through quotes for my build. We are doing a first floor addition and renovation and the build cost is approx $300k. I have been told by some builders that the home warranty is closer to $10k. Is this correct? how do I know if this is correct? Thank you. Hi saw your post. I was surprised to read you are doing a first floor addition and renovation for $300k. We have a small house but none of the quotes have been under $500k. Would you mind sharing how big your project is and how you've approach builders?Did you get plans done first? Thanks Hi rebe3719, our build is not massive. Current house is a brick/veneer and we are adding a first floor including 2brms/lounge/bathroom about 74sqms. In terms of ground floor, we are renovating kitchen/bathroom/laundry/flooring. Additionally we are also doing ducted air to the whole house. Yes, we got our plans done through a drafting person who was really helpful in driving a design to cater our budget. Once the DA was approved, we then approached builders to get separate quotes. Some were hugely expensive but 80% would be about the same mark. Price also depends on what inclusions you want to add. In our case we did add a bit but all up is 300k for the project. I assume you need to allow at least 10% buffer in case for any unforeseen stuff. Feel free to PM me if you need any help. Also I should mention we are in NSW. Alternatively, you can sign a contract with pre-defined known amount you pay to the builder for management and warranties and then you just pay the invoices their provide… 2 5247 In NSW the maximum deposit for building work is 5% until the builder provides HBCF insurance 1 3273 |