Browse Forums Building A New House 1 Nov 28, 2019 12:23 pm Metricon - Liberty 38 with Provincial facade - Ryde https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic. ... &p=1859996 Re: Metricon - Liberty 38 with Provincial facade - Ryde 3Mar 02, 2020 3:21 pm Metricon - Liberty 38 with Provincial facade - Ryde https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic. ... &p=1859996 Re: Metricon - Liberty 38 with Provincial facade - Ryde 8Jul 18, 2020 12:25 pm Metricon - Liberty 38 with Provincial facade - Ryde https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic. ... &p=1859996 Re: Metricon - Liberty 38 with Provincial facade - Ryde 9Jul 18, 2020 12:35 pm Demolition completed. Just waiting for M to hand me over to Construction Manager and dates of when they will start construction. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Metricon - Liberty 38 with Provincial facade - Ryde https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic. ... &p=1859996 Re: Metricon - Liberty 38 with Provincial facade - Ryde 10Jul 18, 2020 7:55 pm Phoenix77 Maisondereve Hi all new to this forum and we plan to build liberty 38 provincial facade in Thornleigh - any tips and watch outs along with recommended add ons / upgrades / changes would be much appreciated from those who have been down this path before Hi there, we did pretty much upgrades that i mentioned above. Is Thornleigh a part of Hornsby council? I heard they are pretty strict in terms of everything so maybe budget more in terms of BASIX, storm water and trees. I can’t stress enough to carefully check all the documents, variations they ask you to sign. All the pricing and be meticulous am about the wordings because you and them will refer back to these documents again and again. M employees don’t seem to last long, I’m on my 3rd per site manager so having the documents and knowledge of what you are signing is paramount. Admin stage is very long because it involves a lot of teams in M and they seems to be incompetent or just don’t care about their work so you gotta make sure you check their work. Not the best customer experience. Make sure you budget $30k for demolition, hopefully it will be less. If you or your neighbours have plenty of trees in the properties, then all the best. Trees will suck your money... Good luck Thanks for your advise - excited to see that your demo is completed - keep us posted on progress Re: Metricon - Liberty 38 with Provincial facade - Ryde 11Jul 19, 2020 9:51 pm can i ask a silly question? I have been doing research and visited council website checking the DA and costs lodged in our suburb. I noticed quite a few cost summaries included a item" Preliminary and margin" which takes roughly 20% of total, and GST on top of all subtotal. For eg, Metricon 38sq floorplan end up totals close to 700K, in which roughly 130k goes to " Preliminary and margin", and 60k goes to GST. Are those all mandatory and I should budget them in my KNR? It just goes higher and higher..... is the cost summary submitted to council normally the final figure or just a higher estimation? Re: Metricon - Liberty 38 with Provincial facade - Ryde 12Jul 20, 2020 3:11 pm northern pie can i ask a silly question? I have been doing research and visited council website checking the DA and costs lodged in our suburb. I noticed quite a few cost summaries included a item" Preliminary and margin" which takes roughly 20% of total, and GST on top of all subtotal. For eg, Metricon 38sq floorplan end up totals close to 700K, in which roughly 130k goes to " Preliminary and margin", and 60k goes to GST. Are those all mandatory and I should budget them in my KNR? It just goes higher and higher..... is the cost summary submitted to council normally the final figure or just a higher estimation? I am not sure with what you are referring above. Did you just go to council website and look at the est cost of lodged DA? If yes, then not sure whether you should rely on those numbers to budget your KDR. From my experience, my contract price consists of : standard price of the house model + facade (provincial cost more) + site works + additional known cost to build the house (structural /external / window / floor / landscaping, etc) + any upgrades that you can identify prior to signing contract + provision for Studio M upgrade + provision for storm water I believe this contract cost will be given for DA submission. Your Studio M upgrades can be as little or high as your want/need. What I can say is things like double glazing and insulation which I reckon needs to be captured in the beginning because it is a requirement for BASIX, should be handled during contract so we will not be blindsided by the cost. I was told that double glazing will be required and these "upgrade" cost $ 22K which I am not impressed with. Maybe budget 5 - 10% for Studio M upgrade from your contract price. But again we have tried to capture all the upgrades that we wanted during contract and we still have $58K (9%) upgrade from Studio M. If we have not captured our considered essential upgrade prior contract then no doubt, Studio M upgrade amount will be a lot more. So do your homework carefully and have a think of your essential upgrade to be included in contract. Once DA is approved, you still have costs that you need to pay to your council. In my case with Ryde council, we still need to pay: security bond (will be refunded at the end of the build assuming all good by council) + Ryde infrastructure restoration and administration fee + Ryde Enforcement levy (0.178% from development cost) If you build a duplex, this will be way more, I heard around 20K or up. Metricon - Liberty 38 with Provincial facade - Ryde https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic. ... &p=1859996 Re: Metricon - Liberty 38 with Provincial facade - Ryde 13Jul 20, 2020 10:00 pm Mybe Metricon just estimated a very rough percentage to submit for DA approval. Would you say 20% is close to include those (demolishing, compliance, council)? I think landscaping and drive way are normally separate as most builder don't do it. Do we need to pay GST on top of Metricon standard price ? I hope you have a smooth journey with Metricon. Re: Metricon - Liberty 38 with Provincial facade - Ryde 14Jul 21, 2020 4:17 pm Drove past this morning and site is already fenced with Metricon fence and banner. There is also the LOOOOOOOOOOO I am officially passed to Construction today also but have not heard anything from the construction team. So we wait. At least the loo is there..... Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Metricon - Liberty 38 with Provincial facade - Ryde https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic. ... &p=1859996 Re: Metricon - Liberty 38 with Provincial facade - Ryde 16Aug 09, 2020 5:39 pm Things are getting done pretty quick. Slab was poured this Monday and frames are already going up on Thursday. I don't know whether this is normal but I do know I missed my private slab inspection due to this and it needs to be combined with frame inspection now. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Metricon - Liberty 38 with Provincial facade - Ryde https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic. ... &p=1859996 Re: Metricon - Liberty 38 with Provincial facade - Ryde 17Jan 03, 2021 8:55 pm Phoenix77 Things are getting done pretty quick. Slab was poured this Monday and frames are already going up on Thursday. I don't know whether this is normal but I do know I missed my private slab inspection due to this and it needs to be combined with frame inspection now. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Hi curious to know how your build has progressed. We are supposed to get prelim contract in early Jan after paying $1500 deposit 3 months ago. Very slow progress with Metricon, however have been told that house build will be faster than normal Re: Metricon - Liberty 38 with Provincial facade - Ryde 18Jan 18, 2021 5:49 pm Maisondereve Phoenix77 Things are getting done pretty quick. Slab was poured this Monday and frames are already going up on Thursday. I don't know whether this is normal but I do know I missed my private slab inspection due to this and it needs to be combined with frame inspection now. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Hi curious to know how your build has progressed. We are supposed to get prelim contract in early Jan after paying $1500 deposit 3 months ago. Very slow progress with Metricon, however have been told that house build will be faster than normal Hang in there. I reckon with the $25K government grant, they are getting are busy. Are you applying for this grant? If not maybe you need to consider postponing before you put more $$$$. My build is stuck due to roof company is stuffing Metricon hence stuffing me. M still pressed on with insulation and plaster though and now I have mold on BED 1 on 1st floor and garage ceiling. I wonder why. 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