Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Site Costs Question 4Sep 09, 2007 12:20 am hi donuts,
when we demolished the old house on our block we found that they had built pretty much on landfill. there was 50 years of rubbish underneath the house, which of course we then needed to dump (urrgh). I think it goes to show you never can tell what is underneath a house. I also think that engineers / designers are becoming more and more conservative and careful in their footings designs as the years go on. I can only presume that this is through fear that cracks in people's houses will come back to haunt them, so it is better to be safe than sorry in their designs. cheers Helen Re: Site Costs Question 5Sep 09, 2007 11:05 pm Connections covered (power run in, reticulated water, sewer and stormwater etc...).
But site works will involve site fall (if applicable) and slab upgrade costs. As you have a H site, expect to pay around $9m2 (slab area), additional if your foundations require piers etc... A straight H (without piers) in most cases can be cheaper than a M-D on piers. Interesting to see how you go. Re: Site Costs Question 6Sep 10, 2007 11:31 am Depending on your engineering report, you might not need concrete piers. If you look at Helen's blog (http://tandtheoz.blogspot.com/), you will see that they used a different approach.
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