Browse Forums General Discussion Re: To extend or bulldoze/rebuild 3Sep 15, 2007 7:14 pm $232,000 would buy you a decent sized lowset or small highset house provided that site costs don't blow it out. How much slope is there in the block? Re: To extend or bulldoze/rebuild 4Sep 15, 2007 8:06 pm su ann,
A couple of things to consider: 1) When renovating, it's not unusual, as things get torn down to discover surprises (read extra costs) 2) After renovating, you still have an old house, with old plumbing, wiring, etc. From what I can gather, once you add more than three rooms to a house it's cheaper to start from scratch. And you get everything new and with less contraints. Cheers, Casa Demolition August 2009, Construction Started September 2009, Completed December 2010 Re: To extend or bulldoze/rebuild 5Sep 15, 2007 9:12 pm Quote: We were in the same situation and decided to go with getting rid of the existing home and rebuilding with a volume builder. We were lucky enough to sell our existing house (which is a brick veneer, around 20 years old) for the same amount of money it would have cost to demolish, giving us some extra money to play with. How did you do that, We plan to knock down and rebuild. We are thinking do the same way. Re: To extend or bulldoze/rebuild 8Sep 16, 2007 9:20 pm [quote]As Brittany has said. If you're block is reasonable flat, which ours is, then it shouldn't be a problem to remove. Worth checking anyway, if you're in Melbourne that is.[/quote]
We are in sydney, and will check it out. Thanks ok thanks - yes was wondering if that should have been listed as Option Three! 2 7797 You should pressure clean your roof first and make sure the paint you buy also is anti mould. 4 19108 We've had the offer of a short term tenant whilst waiting for CDC/DA home approval and demolition for our knock down rebuild. It would achieve a pretty low rent as it's… 0 13823 |