Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Any surprises (cost) after contract signing? 4May 19, 2010 12:59 pm Built a Tribeca 44 with the Big M Sales Accept 15/06/09, Contract Signed 24/09/09, Site Start 23/11/09, Slab 11/12/09, Frame 12/01/10, Roof 20/01/10, Lock-up 30/03/10, Fixing 30/04/10, Handover 27/08/10. Re: Any surprises (cost) after contract signing? 5May 19, 2010 4:58 pm My next door neighbours ** retaining wall ended up costing me an extra few thousand dollars as my retaining wall and garage that were on the boundary had to be re-engineered and the garage had to have more reinforcing. Plus the fencing guy stuffed us around for weeks on end and we had to end up getting temporary fencing that we didn't want to have to pay for. Lisa- Finally in our house!!! Re: Any surprises (cost) after contract signing? 6May 19, 2010 8:20 pm Make sure everyone double checks all your figures. Our bank ahd problems with a spa - fixture or chattel - makes a difference to whether its included in the val. We told bank to remove it from list of purchases & we would fund it later when we were ready & out of our own money. Now turns out bank has included it & we have to put in $13k more than we expected - $13k being the cost of the spa we gave the bank. We have purchased same spa for $7500 already so we now have $13k less in cash than we had planned. Yes we have teh spa but there goes the landscaping! Re: Any surprises (cost) after contract signing? 7May 19, 2010 11:30 pm You don't mention at what stage you signed the contract. We signed ours pre DA approval, and ended up with about $30,000 extra arising from the approval process due to (i) soil test results indicating a P-type block requiring serious foundation improvement (ii) the house needing to be raised by about 300mm to satisfy the planning laws (iii) no hydraulic engineering estimate included in the original plans, but stormwater works required by planning laws (iv) DA taking so long that the builder added 3% for inflation. We're about to start the build this week...here's hoping there's not too much more like this in store for us! Re: Any surprises (cost) after contract signing? 8May 19, 2010 11:52 pm wow jxh that is a few dramas hope its all smooth sailing from now on for you.. Budde Design 3D Architecural Visualizations, Architectural Rendering, Artist Impressions, 2D & 3D floor plans http://www.buddedesign.com nathan@buddedesign.com Re: Any surprises (cost) after contract signing? 9May 20, 2010 10:00 am Thanks everyone for your reply. We just signed the contract and waiting for the bank to approve our loan and council to get building permit. In the mean time demolishing the existing building. Another soil test needs to be done on the land. That is a worry. We already have fixed priced contract. Re: Any surprises (cost) after contract signing? 10May 20, 2010 1:59 pm We've just signed off on our final contracts, plans and pre-start variations....and today the builder tells me that there is a change in the finished floor level as per shire requirements. So they'll have to check it out and have the plans changed accordingly, and issue another variation....which may involve additional costs!!! Dont know how much yet 12 March 2010 - Land titles received 3 April 2010 - Signed building contract 14 April 2010 - Prestart 28 April 2010 - Loan approved 30 June 2010 - Slab completed 27 August 2010 - Brickwork completed 22 September 2010 - Roofing completed 30 September 2010 - Internal walls plastered 12 October 2010 - Lock Up 19 November 2010 - PCI 26 November 2010 - Handover 29 December 2010 - Moved In https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=32584 Re: Any surprises (cost) after contract signing? 11May 26, 2010 10:18 pm Although we told the builder that we didn't see the need for temp fencing (to which he agreed. He actually said the fencing was more for keeping their rubbish in, as opposed to keeping everyone out!), we found out just today that they've just put it in (we've just had our land excavated). This is a surprise cost to me! Could anyone please give me an indication as to how much they paid for temp fencing, per metre? Thankfully, it's only the front of our land that needs the fencing and this is only 14-15mtrs. Re: Any surprises (cost) after contract signing? 12May 26, 2010 10:22 pm We only needed the front too (21m frontage) and from memory it cost $480. Built a Tribeca 44 with the Big M Sales Accept 15/06/09, Contract Signed 24/09/09, Site Start 23/11/09, Slab 11/12/09, Frame 12/01/10, Roof 20/01/10, Lock-up 30/03/10, Fixing 30/04/10, Handover 27/08/10. Re: Any surprises (cost) after contract signing? 13May 26, 2010 10:27 pm jimmalenko We only needed the front too (21m frontage) and from memory it cost $480. Thanks kindly, jimmalenko. I'm not overly happy about spending another few hundred on something that I don't think we really need... but, if this is the worst thing that happens to us, then I think we're flying! 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