Browse Forums General Discussion Re: Ball park Quote for Home Extension 2Oct 11, 2010 4:15 pm Renovation Thread: viewtopic.php?f=31&t=38489 Re: Ball park Quote for Home Extension 7Oct 12, 2010 9:14 am Hi jonedwards80, I was looking at a similar project to yours. same as someone above with about 100m2 or about 10sq. To add 10sq or double our size was going to cost us $260k. That did not include any renovations to the existing house and where things were being ripped out and relocated it didn't include new fitting if they were no good. We were going to re use 3 windows and the builder would supply fittings to match existing (which were cheap plastic that were only there as we were going ti renovate and the old ones broke) You should at least consider a knock down rebuild. The worst part for me was I wanted 9ft ceilings and my choices were excavate the floor level of the new addition to allow the ceiling height to be even, have a step up in the middle of our new lounge room or stick with 8ft. Also you still have the trouble of maintaining all of your old fittings(taps, basins, hot water, heating etc...) and having some news ones that still look like the old ones. Also the $260k didn't include flooring to living areas and we didn't get a garage. On top of that price we were also having to pay another $12-15k to excavate.` Edit: forgot to add that our new place will only cost us about 5-10% more than the extension. We'll get 25sq living and 6sq garage/storage for the price of a 10sq ext. All up our total extra costs are storage of our furniture. We'll be staying with the Outlaws so we'll save a few $$ there, and it'll keep me focused on getting things organized quickly because we haven't move in with them yet and I think I already want to move out Re: Ball park Quote for Home Extension 8Oct 12, 2010 10:21 am Thanks for the advice guys. Though I am a little sad we probably won't have enough for what we want!! Re: Ball park Quote for Home Extension 9Oct 12, 2010 10:51 am Biff's 350 was a good guess, I'd even go as high as 450 that would take into account the reno of the rest of the place. Trust me it adds up. Re: Ball park Quote for Home Extension 10Oct 12, 2010 4:25 pm Nathan SteelFab Trust me it adds up. Don't we know it. Renovation Thread: viewtopic.php?f=31&t=38489 Re: Ball park Quote for Home Extension 11Oct 12, 2010 10:02 pm jonedwards80 Thanks for the advice guys. Though I am a little sad we probably won't have enough for what we want!! Still, e-mail your plans to some companies. Who knows....you might get a nice surprise. Alternatively, you might get some other suggestions that may suit your needs while being more cost effective at the same time. Re: Ball park Quote for Home Extension 12Oct 13, 2010 8:46 am Yeah I am getting some people around today & tomorrow to do a proper on-site quotation. Surely if I just say "what can you give me for $180k" they can come up with something or other... Re: Ball park Quote for Home Extension 13Oct 14, 2010 8:58 pm So we had two builders come out. One did a quick run-through of ideas, etc and said about $130k to get it all done. The other was a lot more thorough and said around the $200k mark was more like it. That being said, the plan is smaller now and has less changes in the original house hey there! π so, itβs kinda common for standard drawer depths to be around 500mm since most cabinets use this size to fit the usual runners… 3 21350 I was being kind to the builder. With the amount charged for the upgrade the builder is probably charging closer to 100% margin. There are a few variables as I… 5 14630 I had 28m2 of engineered pavers laid six months back and it was difficult to find someone not taking the pi$$. Internet suggested it should be $85-100/m2 to lay them.… 3 13014 |