Browse Forums Renovation + Home Improvement Re: Archicentre extension costs Vs Reality??? 5Sep 29, 2011 9:58 am architect as for the validity of a quote.....a builder should quantify the period the quote remains valid in the price they give you. i would expect 28days. i did chuckle at your comment about quotes being valid for 12-24 months. Thanks for the input Architect.... I hear you on all points. Gee, 28 days though... doesn't even really give you time to think does it? Or get other quotes if necessary? I guess thinking about it (which I really haven't done) 12 or 24 months is being a bit ridiculous... but I honestly didn't expect it to only be 28 days. You'd have to be ready to move I guess and totally serious about starting (immediately) before bothering with quotes. Anyway, like I said, just gathering up as much info as possible about how the process works. Even though we probably won't do this for 12 or 24 months, I just like to know what our plan is and how much it will cost so that I can then 'put it aside' and just aim towards it (otherwise it is on my mind constantly - in case you hadn't noticed ). Also things like our landscaping (and drainage) needs serious attention and we really want to get some of that underway, but we don't want to do anything that will then be effected when we extend, so we want to know the house plans so that we can plan and start some of the landscaping. Thanks again.. HHCIB Re: Archicentre extension costs Vs Reality??? 6Sep 30, 2011 11:14 am It also depends where you are and also how keen the local builders are to get your work. A tiler we know moved from Dural in Sydney ( charging back then $25 per sq m to lay tiles ) up to Townsville where the local rate was $15 per sq m. All the other trades were similarly priced. Chrisandkate are pretty close to the mark for what I allow. With any of my clients here on the Northern Beaches I always tell them to allow $2500 per sq m for renovation/extension work for the bare rooms - no painting , curtains or floor coverings and yes, that is the same amount for extending a ground floor or adding on a second level. That is for basic rooms like family rooms , bedrooms etc. Then if any of these rooms need special fitouts then allow bathroom costs of say $15,000 , kitchen $30,000 ,ensuite $10,000 etc . Any structural stuff like steel beams or beefing up the existing house adds to the cost obviously. Project home builders because of their economy of scale can do new homes for $1100-$1700 psm. Another reason why so many people these days do knock down and rebuilds. Stewie Re: Archicentre extension costs Vs Reality??? 8Sep 30, 2011 4:59 pm Thanks StewieD.... good to get back up info and like I said, gives us something to work out loose calculations with before we take any real steps. Eyespy - sd998kl;;;;;**&65 - that's the sound of hitting a raw nerve ( ). Yes, DP and I both wonder if we wouldn't be better off moving, and, it is still a very vague possibility as an option. I won't bore you with the whysand what-fors, but it is more likely we will stay. Dunno.... anything could happen, to be honest. HHCIB Re: Archicentre extension costs Vs Reality??? 9Sep 30, 2011 9:03 pm How Hard Can it Be I wonder why Archicentre seem to be so far off the mark?? Because Archicentre don't quote for profit on their own builds. Every builder can quote what ever they want. If they are having a dry patch they might lower the regular rate but they are more likely to bump it up so if you do take them up, they'll have more room before the next one. Best you'll get is 60 days for a quote validity. The best advice I can offer is that you need to get a quote from a draftsman to draw up a set of plans, set the money aside and forget that money, its gone. Then work out your area you want and use the 2500m2 formula. Then work out how much you will need to borrow to cover that cost. Take that figure and work out the repayments for the mortgage you'll have at around 10% (never know what the rates will do in a year or 2) and if you can't pay that figure back, then you can't afford that design (IMO) Re: Archicentre extension costs Vs Reality??? 10Sep 30, 2011 10:24 pm Sound advice chrisandkate - and all taken on board. Thank you - very greatly appreciated. Along with everyone else's advice - thank you. (Naturally we need to get plans and quotes, but even at the $2500m/2, the overall price of what we want might not be quite as high as we anticipated - so although we could be in for a rude shock, it's good to know that we might be in the ball park of being able to achieve it - maybe ). HHCIB Being an owner builder is no walk in the park. 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