Browse Forums Renovation + Home Improvement 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. It’s a challenging endeavour that requires dedication and hard… 0 12473 Hi, We have a single story MacDonald Jones house, on a waffle pod slab with steel frame. Are we able to build a second story extension? Other info is we are 900mm from… 0 9306 Hello Josh, This is Irving from PRIMA, we are a manufacturer of the staircase, railings, kitchen cabinets, windows, doors from China. If you have requirement to purchase… 0 6334 |