Building a house first time annual costs involved
Thanks everyone. Yes we will be budgeting some extra money for buying furniture & white goods.
Glad to know we have accounted for most of the other annual expenses.
We will be…
Building a house first time annual costs involved
Hi All,
Looking for some advice we are first time home builders. As we have never owned a home we are not aware of all the other annual costs involved…
SITE COST Rip-off
We are in the same boat. We have a block with around 3m fall some of the site costs we were quoted were ridiculous. One of the builders whose display…
Sloping block site cut and levelling
Thanks everyone this gives some idea as to what to expect
Sloping block site cut and levelling
Ya we also think going with the custom builder who can build split level design may be a better option.Just wondering those of you building split level what would be…
Sloping block site cut and levelling
Yes we have all the soil test reports, survey and contour drawing ready.So we have a fair idea of what to expect. And as you mentioned most volume builders coated…
Sloping block site cut and levelling
Hi
We have purchased a block of land in Victoria and it is a sloping block with a fall of 3m across the build area. Few of the builders we…
Boutique Homes
Ya that's what I wanted to know that all your prices which were fixed in Pwc remained the same at contract. Obviously any upgrades you chose would be extra but…
Boutique Homes
Hi All,
We are also considering going with Boutique homes.A quick question for those who have already signed their contracts it there a huge difference in your final quotes between what…
Site costs for 1m, 2m drop etc. Big variance in builders?
We are in a similar stage as you , but our block has about 3metre fall over the build and total fall is around 5.5 to 6m. So we are…
Sloping block site costs
Thanks everyone. Ya we are aware that it is going to be stressful as well as expensive especially considering our budget.The first builder came back with his first cost including…
What Were Your Site costs? - A Ready Reckoner
Just refreshing the thread. Any new additions?
Just received our first written quote from one builder
Soil type- S class
Fall- Around 2.8 to 3 m across the build area . Total fall…
Sloping block site costs
Oh wow that sounds a really good bargain.Considering we are on a sloping blockwe expected that the build would be expensive.We are Planning on meeting another builder tomorrow with our…
Sloping block site costs
I have $24k allowed for site costs in my contract and my block is flat as a tack (one of the reasons why we bought it).
Unless they fix your…
Sloping block site costs
Yes this is exactly the kind of thing we are worried about. According to the builder we will have a clause for a provisional Sum for rock removal in the…
Sloping block site costs
So after heaps of discussions & to and fro of floor plans with one builder who specializes in building on sloping blocks we finally agreed on a floor plan which…
Stamp duty payable and FHOG applicable in Victoria
Hi everyone,
Just had a work with our conveyancer and she has confused me, according to her we may not be eligible for the first home buyer stamp duty discount…
Stamp duty payable and FHOG applicable in Victoria
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Thanks for the info.Is this the calculator which will give me info on how much stampduty is payable
http://www.sro.vic.gov.au/SRO/SROCalcs. ... /2013&S=2&
In this case should I say Is…
Stamp duty payable and FHOG applicable in Victoria
hi all,
We are in the process of signing a contract for a block of land (in Victoria), we will be signing the contract tomorrow and settlement is after 30 days.…
Stamp duty payable and FHOG applicable in Victoria
hi all,
We are in the process of signing a contract for a block of land (in Victoria), we will be signing the contract tomorrow and settlement is after 30 days.…
Sloping block site costs
Thanks for the information will definitely keep these things in mind. Also since we are in no hurry to build maybe we will just keep the block and…
Sloping block site costs
But we are looking at building a 22-24sq house not 32sq. We want to stick to the 270k-280k range. Does this even make sense.Also this does not include landscaping,dishwasher, blinds…
Sloping block site costs
Ya we spoke to a few builders and according to them it is better to build a split level house to fit the block since we are looking at building…
Sloping block site costs
So finally we have decided on the block which we want to buy.This one has almost 6m fall and it slopes from front to back upwards.We have approached 2-3 builders…
Sloping block site costs
Hi all,
We are thinking of buying a block of land in the highton region in Geelong.We have identified a few blocks which suit our budget .We are looking for small…
Site costs for 1.5m - 2m fall
We are looking at a block of land which has about 3.7m fall , I am budgeting around 50k for site costs.Have a meeting with the builder on Saturday. Does…
Site costs for sloping block
These are the images of the blocks.Hopefully you can see the fall
http://s1280.photobucket.com/user/mpp2768/media/main_zpsc497dce9.jpg.html?sort=3&o=0
http://s1280.photobucket.com/user/mpp2768/media/image2_zps5e8a6498.jpg.html?sort=3&o=1
Site costs for sloping block
Thanks Richard for the reply.Of the few blocks which we have seen one is with a moderate fall sloping upwards from roadside to the backside.The other os sloping down from…
Site costs for sloping block
Hi all,
We are thinking of buying a block of land in the highton region in Geelong.We have identified a few blocks which suit our budget.We are looking for small blocks…