I think this is where the main $$$ goes to especially if you are doing a knock down and rebuild! Our site and slab costs came up just under $40000.
This also included allowances for unexpected things that may arise in excavations. The bulk of costs are due to the following
- Cut and Fill 3.6k
- Reinforced Waffle Concrete Slab H1-P 6k
- Piering for Slab Footings $10500
- Retaining Walls 9.3k
- Drop Edge beam for garage wall on boundary line 1k
- Zero lot brick veneer $450
- Small lot code slab extension (Slab has to be a certain % of block and integrated) $3300
- Garage Step Down $750
- Power supply and pole - $2000
- Rock Removal - $500
- Soil Removal $1350
- Access Charges - $1000
Building
in pre-planned estates would much likely have been cheaper!
Other
things we did were to addition to previous post
- Remove tecknika Oven (-$1020), Microwave (-$350) and diswasher (-$660)options
- We opted to buy a bosch 60mm oven HBA63S451A
- We also managed to get an upgrade to the black glass top 90mm gas stove for free! H950STBGPRO
- Dishwasher pending
- We also increase the height of the timber stacker doors to 2400mm
- Added a few extra windows.
- Removed all the over head cupboards to the kitchen and increased the height of the window splash back as a feature.
- We opted to do all our flooring and driveway concreting externally.
Overall,
despite the increased in costs we were happy to proceed and go into the next
steps for electrical and colour appointments.
Here are
the initial sketches of the house done. There has been changes but I will post
the final sketch later on...
