Picked up the tender letter today... BUT big shock... apparently soil is class E... not good at all.
They have added every cost imaginable for site / wind and council fees and removed everything i wanted.... Coral wont do the driveways because of the soil class so i need to have these done myself. The site fees jumped up to around $23 000 where i was only expecting to pay well below the $15000 mark... Some big decisions to make in the next few days to see if i will go ahead or not...
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Hi Jambrelock.
ReplyDeleteWe have just gotten our site costs back for building the fraser as well. We were estimating below the $15 000 mark too. But our soil is a type H soil.....so I'm guessing that ours is even worse than your class E(to be honest i know nothing about these classes). So ours jumped to the $23 000 mark thanks to all the other extra's you need to have to suit that type H soil. Was there any negociation here or you had to do what they required?
The other issue I would like to maybe get your feedback on, is did you have to pay to have a temporary fence, temp.downpipes ect onto your house. Are these things compulsory to do or just optional? Is there any room for negociation?
You are a little further down the track than us, any advice?
Fraser nnsw