Hi All,Day 68 and all the framing is complete…wating for the brickieshttp://www.flickr.com/photos/davemc/ Dave

elkam wrote:
Hello DaveThis may be a stupid question, but did the slabs need all this time to dry? Is that the reason that the frames have only just arrived?  CheersElka 

Hi,Yes it takes a few weeks to cure and get really hard. Now on Day 63 and the frames are coming up fast…http://www.flickr.com/photos/davemc/ Dave

Day 58: The wood frames have arrived , this week should see some more actionDave

BTW we have already received an offer to rent, it's tight around here.Dave

Hi all,Thanks all for your comments, the bricks have turned up on site…http://www.flickr.com/photos/davemc/The 2 slabs have now been invoiced around $40K The surveyor bill was $2KBecause we took more than a year to get going after we signed the contracts with Fairmont they added $4k and put in an extension with the council.The area I am building…[Read more]

Hi,The Memphis is basically the II as well, single story. First up we went to see the town planner at the council with the rough idea of what we wanted to do. No problems there, chose the houses at Fairmont, they do most of the work submitting plans. They put us on to a surveyor who didnt want to do the survey until the old house was down so we…[Read more]

Hi Elka,As background, I purchased this property in June 2000 for $105k, land 800 sqm, subdivision on Torrens titles, each block was valued at around $150K. I am getting Fairmont Homes to build 2 Memphis II houses. I will use one for my PPOR and the other as a rental.I'll detail some of the other costs when I get these together.Dave

Check for a Significant Tree Those can hold you up, set you back a couple grand or increase costs of footings even if its next door

If you get an old one look out for asbestos, it may cost 5K or 6K to replace it.

We have to remove the asbestos panels on our old house before we knock it down and we have had a quote from a pro outfit for 2.5K

The laws have changed in the last couple of years and has to be done by qualified removers not the spivs.

Dave