Building 2 Houses with Photos

If anyone is interested I have posted photos of the progress of building of 2 of my houses on my Flickr account goto   http://www.flickr.com/photos/davemc/ its up to day 21 since they started, I have some descriptions. If people are interested I can go into more detail as time goes on.

Dave

Hello Dave

Elka

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

Hello Dave

It sounds like your subdividion is complete? Did you have any problems with the process and what sort of costs were involved. Did you have to submit your building plans to get permission for the subdivision.
 
Cheers

Elka

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 waited for the council to approve...

more soon.

Dave

Hi Dave,

Good work buddy, ill definitely be interested in seeing more progress photos and more info regarding how it is all going! What area in Adelaide is this project? I am currently starting my first development in Gilles Plains which is going to be very similar to yours...

Keep up the good work,

Cam

Hi, interesting. I bought my sub-division in June 2005 and the demolition was in Dec 2006 so round about the same time as yours.

building began with the slab in Jan and the frames went up in March. They were supposed to finish in May but handover was not until Sept!

The paperwork part dragged ON and ON and ON

We're now finishing the paving, 18 months behind what was first run estimate, $50000 more than originally forecast!

Thank God end value went up $60000 so I'm still OK

The higher cost is actually because we're in the middle of a boom otherwise we'd have finished on time & within budget. As house prices go up, tradesmen demand more & work in fits & starts so delay costs more in interest & so on and so on.

I have vowed that I won't do this again, it's so stressful but only AFTER I finish the next one due to start building in April.

Good luck,
Kum Yin

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 $2K
Because 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 in is Sturt.
After the first slab was completed it cost $1200 to take excess soil away, if you see the latest photos there is still a large pile left.

and so it goes...
Dave

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

Dave

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

Dave

Hello Dave

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

Hello Dave

Thanks for the photos.
Elka

Hi All,

Day 68 and all the framing is complete...wating for the brickies

http://www.flickr.com/photos/davemc/ 

Dave

Hi and it's Day 79 both roofs are nearly all up, should be done by Monday

http://www.flickr.com/photos/davemc/

DAve

Hello Dave

Yes the gutters just touch in the middle, however the land is torrens title and I wanted them completely separate, on the right will be a garage with a wall and the left house has a carport, no wall but same effect, cheaper than 2 walls.

Dave

Hi Again,

Some new bills are arriving, conduit for phone and cable TV - $180/unit, underground electrical around $300 per and so it goes.

I take the pictures with a 10mpix DSLR camera, in Lightroom it is easy to make inspections ot the whole house by zooming around.

Dave

Great work man!

Are they giving you a fixed price on the dwellings?
It would be interesting to see the figures if possible .

"Don't let yr character be impacted by yr surroundings, instead make yr character impact yr surroundings"
- Rachel Scott(17 yr old killed in columbine shooting 1999)http://rachelschallenge.com/

They came in at about $111K and $116K, that was fixed for 12 months then we had to pony up another $4k after the 12 months, it all depends what you put in as extras.

Dave

Day 93 and the brickies are doing their thing... should be done by christmas.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/davemc/

Dave