PropertyInvesting.com | Dougyman | Activity https://www.propertyinvesting.com/members/dougyman/activity/ Activity feed for Dougyman. Mon, 13 Apr 2026 15:22:18 +0000 https://buddypress.org/?v=2.8.1 en-US 30 hourly 2 05dd0ad6417549ab7d0b13192de829bf Dougyman replied to the topic cost of building a townhouse in melbourne in the forum Value Adding https://www.propertyinvesting.com/topic/4398408-cost-of-building-a-townhouse-in-melbourne/page/2/#post-4614985 Tue, 16 Apr 2013 12:17:40 +0000 Hi all,
Thanks for your advice Breece.  
so I'm down the track now, we have our planning permit after deciding to use a building design firm to submit drawings and application to council. Process has been fairly easy as we have a design we are really happy with – side by side double story 212 square meter town houses.  I'm just wondering what a…[Read more]

]]> b010dcf404649daf102925c6f36305b6 Dougyman replied to the topic cost of building a townhouse in melbourne in the forum Value Adding https://www.propertyinvesting.com/topic/4398408-cost-of-building-a-townhouse-in-melbourne/#post-4614981 Sun, 03 Jul 2011 02:16:57 +0000 Hi Maurice,
Metricon have just given me an estimate the base price is $260K with some allowances it they estimate about $315k each dwelling. I have allowed the rest for demolition. they need to do some preliminaries before they will give me a price specific to our site. We are at the start, need to demolish and build and all the planning and…[Read more]

]]> 954f0a611a15b48ffd73fb5bf83763bd Dougyman replied to the topic Advise on duplex build in Melbourne in the forum Hi Brisboy, How did you https://www.propertyinvesting.com/topic/4400717-advise-on-duplex-build-in-melbourne/#post-4629042 Fri, 01 Jul 2011 23:33:49 +0000 Hi Brisboy,

How did you choose to proceed with the project? has it worked out for you?

]]> cf258aa6049bf5a7acb71094a5cdbb02 Dougyman replied to the topic cost of building a townhouse in melbourne in the forum Value Adding https://www.propertyinvesting.com/topic/4398408-cost-of-building-a-townhouse-in-melbourne/#post-4614979 Fri, 01 Jul 2011 22:33:38 +0000 Hi All,

Sorry to highjack this thread. I am looking to build a duplex on a 15m x 40m block in Heatherton. Does anyone know a quantity builder with some spec plans? Metricon have the “Kooyong” which seems perfect but at 650K for the 2, it seems very expensive. is this expensive? I am tossing up wether to go down the line of…[Read more]

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