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Thread: Renovationand Extension:$4210sqm
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3rd April 2008, 02:08 PM #16
Hi Dombat, It sounds like all the Noosa builders are going back to Melbourne LOL!
Those quotes do sound excessive to me but I know that builders will add dollars to the budget when any sort renovation on a heritage listing is involved.
If you are able to post some plans I might be able to see where the money is supposedly going.
Otherwise I would suggest you redesign the new area so it is not structurally attached to the house (a pod). In brisbane this has proven a popular way to increase/modernise living area while still retaing street presence and character of older houses. Generally the new area has state of the art living . kitchen, bath facilities connected to the old house by a covered walkway. The old part of the house is then sound proofed and air cond and turned into sleeping/ study areas with minor renovation work.
You can save mega bucks doing things this way becuase it is all new build. And get around various planning problems.
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3rd April 2008, 02:28 PM #171/16"
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As a carpenter I often gave quotes to owner builders and I told them all to do a TAFE course on being an owner builder as it would give them the tools to overcome the pitfalls and give them the confidence to deal with trades (talk the talk)
Don't force it, use a bigger hammer.
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