youngy73

you might need to do the underground aswell. darren has got me 50 metres of orange circular that was left from the tower.. just drop it straight in the trench.

rcwhymark

Hey Guys, good luck with the build, and yes, things like developers changing prices, land not being released on time and a whole host of other complications can make building new a bit of a challenge sometimes. However, it is generally worth it to get the home you want, exactly where you want it. My background is building surveying (in the UK), but I now work for Lamont Constructions at Redlynch Valley Estate. If anyone has any questions about the build process, land availability, good suburbs (bad suburbs) or prices, problems with building in Cairns etc, feel free to contact me. I now sell houses for this builder(but also spent a year as a relocations consultant) - to be helpful to this forum, I will of course try to remain objective and impartial. I know how hard it is to move to the other side of the world and learn everything from scratch. I have been there too! Rach

youngy73

how much a square metre for a lamont home at the moment. i know it depends on the spec. so for example the display home at redlynch.

rcwhymark

$1,252 per m2 for the Redlynch display (including the extra's), $1,118 per m2 with the standard spec. Regards, Rach

stu:0

No worries mate! Orange circular straight in. You sure mate?? Take it it 3 phase so would make it easyer. Just got the impreza, well i will have on wednesday! Re living the youth, cant beat it!!!

youngy73

thats makes me feel better. the costs of our build are starting to mount up. we are at around $950 a square of slab. but thats including the earthworks and retaining wall which would all be extras if we had a project builder doing it for us. we still expect our budget to blow out. it would be unrealistic to think otherwise. at the moment we have all the bells and whisltes. time will tell whether they stay or not.busy times ahead.

youngy73

nice one. does that mean we need to drive to ingham on wednesday after work.

stu:0

No ur ok mate. Managed to get katy to take me, she ows me a favour or two at the moment if you know what i mean! Picking it up at Cardwell.

youngy73

i bet i know who wins the race back.

stu:0

Anyway back to the thread! When do you go on hol and when do the blocks go up? Is the pillar box in yet for the power?

youngy73

going in 2 weeks. i hit kev up today and he reckons 3 to 4 weeks for the blockwork.no pillar box yet. its going to be one of those take a punt jobs. also need you to put the pool power and a few other pipes in whilst the plumber has his trenches open. dave said he would let someone sort it in work time.

stu:0

No problem, you just get some plans done as to where you want stuff and leave it with me.

wanderingwombat

QLD Revenue?

WW

youngy73

got it all sorted mate. theres always the 9 inch if something gets missed. nothing a sheet of gyprock wont hide.

youngy73

the plumber has been today and put in the sewarage pipes and a couple of water pipes. some of the form work is done but the concreter wont be back until monday. we cannot get concrete until a week monday due to the concrete ( or rather the cement powder) shortage currently in cairns. by this time me and steph will be on a 747 back to blighty for one month. we could have delayed it until we came back but it makes financial sense to just get on with it while we are away. the block layer is booked in and all the other trades lined up to do the bond beam ( basically put everything down the walls before they fill them with concrete to make them larry proof). my mate Stu:0 has the unenviable task of looking after all things electrical.:
here are a couple of photos of whats been happening. money is starting to heamorage from the bank account now. the council charge $776 just to put the water meter on and everything else seems to cost between $20000 and $30000.