Thread: Cost of building a new house???

Metroll (a plumbing supplier in Qld, don't know about anywhere else) carry a range of "freezer panel" type panels. They are specifically designed for dwelling rather than freezer construction and come with a range of trim profiles and I think thay are available in more colours than the coldroom stuff. They also have from the same manufacturer a roofing system consisting of a 1M wide sheet of custom orb (corrugated in lay man's terms) with a choice of three different thicknesses of foam insulation and a sheet of white, flat colorbond bonded to the bottom. These have a pretty wide span, about 3.5M in a cat2 cyclone area, you may be able to span more in non cyclonic. All this stuff is pretty expensive though and you still need to get drawings and engineering done. Just as a by the by, a builder mate of mine is just finishing a 2 bedroom cottage in colorbond, basically two little pavillions with a roofed deck inbetween, all for $66,000. That's including drawings, insurance, council fees etc. etc. Mind you he's still young and works like a trojan but in fifteen years time he'll feel like me and be flat out building anything!

I'm new here and from Victoria. I am now getting quotes to build a house at Drouin doind some myself and subcontracting the rest out. The house is 53 square under roof which includes 18 square workshop connected to the house under the roof line and 14 square of verandah. Brick veneer and sheet roof and so far I estimate about $400 per square metre cost. That doesn't include connections or plans or permits but they will be about $5000 tops.I don't know how you got those prices per square metre but the big home builders here are building houses for about 600 a square metre which includes everything. Then again I might get caught out bigtime, shop around if you have the time and subby it out yourself as ownerbuilder. Brew