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Generally, our prices are for a completed home but don't include landscaping works.

However, if landscaping and fencing is required, we can include it in our estimate.

The 新2皇冠mobileAPP team will generally be onsite within 4-8 weeks of the issue of your building permit and signing of your contract.

When we can commence will depend on our workload and availability of trades which you will be informed about.

There are a number of factors that will determine the length of the construction period, including the size of your home, complexity of the build and the inclusions.

Generally, the construction time for a standard, double storey, 250m2 home is around 112 months.

If you are building on a difficult site, the construction period will be longer and may take from 12-15 months.

新2皇冠mobileAPP is a member of the Master Builders Association (MBA) and the Housing Industry Association (HIA). These organisations offer plain English building contracts that comply with laws governing residential construction in Victoria.

We use an MBA fixed price contract for all our clients and from our experience, we have found that this works very well for all parties involved.

Every builder in Victoria is legally obliged to provide you with a Warranty Insurance Certificate.

This insurance provides coverage for 6 years on the structural elements of your homes, and 2 years for the non-structural elements of your home. Warranty is valid from the day your occupancy certificate is issued.

新2皇冠mobileAPP also offers a 90 day maintenance period whereby we come and fix any minor issues with the home once you move in.

That is a question we get asked a lot. As a custom home builder, we don’t have a set square metre rate because no two homes, sites, or clients are ever the same.

The benefit of building with a custom home builder is that you dictate your floor plan, finishes and inclusions – not us.

We do understand that a square metre rate can be useful at the outset of a project when formulating a starting budget. When we are doing a preliminary assessment of your plans, we will apply an average cost per square metre based on similar homes we have built. We work this way to give you a more accurate understanding of what you are likely to achieve with your budget.

A fully tendered quote requires the builder to have a good understanding of the plan, the scope of work, site condition, your fixtures and fittings, as well as any time constraints. A fully tendered plan will be a fixed price proposal to build your home as discussed and designed.

The first thing to understand is there is a big difference between a fully tendered proposal and an estimate. Even among builders themselves, these terms get used pretty loosely.

Always be wary of custom home builders offering you a ‘free’ quote. A full quote from a professional custom builder should never be free. A nominal fee is charged for their time to provide you with a detailed quote for your bespoke home.

When you pay for a quote the relationship on both sides changes drastically and becomes more of a partnership based on trust and common goals for the success of your project. You can be confident that the builder is working in your best interests. The builder on the other hand will take the time and effort to get to understand your needs, fears and aspirations and present a price that reflects this.

The more accurate and detailed documentation we are provided, the more precise we can make your quote.

As a starting point, we suggest having fully dimension floor plans, your site plan and as much detail as you can provide regarding your preferred inclusions, fixtures and fittings. You can typically expect a 4 week turn around for a quote.

Ideally a tendered project should be issued with full documentation.

• Soil report
• Working plan
• Town planning permit
• Engineering
• House energy rating
• Electrical plan
• Specification / inclusions list.

Provisional sums (PS) and prime cost allowances are used where the owner has not yet made their selections such as tiles, carpet and tap-ware but want an amount included in the contract. Put simply, it’s a spending allowance for that particular item.

A prime cost (PC) item is a dollar figure allowance used in building quotes and contracts for materials such as appliances, sinks, taps etc where the final selection of those items has not yet been confirmed. The allowance for a PC item covers only the supply of that item – any labour associated with the installation of that item should either be included in the contract, or listed as a provisional sum.

PC items do change depending on your final selection and therefore can incur additional costs, so in order to minimise your exposure to budget overruns, make your selection choices prior to signing a contract where possible.

A provisional sum (PS) is an allowance that the builder has made to complete a task under the contract and can cover labour only, or labour and materials.

PS’s are useful when the final selections have not been completed or it's simply not possible to include in a quote due to factors that are unknown at the time of the contract signing. As with PC’s, they are estimates, which means they can change when the final cost of the tasks is calculated.

When building a prestige custom home, PS’s can be inevitable due to the nature of the design and your inclusions. That said, be wary of a building contract full of PS’s as you could find your contract price increasing dramatically throughout the build. It is a big red flag and you carry the risk if the PS’s are unrealistically low, after all, final costs will be passed directly on to you. If your builder is experienced and has reviewed your drawings, the provisional sums should not be extensive or excessive.

The purpose of a re-establishment survey is to re-establish the boundaries of an existing block of land to determine if there has been any encroachment from the neighbouring properties over time that could affect your site. Reestablishment surveys are recommended if you are building in an older, established suburb.

If your site has any amount of fall then a contour survey needs to be done. The purpose of a contour survey is to plot the fall of the land in set increments so your designer knows exactly the slope of the land and the height of natural ground, giving them an accurate reference point from which to plot your finished floor levels.

The soil report will advise the engineer on how strong the foundations will need to be based on the types of soil present on your site.

Generally, soil present in land zoned for residential building is either granular or clay, and quite often a mixture of the two. Clay soils are subject to saturation and will cause swell/shrink problems. The general problems associated granular soils are usually related to erosion.

As most buildings that suffer movement problems are founded on clay soils, there is an emphasis on the classification of soil according to the amount of swell and shrinkage they experience with variation of water content.