Pricing- In order to assess the cost of one home against another there are some critical items to investigate, and taking an ‘apples to apples’ approach is a must-
· Are site costs included and what do they cover? Are they limited in allowance of excavation, piering, service connections, site drainage, site classification, rain water tank etc
· Specification level and extent of fixtures and fittings included for? The quality of inclusions and the limitations on allowances for those inclusions can have a considerable effect on the price of a home and the extent of upgrade variations the home may require to satisfy your requirements where the standard inclusions are not good enough, or adequately quantified.
· Quality of workmanship and the standard of finish achieved must be taken into account. This is a direct function on the quality of tradesman utilised and the level of supervision allocated to each job. How many homes does the supervisor manage at any one time?
· Size, structural complexity of construction, façade details- The size of the home and complexity to build it will differ from one home to the next casting potential cost implications that are not easily defined for comparison. For example a smaller home with complicated roof lines may be more expensive than a larger home with simplified roof design. Trying to compare one home to another based on them being the same size will not necessarily be a fair comparison where construction complexity and façade details differ.
· Floor plan layouts- Comparing one home to another is not an easy process. Two homes identical in size, façade, and structural complexity can for example be considerably different in price where one home includes more bathroom space, more internal walls, more doors etc than the other.