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  1. #1
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    Dec 2010
    Melbourne
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    EEP!
    This has freaked me out! Everyone said I was over-estimating when I said it would cost us over $100k to extend (we want to build forward on a sloped block, with garage underneath, two bedrooms and a bathroom)... but I'm now thinking that I was being modest and there would be some excavation involved also...

    My parents extended 17 years ago - cost $30k for lounge/dining room, bedroom, walk in robe and ensuite.

    Another thing to consider - would you want everything to match, or would that not matter? Extra costs could involve painting, flooring, curtains/blinds for the existing part of the house on top of new for the extension ifkwim

  2. #2
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    Jan 2006
    Melbourne
    2,732

    For sure you would be looking at $100k in the very least to go up, maybe double that depending on the finishes you choose. A big cost in 2nd storey extensions is the fall protection hire - at least $10k alone....

  3. #3
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    Mar 2006
    4,542

    I'm really interested in this too. We are talking about turning half of our patio into a toy room and a patio roof (we will do the deck ourselves). The room would be 4m x 2m and the patio roof. How much would be looking at roughly?