Building a Minor Dwelling

[AndrewC]

I am thinking of building a two bedrooms minor dwelling at the back of the existing dwelling, the property is in Pakuranga area. Anyone know roughly what's the total cost of it, including council cost/contribution etc?

[whitt]

With a turnkey company you could be up for $130K.

[Flyboy]

Building a Minor Dwelling

Andrew have you not thought of building a three bedroom minor dwelling instead of a two bedroom. Does not cost much more than a two bedroom and makes a huge difference to the rent.
I have just finished one in West Auckland standard 65 square metres Three bedrooms and two small decks - basic price ex Settler Homes $99000-00 plus the usual council fees, service connections, carport etc etc totalled up to just under $150000-00. Rented out at $315-00 per weeks means a gross return of 10.92 %.

If you want any further information you are welcom to PM me and I will get back to you.

Good Luck

[Heg]

I have just finished one in West Auckland standard 65 square metres

Check what floor area you are allowed first. NSCC only allow 60m2

[grange]

Minor Dwellings

Hi Andrew,

We are working on about a dozen around auckland at the moment.

In Pakuranga you need to make sure of a few things first, like the stormwater and sewer capacity and the contributions that council charge. I would recommend a feasibility report be carried out so you know whats going to happen down the track.

As a rule of thumb use 150k as your costing for a 3 bed 60m2 minor unit in Manukau.

Give us a call if you need a hand.


Adrian

[AndrewC]

Anyone knows what's the council contribution, development levy etc for Manukau City Council?

Will it be cheaper to build a kitset home? I am interested in the kitset home supplied by A1 Homes. Anyone has any experience dealing with them?

I am also interested in the turnkey company fuzo.co.nz but email to them was bounced back, not sure whether the company still exists.

There is also someone from Trademe who could build a kitset home, everything except council fees for around $155K, is that reasonable price? This is for a 60sqm dwelling.

[grange]

Andrew,

the contribution costs for MCC vary depending on the catchment you are in - you can call the council engineers during office hours and ask them for the figures.

We can build the minor unit structure for about 100k and you should expect about 30-50k of other costs (council, contributions, earthworks, etc)

Give us a call if you want some help - we can email 3ds of minor units if you want - just PM me.



Adrian

[cube]

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I am also interested in the turnkey company fuzo.co.nz but email to them was bounced back, not sure whether the company still exists.

The Fuzo website www.fuzo.co.nz, gives an e-mail of [email protected]

Alternatively, send a PM or email to PT Member David_W

cube

[David_W]

Hi Andrew - Fuzo definately still exists but a recent mailbox server provider changeover may have meant this email address needs to be looked at. Thanks Cube for the help too.

Anyway we build quality minor dwellings (MDs) for under $100,000 in South Auckland. We have built over 150 MDs in the past 4 years, and would encourage you to make a time with me to see a few in the flesh at various stages of construction. I am contactable on [email protected] or 021 74 34 54 to take you through the whole process.

I would also encourage you to build 3 bedrooms. Your maximum is a 60sqm floor plate and with sophisticated plans like we have the 3rd bedroom does not seem out of place. Also this 3rd bedroom is absolutely imperative to you to get a decent rental return out of it. Typically our clients use the 3rd bedroom as a computer room - with only 2 bedrooms you lose several thousands of rental income per year for a couple of thousand extra (in framing, gib, insluation, plaster and paint). Would you rather get $260/week or $330/week is what is typically comes down to.

In South Auckland, minor dwellings are currently harder to do than in West Auckland. I would recommend that you speak to a professional about this firstly to ensure you don't spend thousands of dollars only to find out you cannot do one. The cheapest you will be looking at is $130K and if you are unlucky and your drainage is a nightmare it could be much higher. The pricing is extremely site dependant with regards items like driveways, fencing, drainage, drain contributions to Manukau City Council, length of services (phone, power and water) runs etc.

Hope to hear from you soon.

Kind regards - David

[Heg]

How difficult is it to build a MDU on the North Shore David (with respect to contributions and the useless NSCC..?)

[David_W]

Heya Jo

Hope you and Rob are keeping well. On the North Shore it is getting better to deal with NSCC - miracles occur! However the NSCC is getting a bit entrepeneurial of late and are trying to extract their pound of flesh. They charge more by way of fees and contributions in general than Waitakere CC and even Manukau CC (on average).

Allow ~$160K project cost on average instead of ~$150K.

PS: [email protected] was fixed last night - sorry for the inconvenience someone had. We retrieved an email to [email protected] which now goes straight to my fantastic business partner and development guru Ammon Acarapi, along with anything to fuzo.co.nz.

Have a great weekend everyone.

[pl]

Thinking of getting a few MDU's built. Few initial questions.

1) How much extra land will I need to build a MDU?

2) Would someone like Fuzo do the whole process, incl building consent?

3) Would it better to try subdividing the land first? and then build?

4) Are there things I could do to speed things up, or more importantly get the cost down?

5) What is the average timeframe to completion?

Thanks

[Traff]

MDs

I currrently have a Md going through NSCC at present and the contract for the build is with Fuzo and is to be built by Investor Homes , Grange are handling the consulting.I suggest if you want actual answers contact David at Fuzo or Adrian at Grange or Stuart at Investor Homes and get the facts so you can make an informed decision.I am sure they will all consult initially for free.......

PM me if you want to discuss more if you like over coffee if your in Auckland.

Good luck

Mark

[pl]

all 3

Thanks. Bit confused. All 3 companies involved in building your MD? My impression was that Fuzo and Grange do the same thing, and you would only contract someone like Fuzo only.

Another question... how fast can 'someone' eg Fuzo can tell me if a minor dwelling can be built on the site. Thinking within timeframes of due diligence. Cheers

And thanks Traff, might take you up on that coffee later. Yes, I'm based on the North Shore.

[Judge]

All, this may be off topic, but is there a company similar to Fuzo that specialises in minor dwellings in Wellington? Thanks for your guidance and sorry to interrupt your discussion.
Judge