Property Grading and Septic Install needed in Milolii (how much, house)

[hjmontijo]

Aloha Friends and Neighbors! I hope everyone is doing well and staying healthy. I wanted to get some advice on the Grading and the Septic Install for my property. I am building a 900 square foot house in Milolii. It’s essentially a 2-story home with the lower level left open. I am currently in the permitting process but have already started getting quotes. However, I am wanting to make sure that I am getting a fair price. I just received a quote for $17,500 from a guy that I was referred to. The quote is for all materials & Labor which includes the following;

- Grading of the House Pad and Water Tank
- Digging of all utility trenches
- Backfill of all trenches once utilities are installed
- Includes 30 tons 6” minus
- Includes 30 tons of 1.5” basecourse
- Install of the Septic System (4-bedroom capacity)
- Site clean-up

Do you think this is a good price. What is the going rate for this scope of work? I just want to ensure that I am not being taken advantage of as we are working on a tight budget. Is there someone that you would recommend? Any and all advice would be greatly appreciated. Mahalo in advance for your help.

[KohalaTransplant]

Originally Posted by hjmontijo

Aloha Friends and Neighbors! I hope everyone is doing well and staying healthy. I wanted to get some advice on the Grading and the Septic Install for my property. I am building a 900 square foot house in Milolii. It’s essentially a 2-story home with the lower level left open. I am currently in the permitting process but have already started getting quotes. However, I am wanting to make sure that I am getting a fair price. I just received a quote for $17,500 from a guy that I was referred to. The quote is for all materials & Labor which includes the following;

- Grading of the House Pad and Water Tank
- Digging of all utility trenches
- Backfill of all trenches once utilities are installed
- Includes 30 tons 6” minus
- Includes 30 tons of 1.5” basecourse
- Install of the Septic System (4-bedroom capacity)
- Site clean-up

Do you think this is a good price. What is the going rate for this scope of work? I just want to ensure that I am not being taken advantage of as we are working on a tight budget. Is there someone that you would recommend? Any and all advice would be greatly appreciated. Mahalo in advance for your help.

It depends on the size of the project. How many feet of trenching? How big of a pad? Is it on a slope, how many yards of material is being moved for the grading? What type of soil, soft top soil or solid blue rock that will require hammering?

When we had our house built a couple years ago, just the hammering cost more than that. So, it sounds like a great price to me on the surface, but it really depends on the details.

[Dreaming of Hawaii]

Is this someone recommended by one of your neighbors there?

[Grassyknoll]

Originally Posted by KohalaTransplant

It depends on the size of the project. How many feet of trenching? How big of a pad? Is it on a slope, how many yards of material is being moved for the grading? What type of soil, soft top soil or solid blue rock that will require hammering?

When we had our house built a couple years ago, just the hammering cost more than that. So, it sounds like a great price to me on the surface, but it really depends on the details.

If the house is down in Miloli'i, it's most likely going to be solid lava.

[hotzcatz]

Well, crunchy lava, not the solid bluerock type, I'd expect. Still, getting anyone to go down the road to Milolii is impressive, I'd not want to bring a flatbed hauling equipment down that road.

If it were me, I'd opt for the larger 6 bedroom septic tank so there's room for expansion later. See how much price difference there is between the two tank sizes, it's probably not all that much and will make it a lot easier when you want to add on a couple of bedrooms.


Also, the price quoted may not come close to matching the final price.