Hi All, Our current 16 year old ducted gas heating is broken and needs an urgent replacement and appreciate any advise from the industry experts to make a decision for…

Thank you for the reply BuildingandLegal. Much appreciated.
Pics 1 & 2 are of our new house about to be handed over which is the one I'm concerned of.
Upon research…

Hi There, We just had a handover inspection and the shower drain looks somewhat unusual to me covered with dirt and the main concern is what looks like plain concrete…

I went ahead with Dennis family which again isn't that great with the quality as they have replaced the whole frame with a cheaper quality timber without my knowledge and…

Hi, I did not go ahead with Mimosa although I was able to obtain a written email (after long struggle involving the state manager) confirming the 10K site costs with…

Thanks Ardo. Will check out

Hi Ardo, I am not from construction background. No idea what you mean by different stud centers. I probably can check the timber size. Is checking the span tables something…

Thanks heaps Chris. I'll insist to get the engineering updated and see how it goes.

Hope you've enjoyed the weekend freedom after so long. Your advise meant a lot.

Thank you so much for the advise Simeon. Getting it checked again by the surveyors. I have had my builder told me that they tell the engineers what to use.…

Hi, my builder due to the timber unavailability used F5 timber for framing whereas the engineering specification was MGP10. When I found numerous holes in the studs which are above…

Agree, there is timber shortage. However, that shouldn't mean builders can just use the situation to their benefit by getting low quality timber. I now learnt that the holes are…

That's great. All the best with your build. Hope everything goes smooth.

I took it in writing that it would be fixed (10K) regardless of the level 1 compaction report

yasir_fnd is correct. I had this problem with Mimosa. When they took my deposit, it was NOT clearly explained about the level 1 compaction report. The hidden thing here is…

Hi, We are currently at frame stage and we've noticed there are huge number of holes/broken on lot of timber slats. I think it's reasonable to have them in one…

Thanks for the reply worldofmud. I do not have much knowledge on these things. While purchasing this block, I have checked with the sales consultant from Mimosa to help with…

Hi There, I had a preliminary agreement with Mimosa homes and the sitecosts were fixed to 10K provided we get the level 1 compaction report from the Attwell Estate. However…