Great post from Simeon but I would like to add something no one is talking about, power imbalance.
Mostly you will have inexperienced homeowner dealing with educated and experienced builder who…

Many people have lodged insurance claim for damage to their home from an insurable event only to find the claim either rejected or the insurer offering a settlement well below…

Kliplok is ok at 1 degree, how long are the runs you might just need to bulk up the roof battens which is pretty easy and isn’t considered a structural…

I'm really upset, our builder is being completely unreasonable about the contract. We've already spent about $15k that we'll likely lose, not to mention the $20k deposit thats sitting with…

At first glance, it sounds like poor workmanship to me. That is: plastering before bricking with water trapped in the cavity.
Too many factors unknown for me so I'd say ask…

Thanks a lot Simeon. That's a good pickup.
I will definitely ask my SS when we meet him.

Today marks an exciting milestone in our home-building journey – the slab has been poured! After months of planning and waiting, seeing tangible progress on-site feels great.
There was a slight…

Yeah right. I can't even get them to sort out issues at my 4 year old house.
H2 soil. water pooling under the slab, storm water draianage is…

Metricon fought tooth an nail to not pay out for proven structural defects of the Softly house for years. 25 year warranty from Metricon? id like to see a successful…

Unitex very good manufacturer
May supply to NSW
Generally styrene and cement composition, smooth and are painted
Best to paint render and molds

These are done with EPS and texture coat, just google foam architectural mouldings, get advice from the supplier for installation.

Building a custom home has always been a dream for us, and in August, that dream started becoming a reality. We purchased a block of land in Canberra and embarked…

Thanks Simeon,
What if we have frames overhang. He is starting t insulate the whole house and finish cladding this week.
yeah I would definitely put that in the category of work…

I was thinking around $200-250/sqm, that would allow for $150/sqm for the installation and $100 for removing the old one.
So the way I would do my calculation for the new…

Thats amazing, thank you for the code!!

This really depends on your contract.
You said that the contract says that they can claim rain days as extensions of time, are there any qualifications to that? As @Ashington Homes…

ownerinproblem
You sound like you have had so many issues, building should be an exciting and happy experience even if it can be slightly…

That is pretty mean if they do.
But on this topic we have been searching for some with sim cards and they seem to be hard to find, Everything we can…

They should be run in the frame, when run on the outside the pipes breach the cavity clearance. Most times the brickies mortar will drop on them and dry…

i would suggest nothing is unreasonable for PCI. we did all sorts, including checking the hot water, checking all the GPO's had power, testing that the showers were draining appropriately.…