Am sitting with builder tonight to go through spec and hopefully sort out contract on our build.
The builder is using a standard HIA contract and then we are sitting tonight…

So my wife and I are now in need of a new builder. We've got plans drafted with old builder but they've told us they will not allow us to…

Does the block need to be surveyed before cutting can occur? We are part of a new development and there are pegs out marking the property.....is it really as simple…

We have some substantial retaining to complete (approx 80m@1m high) and have received a quote from our builder that seems reasonable but I want to know if there are savings…

So we had the first meeting with a concrete pool guy.......still waiting for a quote but he mentioned he works off a lineal metre rate when building the pool. Any…

Great comments.....thanks!

So we are just starting to explore the idea of a pool and are reaching the debate of fibreglass v concrete.
We have only discussed pools with one fibreglass mob at…

Thanks,
Didn't want to get too into detail and waste peoples time, just hoping that someone could've said 'Hey we had to do 50m of retaining and it cost us…

Hi All,
Have purchased a block and am thinking that we're up for some rather extensive retaining costs to level the block. First plans have come back showing 33m of retaining…

Really liked the layout/size and the starting price is $216k, anyone building or built one of these and can give more info/photos??

Thanks to all those replying so far.
I should clarify, I'm not expecting to build a 380sqm home in our 300k budget, that's just an example of the variety of prices…

My wife and I are looking to build a new home and are at the early stages of sorting out type, builder etc. We've been doing the usual, looking at…