A couple of points (actually 3 in case anyone cares for my Sunday rant):
1. If you have paid them to design a house on your land you own the plan…

Extend the WIP into the vacant space

Hi Everyone,
Today's topic is architects and designers having no regard to their client’s budgets.
Something happened yesterday that unfortunately I see all too often, and I thought it might be a…

For our new build in NSW we opted for a heat pump with a 315L storage tank. Early days yet as we only moved in 6 weeks ago. Haven't run…

I just want to add a seperate clear post so anyone else following this can understand the order that we and other quality builders will work to ( from gyprock):
1.…

Do not fall in that trap.

have a look at site inspections youtube videos

Joe Hockey, is that you?

Hi Everyone
After 3 incredibly difficult years, the answer is yes, now is a great time to build.
The bottom line is that building has finally become easy again. The last…

yeah i have a feeling that a lot of people prefer to err on the side of caution, since they aren't lawyers/don't have one on the team readily available.
and…

Really sorry to hear you have been caught up in all of this. I've been through this before but from the perspective of taking over builds as I've done…

Be interesting to see how that particular point plays out - my understanding was the builders could not demand the deposit until they obtain insurance: https://www.consumer.vic.gov.au/housing…

It’s a really uncertain time to build. I’m spooked too. I wish when builders ask for proof of funds that we could do the same in reverse, proof of solvency.

Sure is a big builder to go down. Give it a couple months, trades will be knocking on doors looking for work. New starts at a 10 year…

Yeah I did notice that, which has me a bit cautious but I haven't been able to find anything bad about this franchise. The vic ones all round seem ok.…

Best to ignore the sticker price. We've ended up around $160k over the standard site costs/inclusions price.