, or should know where the furniture goes.It definitely needs an electrical plan from the builder as builders otherwise will put the power points into the cavity to save the…

Your missing legal term at point 1. might be "restraint of trade" if they can prove your intent was to send them bankrupt.

When I built two years ago each extra power point was about $35. $80 now sounds horrible.

Correct! Every state has some sort of a builder's supervisory board and having issues in black and white is essential as verbal promises are worth nothing.
The builder will suggest power…

It was actually in my contract to have to contact the manager for a site visit, so I gave the company a quasi legal waiver if an accident happens, but…

Don't tell me another builder has gone bust and left customers in the lurch??

Just visit the site as many times as possible and take photos if you see a problem, like roof tie-downs not properly connected or larger doors not having three hinges…

Builders must just love the new virus restrictions, which may stop you from site visits and which the police may enforce, but I live in WA, so I cannot comment.
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Correct, but with building being such a complex undertaking and with the architect's charges being quite high due to them being a percentage of building costs, one expects no mistake…

Most builders have their own group of TAFE trained designers and one hopes they know the R-Codes (Residential Codes) as my architect got sacked for not knowing them. If they…

One would think the banks contact a credit rating company before they lend any money if they do not know the financial status themselves. BGC has a reputation of being…

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Newchoice Developments gave me a $50 Bunnings voucher, but that did not stop me from telling the public what sort of problems I ran into regarding costing. I still recommend…

Have a look at site called productreview, they are good. They give you stats from "Recommended" to "Avoid" and if the "Avoids" are statistically too many, then do not choose…

I managed to get the builder to install plugs (sockets) on the rafters. If the LED burns out or I do not like the colour, then I do not have…

There is a site called RENTBETTER, which charges around $500 to list on realestate and domain and lots of free ones. I found tenants thru them, so I would only…

Problem with flooring is that the builder will quote carpets and they will be the cheapest they could find. There is a lot of choice from expensive timber to engineered…

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At the handing over of the keys, the "buffer" of my building supervisor wanted me to fill in their forms with faults I find and then to hand them in…

Canning Council tells me it used to be $55/m2 and not $75. Should be less for new crossovers, my quote is for replacing a broken crossover. Will get other quotes.…

No floor coverings
Tiles in shower only and only up to 2,000mm
28 courses instead of the old time 31 course ceiling height
Meter box not lockable
Outside light only if designer/architect called area…

Axiis Contracting P/L - 16.4m2 @ $75/m2 = $1,230, + GST = $1,353.
Includes saw cutting, removal and disposal of existing. There are four panels.
City of Canning - They…

Recommended, but watch costings and check and recheck documents and build quality.
After an architect had drawn up a floor plan (with mistakes), I contacted several builders for quotes and New…

I am putting it in as it has a benefit apart from reducing the energy loss in the wiring along a long drive way. I am also putting in a…

Volume builder will definitely build you a house in WA with 28 brick courses (cheaper) vs. 31 courses or about 2620 ceiling height, so your house will be hotter in…

Yes, there is! Did get my own floor plan, contour map, soil test and site costs and contacted more than four builders. One builder offered $10,000 less after I told…

The HIA and MBA will always support the builder and not you. Builders are supposed to have regular meetings with you at the end of certain stages, so have a…

As often as possible as builders are often guilty of shortcuts. In my case the Afghan bricklayers forgot to add in the 20mm spacers (the need for speed!) to the…

The company also says there has to be a 50mm overlap, top sheet over lower, the overlap has to be taped, that is a must and then the co. says…

Watch the outer leaf being done and insist on one 20mm spacer biscuit every second brick tie. Take photos like I did as evidence; not that the supervisor bothered to…

Both are worded for the benefit of the builder and not the client and you have no choice anyway. One builder had his own idea of first progress payment, which…

A word of warning here: Watch the brickies as they were lazy with putting in the 20mm spacer bisuits and the company told me, that reduces the R-rating from R…