hi all i thought id include a detailed costing list to include every stage of our building process as each stage progresses or any costs are incurred i will post…

Hi everyone,
So happy to have found this thread, it's been invaluable! We are currently building the Chelsea 26 with
Boutique and have just gone through our pre-start appointment. Thought I'd…

The IO is next to useless unfortunately. You really need a sediment trap on a wet system.
If you browse through Eco Living rainwater harvesting threads, you will find a diagram…

I should also add that the surveyor who issued the OP was removed from my suit as the company was de registered by ASIC for not paying their fees so…

Not a viable avenue as most pre purchase inspectors basically have a get out of jail free card because they ask you "what are your concerns" and only look at…

I heard a forensic plumber on the news this morning saying that many new homes and apartments built in Victoria and NSW in the last 10 to 15 years…

I had no idea of that kind of concrete path issue if laid over un-compacted water.
Oops, I had waterlogged as two words, …

After looking at Soils reports and Final engineering document for slab I think now rather than improving their practices, they have started to put the conditions so that everything can…

BE said:
"because they rely on builders bringing work to them. So how are they going to be tough and stand their ground when builder can take his work (say 500…

Water disperses from an area of saturation to another by a natural phenomenon known as matric suction and it does take time but you are correct, one prolonged expansion is…

Thanks BE.I think this point will be at the centre of the majority of court cases around the building industry in the future.
And I predict there will be hundreds but…

I'm not sure whether a "roller blind" is what I think it is ... but if it's a sheet of material which rolls-up onto a roller which is mounted at…

Thanks for the reply StewieD. So I'm not being unreasonable then? A good building surveyor should notice these things?
I should add that the building surveyor was…

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Im sorry about that. Builder paying for it.... what a red flag.
I wonder if anyone knows how to withdraw rights of surveyor to liaise directly with builder?
I had heard…

Congrats, Dawn..been following your previous thread silently.... im in the 'almost' same situation as you....
- doing it on my own
- small block of land (3+1 rooms)
- original land purchased…

An update since the original post - for a "non-premium" job like this most of the advice I got from various paint shops is that a couple of coats of…

Your house is looking amazing and I see you are putting in a mantle like the one we built on the weekend. Here is ours.
Still need to build the actual…

Did this at my old house - should give it a go

At engineering you can increase the strength of the trusses to accomodate more load that can be used for storage. They do this for the ducted heating unit but would…

We are looking at doing something like this, there is a Melbourne company called Future Shade that have really cool outdoor coverage. Might be worth having a chat to…