They are not advising what is acceptable, they are implying that their standard pricing only allows for classifications A, S, M and H*.
You are correct that a geotechnical report will…

I had already initiated the complaint process with QBCC for a range of defects. QBCC found in my favour on all accounts, an insurance claim was approved, tender awarded to…

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My guess is that not everything went as planned with the company sale. I'm not going to speculate further here though.
I'd suggest that anyone who believes they have outstanding defects…

Contact them to clarify, but that is my understanding.

That may be the case, but I understand that anyone who is post handover who may have otherwise needed to interact further with Valeco (e.g. for defects) now needs to…

Hi Cory, I've been advised by Rimfire that Valeco are now in voluntary administration.

A quick bit of research also shows that the following staff have also been let go (or jumped ship) in the past year.
September 2018 - Marketing Coordinator
November 2018 - Display…

While they're trying to spin it as a positive in terms of "capacity to build", Rimfire Homes' MR Category is only $30-60M - Valeco were $60-120M prior to cancelling their…

Received from Valeco today:
Dear Sir/Madam

RE: Valeco Homes Twelve Month Warranty

We trust that you are very happy and satisfied with your new home and we have a special announcement…

H2 classification indicates more reactive clay than H1 (to simplify things, it will cost you more money to have a slab which performs the same under H2 conditions compared to…

I (unfortunately) have experience with them. I won't go into details, but suffice to say I walked away from them after paying the initial $1.5k deposit... make of that what…

I used Allinspect at Frame Stage and Practical Completion Stage. Can thoroughly recommend them.

Unless you have a time machine and are able to travel back in time 4 years, unfortunately I don't think you're going to be able to help Clash...

I think it depends on the reason for the piering. For instance, if they've been specified to address the impacts of a tree of influence (soil drying/shrinkage only) rather than…

Freeboard is a hydrological concept, not a product. The 310mm freeboard is the height difference between the rebate and the slab FSL. This is annotated on the drawings.
The drawings show…

Why might a builder do this? To improve their cashflow (getting you to pay the final invoice earlier) and/or stopping the clock on late completion damages (if they've run over…

QUU's fees and charges are published here: https://www.urbanutilities.com.au/devel ... nd-charges
They charged me ~$2,600 in Brisbane a couple of years ago. The existing water main was in…

My suggestion is do not take this "advice" prima facie from the builder - call Brisbane City Council and ask to speak to the duty planner (provide them with your…

Natural lighting requirements are dealt with in Section 3.8.4 of the Building Code Volume 2 (which you should be able to access online). It looks like the general requirement for…

I'd guess so, given the use of the term "drywall" rather than plasterboard. I have a vague recollection that R values in NA are not comparable to R values here…

...and as expected, he demonstrates my point.
Thread views up 35% since last night, I'm sure OP appreciates the bump. I'm not quite sure how the techno-predilections of gamblers is relevant…

1) Responds to the thread, thereby bumping it back up to the top of the page and providing the OP with greater exposure and sabotaging his own efforts to scent…

An unseemly but ineffective attempt at scent marking...
By the way, reading sentences and paragraphs may seem like an insurmountable task for the three word slogan crowd, but the rest of…

Interestingly, mine says they can only claim an extension for the 3 week industry shutdown period if it couldn't reasonably be foreseen at the contract date that the construction timeframe…

Also check your contract for when they actually need to provide you within any claims for an extension of time.
e.g. in my HIA contract the builder needs to do this…

Common practice yes, but mandatory? So long as the garage slab itself is a suitable height above the FSL of the driveway I can't see why it would be. I've…

BCA Cl 3.9.1.6 states "Where the threshold of a doorway is more than 230 mm above the adjoining surface it must incorporate steps having riser (R) and going (G) dimensions…

I strongly doubt there'd be a reason to address that in either standard building contracts or your State's building legislation.
No harm in asking, but if they decline to tell you…