Read your contract, you know, the one you would have signed and agreed to before your builder started.

Here's a great 'urban myth'... "Australian homes are built for Australian conditions".

Don't tell me Mr Building Expert; they heat up quickly but cool down quickly as well, lol.
Actually, it wasn't me that was rubbishing Australian houses, I was just quoting…

So regretfully and for reasons I won't go into here, I am building an extension on my existing house using the usual timber frame & brick method. The builder is…

I feel your pain. Try moving up the East coast a bit, it gets worse. Good luck.

Hi Andy,
I have built with both Thermacell & Eco-block. Both houses were really great to live in, quiet, comfortable and cheap to keep cool and warm so they are…

Isn't that just typical in Aus? Some builders are just bone idle lazy and can't bring themselves to do anything whatsoever outside the 'norm'. It struck a cord with me…

You'll find that your solicitor wants the builders insurance that would have been (or should have been) provided by any contractor who did work over $20k (I think that number…

I just had a sales rep call on me up here in Coffs Harbour. I know for a fact he has been in the industry a long time, yet here…

I can't imagine it would be magnetic north, because that moves. True north is static, along with everything else on plans or maps that is related to it. That's my…

Just about to start an extension done on my place, I estimate around $250 - $300k. I've asked a few builders to quote/estimate and one has come back with "we'd…

Hi Ed,
Regarding bi-fold doors, which, in your opinion is better, top hung or bottom roller?
And can you deliver to Coffs Harbour?

I'm just about to engage a builder and told him I didn't want fibreglass insulation used. His response was "that's fine, we only use Earthwool". I told him Earthwool…

Isn't it funny, there's practically no thermal mass with Hebel, yet it performs so much better than brick or block, simply because it insulates so well. I have built 2…

Just saw this post, probably too late but here goes...
I've built 2 houses with ICF, one here in Sydney and one in Melbourne. Quite frankly I wouldn't ever build a…

Thanks Ed, I have been duly educated!

Hi Ed, I can't imagine for one second that Aus made DG windows are better than UK windows, but just to satisfy my curiosity what exactly is different that makes…

Well, I wish my experience was as good as it sounds like it should be. I have the smallest ESP unit, and when it works, it works like a dream.…

Hi all
I am about to start work on a large extension to my home in North Sydney and I was hoping some one here could recommend a good draftsman for…