depends alot on what you can do yourself, if you can source pc items cheaply and can negotiate good prices for building materials. also consider the loss of earnings of…

Hi,
I am actually in the process of installing these boards for the retreat section of my ob house its only 2 walls 3x3m and is taking us a while to…

Unsure of my m2 rate but mine was $15k for monier striata flat tile including sarking all laid, its a pretty big roof with lots of angles, gutters & fascia…

going directly to the manufacturer isnt always the cheapest I have noticed this especially with bricks, for my house built with blockwork to buy these from boral would cost about…

I considered buying scaffolding then selling it afterwards but in the end it wasnt worth the effort as I still need to employ licenced persons to erect it and in…

yeah it has auger attachment thats pretty common, dingo's arent the most powerful so if you have alot of rock you could have difficulty and the bucket has limited capacity…

here in brisbane I was paying $145 +gst m3 this is typically trade price (of course trade price varies per customer) one of the concretors was paying $180 this…

I live in steel frame house with steel roof sheeting and I dint beleive it has any insualtion on the cieling or under to roof sheeting.
For the most part it…

yeah I am finding this can be cheaper than some trades quoting the job as they have to allow a buffer if things become more difficult and cost a bit…

I ha quotes 19k and another 17k ,, both way more than I wanted to pay so I decided to hire someone by the hour where i supply fittings and…

not even half way through and already things are looking overbudget, steel had increased a bit since our first quote 9 months ago then went up again since sept 08…

Hey brett good to see some updates,, just curious how much the suspended slab ost all up and the area,, we were initially considering this but seemed to expensive and…

nice view

Geez minx a bit harsh regrdless of your fathers experience, you make it sound like ob1noob forced this guy to work in a dangerous environment If the tradie was concerned…

No schedule as such just want to get it done when our current rental lease expires. I have a scheduling sheet that i got from the Ob course but with…

despite the delays I am still hopeful that I can finish this by may-june. I decided to put all updates in the original post as so all pics are not…

sounds like we are both starting at about the same time,, race you.. what size is yours?

We are building in brookwater QLD, soil class was only an M and its not on fill although there were tree's on site but it seems the engineer has gone…

Approx 14 months after purchasing the land the construction process has finally begun and its good to see some action.
some pics of what is to be built.
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For me on paper at least it appears to be a yes but I havent finished building. My home is not your typical volume built home as it is split…

I'd say architraves look better, to me its like framing a picture,, plus I got a quote recenlty from the plasterers and to have them square it all off cost…

looks like a noce solid home similar build to the one I am starting in jan,, keep up the photos' looks good.

Your situation is very similar to ours, me and my partner moved to brisbane from perth a few years back (used to live in joondanna) and we bought a block…

most of the quotes I have received included scaffolding upto 2 meteres this includes safety barriers for roofers above that they require me to supply appropriate scaffold and hegioth safety…

council, 12 weeks
private, 2 weeks

I am going through this now ipswich council estimated it would take 12 weeks to get building approval and 2 weeks for plumbing approval, not wanting to wait that long…

can I take a guess at the agent,, is it harcourts? if so its not the mt ommaney office is it?

ok but disregarding that sentance it only states that the hebel has been tested with render & plasterboard indicating maybe the other methods were tested without these and as such…