Browse Forums Owner Builder Forum 1 Jul 03, 2014 4:05 am Hi all To those of you who are owner-builders or even building with a major builder, but doing some works post-handover please share your good/bad experiences with tradies in Sydney metro area. I am building with Clarendon but will most likely be doing tiling/bamboo afterwards. Other tradies I will need is electrician for downlights, data cabler for cabling (well, the sparky could do it too but would be handy to have someone with a knowledge of data networking) Concretor for the driveway and paving around the edges. And finally, landscaping and fencing people Unless there were unforeseeable issues with the site, I dont think you should have to pay for contractors errors or poor planning. I'd probably try and be reasonable and… 5 4504 Looking to tile the facade pillars rather than rendering. Builder is quoting 2500$ laying cost for upto 10msq. The 2 pillars come to be 16msq. So laying costs are 5000$… 0 7523 Really tight at the top of the stairs- how to get furniture into those rooms? Study books - does anyone really use them these days? Large storage closet would be more functional. 2 6882 |