Browse Forums Renovation + Home Improvement 1 Feb 23, 2017 11:23 pm Looking for recommendations on building companies who are experienced in renovating turn of the century homes based in Perth, Western Australia. Have a small-ish reno project in Mt Lawley - looking for a builder who loves dealing with all the 'quirks' of old houses All tips / recommendations / experiences / advise gratefully received. We already have some plans from a draughtsperson that we can send for high level estimates. Re: Recommendations - renos on turn of century homes 2Feb 27, 2017 10:39 am Hi Lorelei If you haven't gone to planning as yet I would recommend doing preliminaries cost analysis & estimates before getting build quotes, why
The labour rates are still relatively high for period renos most trades are still at $1k+/day ...what is your expectations , budget and pictures also help. I am happy to have a quick look post PM. Designer,Engineer (Civil,Const & Envir),Builder,Concrete & Masonry Contract.Struct Repairs Re: Recommendations - renos on turn of century homes 3Mar 28, 2017 1:43 pm StructuralBIMGuy The labour rates are still relatively high for period renos most trades are still at $1k+/day .. And well beyond if they think you're a likely patsy. Watch out. Re: Recommendations - renos on turn of century homes 4Mar 28, 2017 3:51 pm Yep come in spinner Here is a simple bath assembly that I now have to move to the centre line because the idiots were in too much of a hurry to finish early one friday afternoon Plumber charged $1k/day and they managed this Screw-up in 2 hours Plasterer plastered $1k/day over the wall oblivious to wall markings and incorrect tap placement Tiler picks up the mistake later on Good riddance... I'll fix it myself Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Designer,Engineer (Civil,Const & Envir),Builder,Concrete & Masonry Contract.Struct Repairs Re: Recommendations - renos on turn of century homes 5Mar 28, 2017 7:36 pm StructuralBIMGuy Hi Lorelei If you haven't gone to planning as yet I would recommend doing preliminaries cost analysis & estimates before getting build quotes, why
The labour rates are still relatively high for period renos most trades are still at $1k+/day ...what is your expectations , budget and pictures also help. I am happy to have a quick look post PM. Preliminaries cost analysis is simply the best strategy before anything else. I applied those things and the result was great. Looking to start the journey of becoming an owner builder in SA. Feeling pretty (overly) confident on the building and construction details, but really struggling to find… 0 8863 Hi We have a road close to our place and only an old flimsy wooden fence between us and the Neighbour closest to the road. Any ideas on a sound proof modular fence. Like… 0 7669 Looking to tile the facade pillars rather than rendering. Builder is quoting 2500$ laying cost for upto 10msq. The 2 pillars come to be 16msq. So laying costs are 5000$… 0 8144 |