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slegger10

4 April 2010

Re: Tiling standards.Building A New House

Apr 04, 2010 2:12 pm

Can some advise me on a tiling job by my builder? First of all the tiles started to fall away from the wall after 3 months of moving in. I had the supervisor from the tiling company come out and say it will be all replaced. Later I got a phone call from the tiler stating he would be there the later ...

Can some advise me on a tiling job by my builder? First of all the tiles started to fall away from the wall after 3 mont...

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slegger10

1 April 2010

Re: Building in SA!Building A New House

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Apr 01, 2010 6:33 pm

Can some advise me on a tiling job by my builder? First of all the tiles started to fall away from the wall after 3 mont...

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slegger10

12 August 2009

Re: will you hand over your last cheque?Building A New House

Aug 12, 2009 2:21 pm

nh could you take a few picture of the problem and post them up. Also what state are you in, as housing code change from state to state. private message me if you need too.

nh could you take a few picture of the problem and post them up. Also what state are you in, as housing code change from...

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slegger10

12 August 2009

Re: Hickinbotham Homes in SABuilding A New House

Aug 12, 2009 2:06 pm

we are in the final stages of building with Hickinbotham. In my opinion i would stay well clear from them, every thing was a right stuff up at every stage. The bank on refused payment many times due to poor workmanship and hickies refused to do anything about it. We are seek legal advice now.

we are in the final stages of building with Hickinbotham. In my opinion i would stay well clear from them, every thing w...

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slegger10

9 June 2009

Re: Building in SA!Building A New House

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Jun 09, 2009 10:27 am

Hi All, We are up to the stage of selecting our tiles, we see so many tiles now and blew the budget on them, we had a budget of $35-$45 per m2 and had approx. 70m2 to tile but had trouble find the ones we liked. Well we found a tile we both loved but it came in at $60 per m2 but they are a really ni...

Hi All, We are up to the stage of selecting our tiles, we see so many tiles now and blew the budget on them, we had a bu...

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slegger10

24 April 2009

Re: Soil TestBuilding A New House

Apr 24, 2009 1:59 pm

be careful if they drag out you footing costings too long who dont have the option to go somewhere else. check your block and see if there a 3 bore holes roughly where your house will be. It can take up to 3 week to get your footing reports depends on how busy the engineer are.

be careful if they drag out you footing costings too long who dont have the option to go somewhere else. check your bloc...

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slegger10

24 April 2009

Re: Steps before signing contract with the builderBuilding A New House

Apr 24, 2009 12:20 pm

No wonderland not paying $30k of penalties. My original contract was $210k but i took off $30k at colour selection for the P.C. items so my final costings were $180k, but my progress payments are based on the original $210k not the final costings of $180k. At the end on the construction im still onl...

No wonderland not paying $30k of penalties. My original contract was $210k but i took off $30k at colour selection for t...

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slegger10

24 April 2009

Re: Steps before signing contract with the builderBuilding A New House

Apr 24, 2009 11:07 am

Me too. It might be different in your state, I'm in SA. check out this forum it happen to a few of us. https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=13728&hilit=georgia P.S it might be 6 months not 4 month check your contract.

Me too. It might be different in your state, I'm in SA. check out this forum it happen to a few of us. viewtopic.php?f=3...

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slegger10

24 April 2009

Re: Steps before signing contract with the builderBuilding A New House

Apr 24, 2009 10:30 am

No it wasn't the bank that charged us it was the builder. After we got the quote and was happy with it we payed a deposit and signed the HIA contract agreement. The deposit was for them to draw up our plans, do soil test and a engineer to draw up our footings and the cost. We then got the cost for t...

No it wasn't the bank that charged us it was the builder. After we got the quote and was happy with it we payed a deposi...

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slegger10

23 April 2009

Re: Inspecting Building Construction Myself - Help?Building A New House

Apr 23, 2009 4:48 pm

What stage are you up too? I'm currently studing Residential Design and Draft.

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slegger10

23 April 2009

Re: Steps before signing contract with the builderBuilding A New House

Apr 23, 2009 4:36 pm

our steps quote - payed deposit recieved drawing recieved soil report and footing costing colour selections final costing Got the ok to start date - this was are last stage we could pull out sign every thing subject to bank approve of your own lender if they say it wont be a problem ( e,g pulling ou...

our steps quote - payed deposit recieved drawing recieved soil report and footing costing colour selections final costin...

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slegger10

23 April 2009

Re: Steps before signing contract with the builderBuilding A New House

Apr 23, 2009 4:27 pm

I didn't think you could get your deposit back after the 3 days cooling of period. A quick tip i got caught on is i added A/C, flooring and a heap of other things to my original quote then took it off at colour selection. But my progress payments is based on my original contract and not final costin...

I didn't think you could get your deposit back after the 3 days cooling of period. A quick tip i got caught on is i adde...

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slegger10

23 April 2009

Re: Another which ducted air con to use threadHeating, Cooling & Insulation

Apr 23, 2009 1:26 pm

quote from whirlpool below "The TCO is cheaper to have a reverse-cycle than adding a gas heater extra. I got a quote to install a gas heating and it required extra a few grand to add. That's not correct. From the link below even the worst efficiency gas ducted systems out perform an average thr...

quote from whirlpool below The TCO is cheaper to have a reverse-cycle than adding a gas heater extra. I got a quote to i...

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slegger10

23 April 2009

Re: Another which ducted air con to use threadHeating, Cooling & Insulation

Apr 23, 2009 11:57 am

We are looking at ducted air con. our house is 30sqm. and looking at 6 - 7 zones. We have 3 phase connected Anyone with similar and whats your thought and what did you end up getting? Also some one told me its only about $1500 - $2000 to get gas heating hooked into it?

We are looking at ducted air con. our house is 30sqm. and looking at 6 - 7 zones. We have 3 phase connected Anyone with ...

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slegger10

23 April 2009

Re: Total NEWBIE Guide to Building your First Home available ??Building A New House

Apr 23, 2009 11:28 am

The Timber Framing Code is very handy as well, think its about $76 from memory.

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slegger10

23 April 2009

Re: Best Builder in SA?Building A New House

Apr 23, 2009 9:35 am

Well thats an easy one Chris its Ford the best car to buy. :wink: I agree with you about the same pool of contractors but i think the acceptable stanards of work should be put on to the supervisor, not just the minimum passing of the code. You wouldn't buy a new car with the doors are out of square ...

Well thats an easy one Chris its Ford the best car to buy. I agree with you about the same pool of contractors but i thi...

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slegger10

22 April 2009

Re: Any good/bad experiences with Henley?Building A New House

Apr 22, 2009 2:09 pm

not sure if its that necessary. they can charge about $500 per inspection. I would like to know what they inspect after the footings are poured anyway the only thing i can come up with is the size and location on the block. Anyway i found it a waste of money he didnt tell me anything that i didn't a...

not sure if its that necessary. they can charge about $500 per inspection. I would like to know what they inspect after ...

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slegger10

22 April 2009

Re: Best Builder in SA?Building A New House

Apr 22, 2009 1:12 pm

Hi guys we built with Hickinbotham Homes. I'll try to be diplomatic as we are still building. Build Quality. Just started bricking. Footings were terrible 60mm under size in areas, pipes had to be dug out of footing after pouring because of wrong fall, wet areas poured in wrong place, retaining wall...

Hi guys we built with Hickinbotham Homes. I'll try to be diplomatic as we are still building. Build Quality. Just starte...

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slegger10

22 April 2009

Re: Your thoughts on ducted gas heating....Heating, Cooling & Insulation

Apr 22, 2009 9:25 am

I stayed at a friends apartment in Scotland for a few month over xmas, they had hydronic heating which was also their domestic hot water. It warmed the house after sometime but when you had a shower the water would be hot then freezing cold. I hated that. Aslo you have these big ugly radiator in eve...

I stayed at a friends apartment in Scotland for a few month over xmas, they had hydronic heating which was also their do...

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slegger10

21 April 2009

Re: Your thoughts on ducted gas heating....Heating, Cooling & Insulation

Apr 21, 2009 2:58 pm

We live in Adelaide. While it doesnt rain much it still gets bloody cold we are fairly close to the sea.