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Dan-yool

19 February 2011

Re: Dan's Rammed Earth Home in the Bedfordale Hills, Perth WBuilding A New House

Feb 18, 2011 11:08 pm

I was literally told 25% mark up on site works by an RBC representative yesterday? Sorry but I am a bit confused — are you from RBC and saying that it's not that much anymore? I understand what you are saying as far as visiting the site and planning etc. but some of us like myself (I work for myself...

I was literally told 25% mark up on site works by an RBC representative yesterday? Sorry but I am a bit confused — are y...

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Dan-yool

18 February 2011

Re: Dan's Rammed Earth Home in the Bedfordale Hills, Perth WBuilding A New House

Feb 18, 2011 8:00 pm

I'm not sure if it's a matter of 'ripping people off', builders are running a business designed to make money. But saying that, I personally find a 25% mark up (25% is how much RBC mark up their site works — they will tell you that upfront if you ask) to be far too much. I think I would be happy to ...

I'm not sure if it's a matter of 'ripping people off', builders are running a business designed to make money. But sayin...

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Dan-yool

8 February 2011

Re: Dan's Rammed Earth Home in the Bedfordale Hills, Perth WBuilding A New House

Feb 08, 2011 11:41 am

Our Siteworks were quoted at $90K by the builder! We ended up doing them ourselves for $45 including the shed sandpad! We also have a BAL rating of 12.5 which came to about an extra $5k total with the builder. Hi Jenx, thanks for the useful info ... if you get a sec could you PM me the name of the ...

Hi Jenx, thanks for the useful info ... if you get a sec could you PM me the name of the business you are using for you...

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Dan-yool

8 February 2011

Re: Dan's Rammed Earth Home in the Bedfordale Hills, Perth WBuilding A New House

Feb 08, 2011 11:37 am

Any news on the home front Dan Hi Kerry-Ann! I've been flat out lately with work so have not been able to post an update for a while. I think the Christmas period has slowed us down a bit and we have had a few issues with the builder. We are in the process of ironing things out and hopefully will f...

Hi Kerry-Ann! I've been flat out lately with work so have not been able to post an update for a while. I think the Chri...

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Dan-yool

1 October 2010

Re: Dan's Rammed Earth Home in the Bedfordale Hills, Perth WBuilding A New House

Oct 01, 2010 1:15 pm

We received our first building design proposal last Wednesday and I have been working through it with the designer for the last week or so. The initial concept would not have worked very well if we were to have a family in the future so we needed to add some rooms and move some things around to futu...

We received our first building design proposal last Wednesday and I have been working through it with the designer for t...

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Dan-yool

14 September 2010

Re: Dan's Rammed Earth Home in the Bedfordale Hills, Perth WBuilding A New House

Sep 14, 2010 7:03 pm

Can we pick your brain as you go along with your build? Site works have us a bit worried after hearing a figure of over $80 000. Hi Waterwheel, feel free to pick my brain as much as you like. I don't know much at the moment but I am sure I will gather a fair bit of information over the coming month...

Hi Waterwheel, feel free to pick my brain as much as you like. I don't know much at the moment but I am sure I will gat...

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Dan-yool

14 September 2010

Re: Dan's Rammed Earth Home in the Bedfordale Hills, Perth WBuilding A New House

Sep 14, 2010 9:32 am

I was out & about the other day & saw this FANTASTIC SOLID PINE BENCH,it was HUGE!!!!! Funnily enough my wife has mentioned wanting some type of timber bench top in the kitchen. We will be sure to take a look in the pine direction :) Sounds like we may get our first look at the house design...

Funnily enough my wife has mentioned wanting some type of timber bench top in the kitchen. We will be sure to take a lo...

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Dan-yool

10 September 2010

Re: Dan's Rammed Earth Home in the Bedfordale Hills, Perth WBuilding A New House

Sep 10, 2010 9:58 am

Would you know as a guess what cost per Square Rammed Earth would work out at in building a home ? Hi buildme. I do not know exactly the cost per square metre at this stage, but will be sure to post any costs as we go. The one thing I can say is that our builder (and many other rammed earth builder...

Hi buildme. I do not know exactly the cost per square metre at this stage, but will be sure to post any costs as we go....

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Dan-yool

8 September 2010

Re: Dan's Rammed Earth Home in the Bedfordale Hills, Perth WBuilding A New House

Sep 08, 2010 5:08 pm

Got the final invoice for the contour and feature survey: $500 inc. GST. We we're quoted $700-$800. Good to see there are some honest operators out there. PM me if you would like to know who we used.

Got the final invoice for the contour and feature survey: $500 inc. GST. We we're quoted $700-$800. Good to see there ar...

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Dan-yool

7 September 2010

Re: Dan's Rammed Earth Home in the Bedfordale Hills, Perth WBuilding A New House

Sep 07, 2010 9:09 am

We're about to do a custom build on a rural block in Vic. Kind of modern country design around passive solar principles. We are using rammed earth as a feature wall along the spine for thermal mass. Sounds exciting Redd. I'll be sure to follow your progress!

Sounds exciting Redd. I'll be sure to follow your progress!

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Dan-yool

6 September 2010

Re: Dan's Rammed Earth Home in the Bedfordale Hills, Perth WBuilding A New House

Sep 06, 2010 7:40 pm

Hi Dan, be careful with your site works,have acouple of names for you if your interested Absolutely Kerry-Ann, we could use all the help and advice we can get :) ... Much appreciated!

Absolutely Kerry-Ann, we could use all the help and advice we can get ... Much appreciated!

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Dan-yool

6 September 2010

Re: Dan's Rammed Earth Home in the Bedfordale Hills, Perth WBuilding A New House

Sep 06, 2010 3:46 pm

We got our power run in and septics (atu), rainwater tank, etc done ages ago independantly and I think it would work out way cheaper than through builder. Luckily our builder is very flexible and happy for us to do anything we want independently. May I ask who you used for your power run in, ATU an...

Luckily our builder is very flexible and happy for us to do anything we want independently. May I ask who you used for ...

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Dan-yool

6 September 2010

Re: Dan's Rammed Earth Home in the Bedfordale Hills, Perth WBuilding A New House

Sep 06, 2010 2:13 pm

Thats great news Dan. Do you have a rough idea on what your siteworks will be. I hope they dont find too much rock as I know Bedfordale is such a pain for siteworks Not sure at this stage. I managed to sneak a peak at the plan and site-works for the virtually identical block next to us. I had a mee...

Not sure at this stage. I managed to sneak a peak at the plan and site-works for the virtually identical block next to ...

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Dan-yool

6 September 2010

Re: Dan's Rammed Earth Home in the Bedfordale Hills, Perth WBuilding A New House

Sep 06, 2010 1:35 pm

I have received our Bushfire Attack Level Assessment today. I found an interesting paragraph that stated we could achieve a BAL of 12.5 if we build at least 42m from the southern boundary (where the state forest adjoins our block). A rating of 12.5 appears to impose very little to no special constru...

I have received our Bushfire Attack Level Assessment today. I found an interesting paragraph that stated we could achiev...

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Dan-yool

2 September 2010

Re: Dan's Rammed Earth Home in the Bedfordale Hills, Perth WBuilding A New House

Sep 02, 2010 5:31 pm

See, I told you Dan it wouldn't take long for you to be found. :lol: I will be along for the ride on this one aswell. Cant wait to hear more Cheers Thirsty! it's great to hear people are interested in our little project. Nice plans by the way, it's huge!

Cheers Thirsty! it's great to hear people are interested in our little project. Nice plans by the way, it's huge!

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Dan-yool

2 September 2010

Re: Dan's Rammed Earth Home in the Bedfordale Hills, Perth WBuilding A New House

Sep 02, 2010 5:29 pm

Oh i love rammed earth :: :z: ,is it the company in Roleystone,looking forward to this house,please keep us up to date with every little bit :D Hi Kerry-Ann, thanks for reading. I'll be sure to document everything we do! No the builder is not based in Roleystone. I would love to name names but I ca...

Hi Kerry-Ann, thanks for reading. I'll be sure to document everything we do! No the builder is not based in Roleystone....

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Dan-yool

2 September 2010

Re: Dan's Rammed Earth Home in the Bedfordale Hills, Perth WBuilding A New House

Sep 02, 2010 5:08 pm

Subscribing to your thread Dan so I can follow your build :) That's great lonnie! I hope you find it interesting.

That's great lonnie! I hope you find it interesting.

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Dan-yool

2 September 2010

Re: Dan's Rammed Earth Home in the Bedfordale Hills, Perth WBuilding A New House

Sep 02, 2010 1:33 pm

One of the first things I had to do was have the block assessed and given a BAL (Bushfire Attack Level). The land developers had already done this, though unfortunately a new set of standards have since been put in place. Our original rating (Level 2) cannot be simply reinterpreted by the new standa...

One of the first things I had to do was have the block assessed and given a BAL (Bushfire Attack Level). The land develo...

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Dan-yool

2 September 2010

Re: Dan's Rammed Earth Home in the Bedfordale Hills, Perth WBuilding A New House

Sep 02, 2010 1:15 pm

Our block is north facing and backs onto state forest. North facing was a big must for us as we want the home to be as energy efficient as possible using passive solar design principles. Here is a photo taken from the front: http://www.walkswithhands.com/img/the_block.jpg

Our block is north facing and backs onto state forest. North facing was a big must for us as we want the home to be as e...

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Dan-yool

2 September 2010

Dan's Rammed Earth Home in the Bedfordale Hills, Perth WABuilding A New House

Sep 02, 2010 12:56 pm

So we have found our block (just over 4000sqm) in the beautiful hills of Bedfordale in the city of Armadale south of Perth. Cost: $309,000. My wife and I are first time builders and essentially have no idea what we are doing. I thought that I would document our triumphs and failures here in the hope...

So we have found our block (just over 4000sqm) in the beautiful hills of Bedfordale in the city of Armadale south of Per...

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