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15 September 2016

Signing A Building ContractBuilding A New House

Sep 15, 2016 10:06 am

Am sitting with builder tonight to go through spec and hopefully sort out contract on our build. The builder is using a standard HIA contract and then we are sitting tonight to go through an itemised spec sheet of works to ensure they are doing everything we have discussed. From what I can gather, a...

Am sitting with builder tonight to go through spec and hopefully sort out contract on our build. The builder is using a ...

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2 August 2016

Need a new builderBuilding A New House

Aug 02, 2016 7:17 pm

So my wife and I are now in need of a new builder. We've got plans drafted with old builder but they've told us they will not allow us to provide plumbing materials (roof, pc's etc) ourselves. This is major issue for us and we now need to consider other builders. So, we're building on the southside ...

So my wife and I are now in need of a new builder. We've got plans drafted with old builder but they've told us they wil...

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brikznmortar

14 June 2016

Re: Block RetainingBuilding A New House

Jun 14, 2016 9:56 am

Does the block need to be surveyed before cutting can occur? We are part of a new development and there are pegs out marking the property.....is it really as simple as stringline and away we go???

Does the block need to be surveyed before cutting can occur? We are part of a new development and there are pegs out mar...

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brikznmortar

8 June 2016

Block RetainingBuilding A New House

Jun 08, 2016 10:42 am

We have some substantial retaining to complete (approx 80m@1m high) and have received a quote from our builder that seems reasonable but I want to know if there are savings to be had by having it done without the builder involved. I'm having trouble tracking down contractors to quote the job. I've r...

We have some substantial retaining to complete (approx 80m@1m high) and have received a quote from our builder that seem...

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brikznmortar

6 February 2016

Re: Fibreglass v ConcretePools & Spas

Feb 06, 2016 9:27 am

So we had the first meeting with a concrete pool guy.......still waiting for a quote but he mentioned he works off a lineal metre rate when building the pool. Any ideas what others have been charged as a lineal metre rate?

So we had the first meeting with a concrete pool guy.......still waiting for a quote but he mentioned he works off a lin...

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brikznmortar

6 February 2016

Re: Retaining Walls - Best approach?General Discussion

Feb 06, 2016 9:25 am

Great comments.....thanks!

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brikznmortar

31 January 2016

Fibreglass v ConcretePools & Spas

Jan 31, 2016 3:57 pm

So we are just starting to explore the idea of a pool and are reaching the debate of fibreglass v concrete. We have only discussed pools with one fibreglass mob at the moment, concrete guy coming next week. Would like to hear from those in the know about pros and cons incase we are missing something...

So we are just starting to explore the idea of a pool and are reaching the debate of fibreglass v concrete. We have only...

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brikznmortar

31 January 2016

Re: Retaining Walls - Best approach?General Discussion

Jan 31, 2016 3:50 pm

Thanks, Didn't want to get too into detail and waste peoples time, just hoping that someone could've said 'Hey we had to do 50m of retaining and it cost us $xxxx'....... or something alike. Will definitely be getting the job quoted by multiple contractors was just trying to find out whether people g...

Thanks, Didn't want to get too into detail and waste peoples time, just hoping that someone could've said 'Hey we had to...

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brikznmortar

31 January 2016

Retaining Walls - Best approach?General Discussion

Jan 31, 2016 9:14 am

Hi All, Have purchased a block and am thinking that we're up for some rather extensive retaining costs to level the block. First plans have come back showing 33m of retaining wall (up to 1m high) on either side of the block are required (so total 66m). My questions are as follows: What estimated cos...

Hi All, Have purchased a block and am thinking that we're up for some rather extensive retaining costs to level the bloc...

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brikznmortar

9 April 2015

Clarendon Ascot 32Building A New House

Apr 09, 2015 11:54 am

Really liked the layout/size and the starting price is $216k, anyone building or built one of these and can give more info/photos??

Really liked the layout/size and the starting price is $216k, anyone building or built one of these and can give more in...

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brikznmortar

8 April 2015

Re: Looking for a real ideaBuilding A New House

Apr 08, 2015 1:57 pm

Thanks to all those replying so far. I should clarify, I'm not expecting to build a 380sqm home in our 300k budget, that's just an example of the variety of prices we've been experiencing and feeling like we are hearing opposite ends of the scale when it comes to building. We're trying to clarify, f...

Thanks to all those replying so far. I should clarify, I'm not expecting to build a 380sqm home in our 300k budget, that...

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brikznmortar

8 April 2015

Looking for a real ideaBuilding A New House

Apr 08, 2015 8:30 am

My wife and I are looking to build a new home and are at the early stages of sorting out type, builder etc. We've been doing the usual, looking at display homes but then becoming unsettled at the 'suck you in with great sounding quotes only to hit you with massive variation prices and a final cost n...

My wife and I are looking to build a new home and are at the early stages of sorting out type, builder etc. We've been d...

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