Hi Foyou, The entire bathroom floor should be done to be up to Australian Standards... see link below! http://www.build.com.au/bathroom-waterproofing Hope this helps!

Love it, looks like minimal maintenance, which is always a plus. Love the brick colour aswell!

Hi homeone1234, I think (hard to tell exactly from the photos) that you won’t even notice once they are gapped and painted. I agree with craigasaurus. If you are really concerned, maybe ask your builder to dig up the standard and confirm it’s compliant?

Hi NewhomeGC (im posting on both of your posts!) In order to go down the route of owner/builder, you'll have to meet a few critera with the QBCC (again I'm guessing you're on the GC) - http://www.qbcc.qld.gov.au/home-building-owners/owner-building/overview Me personally (and I am a builder, but spe...

Hi Rkae, Maybe answer this for me: 1. Are you looking at a spec home design or an architecture build? 2. What level of finish are you wanting? 3. Is the block flat? 4. What is access like? 5. Are you doing anything external?

Hi Mel.G, I am not sure where you are located, but I've found (as a builder) that supply costs have increased in the last 12 months. It's tough as a builder that we do want client's work, but we also need to make money, otherwise what's the point! Everything goes up as time goes on, unfortunately wa...

Hi NewhomeGC (im posting on both of your posts!) In order to go down the route of owner/builder, you'll have to meet a few critera with the QBCC (again I'm guessing you're on the GC) - http://www.qbcc.qld.gov.au/home-building-owners/owner-building/overview Me personally (and I am a builder, but spec...

Hi NewhomeGC, Sorry to hear about your current builder. As structuralBIMguy has said, make sure you get your certificates out of the current builder for the slab and any services (plumbing & electrical) works they have done. You 'may' (and I don't know 100% about this) have trouble getting a lar...

Hi jabbriel, I can’t quite make out the dimensions but the space between the entry and the vanity in drawing 1 seems a lot. My thinking is, if this space is reduced, how much room do you need so you can return the WIR shelves to the bedroom wall (in a U shape?) I’d think 900 shelf to shelf would be ...

Hi Rkae, can you post up some more details of the property? Without these it is sort of like saying, how much is my landcruiser worth without knowing year, k’s, condition etc/. Looking forward to helping!

Hi robdridan, In my opinion, I think the second salesman is likely just trying to move you into their product by ‘badmouthing’ the competition. My construction company has probably done 300 or more jobs using vinyl and not once have we been called back because of expansion. I have seen cheaper prod...

Hi robdridan, In my opinion, I think the second salesman is likely just trying to move you into their product by ‘badmouthing’ the competition. My construction company has probably done 300 or more jobs using vinyl and not once have we been called back because of expansion. I have seen cheaper produ...

Hi MrChelseaFC, What Alexp79 says is a good point, if this is an option, this might be the best bet. As an owner builder there are still several 'hoops' to jump through, one of them being a course your governing body will ask you to complete. If using your neighbour or brother in law is an easy opti...

Hi Samex, How that clause reads to me is that charge you whatever costs they incurred up until the point in time you decide to cancel. This could be, at the stage I understand your job to be at: - documentation costs - admin costs - soil reports - surveys - approval costs Again I don’t know the ins ...

Hi Samex, they are saying their margin is 20%, which covers their admin and profit. In a typical builders contract (say for example Master Builders) has the standard margin as 20%. So you will pay whatever their costs are + 20% of this cost Eg/ if it’s $1,000, you’d pay an extra $200

Hi, As stated above, talk with your builder in the first instance. It’s always hard as a builder having people walk through before they have defected so this may not be an issue.... however, it is probably worthwhile having the defect noted in writing now. Hope this helps. Danny

Bit of a sticky situation, as said above, make sure from here on out everything is in writing and it may be worthwhile engaging a professional to look at your situation before VCAT?

Hi Mvlouman, In my opinion $275k was probably not achievable, even for a standard type home, unless significant things were missing. $480k doesn’t seem to far out of the ball park ($1400/m2) to me. I’d have expected a cost around this figure in Toowoomba and with the custom additions. To put your mi...

Hi Samex, There is quite a bit in this and you should probably get some professional advice before signing. In regards to the 20%, it says your liable to pay any costs they incur, plus 20%. This is fairly standard for typical project home builder contracts. Just be aware of any special conditions th...