Hi all. We need to retain the rear property line as our ground level is quite a bit higher than our rear neighbors, and as it stands the soil would likely push the fence over. Ideally we would have done this before the build, but here we are. Our problem is that we don’t want to replace the existing...

Hi all, We are in the last couple of weeks of our build and today the drains were connected to stormwater. Before today we had noticed that the grate/pipes drains in the ground we’re slightly misaligned with the square drainpipes. We assumed some sort of S bend connector would be used to connect the...

Hi all, We are in the last couple of weeks of our build and today the drains were connected to stormwater. Before today we had noticed that the grate/pipes drains in the ground we’re slightly misaligned with the square drainpipes. We assumed some sort of S bend connector would be used to connect the...

Hi there, I am building for the first time and so im noob. I am at the stage where land is about to title and builder is preparing a building contract. Builder's sales person is very nice and accommodating (so far). This person has told me that I can choose a template design and later on they can c...

That seems pretty unreasonable to me. On a 300k build, 42k is like an almost 15% increase. As the above poster pointed out, they do actually have a right to charge you for the delayed start time (which is ridiculous, as it was outside of your control, but that’s how these contracts are written). A l...

Hi there, I’m building at the moment with WA Country Builders/ Rural Building Company, so don’t have any experience with those three builders myself but have heard and seen things about all three. There is a FB group called $honky Builders WA and I can honestly say that 90% of the complaints in ther...

Hi Scott, Yes most houses here in WA are double brick, which can be great, and more cost effective over here. In response to your questions (I am no expert by any means, but have been building a house here in WA myself), here are my thoughts: 1. Most houses that are double brick are simply two brick...

Hi Joeban, We were pretty lucky in that we had our bricks start within a week of our slab down (this was about a month ago). We are building with a smaller project builder. I guess it sort of depends on who you are building with. I'm part of the Sh**ky Builders WA page on FB and I know a lot of peop...

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Hi Chris, Thank you for your reply, and help as always! I think I understand what you are saying (sorry, I'm a complete and utter building novice), and that these photos show that the brick/metal frame are fine as they are. Thanks, Kelsey

Good idea. These are the photos I could get. The first photo is the internal door between the hallway and the garage which is 920mm. It looks like it still needs more brick work done. The second photo is a 920mm door and shows how the brick sits right on the door frame/jamb. Thanks, . https://forum....

Hi all, We are currently building a reverse brick veneer single story house, with a project builder. The external material is an axon cladding and the internal wall is your standard internal utility verticlay brick. We are almost finished brick stage. My husband and I were looking at he house last n...

LOL, they sold insulation and sips as saving energy and the environment as well ie Sips Panels Grenfell OT, Those of us that have been around long enough also remember Thermalite Brick Disaster. BTW, Google has pushed back thermalite bricks in the search engine, but you can search WA parliament rec...

I simply don't understand it. There's the argument over termites but in the Goldfields it's brick veneer and they have a lot bigger termite problems. For me it simply comes down to what would my interior walls look like if they were gyprock instead of white set slapped over plaster. Don't understan...

Is DB still the favoured option for Perth people? 100%, Currently looking into optimising and redesigning/engineering an Architects ambitious design. Client is absolutely p!ssed off that they had no idea of costs and engineering implications of their DA approved Plan. Stick with the tried and prove...

Hi all, My husband and I are currently building a reverse brick veneer single story house in the Perth Hills. We originally (like everyone else in Perth!) were going to build double brick, but settled on RBV because of the energy efficiency and we liked the option to have more versatile cladding opt...

We are building in Perth with WA Country Builders We were somewhat similar. We went from $220k including earth works to $310k. The jump was because of more expensive earthworks than initially thought, council bungle that resulted in $20k worth of upgrades to get to 7 star energy efficiency, pre-star...

Hi all, We’ve been asked to considerably decrease the size of many of our windows to meet a 7 Star Energy rating. We are very reluctant to do this, as we don’t want to turn our house into a dark box. Is there an alternative to reducing window size? Such as double glazing, install awnings etc? We hav...

Hi Kelsey, I think youll find that the Kalamunda shire require minimum 7 star rating on all new builds R10/20. Our builder advised right from the very start to factor about 100-120k for site works and 7 star energy requirements for our small bulid 144m2 internal living space House design, Double gl...