Browse Forums General Discussion Re: Things you can do Yourself 2May 12, 2015 10:26 pm The Harder You Try - the Luckier You Get ! Web site http://www.anewhouse.com.au Informative, Amusing, and Opinionated Blog - Over 600 posts on all aspects of building a new house. Re: Things you can do Yourself 9May 15, 2015 8:48 pm Custom downslope build Build thread viewtopic.php?f=31&t=61873 Blog http://www.buildingroyalmanor.blogspot.com.au Re: Things you can do Yourself 11May 15, 2015 11:29 pm trixee I did a ton of ringing around about this recently. Generally, the builder won't cover damages or loss of owner supplied material from site. You should ask them though, never hurts and you might get lucky. Ours have flat out said no. However, you can get your contents insurance to start from lockup, and it will cover items that have been installed but it won't cover loose appliances that are waiting installation. Not all companies will do this, you might have to ring your insurer to find out. AAMI will cover this, haven't bothered ringing any others to get quotes at the moment. I' m owner building so we have our own insurance. It was more just a thought for anyone thinking they might save money providing their own building supplies during the build and to let them be aware it will most likely not be covered by the builders insurance should it go pear shaped. The DIY project can be broken into two major steps. Planning and Design and Construction. Both of these steps are as important as one another to ensure you give… 0 4504 Depends what you're current inclusions are, but we're not including wardrobes and will just use second hand ones until we can save later on to get them built. Also have a… 3 8309 i wouldn't be worried, you'll definitely miss something, no matter how many times you review. we've spent close to 5 months ensuring everything got reflected in the… 5 9205 |