Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Different types/levels/tiers of building companies 21Mar 31, 2022 12:44 pm My personal opinion is that you really don't need certified passivhaus for normal life in Australia (even in colder regions like Tasmania). In fact, your investments to bring the house to passivhaus will never be paid off. If you just build it close enough for comfortable living, you will be so much better off. Also, getting back to the architects, probably less than 1% have a good idea on how to build a Passivhaus which will pass certification. With Australian's love to extensive glazing, you would have to reduce your glazing area significantly (from average) or you will never be able to meet Passivhaus standards even with the best windows on the planet. Best option is probably to meet 2-3 ACHs so you don't need ERV/HRV and rather rely on occasional natural ventilation, while still being insulated enough for comfortable living. Re: Different types/levels/tiers of building companies 22Mar 31, 2022 4:56 pm Yeah, I get it, you don't 'need' certified Passivehaus to live in Aus. However, if you're following that thinking you don't actually need to build following any Passivehaus principles to live in Aus regardless, just look at the millions of Aussie homes that are built like dogsh1t. So why not just go with a project home? Building a passivehaus for me is not about a ROI, it's about doing it for 1) control and 2) because I can. I'm unsure about the percentage of architects that do certified passive homes, but the architect I've engaged has done several already. Originally we were going to build close to passivehaus spec, without going certified, but we decided to go fully into the rabbit hole because we like the control it provides Re: Different types/levels/tiers of building companies 23Mar 31, 2022 6:08 pm Intripidlol ... just look at the millions of Aussie homes that are built like dogsh1t. So why not just go with a project home? Funny thing, about Dog Sh!t homes, architects design them too and you should see the look on the home owners face when they've been told by a Structural and environmental Engineer they've got the trifecta, LOL, 1. You got r1pped on the home design, price data and paid too much for the build (humour) 2. it's not fit for purpose, Explain the home failure in artistic Graphical terms ( the kicker) 3. and its going to cost a small fortune to fix. (the closer) 4. To make sure it's been fixed properly, it might need to be recertified (BTW....then there's relief when told " Your in luck, nobody but you and architect cares if you new house is leaking like a sieve... let's now tend to the main structural failures...." The look on their face is GOLD Oh , nothing in the 2022 budget to save PassivHaus but the focus is on P!ssHouse... get it hth Designer,Engineer (Civil,Const & Envir),Builder,Concrete & Masonry Contract.Struct Repairs Re: Different types/levels/tiers of building companies 24Mar 31, 2022 7:04 pm Intripidlol ...and 2) because I can. You still sure about that, working off pre pandemic pricing? You're missing the point that's being made. Its not to build a sh!tbox, but to use your brain. Are you familiar with diminishing return? In simple terms, there is a point where continuing to press for a specificc outcome requires more energy/money/effort (whatever) than the thing is worth. Passivehaus certification is a piece of paper. There are passivehause builders that will build you the same house using the same principles to within an inch of passivhaus certification without the piece of paper certifying it as passivehaus for less. You know, perhaps still fitting in your budget. Buuuuut if you want that piece of paper, you go for it. I'm sure the warm and fuzzies it gives you will be worth it. Dark matter scientist, can breathe underwater, mind reader and can freeze matter just by willing it. Trust me, its in my sig. Re: Different types/levels/tiers of building companies 25Mar 31, 2022 7:45 pm Noname Intripidlol ...and 2) because I can. You still sure about that, working off pre pandemic pricing? You're missing the point that's being made. Its not to build a sh!tbox, but to use your brain. Are you familiar with diminishing return? In simple terms, there is a point where continuing to press for a specificc outcome requires more energy/money/effort (whatever) than the thing is worth. Passivehaus certification is a piece of paper. There are passivehause builders that will build you the same house using the same principles to within an inch of passivhaus certification without the piece of paper certifying it as passivehaus for less. You know, perhaps still fitting in your budget. Buuuuut if you want that piece of paper, you go for it. I'm sure the warm and fuzzies it gives you will be worth it. Yeah, I am, my construction budjet was originally pre pandemic prices, and obviously that is unlikely to be enough now. It is what it is in this current climate, once our plan is finalised we have a decision to either wait or allocate more to our budget. Ultimately if I have to pay more I'll just pay more? I'm very familiar with dimishing returns, are you familiar with the concept that some people have disposable income to spend? Congrats you don't think it's worth it, for $ spent and direct ROI it may not be the most efficient, but I can afford it and i already stated it's not about ROI. Lol @ making a comment about using my brain assuming my financial situation is the same as yours. The piece of paper is irrelevant, and only around 5k. What is relevant is the increased control, no matter how small, that achieving extremely minimal air changes ala certified passivehaus affords. Hurr Durr diminishing returns. Re: Different types/levels/tiers of building companies 26Mar 31, 2022 8:01 pm StructuralBIMGuy Intripidlol ... just look at the millions of Aussie homes that are built like dogsh1t. So why not just go with a project home? Funny thing, about Dog Sh!t homes, architects design them too and you should see the look on the home owners face when they've been told by a Structural and environmental Engineer they've got the trifecta, LOL, 1. You got r1pped on the home design, price data and paid too much for the build (humour) 2. it's not fit for purpose, Explain the home failure in artistic Graphical terms ( the kicker) 3. and its going to cost a small fortune to fix. (the closer) 4. To make sure it's been fixed properly, it might need to be recertified (BTW....then there's relief when told " Your in luck, nobody but you and architect cares if you new house is leaking like a sieve... let's now tend to the main structural failures...." The look on their face is GOLD Oh , nothing in the 2022 budget to save PassivHaus but the focus is on P!ssHouse... get it hth What are you on about? Where did I ever say anywhere that architects didn't also design bad houses? We've spoken to almost 20? Of our architects former clients, as well as been through 7 homes to get a good idea of how happy his clientele is, and the quality of the homes. I've also spoken to almost over 70 architects or builders in Adelaide, and have notes on every single meeting and my impressions pre deciding to who we decided to go with. Guess what? I found issues with every fkn display home which are supposed to exemplify the best of what the builder is capable of - actually designed to sell the builder. I don't even understand point 4 you're making, it's literally verbal vomit. It just sounds like you're extremely butthurt about architects and anybody that has chosen to pursue that path? I made several posts on several forums asking about all different tiers/types of builders and architects, as evident by OP in this thread. Basically got zero help and had to go through the process by myself. Instead I get dumb sh!t posts like yours that have zero relevance and zero helpful content. Stay irrelevant, fkn pauper Re: Different types/levels/tiers of building companies 27Mar 31, 2022 8:04 pm P.s. One of the aspects of my brief is that I am more than happy to pay above and beyond for structural engineering, and that I am partial to 'overengineering' compared to the bare minimum that just meets standards kys Re: Different types/levels/tiers of building companies 28Mar 31, 2022 9:58 pm Intripidlol Noname Intripidlol ...and 2) because I can. You still sure about that, working off pre pandemic pricing? You're missing the point that's being made. Its not to build a sh!tbox, but to use your brain. Are you familiar with diminishing return? In simple terms, there is a point where continuing to press for a specificc outcome requires more energy/money/effort (whatever) than the thing is worth. Passivehaus certification is a piece of paper. There are passivehause builders that will build you the same house using the same principles to within an inch of passivhaus certification without the piece of paper certifying it as passivehaus for less. You know, perhaps still fitting in your budget. Buuuuut if you want that piece of paper, you go for it. I'm sure the warm and fuzzies it gives you will be worth it. Yeah, I am, my construction budjet was originally pre pandemic prices, and obviously that is unlikely to be enough now. It is what it is in this current climate, once our plan is finalised we have a decision to either wait or allocate more to our budget. Ultimately if I have to pay more I'll just pay more? I'm very familiar with dimishing returns, are you familiar with the concept that some people have disposable income to spend? Congrats you don't think it's worth it, for $ spent and direct ROI it may not be the most efficient, but I can afford it and i already stated it's not about ROI. Lol @ making a comment about using my brain assuming my financial situation is the same as yours. The piece of paper is irrelevant, and only around 5k. What is relevant is the increased control, no matter how small, that achieving extremely minimal air changes ala certified passivehaus affords. Hurr Durr diminishing returns. Haha you're a legit fruitloop. Goodluck with your build. Dark matter scientist, can breathe underwater, mind reader and can freeze matter just by willing it. Trust me, its in my sig. Re: Different types/levels/tiers of building companies 29Mar 31, 2022 10:01 pm Intripidlol kys This tells me all I need to know. You're a nobody. Haha Dark matter scientist, can breathe underwater, mind reader and can freeze matter just by willing it. Trust me, its in my sig. Re: Different types/levels/tiers of building companies 30Apr 01, 2022 8:32 am Noname Intripidlol kys This tells me all I need to know. You're a nobody. Haha yeah, you're right and you're totally a somebody always remember, just because you have a dopamine rush from thinking 700 posts on a building forum means that you're somebody, you're completely irrelevant enjoy your project home pleb pathetic Re: Different types/levels/tiers of building companies 31Apr 01, 2022 8:40 am Intripidlol Noname Intripidlol kys This tells me all I need to know. You're a nobody. Haha yeah, you're right and you're totally a somebody always remember, just because you have a dopamine rush from thinking 700 posts on a building forum means that you're somebody, you're completely irrelevant enjoy your project home pleb pathetic pathetic? im sorry to say, your projection doesn't hurt my feelings. The way you speak and the assumptions you make shows all we need to know about you. I feel sorry for your personal relationships. good luck with your build. Dark matter scientist, can breathe underwater, mind reader and can freeze matter just by willing it. Trust me, its in my sig. Re: Different types/levels/tiers of building companies 32Apr 01, 2022 8:42 am Noname Intripidlol ...and 2) because I can. You still sure about that, working off pre pandemic pricing? You're missing the point that's being made. Its not to build a sh!tbox, but to use your brain. Are you familiar with diminishing return? In simple terms, there is a point where continuing to press for a specificc outcome requires more energy/money/effort (whatever) than the thing is worth. Passivehaus certification is a piece of paper. There are passivehause builders that will build you the same house using the same principles to within an inch of passivhaus certification without the piece of paper certifying it as passivehaus for less. You know, perhaps still fitting in your budget. Buuuuut if you want that piece of paper, you go for it. I'm sure the warm and fuzzies it gives you will be worth it. PassiveHaus certification doesn't cost much. Actually building it to the spec is where most of the costs are. Re: Different types/levels/tiers of building companies 33Apr 01, 2022 8:52 am Noname Intripidlol Noname This tells me all I need to know. You're a nobody. Haha yeah, you're right and you're totally a somebody always remember, just because you have a dopamine rush from thinking 700 posts on a building forum means that you're somebody, you're completely irrelevant enjoy your project home pleb pathetic pathetic? im sorry to say, your projection doesn't hurt my feelings. The way you speak and the assumptions you make shows all we need to know about you. I feel sorry for your personal relationships. good luck with your build. Oh please, don't talk about assumptions when the first thing you did was try to lecture me on dimishing returns. Quick get the notebook, you're obviously the only person in the world with a grasp on basic economics. And while you're accusing me of assumptions, keep tossing out your own like you know anything about my personal relationships Also keep believing you know what's best for people and your opinion is holier than thou, whilst thinking you're taking the higher ground with your backhanded posts Oh nooooooo I'm paying more than I need to for minimal performance increase, that must mean I'm a crazy person!!!!!!!!! Go play in traffic, middle aged loser Re: Different types/levels/tiers of building companies 34Apr 01, 2022 9:43 am Intripidlol Oh please, don't talk about assumptions when the first thing you did was try to lecture me on dimishing returns. Quick get the notebook, you're obviously the only person in the world with a grasp on basic economics. And while you're accusing me of assumptions, keep tossing out your own like you know anything about my personal relationships Also keep believing you know what's best for people and your opinion is holier than thou, whilst thinking you're taking the higher ground with your backhanded posts Oh nooooooo I'm paying more than I need to for minimal performance increase, that must mean I'm a crazy person!!!!!!!!! Go play in traffic, middle aged loser lol. keep it up. I like reading this, what did you call it, "Word vomit"? Everything about how you write betrays your assumed intelligence. and yes, you have displayed you are legitimately an idiot, if not by the simple fact of this - Intripidlol Is that 20 to 30% more post pandemic? Because our budget was for pre pandemic prices... with the increase I'm not even sure if our budget can facilitate our build anymore. what sort of idiot pretends to understand economics, but not be acutely aware of the change of costs associated with materials, services and other related inputs for a project they've been working on for the last +2 years? You've spoken to 70 architects and builders but yet somehow the discussion around increased costs and your budget hasn't been a topic in +2 years? You must think we are idiots. When working on design, budget is central to discussions. It literally informs the design. You've already demonstrated you either live under a rock or are stupid, or both. My guess is both, because the last time i saw the type of language that includes "KYS", "play in traffic", "pleb", "pauper" language was in online gaming, which would explain literally everything. Dark matter scientist, can breathe underwater, mind reader and can freeze matter just by willing it. Trust me, its in my sig. Re: Different types/levels/tiers of building companies 35Apr 01, 2022 10:53 am Are you on the spectrum? Do you have a cognitive impairment? I literally said my original construction budget was completely within reason and feasible at the time. To be fair I am probably in the wrong here as I should have clarified a bit better: when we finally engaged our architect last year, it was discussed with both preferred builder and architect we could get away with about 750k for our brief, leaving 250k for contingency and 'would like to have' luxuries e.g. basement. This was after covid started, but the massive price inflation for building had not hit in Adelaide yet. Throughout the design process over the last year (idk where your two years came from) estimated costs for us has increased beyond the 750k, hence my comment that we're unsure if 1m can cover the increased costs, duh. At this stage we're apparently on the edge, but after quotation we may have to either increase our spend or remove some of the bonus/wishlist features. This must be really hard for your small brain to understand, considering I have not stated anywhere that I'm not aware of the price increases. Good assumption I guess, spastic. I will say that you have astute observation skills re: gaming, most of my grossly vitorlic language I picked up gaming as a child, but I still enjoy throwing occasion shade at retards like you Enjoy life being a below average person in your below average volume build P.s. who the hell says pleb and pauper when playing games, that was from high school idiot Re: Different types/levels/tiers of building companies 36Apr 01, 2022 11:02 am Spastic, small brain, retard, spectrum, high school. This makes more and more sense as you keep posting. Your insults are even childish. Dark matter scientist, can breathe underwater, mind reader and can freeze matter just by willing it. Trust me, its in my sig. Re: Different types/levels/tiers of building companies 37Apr 01, 2022 11:11 am Yeah, because you don't deserve the basic respect I would usually afford to another human being, so I choose to speak to you like you're an animal. Like I said before, always remember, you posing as if you're somebody important with your 700 posts and backhanded insults masked as advice literally mean nothing in the real world. It's pretty evident where you are in life. Enjoy your project home and nitpicking budgets to save every dollar 😊 Hopefully someone you love dearly gets diagnosed with extremely aggressive lewy body dementia in the next few days. Re: Different types/levels/tiers of building companies 38Apr 01, 2022 11:33 am hey guys, pretty sad direction this has gone, just stop all the personal insults and respect differences of opinion. there are some pretty offensive posts here, offensive particularly to disadvantaged members of society. i don’t think any of you would like your kids saying this soft of stuff in the schoolyard and the rest of us don’t enjoy reading it. Go for a walk, cool off and send them a pm telling them your concerns Re: Different types/levels/tiers of building companies 39Apr 01, 2022 12:14 pm Intripidlol Yeah, because you don't deserve the basic respect I would usually afford to another human being, so I choose to speak to you like you're an animal. Like I said before, always remember, you posing as if you're somebody important with your 700 posts and backhanded insults masked as advice literally mean nothing in the real world. It's pretty evident where you are in life. Enjoy your project home and nitpicking budgets to save every dollar 😊 Hopefully someone you love dearly gets diagnosed with extremely aggressive lewy body dementia in the next few days. my posts have zero to do with the equation. The fact you think that I think it does, again betrays your assumed intelligence. You think post count = relevance? that's on you. chasing likes, reposts, call outs. 100% you're a thot or the male equivalent. I doubt you've even started any build process. Spoken to "70 architects and builders and have notes on everyone of them". HA! Almost everything about your posts and absence on the forums screams you realised you're out of luck in timing and finance. A ping in your inbox alerted you to your old account when someone necro'd your post. You feel upset you've gotten nowhere, so you're trying to flex like a little script kiddie. But like a script kiddie without skill, I'm 100% confident, you and MAYBE only one other person here are the only ones who cant see you're literally full of it. Enjoy your games of League buddy. Youre probably a nobody there too. In my experience, people who behave like you blame everyone else in their teams for their failures. That's what makes you a nobody. best wishes buddy. When your parents build the house you pretend is yours, lets us know how it turns out. Dark matter scientist, can breathe underwater, mind reader and can freeze matter just by willing it. Trust me, its in my sig. Re: Different types/levels/tiers of building companies 40Apr 01, 2022 1:34 pm Edit: pictures didn't come through Hi, have purchased a house with 2 single garage doors. The Centre pillar one side sits proud to the other. Can I change 2 doors into one. Please see picture. 0 6353 yep you need a joint, foam is easiest, will look fine once rendered with a joint. 2 5241 Hi All, This is our second home build and first time with a custom builder. They are small builder and have built some houses with good quality. They tender and color… 0 592 |