Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Building my first home 5Oct 30, 2011 2:12 am chrip It's in the truganina area. soil test is booked in and will be done on Friday hopefully. I've heard there's home designers as well who are one step under architects. Does anyone have any recommended designers or architects ? I would suggest you do your own research on the person/company you choose to use, but from my experience, I personally would go with a designer every time (this is only from seeing the results of both in the building industry, as well as knowing people in both areas who admit to this ). Most designers have tafe/college or on-the-job/hands on experience, architects have a uni degree which gives great theory experience but not always the practical experience (the usual case with uni degrees). Every architect-designed plan that has come through builders I work for has needed correcting, as they put in great architectural features and creativity but the actual structural/practical side of things doesn't work - it sometimes gets picked up before construction, and sometimes not until during construction when things then need to be pulled down to correct the issue (I'm talking rooflines that don't work etc). Obviously there would be architects out there that are different to that, I've just not come across them yet Interestingly, not sure about your area but I'm not aware of any builders in Perth that employ architects to design their homes, they all have designers (even in the $1M+ housing range) - perhaps that also says something? Hey everyone! After lurking here for a long time and reading some amazing build journeys, I decided to document my own build to offer a blow by blow of building in Perth… 0 523 Can anyone give me any onfo on New Homes WA? Good or bad, hopefully good just need to know if my choice was good or not? Thanks ❤️ 0 4654 That is a really good attitude Akin to you catch more flies with honey than vinegar. I do enjoy watching that tik tok inspector from Victoria but he does go a little… 12 69417 |