Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Please suggest to things to take care of....Please sugge 2Sep 17, 2012 12:57 pm This is a very open question; extremely difficult to answer! Have you looked at the long thread about "Things I always forget"? Might be worth trawling through, and checking that summary (on Page 20 I think). Re: Please suggest to things to take care of....Please sugge 3Sep 17, 2012 4:45 pm One thing you need to think about is whether you are happy inspecting the work yourself or getting your own building inspector to do stage checks. That will probably cost around $400 per inspection but could be worth it for peace of mind. There is also a fair bit of reading about the construction process at this link http://www.anewhouse.com.au/?cat=26 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: Please suggest to things to take care of....Please sugge 4Sep 17, 2012 7:24 pm Lighting/ tv points is always a good one to look at if you can contact the electrician before he wires the house, and maybe go through it with him and the Telephone cable can be layed before house complete. If you want a pool we told them where we want it in the future so no pipes or anything are layed, makes it easier for later on, and we got a gas point put in for our future gas log fire. Good luck Well these guys are not looking good... I sent them a written enquiry last week and they have not yet replied. If they cannot respond to a simple… 4 10636 Hi Mofflepop, I would recommend finding a building designer to prepare plans, they should design to your specified budget. The benefit is you can tender the project out… 9 20434 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 11648 |