Browse Forums Building A New House 1 Aug 21, 2015 9:11 pm We are onto our second. The first she had one 900mm high 11m long retaining wall on one side of the property, battering front and back then a bizarre 8m long 500mm high retaining wall in a 200mm gap between the fence and the garage wall. Our builder was baffled at that so they were sent back. Now they have (finally) been returned with the 11m retaining wall now closer to 15m and the height raised to 1m. Retaining along the front and across the entire length of the back where there had been battering originally and a new retaining wall running from the back almost to the front but still in that 200mm gap! So we've gone from basically 11m retaining to 75% of the property retained! I see this process taking a very very long time. I would never build with Fowler homes. I built with them in 2021 and till date maintenance issues are pending. All their existing trades and businesses don't work with… 14 105490 They already have two well known ones (HIA & MBA) that many new home buyers mistakenly think are regulatory bodies that Joe Public can complain to. 6 18007 Looking to start the journey of becoming an owner builder in SA. Feeling pretty (overly) confident on the building and construction details, but really struggling to find… 0 8397 |