Hi everyone.
I am about to sign acontract to build my new house. I was thinking to do the all cabinets, sinks, tilings, flloring, carpet, doors, led lights, by myself. What is your idea? Have you done this? Thanks
Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Do the internals by myself 3Aug 18, 2019 11:14 pm My build with Inspired/ Como Homes: https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=93656 Re: Do the internals by myself 4Aug 18, 2019 11:18 pm All good points Ben, signing off on something partially done by them wouldn't be a fun thing to navigate, thanks so much for your input. Re: Do the internals by myself 5Aug 18, 2019 11:29 pm Depending on state, but in Western Australia you couldn't do it, it has to be fit for occupancy which is the same as a certificate of occupancy (just dont get a certificate) and not having cabinets it isnt fit for occupancy. You maybe able to go to lock-up and do the remaining things yourself but that wouldn't be a great deal of items. The is purely Western Australia again, if you found a builder who would build to lock up then you would have to take out a building license as an owner builder to finish the works. It would get very messy IMO, in the end how much would you really save? The other thing you have to think about is finance, if you have to take out a loan I wouldn't of thought there would be any banks that would allow you to finish it, they have to protect there investment as well and the only way they can do that is have a completed house. Re: Do the internals by myself 6Aug 19, 2019 1:05 pm In WA, I was able to do the following myself: 1. Flooring 2. Internal Painting 3. Window treament, in my case blinds I'm not sure about the rest of it such as cabinetry, sinks, doors or lights. In my experience, flooring and internal painting can all be done as long as you are prepared for the hard work, flooring is usually hard on your knees and painting can be hard on your back. You will likely be slower than a professional and possibly sloppier as well depending on your level of skill. Window treatment was probably the easiest one as long as you know how to drill properly and patch up potentially damaged plaster(if your hands are not steady) Re: Do the internals by myself 7Aug 19, 2019 2:30 pm In my opinion, and watching the tradies work, it would be rare for us plebes outside the trade to be as good & as accurate as the professionals, even ignoring how much longer it would take us to do it. However, also from watching the professionals work, the fact that we'd take some pride in stuff apart from what we were currently working on makes-up for some of our ineptitude. eg. we won't think we're a hotshot painter who doesn't need drop-sheets, so we'll put drop-sheets down, and hence we won't end-up with paint splatter on the tiles. Cleaning up our messes won't be left until everything's had time to set, and the cleaning won't involve Jim's Cleaning and a pair of overseas uni students whose approach to cleaning is to just throw buckets of water all over the tiles (hence munting the bottoms of doors & skirting boards). The only thing is that sometimes you won't save that much money. Some stuff the builders get for so much less than us Mere Mortals that paying for the materials PLUS the labour PLUS the profit still turns out abrely more exxy than us doing it ourselves. You really need to price everything, before deciding what to DIY. Re: Do the internals by myself 8Aug 19, 2019 2:57 pm Minaas Hi everyone. I am about to sign acontract to build my new house. I was thinking to do the all cabinets, sinks, tilings, flloring, carpet, doors, led lights, by myself. What is your idea? Have you done this? Thanks What about the OC? 3in1 Supadiverta. Rainwater Harvesting Best Practice using syphonic drainage. Cleaner Neater Smarter Cheaper Supa Gutter Pumper. A low cost syphonic eaves gutter overflow solution. |