Browse Forums Owner Builder Forum Re: Owner Builder Mentor / Coach 3Feb 09, 2020 1:44 pm eastmaitlandnewbies 10 years ago I owner built my current home (Maitland, NSW). I undertook this massive task after being invited into the home of a neighbour, who was nearing the end of his own owner build. After comparing rough building costs (his owner build vs MDJ project home I was preparing to build) I threw myself into my own owner build project. As owner builders know, it's not necessarily about the total build cost but the quality of the building, additional size, inclusions, etc and my first owner build was extremely successful in this regard. But here is the big advantage I had first time around. Said neighbour/friend gave me a complete spreadsheet of his entire build cost. And because we had similar sized blocks/ similar slopes / ultimately similar sized houses / and his info was less than 12 months old; I had a huge advantage when getting and accepting quotes at every step of the project. So long as my quotes were in line with his (or better) I knew roughly what my total end cost would be. This took away a big chunk of the scary unknown and I'm not sure how I would have coped otherwise. Now I'm considering undertaking another owner build. However this time I don't have the same advantage and whatever I learnt the first time around is long forgotten (or now irrelevant). This time I'm looking at a sloped block (front to back) and I'm looking at a higher quality/designer home. Via this forum I'm hoping to find an owner builder coach/enthusiast. Someone who has fairly recently undertaken a quality project and enjoyed it so much that they're happy to coach and share information. Please message me if you're interested in assisting. I admit after my first owner build all I wanted to do was relax lol but I did actually help another owner builder a couple of years later. Thanks in advance Mark PS - I posted this message last night in an incorrect thread, hence sorry for those reading it a second time. Hi, curious to know if you found a mentor? Would like to do similar! Hi folks, Victoria resident here. I've submitted my owner builder application to the VBA. I thought I'd share my experience so far. I submitted my application… 0 6171 Hi VK, I am now retired however I have stood beside over 300 owner builders in the past 18 years that have successfully built their own homes. First of all a building… 10 18935 |