Browse Forums Owner Builder Forum Re: builder owner vs professional builder 21Jul 21, 2014 4:12 pm People make one happy, not houses? I do not think so. Houses are more to be trusted than people. Elizabeth Aston, Mr. Darcy's Daughters http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pmDX0tgONFs http://lightndreamy.blogspot.com/ Re: builder owner vs professional builder 30Aug 01, 2014 7:44 pm Owner Building at Jimboomba Woods in Logan City Qld. Blog : http://bandlnewhomebuild.blogspot.com H1 thread : viewtopic.php?f=38&t=68283 . Re: builder owner vs professional builder 32Aug 02, 2014 9:34 am Owner Building at Jimboomba Woods in Logan City Qld. Blog : http://bandlnewhomebuild.blogspot.com H1 thread : viewtopic.php?f=38&t=68283 . Re: builder owner vs professional builder 34Aug 02, 2014 2:48 pm My renovation blog: http://landhousereno.blogspot.com.au/ Or like me on facebook: The little yellow house About to extend our Edwardian House in West Footscray, Melbourne D & N and 3 kids. Re: builder owner vs professional builder 39Aug 04, 2014 10:58 am Stewie D Where this falls down of course is where the OB does some of the work - framing for instance and a carpenter does the rest. Where does his warranty start and end? There are some problems going down this path. Stewie Come on Stewie, it doesnt fall down at all. The erected frame has to be certified. If an OBer doesnt do it properly then it gets picked up on visual inspection, same as what happens as if it was framed by a builder. I know you have to protect your industry and stand up for it, but you cant deny all the ongoing cases here of licensed tradies doing the wrong thing (frame over hang for ex) As JB1 pointed out above, certifiers will come down harder on OBers as well, because they dont have a cosy ongoing working relationship with them to protect. And OBers I "think" do things slowly and more methodically, as opposed to tradies who just race through everything (including not reading plans properly). Warranty starts and ends same as wit a licenced builder . I dont see what problems there are as you claim? Re: builder owner vs professional builder 40Aug 05, 2014 7:30 pm Dear oh dear. I've seen some that were done by OB's that were very good but I have seen a few that were pretty awful too. They were passed by the engineer as being structurally compliant but they were as rough as guts. It is what you can't see that worries me. I asked an engineer a long time ago who basically said they are there just to make sure the building complies with the relevant codes but in no way reflects the quality of the build. And I'm not protecting my industry either; if there are dodgi builders out there de-register them. Simple. Stewie Hi VK, Think it's worth investing time in an Owner Builder course to equip you with basic knowledge on Australian Building Industry and its regulations. Also, I suggest… 11 25005 Hi all. Anyone know when the $11,000 limit was set in legislation for renovations in QLD? Ive been renovating for 5 years now and this was the limit back then. As we know,… 0 4823 |