Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Building in Brooks Reach - Community Thread 4409Sep 14, 2015 9:06 am Morning everyone! Just wondering if anyone has a engineer they can recommend? We're getting our retaining wall started but it looks like it'll be over a metre so we'll need to go through council and an engineer. Thanks Re: Building in Brooks Reach - Community Thread 4410Sep 15, 2015 2:58 pm I can recommend ours! Michael from MSL Engineering, it's his company and he has been pretty helpful. We were dealing with someone else from there at first and there were a few communication issues so Michael took over for us. He has been really helpful and has gone above and beyond (has come over on weekends / out of usual business hours). It's not cheap though neat but I think that will be the case no matter what engineer you go with. But at least you know it is built properly and solidly, I say it is worth the coin for peace of mind Re: Building in Brooks Reach - Community Thread 4411Sep 15, 2015 2:59 pm Just make sure you specifically ask for Michael if you call there neat Re: Building in Brooks Reach - Community Thread 4412Sep 15, 2015 4:24 pm Thanks Nat. Can you pm me how much? I've been prepared for it not being cheap! Re: Building in Brooks Reach - Community Thread 4413Nov 10, 2015 6:22 am Hi everyone. Well we are finally in our own place now. We still have a few things to do but getting there slowly. Beechwood have to come back and redo all our outside tiles as the guy that cleans the bricks damaged them. So once they have finished we can get our driveway, paths and retaining walls under way. Can't wait to get it all finished. I would love to know any recommendations for engineers and who to use for our retaining walls. Also if anyone wants to pm with a rough costing that would be great. I know this isn't going to be cheap but would be nice to have a ball park figure. We have someone for our drive and path so all good there. Thanks guys. Hope you are all still loving living down Brooks Reach. I know we are. Re: Building in Brooks Reach - Community Thread 4414Mar 17, 2016 9:44 pm Hi all, We're about to build in Stage 12 with AllWorths Homes. The builder said that they didn't do soil test on our lot but their engineer reckons it is H2. Is that worth it for us to get a surveyor to conduct a Geotech test on the soil? I dug through this thread and back in pages 60-70, stages 7&8 are all H2. Re: Building in Brooks Reach - Community Thread 4415May 07, 2016 2:23 pm I am new here just deposited on land in brooks reach, I am just wondering if anyone has built on land that has a north facing frontage? Do you mind sharing your plans here or as pm. What did you consider for passive cooling or warming etc? I keep hearing north facing frontage is bad, but just trying to see how to work with the land that I have. Re: Building in Brooks Reach - Community Thread 4416Aug 01, 2016 12:47 pm This thread is clearly dead as you've all probably moved to the fb group, but does anyone know a quality carpenter in the Wollongong / Horsley area? And by 'know' I mean you paid them to do an A+ job and would be happy to pass on their details Hi, Apologies - I know there is plenty out there on this but struggling to put together the puzzle. We're planning our garage/external laundry to master bedroom and… 0 11139 go upvc window frames ensure insulation under colorbond. not just sarking, lighter color roof also not sure if you have seen this viewtopic.php?t=5823 last couple of pages… 4 110614 |