Browse Forums Building A New House Re: The World's Most Extraordinary Homes 2Apr 11, 2018 7:41 am Designer,Engineer (Civil,Const & Envir),Builder,Concrete & Masonry Contract.Struct Repairs Re: The World's Most Extraordinary Homes 3Apr 11, 2018 9:57 am Instagram blog: https://www.instagram.com/ourforevertonhome/ Re: The World's Most Extraordinary Homes 4Apr 11, 2018 11:01 am Designer,Engineer (Civil,Const & Envir),Builder,Concrete & Masonry Contract.Struct Repairs Re: The World's Most Extraordinary Homes 5Apr 11, 2018 11:07 am Instagram blog: https://www.instagram.com/ourforevertonhome/ Re: The World's Most Extraordinary Homes 6Apr 11, 2018 11:19 am Designer,Engineer (Civil,Const & Envir),Builder,Concrete & Masonry Contract.Struct Repairs Re: The World's Most Extraordinary Homes 7Apr 11, 2018 11:28 am Instagram blog: https://www.instagram.com/ourforevertonhome/ Re: The World's Most Extraordinary Homes 8Apr 11, 2018 11:30 am Instagram blog: https://www.instagram.com/ourforevertonhome/ Re: The World's Most Extraordinary Homes 9Apr 11, 2018 11:32 am Designer,Engineer (Civil,Const & Envir),Builder,Concrete & Masonry Contract.Struct Repairs Re: The World's Most Extraordinary Homes 10Apr 11, 2018 11:38 am StructuralBIMGuy There is a retaining wall and drop where your arrow is... no fence required... Read the codes.. mate Is there? Can you see over the edge in that photo? Just like you expected that I should have been able to see the self closing doors that weren't visible in your photo? I've seen your comments around this forum and you seem like someone that likes to have a crack at people... you must be very bored. Instagram blog: https://www.instagram.com/ourforevertonhome/ Re: The World's Most Extraordinary Homes 11Apr 11, 2018 2:16 pm Thanks for your comments StructuralBIMGuy, but you have entirely missed the point of my original post. Re: The World's Most Extraordinary Homes 12May 19, 2018 11:39 pm amen!!!! substitute "have a crack at" with "give sermons" Re: The World's Most Extraordinary Homes 13May 21, 2018 9:30 am lilbza I think you kind of missed the point that the OP was making. In Australia there's no way we could a fully un-fenced pool like the one in the picture. I don't know anything about the U.S engineering and building codes, but I have seen on many TV shows from the U.S that they don't have pool fencing and balustrade around large fall zones, so I tend to agree with the OP that we must be stricter here in Australia. Remember that the USA has a much wider range of everything than in Australia ... in the same way that accents vary much more markedly across the USA than Australia (despite being much the same physical size), laws & rules etc vary way more than here too. Regarding TV shows; don't read too much into that. The ABC series Clever Man had at least one episode where a setting was a pretty fancy & fairly new house on the ocean in Sydney; it had no pool fencing at all. Obviously removed for appearance, for the show. Although maybe SciFi isn't a relevant example ... The World's Most Extraordinary Homes 14May 21, 2018 11:30 am Forg Remember that the USA has a much wider range of everything than in Australia ... in the same way that accents vary much more markedly across the USA than Australia (despite being much the same physical size), laws & rules etc vary way more than here too. Have you watched the show? The houses in the show were from around the world, not just the USA. In no particular order, Season One included USA, NZ, Spain, Norway, Switzerland, Canada, Greece and Holland. Season Two adds Portugal and Japan. Australia doesn’t seem to make the grade. Re: The World's Most Extraordinary Homes 15May 21, 2018 11:57 am arcadelt Have you watched the show? The houses in the show were from around the world, not just the USA. In no particular order, Season One included USA, NZ, Spain, Norway, Switzerland, Canada, Greece and Holland. Season Two adds Portugal and Japan. Australia doesn’t seem to make the grade. Aye, my comment was with respect to that specific post I quoted, not necessarily the thread-opener. On the one hand, I agree that from a basic level the stifling of creativity will have an effect. Jo Smith, the owner of a house she wants to build, can't afford to do anything interesting because it's too exxy to do so ... meaning architects right from starting-out aren't going to start thinking along interesting lines. But on the other hand, I don't know how much effect that will have at the top end, because architects are going to find ways around these things if enough money is thrown at the project ... and while I've not watched the show, I'm assuming the only way any of them isn't a many-multi-million dollar build is where construction's really cheap? Thank you. That is really helpful. Once we get the place done and passed for OC we can upgrade in the future once we get back on our feet and not paying mortgage and rent. 4 5727 The worst thing you can do is sign a building contract without a pre contract review. Over the years many people have come to me with disputes where they just signed… 0 8339 Ask for references and speak to them. If they are defensive or try to avoid the request, walk. 1 74701 |