Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Approaching builders - advice please 5Mar 06, 2020 8:43 am You are correct, 75mm slab is correct for soil types xyz, but having been told that this also gives the builder tolerances plus some builders drop the slab down to 50mm or less, bad news. Re: Approaching builders - advice please 7Mar 07, 2020 6:29 am Pulse do you guys mean 85mm? last time I checked the standard it was 85mm. You are correct! Apologies for the typo, I have updated my original comment. Re: Approaching builders - advice please 8Mar 07, 2020 9:29 am Thanks for the advice, was also thinking about building contracts, which one is easier to understand? From what i understand there is the master builders and hia contacts? Are there big differences between the two? Re: Approaching builders - advice please 9May 22, 2020 8:57 am Both are worded for the benefit of the builder and not the client and you have no choice anyway. One builder had his own idea of first progress payment, which is outside HIA/MBA guidelines, e.g., $5,000 down and first progress payment on slab-down. I like that, but then the productreview forum gave him a 25% of "Do not build" rating, so I dropped him despite giving me the best advice as an architect. Versaloc is a mortarless besser block system that still needs a properly engineered footing. If you just do a 400x200 footing it will fail in time. At 17m long you need it… 1 15644 A question. Im in Queensland and building a new home. We managed to reach practical completion 6 weeks ago but we haven't heard any date for handover yet. Who should we… 0 5800 I was being kind to the builder. With the amount charged for the upgrade the builder is probably charging closer to 100% margin. There are a few variables as I… 5 14303 |