Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Approaching builders - advice please 9May 22, 2020 9:57 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 3206 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 3052 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 13045 |