Browse Forums Owner Builder Forum Re: Advice needed - whether to OB or use a builder 2Mar 11, 2011 10:02 pm Accessible Carpentry & Cabinets accessiblecarpentry@gmail.com accessiblecarpentry.com.au https://www.facebook.com/pages/Accessible-Carpentry-Cabinets/583314911709039 Re: Advice needed - whether to OB or use a builder 6Mar 11, 2011 10:33 pm Accessible Carpentry & Cabinets accessiblecarpentry@gmail.com accessiblecarpentry.com.au https://www.facebook.com/pages/Accessible-Carpentry-Cabinets/583314911709039 Re: Advice needed - whether to OB or use a builder 7Mar 11, 2011 10:51 pm chippy Property management is very different to building. Dealing with one or two trades is very different to knowing when and how to co-ordinate an entire build. You need to know what you will be doing in a months time so you can order supplies and arrange trades. If you aren't in a hurry to finish it isn't as important but for the build to progress without to much down time you need to be thinking ahead. That is where building knowledge is really helpful. If your kids aren't in school then you must have your hands very full. Even if they are the best kids in the world they soon get bored with hanging around an unbuilt house. If all you are doing is co-ordinating the few trades you have mentioned and your builder will tell you when to schedule them to be on site and what you will need to order and when it is needed on site then it should be fairly achievable. The thing that consumes most thought is planning ahead. If you have someone to do that for you, and they are effectively organising you to organise others then you'll be on easy street. Look forward to your build when you go ahead. Thanks for your comments - really appreciate it - gives me some things to think about. Re: Advice needed - whether to OB or use a builder 8Mar 11, 2011 11:07 pm i know what doing it on a tight budget does to your way of thinking we couldnt get any tighter if we tried lol if you need the house built quick go with a builder if you have time and take the time to research your stages then go for it but keep in mind if its only saving a few thousand then dont bother as your mistakes will cost you more then that in the end and no matter how prepared you are or how much you research you will make mistakes. add 20% to the total build for mistakes that should cover you. i love obing its been fun and something money could never pay for id definately do it again stay safe happy building Re: Advice needed - whether to OB or use a builder 9Mar 15, 2011 12:29 pm Hi, Iam thinking same thing OB or Builder? Really early stages of planning my house, tight budget, so thought we would save some by o/Building? really 20% for muck ups?? when you say you have to finance yourself, does this mean the banks wont lend for Owner Builders? (i know iam clueless) Re: Advice needed - whether to OB or use a builder 10Mar 15, 2011 1:42 pm Brocky Hi, Iam thinking same thing OB or Builder? Really early stages of planning my house, tight budget, so thought we would save some by o/Building? really 20% for muck ups?? when you say you have to finance yourself, does this mean the banks wont lend for Owner Builders? (i know iam clueless) hey brocky 20% will cover you its easy to make mistakes when you have no idea and they can cost you but we never had enough to build in 1st place so we just pay as we go 3 yrs so far but nearly there we own 100% of it chose not to use banks stay safe happy building Re: Advice needed - whether to OB or use a builder 11Mar 15, 2011 5:08 pm Brocky Owner building if you are not in the business might save dollars but it can cost a lot personally! We have saved an awesome amount of money when we look back and reflect but hell it has taken its toll on life in general. I have learnt a lot and if I had my time again I dont think I would have done it based on what I know now. There are only two banks who will lend to OB and one of them require you to demonstrate excellent knowledge of the industry. Re: Advice needed - whether to OB or use a builder 12Mar 15, 2011 8:02 pm My 2c worth is it depends if you're in a hurry to move in or not!!! I can see that if you were in a rush to move in it would be super stressful and a bit tricky co-ordinating it all. You also wouldn't really save as much money as you couldn't shop around as much for quotes and you might be stuck accepting a more expensive quote just because he's the only tradie available that fits with your schedule and you can't afford to wait a month for the better value tradie. I was thrust into this OB lark by my DH who thinks its absolutely awesome and wouldn't do it any other way. Hes doing a fair bit of the work himself and he happily gave me the role of project manager to organise the rest. The main thing I've learnt is that you really need at least a 3 month lead time arranging contractors for each job/stage. It takes forever for them to get back to you with quotes (if they ever do). I usually contact between 10-15 companies for each job and usually get about 5 quotes back. Can be very frustrating when no-one seems to want to do the job because your an ob. We're in a very lucky position that we are living on site (in an old house that will be demolished at the end) and not having to borrow any money, so the longer it takes us the more money we're saving and the better it is for us. Also consider how far away from your site you'll be living. I think it would be a complete pain in the butt if you lived a fair way away as you really need to be on site quite a lot. Plus if your DH is planning on doing any of the work you wouldn't see him very much. Thats just my perspective anyway! Good luck with your decision! Our owner-builder journey - viewtopic.php?f=38&t=45187 hi guys. Please be nice. First time home builder in Qld. I would like some feedback please on whether I should build my granny flat first before my main house at the… 0 4825 Hi All, I engaged a tradie to install concrete retaining wall 600-800mm high over 32 meters in Victoria. Sleepers are 200*75*2000 mm installed over 17 steel posts. 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