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 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 4973 Building Standards; Getting It Right! Don't think they are designed for double brick. WA has a particular way of building and unfortunately that's the way a large amount of sills are finished. 3 7194 That sucks! Hope it all works out. Good to move away from steel anyway for all your reasons, but it's also thermally poor. 16 18261 |