Browse Forums Owner Builder Forum Re: Another OB in Perth Foothills 2Mar 12, 2011 1:07 am Our owner-builder journey - viewtopic.php?f=38&t=45187 Re: Another OB in Perth Foothills 3Mar 12, 2011 1:10 am Our owner-builder journey - viewtopic.php?f=38&t=45187 Re: Another OB in Perth Foothills 5Mar 12, 2011 10:44 am Our owner-builder journey - viewtopic.php?f=38&t=45187 Re: Another OB in Perth Foothills 6Mar 12, 2011 10:47 am Our owner-builder journey - viewtopic.php?f=38&t=45187 Re: Another OB in Perth Foothills 7Mar 12, 2011 10:50 am Our owner-builder journey - viewtopic.php?f=38&t=45187 Re: Another OB in Perth Foothills...now with pics 10Mar 12, 2011 6:00 pm Our owner-builder journey - viewtopic.php?f=38&t=45187 Re: Another OB in Perth Foothills...now with pics 11Mar 12, 2011 8:57 pm Building with Life$tyle Homes in Perth SOR Key Dates on First Page of my Thread viewtopic.php?f=31&t=38761 Re: Another OB in Perth Foothills...now with pics 16Mar 29, 2011 10:48 pm kayandandy Insulate insulate insulate is my motto. Our architect stuffed up and we cant have a/c so we have stuck in insulation and believe it or not, on those revolting days our house was cool and that was before we put the windows in. (we have dg too!) K Hi kayandandy, I fully agree with your motto. I've been going around this week getting quotes for refridgerated A/C and I can't believe it will cost $1/hr to run!! We're putting as much insulation in as possible too but summer in the foothills is just disgusting - no nice sea breezes only disgusting, hot, cyclonic easterlies! We're definitley having ceiling fans in all the bedrooms and this week we've been considering putting ceiling fans in the living and meals area to try and reduce the amount of time we'll actually need A/C, but we just can't decide whether they are too ugly to have in our beautiful meals & living area! No matter what sort of funky fan we look at, it still looks like a ceiling fan. Think I'd rather a beautiful pendant. Our owner-builder journey - viewtopic.php?f=38&t=45187 Re: Another OB in Perth Foothills...now with pics 17Mar 29, 2011 11:01 pm Just one other thing, can anyone explain to me why there is always such a massive variation in quotes for exactly the same thing?? It's so confusing. I've been getting quotes for a roof plumber to put the cladding on, anticon, and do the roof plumbing and cheapest quote so far was $15,000 three others ranging from 21,000 to 26,000 and most expensive $48,000. They've all quoted on exactly the same thing with exactly the same materials specified. I always get so scared about chosing the wrong contractor and picking the ******* one. And I know everyone says not to go with the cheapest quote but we purposely went for a more expensive quote with our plumber and had multiple problems with his work and had to sack him. I've now gone directly to a steel company to find out rough costs of the materials, then we're going to chose 2 and ask for addresses of their previous jobs and have a squiz at their work. I'm just really scared of getting a ******* roof as our current shack/dump had a leak over my daughters bedroom and it was such a nightmare to fix. Its just so exhausing putting this much energy into every stage/decision/tradie. We're not so great at making decisions, and there are just so many of them to be made! Our owner-builder journey - viewtopic.php?f=38&t=45187 Re: Another OB in Perth Foothills...now with floorplan 18Mar 30, 2011 12:43 am My roof plumber was cheap. Where are you, I can ask if he will do you area and then send details. What other trades do you need because I have it Sussex now .... Finally! Re: Another OB in Perth Foothills...now with floorplan 19Mar 30, 2011 2:20 pm Thanks for the offer Kay, I'd appreciate that. We're in Maida Vale, so opposite side of town to you. We're also looking for a sparkie, plasterer and ceiling fixer and would appreciate any recommendations of good workmanship! Our owner-builder journey - viewtopic.php?f=38&t=45187 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 6994 Hi, Apologies - I know there is plenty out there on this but struggling to put together the puzzle. We're planning our garage/external laundry to master bedroom and… 0 10925 I am not sure whether Perth has its own way of doing things in regards to this. Most of Perth has class A (sandy soil), except for some areas near rivers or hills. 2 12991 |