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Re: Render & tiling defects in owner builders inspection rep 4Mar 24, 2012 5:15 am Foremost Building Expert in Australia,assisting with building problems/disputes, building stage inspections,pre-contract review advice for peace of mind 200 blogs http://www.buildingexpert.net.au/blog Re: Render & tiling defects in owner builders inspection rep 6Mar 31, 2012 1:12 pm Foremost Building Expert in Australia,assisting with building problems/disputes, building stage inspections,pre-contract review advice for peace of mind 200 blogs http://www.buildingexpert.net.au/blog Re: Render & tiling defects in owner builders inspection rep 7Mar 31, 2012 8:22 pm Settlement 1/2/12 New Shed 23/3/12 Slab poured 27/3/12 Frame complete 4/5/12 Roof complete 1/6/12 LOCKUP 29/6/12 Our new build blog http://kareenhillsownerbuild.blogspot.com/ Re: Render & tiling defects in owner builders inspection rep 13Apr 23, 2012 10:54 am Metricon Riva 33 - http://herlihy-riva.blogspot.com Site start 15/03/2010 - Handover 23/12/2010 9 months and 8 days (284 calendar days) from site start to handover Re: Render & tiling defects in owner builders inspection rep 14Apr 23, 2012 8:25 pm Foremost Building Expert in Australia,assisting with building problems/disputes, building stage inspections,pre-contract review advice for peace of mind 200 blogs http://www.buildingexpert.net.au/blog Re: Render & tiling defects in owner builders inspection rep 16Jul 12, 2012 8:10 pm Foremost Building Expert in Australia,assisting with building problems/disputes, building stage inspections,pre-contract review advice for peace of mind 200 blogs http://www.buildingexpert.net.au/blog Re: Render & tiling defects in owner builders inspection rep 18Jul 12, 2012 11:52 pm I inspected three homes yesterday(pre purchase report) Score? Two homes, no smoke alarms at all One home, two alarms, entry passage Ok, rear bedrooms passage(children's bedrooms) not functioning! Work it out! Foremost Building Expert in Australia,assisting with building problems/disputes, building stage inspections,pre-contract review advice for peace of mind 200 blogs http://www.buildingexpert.net.au/blog Re: Render & tiling defects in owner builders inspection rep 19Jul 13, 2012 9:01 am JB1 Just on the subject of owner building and the standard of build. Yes average owner builder is more interested and cares more about their own home than the builder does but that is not enough. It's about skill and care and all the care can't compensate for the lack of skill. If you were right then there would not be degree courses in building because care would be enough. We would not need builders, or doctors or whatever. Art of building is about skill and care and lack of skill this soon becomes evident in owner builder homes. Owner builders mistakenly believe that their lack of knowledge will be compensated by subbies and tradesmen employed directly by owner builder. I have seen some good owner builds but overwhelmingly you can pick out owner build as soon as you walk in the door and sometimes from the street. Dead giveaways are: unfinished bits, poor fitting , awkward detailing, a failure to comply with regulations and most commonly poor workmanship and finishing. My message to owner builders is "be careful" when you come to sell, "home job" will be picked up by competent property inspector and you will take a "big hit" on your asking price. The savings that you think you have made by not employing a builder could tun out to be a big loss. Foremost Building Expert in Australia,assisting with building problems/disputes, building stage inspections,pre-contract review advice for peace of mind 200 blogs http://www.buildingexpert.net.au/blog Re: Render & tiling defects in owner builders inspection rep 20Jul 13, 2012 9:36 am I dont think you should be comparing doctors with builders or even an engineer . When I went back to do my builders course one thing I realised that generally specking the level of academia in the room is fairly low. This is why there are course for builders. Many of this so called would be builders couldnt work things out for them selves, and had no imagination on how to calculate the most basic of things like volume and area. Building a house is more project management than actual building. One thing you fail to highlight here is that fact just because you are going through a registered it doesnt mean that a registered builder will be building your house. I think the issue with most owner builders is that the are starting out. Like any builder if they are starting out they too will have issues with a trade here and there etc. Like there are builders that fail there will be owner builders that fail we cant argue with that. At the end of the day most things can be fixed and usually the amount of money saved you can always put some asside for small mistkaes etc. The significant date is when receive final payment invoice Check that section of contract Bit of fluff by builders prior to that 1 15952 There are a lot of private inspectors should have stayed working as tradies!! Firstly, you paid for a professional opinion of the works, if he has picked up on an item he… 1 2062 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. I… 0 6917 |