Browse Forums Building A New House Re: When is fixed price not fixed price? 39May 17, 2007 8:42 am Hennig - Thanks for the web site link. I was thinking about hiring a local geotechnical engineer to go through all the computations and soil test to validate what the builder has done.
There are two reasons - the first is to see if the builder is being fair dinkum with us. If we need screw piles, then we need screw piles. The second reason is that if we decide not to go ahead with the current builder, I'd like some advice on alternative building methods. For example, is our block better suited to strip footings and stumps? If so, that's what we will build, and perhaps save ourselves a shedload of money. Cheers Perry Re: When is fixed price not fixed price? 40May 17, 2007 8:20 pm Yeh, better to be safe than sorry.
Looking through our paperwork, we had a m-d slab with piers (about 50 of them) due to being on a P site (apparently due to fill). Can anyone tell me what the difference is between screw piles and concrete piers? If you go with another builder, might benefit from getting a copy of the soil test and survey from the builder (if you don't have them alread). The privacy act certainly has its benefits when it comes to things like that. Where will you go from here? Change builder? I don't know if I mentioned it earlier but we went with a local builder for the service. I don't know if I'd do it again as we certainly paid for it. So much so that our budget went on the house and that's about it. The big builders certainly have more buying power, so it's a hard choice. If you can put up with being a number and the poor service, they seem to be the way to go. Thank you so much everyone. This all makes a lot of sense. I guess when you talk to a builder who butters up everything to look very polished, you get to start believing… 7 18891 So AFAIk the outcomes of the BAL ratings form part of a clause that allows them to pass these costs on to you. However the more relevant detail is how did it go from 19… 1 10914 My door tends to rub against the frame during winter and I'm looking to fix it so it closes smoothly. Looking online on Youtube I'm seeing methods to fix the alignment and… 0 713 |