Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Building in SA - 2012 388Dec 11, 2012 12:32 pm vid your blinds look fantastic!!! Do you get much wind in your area? How would they stand up to gusts of wind? We wanted to do something like that on one side of our alfresco but as we are in the foothills backing onto a gully we were told they probably couldn't take the wind. But they look so nice. Re: Building in SA - 2012 390Dec 11, 2012 1:08 pm Hi everyone, i am a newbie to this forum, stumbled accross it on the weekend. Have found it very helpful as we in the process of signing a contract with a builder. I would love to upload a pic of our house plan to get feedback and ideas from everyone but cant seem to work out how to do that?? Re: Building in SA - 2012 391Dec 11, 2012 1:17 pm Dani7070 Hi everyone, i am a newbie to this forum, stumbled accross it on the weekend. Have found it very helpful as we in the process of signing a contract with a builder. I would love to upload a pic of our house plan to get feedback and ideas from everyone but cant seem to work out how to do that?? Hi Dani, Welcome, I'm not sure if there are other ways of uploading photos but I put mine on imageshack, then use a link in this forum, I think there are many photo sites like imageshack. V Re: Building in SA - 2012 392Dec 11, 2012 1:25 pm Pellana vid your blinds look fantastic!!! Do you get much wind in your area? How would they stand up to gusts of wind? We wanted to do something like that on one side of our alfresco but as we are in the foothills backing onto a gully we were told they probably couldn't take the wind. But they look so nice. Hi Pellana, I'm not sure about the wind factor with Ziptraks, we do get windy conditions but I think it would be far less that where you are, I've seen them installed in commercial situations in open areas so I assume they'd be okay, they make a mention of high winds on their website. link below: http://www.ziptrak.com.au/cms-ziptrak/index.phps Re: Building in SA - 2012 393Dec 11, 2012 8:05 pm Pellana TomCat how are your plans coming along? Have they made the changes? Your plans look great btw Thanks Pellana. Yes, the changes were made. BUT while we were w-a-i-t-i-n-g, we got them to add something else and wouldn't you know it, that came back wrong Oh well, I just received my pile of decorating books I ordered from Amazon - that should keep me happy over the Christmas break. Re: Building in SA - 2012 394Jan 21, 2013 11:38 am An update on our place... Council approval has been granted (just before Christmas). Have had final Builders Interview... Have found that Fairmont's building insurance is for the wrong Lot Number so we are waiting for them to fix that (add it to the list of stuff ups) We might have a slab down by the end of February, with any luck... Re: Building in SA - 2012 395Jan 21, 2013 9:56 pm Will be nice to see another house starting down your end RJ. Danni looking forward to seeing your plan. Please post here when you've worked it out Re: Building in SA - 2012 396Feb 19, 2013 9:44 am Well Commencment letter was received by the Builders on Friday so hopefully we will have some sort of work done on the block in a couple of weeks or so. A quick question or the rookie variety. Our building consultant gave us the name of a retired builder to help with Fencing/Retaining/Stormwater and we were wondering when are you able to start doing the retaining/stormwater? Can this be done when the house is in lockup or do you have to wait until after handover? Just trying to get an idea of when we should be looking at contacting this ex-builder (and a few others) to get a quote... Any help would be great. Re: Building in SA - 2012 397Feb 19, 2013 9:56 am RedJase Well Commencment letter was received by the Builders on Friday so hopefully we will have some sort of work done on the block in a couple of weeks or so. A quick question or the rookie variety. Our building consultant gave us the name of a retired builder to help with Fencing/Retaining/Stormwater and we were wondering when are you able to start doing the retaining/stormwater? Can this be done when the house is in lockup or do you have to wait until after handover? Just trying to get an idea of when we should be looking at contacting this ex-builder (and a few others) to get a quote... Any help would be great. As far as our builder went we were instructed that the stormwater HAD to be done once the roof/guttering was complete because if flooding occurred and we hadn't done it the responsibility was ours, with the fences etc we waited and did after handover but organized it well before hand. Good luck with the build. Re: Building in SA - 2012 398Feb 19, 2013 12:41 pm RedJase Fencing/Retaining/Stormwater and we were wondering when are you able to start doing the retaining/stormwater? Can this be done when the house is in lockup or do you have to wait until after handover? Just trying to get an idea of when we should be looking at contacting this ex-builder (and a few others) to get a quote... Any help would be great. Contact him ASAP. May be easier (and cheaper) to do the retaining before building/walls get in the way. As previously said, do storm water as soon as down pipes are on, just in case we have an early winter. Wait until handover to do fencing so it won't get damaged by tradies/graffiti etc. Re: Building in SA - 2012 399Feb 21, 2013 1:22 pm RedJase Well Commencment letter was received by the Builders on Friday so hopefully we will have some sort of work done on the block in a couple of weeks or so. A quick question or the rookie variety. Our building consultant gave us the name of a retired builder to help with Fencing/Retaining/Stormwater and we were wondering when are you able to start doing the retaining/stormwater? Can this be done when the house is in lockup or do you have to wait until after handover? Just trying to get an idea of when we should be looking at contacting this ex-builder (and a few others) to get a quote... Any help would be great. Bugger, I have finally managed to contact him and he won't do it because the retaining will be 1.5m and he won't do over 1. Sigh... So, can any one recommend a couple of good, competitively priced, business that would quote on the whole kit and caboodle... ? I bow to your superior experience... Cheers Elvis has left the building... The site supervisor quit after 2 month on the project. I guess he was just instructed to bark at people, but didn't like when he was… 26 22252 Following these simple steps will help you mitigate unwanted costs, have your expectations met and give… 0 4974 you need to understand the breakdown of warranties. 90 warranty is considered as minor defects rectification period where as the longer ones are more major/structural… 1 5880 |