Site cost is one of the biggest profit part that they can make.to our site,we were charged fortune.they told us won't be much,but when they finished excavation,we got another bill…

Hi Forg,
We are having a dispute with Alkira at the moment with the staircase. I shall have the same as your elegant stair, but get something really ugly back.…

Dear all the experts on the forum,-this may be a very silly question.
I found that there are a few of nails not mailed to the joist, they are either go…

The best is adjust the frame to the slab.

Go down to the IMG link and click on the line...
The concreter is a little short with the stairs but he still would have had to allow a gap of…

We asked the questions very politly to the builder, and we got pragraphs of warnings telling us not to enter the site without the site supervisor. All rubbish!
As…

Yes you are right Stewie, internal stairs, ground floor split into 3 levels, garage 170mm step down, front 110mm step down. the stair in the picture is in the middle…

Thank Stewie and Building expert
the stairs are suppose to be tiled-so as stewie said, not easy to fix
as to the garage problem, there is eave. I can imaging the…

Thanks Stewie,
yes, it is a consistent gap
Another gap is 7cm wide, on the side of garage , I measured and find the garage frame is about 4cm shorter, is it…

They always can find excuse!
Like last time, they charged us extra on sewer, as they forgot some facts at the design stage
They also…

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Feel silly-unable to put the picture like others
Anyway, as seen in the photo, there…

Thanks Stewie,
You are the best! Your answers helped me a lot!
Merry xmas to you and Family!
Hope no more shocking news in the new year!

we found the reason yesterday, one of the bathroom is at least 1 meter lower than the other one-due to the split level designed by the builder-they have to…

We are doing a KDR at Hills area (Sydney).
we had slab done last week.
Yesterday we got a shocking invoice over $5,000 saying they need to re-connect the sewer line.
We…

Congratulations on moving in !!
the stair nappies made me laugh!:lol:

Thanks a lot to Raina & Sydneyalkirabuild .
we did not increase the width to 2.3m, it's only 1.8m! we are going to get some kind of special ceiling light…

Hi,
We are going tobuild a same home too.I have one concern about that void area ,is it bit narrow ?their display home looks all good as it's…

Congratulations Forg!

what we also found out :
Geotech report said the soil is not saline soil, but the engineer overlooked it, took it as saline soil and added extra treatment
But at the…

what we also found out :
Geotech report said the soil is not saline soil, but the engineer overlooked it, took it as saline soil and added extra treatment
But at…

Thanks for your contributions.
we asked the builder, builder said they would not have a second test after demolition. they classified it as P, the architecture plan for CDC classified as…

Thank you Stewie,
The architecture plan from CDC classified M.
we are having waffle pod.
the geotech report also said weathered shale underneath, around 1.5 meter.
Can I ask you another question: …

we are doing a KDR in the hills area of NSW with Alkira Homes.
CDC plan classified the site is M, but the structure engineering report classified P.
and the geotech…

We found something interesting.
our site was classified as M, according to the CDC plan,but in the structure plan, it is P.
In the geotch report, there are also such paragraphs:
"Because there…

I just tried applying a demolition DA from council myself,surprisingly find it's easier and faster and cheaper!
I just supplied the paper documents that demolition company gave to me, paid the…

We booked for the first internal selection next week - how exciting!
just a concern about the electrical section, what if I missed something in…

Congrats, Forg! Looks luxury.
Ask a silly question,I can not see the wall tiles in the shower screen, how are they going to do when the shower screen already on ?