Greetings All,
Does anyone know which SE Melbourne suburbs is dual occupancy/duplex friendly? I have had bad experience in Blackburn, we couldn't get dual occupancy approved - whitehorse council do not…

Make sure you spell out Enviroseal ProctorWrap for your building wrap. Otherwise, cheap and nasty building wrap will be installed. Also, don't forget about the roof sarking - specify AIR-CELL…

We had many issues with James Hardie - hardiewrap - so I'd recommend that people stay away from hardiewrap for the following reasons::
James Hardie does not specify which tapes to…

Hi Guys,
I am appalled on how our building warp is installed:
1. Multiple rips, tears and openings
2. Wrong seam taps
3. several unnecessary joins
4. Poor installation and amateur workmanship
5. building wrap…

I have uploaded the photos
Thanks Chris

Greetings,
According to AS 4773.2 - Masonry in small buildings
10.2 CAVITY
The cavity shall be free of obstructions that would allow the transfer of moisture across cavity, clean and continuous, and not…

Hi Guys,
I recall there was a couple of good site supervisors at SJD
The ones I read about were Andrew/Andy, Aaron, Paul and Shane - does anyone here have them as…

why would you not want inspections done to ensure quality workmanship? it is a significant investment - certain correction cannot be rectified when construction has passed certain point of no…

Greetings,
What should be the right window sill height?
My builder says 905 for stone countertop and 950 for laminate? I don't quite understand the reasoning behind this
Also, does the window sill…

Hi Chris,
The appointed engineering consultancy is structerre - the slabs specifications and engineering are supplied to us. I reviewed the slab specification and I find that the slab is 85mm..…

Hey Guys,
We are about to sign contract and Darbecca did a contract review for us,
There are 2 main issues
1. Appointment of independent building surveyor
2. Use of Method 2 for progress…

we want to use an independent surveyor in addition to a building inspector that we are also planning to engage to vet quality of workmanship
my builder isn't happy that we…

Greetings,
We are building in south-east Melbourne and I am going down the route of appointing an independent building surveyor rather than going with my builder's "preferred" building surveyor.
There are a…

Where are you guys at and whom are you building with?
I'm building with SJD homes southeast Melbourne. We are finalising contract...

Greetings,
I'm getting a really hard time to get my builder to include floor waste in bathrooms and laundry.
1. I'm advised it's uncommon to have floor wastes in bathrooms and…

Hey Bank,
It's early days - the new legislation began 1st September - it is not clear if builders indeed have a say in rejecting your appointed building surveyor.
Anyways, we…

Hey thech_nerd,
The main issue with this contract is about our surveyor having to rubber stamp and approve all alternative solutions - we discussed this with the sales rep but there…

Greetings,
Has anyone appointed their own building surveyor
It appears that Carlisle put in place several provisions to discourage you from appointing your own independent building surveyor and the sales consultant tried…