Vin
Thank you for the awesome summary.
Do you mind if I ask how much a 12x3 pool is costing?
cheers
Simeon

I would love to see the list as maybe some of the items are easily fixable and nothing to stress about
cheers
Simeon

that's an awesome recommendation!

I PM'd you my number, free now if you can talk. I want to see if I can help you out off line and put you in touch with some…

Who did you end up going with and when are you hoping to start?

I just read your blog, pretty cool!
Cant wait to see more progress
Cheers
Simeon

Thanks for the tip
Will give them a try

Quick update
Rain has finally stopped and we started digging the pool today!
Getting out of the ground on all projects has been a nightmare this year.

Most contracts require the variation to be added to the next progress payment

what was happening was they would waterproof and then other trades would come and walk all over it and put ladders etc in there.
That's why you need full time supervision

too funny, that's what my partner keeps telling me

Athenak7
I took your advice and hired Stanley from Creative Genius Excavations, literally one of the worst demolition companies I have ever used!
It started out promising as he made all the…

Samz
I know you posted this a while ago but yes everything DA's & CDC's have slowed down with this portal lodgement system. It's bloody frustrating.
Anyhow, hopefully sometime soon they will…

Phil
The question you need to ask yourself is "what recourse does the builder have against me for entering my own site?"
They aren't going to cancel the contract or sue…

Macx
Think about it like a car, there are cheap ones that use cheap materials and there are expensive ones that use more expensive materials and have better quality assurance processes.
Using…

I think the next 2-3 weeks will be critical for them, things are changing daily so if they are as solvent as they say then things will die down in…

If you are in NSW my theory is that they don't have the insurance capacity to start your build so they need to finish other jobs in 2022 before they…

Depends what state you are in. If you are in NSW and you dont have the financial capacity you cant start and therefore you need to delay your builds.
With the…

water can definitely get in if you dont wrap and seal properly. They have to pay close attention to every join and make sure there are not any careless holes

We do this all the time, you just have to make sure that the house is tightly wrapped & waterproofed.
You can definitely get your rough ins done.
Another option…

Reading between the lines and piecing together information from my sources ( which does change daily) I am 100000000000000% certain there was definitely a crisis and there are things that…

Sounds cool! Clarendon are a good project home company.
We put a lot more money into the structure and thermal insulation and we pay for a foreman to be onsite most…

You are correct. You have to take what you read in the paper with a grain of salt. In the latest ABC article following the meeting with the Victorian government,…

yep foam is a lot cheaper, we pay around $100-110/sqm versus $155-165/sqm for Hebel and $190-$200/sqm for rendered commons

For a single story $2700/sqm same double story around $3000/sqm
Main differences are no scaffolding, no stairs, slightly less wall area, trades charge less for material handling ie taking gyprock upstairs,…

Chris
That was a very good post and good advice!
Cheers
Simeon

Jason,
Provided they use quality trades it will outlive both you and I.
They have been using this method in Europe for a very long time and it is proven. I built…

SaveH20
That is because he ended it after getting some bad financial news last week on top of suffering mental health issues.
Facing the possibility of losing everything must have been too…

Hi Macx,
We just priced up our first ever 2 story, 260sqm came in at $2700/sqm or $700k. Would be happy to share the spreadsheet with you if you email me…

Reading the papers it sounds like your builder wont have the 5% to give back to you Vie