If you have got a standard HIA contract the days are the total days for the contract.
The builder doesn't get additional days for anything that he could reasonably expect such…

Basically you have got it correct in that you dig a slot across the service trench line and then fill it with concrete. the slot only needs to be a…

Another check is assuming you have a smart meter you should be able to log on to your suppliers website and check on your use over 24 hours. High usage…

Read the contract you have signed carefully.
It depends on how far along you have got.
You are probably going to lose the deposit.

Wide doors can look good (and IMHO look better than double doors as a front door). . . . . but wide doors are very difficult to hang as a…

Serve a fencing notice

You can try, however from the builders point of view increasing the amount increases the risk so they might want to increase the overall price, or extend the contract period.

I think it does answer your question as what I am suggesting is 3 strips of concrete about 2.5m long and about 600mm wide for a 40foot container. For…

Some of the containers I have seen have a couple of longitudinal beams under the floor.
That makes me think that a strip foundation at each end, and the middle, might…

The contract is their offer to build your house.
If you are not happy you have every right to ask for changes.
Your offer is to pay them to build the house…

Can't really answer without understanding your contract and what the builder signed up to do.
My experience relates to a house I had built in 2005.
In that case the potential for…

You, via your builder, has a responsibility to ensure that the natural surface of the land above you is retained.
Putting 200mm bacfill doesn't seem enough to achieve that.
It won't affect…

Sounds like a blockage to me.

Batten Fittings (not bayonet) works well as lights for most rooms. I used oyster fittings afterwards which are fairly cheap.
Most builders standard power outlets are fairly basic so not much…

It would have to be a lot of water to be a foundation problem.

Unplug the fridge a few hours before you move.
Hire a large appliance moving trolley.(In my opinion well worth the money)

After the 1st year most warranties only cover:
Foundation Failure. (Although recent history has shown many builders will try and blame the house owner for the problems)
Structural Frame. (But you may…

A drop edge beam is a retaining wall built into a house foundation.
This post explains a bit more:

The following link gives a typical list of requirements for an occupancy certificate;

If the builder is still coming into the house it might be that he is using the which could mean every tradie that works for that contractor has keys…

That is not an unusual way of doing a boundary like that.
Saves a bit of money on fencing costs.
The builders/landscapers do however seem to have used a different boundary line…

Can't remember the name but it was the most reflective film that TintACar sold.

The large round cover is definitely a manhole owned by the sewerage authority.

Don't know where you are........but in Melbourne you would need to get permission and used an approved contractor.

That is a sewer manhole cover and cannot be removed.
It will be on an easement which means there is a limit on what you do in the area, it also…

Massive difference to the heat coming in our West facing windows.
It was fitted on a sunny summer afternoon and the temperature dropped in the room by several degrees within minutes.
Not…

I had a film that reflected 80% of UV and made little difference to how light the room felt.

I have never managed to avoid damage to the plasterboard.
It's been a case of at best doing a plaster skim of the plasterboard and at worst replacing an area.

Looks like some sort of grout, or floor screed.

That is getting close to the steepest practical driveway (25%)
There is also a risk of grounding the underside of the vehicle at the top of the slope. . . .…