Ashington Homes posted:Water-proofing and liquidated damages
Hi Nelstu
There is a major Australian builder doing two homes in my neighbourhood. I wasn't going to name them but what the heck.
Metricon you need to build faster
The talk of…
Ashington Homes posted:which builder to choose
Anthony
Firstly, wow you have put a lot of work into your list of questions! Great job and they are mostly valid questions that a builder should be able to answer.…
Ashington Homes posted:Building a flame zone house in West Pymble on a steep site
Hi Everyone,
Just a super quick update.
Last week we finished the framing and erected the scaffolding. This was forecast to be completed by the 30th November. So we have picked up…
Ashington Homes posted:Building & Developing A Duplex In North Ryde
Hi Everyone
We settled the 2nd unit today ( the other one settled last week).
So this journey has officially come to an end.
What an experience!
We made so many mistakes, had interest…
Ashington Homes posted:Building a flame zone house in West Pymble on a steep site
Hi Everyone
Not much exciting happening this week, just did the survey set out yesterday, removed 4 trees to comply with the asset protection zone and starting our external stormwater.
Have pool…
Winnieshome posted:Mounting wireless camera under eaves
Update from me! Couldn't find the trimmer - not sure if there isn't one simply because the eave is so narrow. Went ahead with the spring toggles and it all…
Ashington Homes posted:Building & Developing A Duplex In North Ryde
Thanks for you comment & question.
With the tax I won't really know the total until my accountant does a full reconciliation at the end, however here is what I do…
chippy posted:SINK & COOKTOP ON SAME BENCH
Looks good Budapest. I much prefer island benches that don't have anything on them. We find that layout functions well.
Ashington Homes posted:Building & Developing A Duplex In North Ryde
Morning Budapest,
That was a very thought provoking post so thank you!
Your numbers are pretty close. I think the end pretax result will be closer to $400k.
The answer to your question…
ponzutwo posted:Clause 37 - HIA contract - defects and Final Payment
Ive explained this in other threads recently.
The final payment hinges on the contract definition of completion. It wil be words to the effect of “built to plans and specifications”.
…
Ashington Homes posted:Building & Developing A Duplex In North Ryde
Happy New Year Everyone
We are on the final home stretch with scaffolding dropping today. Aiming for another 6-7 weeks to completion. This will make it a 12 month build from…
AFALDT posted:Building with Tru Built - Sunshine Coast
Construction Day 29 & 30 (Week 22) : 11 & 12 January 2023
Happy new year everyone, I hope you had an enjoyable festive season! Work re-commenced on Wednesday this week…
KnockItDown posted:Custom Build, Pool concreting pics 2/4/2024
The Christmas / New Year shutdown period is upon us. Our Site Supervisor (Frank) has advised the drainage system around the slab will be completed around the 14-16 Jan 2023,…
AFALDT posted:Building with Tru Built - Sunshine Coast
Construction Day 24 & 25 (Week 18 ) : 13 & 14 December 2022
Decking for the Ground floor is now complete, and has been stained. The carpenters have outlined where…
H A W U posted:Perth - First Home Build Diary
Bricks have started on site, on schedule, about 10 days after slab. Trades on site have been professional and not taking any shortcuts.
Looking forward to seeing the facade & elevations…
StructuralBIMGuy posted:Unexpected Site Costs
There's a big difference between class A (Sand) and Class M (Clay) foundations as you have pointed out
Generally around <$10k and <$25K respectively+ retaining , no waffles and piling…
sifntdaz posted:Block rocked by home building crisis
did you tell them to:
"Get their own design copyright on the plans and preliminary engineering, data and estimate .
Then provide this information to 3 builders to quote, as soon as…
Michelle posted:I work in flooring - do you have a flooring question?
Hi Michelle
Thanks for the quick reply, your guidance and patience is appreciated.
Looking at Karndean Looselay Longboard, the colour range we are interested in would mostly be warm mid based on…
dmm12 posted:I work in flooring - do you have a flooring question?
Hi
Sorry to be late in on this, we have existing Kardean floorboards and we are about to start some renos and was wondering if anyone knew the best way to…
