Dan's Rammed Earth Home in the Bedfordale Hills, Perth WA
I was literally told 25% mark up on site works by an RBC representative yesterday? Sorry but I am a bit confused — are you from RBC and saying that…
Dan's Rammed Earth Home in the Bedfordale Hills, Perth WA
I'm not sure if it's a matter of 'ripping people off', builders are running a business designed to make money. But saying that, I personally find a 25% mark up…
Dan's Rammed Earth Home in the Bedfordale Hills, Perth WA
Hi Jenx, thanks for the useful info ... if you get a sec could you PM me the name of the business you are using for your siteworks ... cheers!
Dan's Rammed Earth Home in the Bedfordale Hills, Perth WA
Hi Kerry-Ann! I've been flat out lately with work so have not been able to post an update for a while. I think the Christmas period has slowed us down…
Dan's Rammed Earth Home in the Bedfordale Hills, Perth WA
We received our first building design proposal last Wednesday and I have been working through it with the designer for the last week or so. The initial concept would not…
Dan's Rammed Earth Home in the Bedfordale Hills, Perth WA
Hi Waterwheel, feel free to pick my brain as much as you like. I don't know much at the moment but I am sure I will gather a fair bit…
Dan's Rammed Earth Home in the Bedfordale Hills, Perth WA
Funnily enough my wife has mentioned wanting some type of timber bench top in the kitchen. We will be sure to take a look in the pine direction
Dan's Rammed Earth Home in the Bedfordale Hills, Perth WA
Hi buildme. I do not know exactly the cost per square metre at this stage, but will be sure to post any costs as we go. The one thing I…
Dan's Rammed Earth Home in the Bedfordale Hills, Perth WA
Got the final invoice for the contour and feature survey: $500 inc. GST.
We we're quoted $700-$800. Good to see there are some honest operators out there. PM me if you…
Dan's Rammed Earth Home in the Bedfordale Hills, Perth WA
Sounds exciting Redd. I'll be sure to follow your progress!
Dan's Rammed Earth Home in the Bedfordale Hills, Perth WA
Absolutely Kerry-Ann, we could use all the help and advice we can get ... Much appreciated!
Dan's Rammed Earth Home in the Bedfordale Hills, Perth WA
Luckily our builder is very flexible and happy for us to do anything we want independently. May I ask who you used for your power run in, ATU and rainwater…
Dan's Rammed Earth Home in the Bedfordale Hills, Perth WA
Not sure at this stage. I managed to sneak a peak at the plan and site-works for the virtually identical block next to us. I had a meeting early on…
Dan's Rammed Earth Home in the Bedfordale Hills, Perth WA
I have received our Bushfire Attack Level Assessment today. I found an interesting paragraph that stated we could achieve a BAL of 12.5 if we build at least 42m from…
Dan's Rammed Earth Home in the Bedfordale Hills, Perth WA
Cheers Thirsty! it's great to hear people are interested in our little project. Nice plans by the way, it's huge!
Dan's Rammed Earth Home in the Bedfordale Hills, Perth WA
Hi Kerry-Ann, thanks for reading. I'll be sure to document everything we do!
No the builder is not based in Roleystone. I would love to name names but I cannot due…
Dan's Rammed Earth Home in the Bedfordale Hills, Perth WA
That's great lonnie! I hope you find it interesting.
Dan's Rammed Earth Home in the Bedfordale Hills, Perth WA
One of the first things I had to do was have the block assessed and given a BAL (Bushfire Attack Level). The land developers had already done this, though unfortunately…
Dan's Rammed Earth Home in the Bedfordale Hills, Perth WA
Our block is north facing and backs onto state forest. North facing was a big must for us as we want the home to be as energy efficient as possible…
Dan's Rammed Earth Home in the Bedfordale Hills, Perth WA
So we have found our block (just over 4000sqm) in the beautiful hills of Bedfordale in the city of Armadale south of Perth. Cost: $309,000. My wife and I are…
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