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6 years6 yearsSalfieldSalfield posted:
Tender appointments

I found this it’s a basic idea of what we are going through.
http://www.knockdownrebuild.com.au/knoc ... d-process/
Thanks for the link Simon.
Also I remember when we had…

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6 years6 yearsbrokenstickbrokenstick posted:
Tender appointments

For our KDR we signed the contract before we demolished, however the\y wouldn't fix the site costs until the house was demolished (there was a provisional amount in the contract)…

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6 years6 yearsSalfieldSalfield posted:
Tender appointments

G’day mate. It will depend on who your builder is. Some may try and pressure you, some won’t. I know with us and Rawson there was no pressure, even…

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6 years6 yearsymiao4398ymiao4398 posted:
Floor tiling

yep, thats exactly what we did.

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6 years6 yearsWaldorf_Grange_BuildWaldorf_Grange_Build posted:
Thickness of the benchtops - 20mm or 40mm?

We went 40mm for the island and 20mm everywhere else.

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6 years6 yearsOneOne posted:
Thickness of the benchtops - 20mm or 40mm?

Yeah, thinner stones are on the trend. You can get 13mm. I prefer the thicker look for the kitchen and bathrooms so will be leaving it as 40mm. It’s what…

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6 years6 yearsymiao4398ymiao4398 posted:
Floor tiling

we had the same with our tiler, the only difference they were also the contractors to do the actual tiling so we just paid the extra all once. it was…

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6 years6 yearsarcadeltarcadelt posted:
Thickness of the benchtops - 20mm or 40mm?

There is no such thing as a 40mm benchtop, they just double up the edges to make it look like 40mm. Anyway, we went with 40mm in a previous house…

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6 years6 yearsarcadeltarcadelt posted:
Floor tiling

I've never built a project home, only done renovations of existing and a custom build, but can’t you negotiate to buy all the tiles and have the builder’s tiler lay…

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6 years6 yearsOurLindrum52OurLindrum52 posted:
Floor tiling

You are correct as wet areas must be tiled to get your Cert of Occupancy so the builder can hand the house over to you.
We had the same issue; and…

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