Hi,
Before considering a kit home please take not of the information on my page at the following address
http://www.spin.net.au/~trevormh/shamash/index.htm
Good luck

Just finished owner building a steel framed house, partially on concrete slabs, partially on a steel floor, all this over a couple of levels.
It's been very hot lately but not…

I won't expand too much, suffice to say that a lot of tradespeople will try to do the least work in the quickest time for the most money. Some…

Just got my internet connection on after several months.
I was silly to put trust in my supplier and eventually went my own way and completed the project, NOT on time…

limkimkh, better make sure you have a complete inventory of components and have it checked by your eventual builder before you buy otherwise make sure you have a materials supplier…

BASIX seems to have a foundation of logical thought but falls down in the implementation.
For instance, in my part of town every new home or major reno must have a…

Before deciding on a kit home take a look at my page at the following:-
http://www.spin.net.au/~shamash/index.htm
Most of the problems with kit homes lie in not what they…

Lisa M
I would be investigating the possibility that because the house is now (maybe) substantially different to the one that the contract represented perhaps there is a case to back…

Be very careful about buying kit homes. Have a look at the following page before going ahead. http://www.spin.net.au/~shamash/index.htm

Glint,
I hope that the builder is paying for the surveyor as it is quite clear from the Act that a fence IS a dividing fence whether it's on the boundary…

3. We paid extra to get the house made in really nice sand stock bricks, instead of the bottom of the range junk in their plan. .. By the time…

Glint-Bladesong,
The bank will only be concerned if the value of materials and labour equals the progress payment requested. The builder might be bit miffed if you tried to hold…

newhome,
I don't know for other states but in NSW these type of contracts generally have a 5 day cooling off period that MUST be displayed prominently on the contract. …

Did you write into the contract that progress payments will depend on the independant building inspectors report? No need to answer but if not the building reports may not…

Hi,
If anyone is considering a kit home as their first experience of building it might be worth your while to check out my page at http://www.spin.net.au/~shamash

Couldn't help responding to the thread title by offering some advice on a web page at http://www.spin.net.au/~shamsh
Perhaps off-to-fnq is still around to read it.

Hi,
If anybody is thinking of going down the kit home path it might pay to check out my page at http://www.spin.net.au/~shamash
Be very careful and ask lots…

Hi,
Check out my page at http://www.spin.net.au/~shamash before you decide to buy.
Not all KHS are the same and the ones that cannot satisfy the questions you must…

Hi,
Just put up a steel floor from Stramit Industries. This utilises "C" section joist that sits inside a "C" section bearer.
This floor is not that easy to erect for…

Interesting thoughts on project homes. I've had four built over a number of years and I must say I've been generally pleased with them, perhaps I wasn't so discerning…