I'd be a bit worried about standard issue contract, generally heavily in favour of builders,are you sure family legal guy familiar with building contracts,has for if telling me,using my own…

Amazing warp

Disgraceful situation in our building industry all over Australia and too many of our new home owners are falling into building traps making volume builders ok to dish out…

This forums building expert ,very qualified and has balls,knows building standards inside out.

Got to say from pictures which can be very deceiving, bathroom quality looks really good, was a very basic mistake as they would of known shower size and didn't fix…

Look up what you can get away with,can u put up something real cheap.

Don't do fence,leave temp fence ,do when their is a owner.

You better not have a right arm when sitting on that throne,and be prepared for a eventual rustic earthy toning to your right tiles.

Also try Australian property , building inspections, ask same questions.

Your going to have to ask about their qualifications and equipment used, experiences and how they handle dispute resolutions, try dabecca also.

But even metricon are not above the law and knowledge with balls gets a better result,who do I think will get the better trades,home A. With Mr Mrs green all…

Lisa06,your doing great,when trades know that you know what best practices are,you tend to get a better job, and if a particular trade doesn't know best practices ,my rule is…

Yes foam expansion tape .

It's basically what I have in place,it shouldn't.be lots more, if the water continually sits at the edge of the concrete it can and does lift the concrete so it's…

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Getting the right qualified building inspector who knows your rights and knows how to go about resolution as he deals with it regularly is key,look at this forums building expert…

Lisa06,I would drive around your area and look for concrete jobs that look good quality to you,no cracking,then when you get three names from these house holds make sure when…

From my experiences with slab heave , Carpet for obvious reasons is best,with tiles having grout, adhesive under each tile , they all could crack,if you absolutely can't wait,then research…

Good path, just hold off on tiles,as they will crack randomly ,if you keep measuring yourself you will.know when house has settled down, painting ok,fixing walls ok,carpet ok, tiles not…

You obviously do a very good
Job and use everything you are supposed to and do the right thing,what insider and Cornell say is that unless basically everything is…

Fully agree,the vast majority of custom builders prefer to stay away from waffle slabs in my experiences.

Get as much good advice as you can,learn heaps,then answers will be more comfortable for you,it's unfortunate your paying the original owners price,your slab will eventually settle down, try to…

Protecting slab exterior is like putting a lid on a jar,it needs doing soon as yesterday as once water does its magic ,it takes a long time to stop slab…

Feel.very sorry for you lisa06, previous owners would of sold due to slab heave, can't understand how anyone anywhere who has a waffle slab doesn't get there concrete right around…

Feel.very sorry for you lisa06, previous owners would of sold due to slab heave, can't understand how anyone anywhere who has a waffle slab doesn't get there concrete right around…

Then why have slabs last twenty years given so much more trouble than previous ,room for error for waffle slabs so wafer thin.

Simple answer,p--- off ,I couldn't say it quick enough.

Brilliant advice,take note.