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4 years4 yearsdgadga posted:
Demolition prior to construction approval

We recently knocked down our house, so I can give you a timeline as it applied to us. We scheduled the demo before we got the letter to commence construction,…

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4 years4 yearsbrokenstickbrokenstick posted:
Demolition prior to construction approval

Most if the demolishers I spoke to required me to provide fencing. The fence hire company charged me the same whether I kept it for a week or 6 months…

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4 years4 yearsir0nbark1ir0nbark1 posted:
Demolition prior to construction approval

Hello,
I have no experience in this so just say what I have seen around the area I am currently in.
The demolition normally takes 1 to 2 days from what I…

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4 years4 yearsTDRTDR posted:
Rawson homes or Mcdonald Jones

Also when you are doing fridge spaces, niches etc, remember that the measurements are from the frame, not from the plasterboard, so you lose around 10mm for the board and…

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4 years4 yearsTDRTDR posted:
Rawson homes or Mcdonald Jones

And to wrap it off, my advice is to get quotes for everything you want. Start with your Gucci house and work backwards. Don't build a house and wish you…

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5 years5 yearsDR-JEKLDR-JEKL posted:
Rawson Windermere

From my experience get rawsons to add EVERYTHING to the tender. This will most likely take a few revisions of the tender but so be it!
All those verbal variations &…

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5 years5 yearsluxbuildluxbuild posted:
Rawson Windermere

Yep, agree with everything you said..
Dont worry about having a few revisions to the tender, get everything in there you've asked for, although it can be confusing as they'll often…

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5 years5 yearsTrimegaTrimega posted:
Selecting a Builder - Rawson high upfront site costs

Did they even come out and take a look at your block? Would be good to know how they come up with that figure. They may have done some ground…

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5 years5 yearsNorfolkNorfolk posted:
Demolition Tips

Be wary of the ‘hidden asbestos’ and similar scams in Sydney if you a doing a knock down rebuild (KDR).
Its a confidence trick. Some demolition companies may win your…

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5 years5 yearsHuhnessHuhness posted:
Selecting a Builder - Rawson high upfront site costs

Thanks jokster ! We actually went 6 months into the building process with Mojo Homes, we were going to build the Soul 40.…

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5 years5 yearsTysonandkaylieTysonandkaylie posted:
Increased site costs

We had the same issue but was a $17000 increase (after a fixed price on initial sign up after we had paid for a engineer to give us our initial…

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5 years5 yearsStructuralBIMGuyStructuralBIMGuy posted:
Increased site costs

Increased site costs is a major concern and here's why
1. Some builders go in cheap on the initial price only to gouge back increased pricing on variations
2.Site works & Engineering…

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