I wouldn't bother with noname. She obviously is ignoring vulnerable people's plights for reducing unnecessary wood smoke in urban areas. Asthma attacks are just a small inconvenience for others apparently.…

Don't bother replying to those that don't see the privilege in being able to breathe in woodsmoke without it acutely affecting them. If you smell wood smoke your smoking. Minimising…

Exactly. Woodsmoke is incredibly harmful for many peoples health. Asthma Australia are currently trying to influence laws to change for wood burning fireplaces and firepits etc to be banned…

Planting trees is good. Polluting the air is not. The evidence is very clear on that.

Wood burning is not renewable. That's a myth. Its not carbon neutral as the time and energy to grow the trees takes much longer to offset the carbon wood burning…

Definitely go an electric or gas. Wood burning produces 6000 packets of cigarettes worth of toxic smoke per 1 kg wood burnt. They are awful for environment too and contribute…

Wood burning is a huge indoor and out door pollutant. If you want aesthetics go a gas or better an electric. And go clean energy like ducted heating or a…

Thank you. We will hire a private inspector and I won't give up trying to get a price break down of the site costs. They said they "don't give a…

Can I ask what things make it a better slab? All I can see is the screw piers and mesh perhaps? They are concreting only 85mm and we've asked for…

I know they didn't allow for screw piles which we need 28. The contract has allowed for a "base" being $39,343.50. The 15k extra was to cover us if we…

Thanks. I know many people must got through this. But its very unfair builders don't give a cost break down of a variable invoice price. Its little other things that…

I'm so frustrated I wish I could prove their ripping us off. I guess I was hoping to see if anyone had something similar…

Our fall is only 200 mm. So that doesn't make sense. and the fill is apparently quite deep some areas i think from memory 700mm.…

I'm not to sure how to explain it differently 🤷‍♀️ we didn't expect site costs so high and wondering if anyone can extrapolate the info I attached.

Builder: simonds
Slope Across Land: appears flat
Slope Across Build: appears flat
Slope Direction: Running up from road
Slab Type: m waffle pod needing 28 piers
Region: pelican waters
220 m2 single house, 565m2 land
Total…

Ie they want an additional 2 k but as the standard contract already allowed for a m waffle slab we are just confused to why its 17k additional if we…

We allowed an additional 15k in their words (its likely to cover a h1 slab which is what is needed in that area (development). But seeing as its a m…

Yes. Weve done a gallery variation and we are content with that price for what we get. I dont know anything about slabs etc but thought 17k for site costs…

We signed prior to fixing price. Many reasons such as needing finance with build and land contract and living situation so we are stuck with builder. I was hoping someone…

Yes. Due to fill and I think trees. Nobody is explaining the cost to me. And I was told to allow 15k for H1 class which they said should be…

Our contract allowed for a waffle pod M class with up to 300 mm fall. Our soil test came back at an M but they are charging us $17000 above…