Hi Jo, so far so good! we have had a few little hiccups along the way but nothing that wasn't fixable, as for budget, we did receive a quote from…

Hey Jo!
Hope all is going well with your build?
Will get some more pics up in the next few days

Hi guys! Been really busy, but i thought i would give ya's an update!!
The roof tiles are actually completed as well with the plumber and electrician almost finished with there…

I live in NSW, I thought it was great! the computer test one today the certificate came a few days later

Did it online and received the certificate 2 days later

This is the detail in the quote i received
colour bond fascia and quad gutters.
colour bond downpipes.
$6,100 (includes GST)
terra cotta roof tiles with battens and reflective sarking.
$25,000 (includes GST)
4. Provide safety…

I am still pricing around (we are looking at the terracotta shingle) and our best quote so far is 33k this includes sarking, valleys, gutters, downpipes etc

I got a quote for my roof but he didn't say how many m2 my roof is, he just gave me a solid quote,
do you know how to work it…

Just an update our wall frames are almost done!!
Brickie started on Monday

4.5 car garage
Cheers

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Hi wake me,
We just prefer the flush look rather then having stepped doors, also having a wider opening was also another preference.
cheers

Hi Jb,
The wife is the designer so she deserves all the credit, although she did get lots of ides of many builders

floor plan

Nice observation wake me! not quite a southerner though, where building in outer west of Sydney, the house we live in at the moment has in slab heating and after…

residential construction specifications, Trueline Spec booklet

Hi all,
WE STARTED!!!! well about a month ago.
Earthworks
Slab setout
slab pour was done 2 days ago

Hi Loretta,
The office of our PCA also said we had to do it but once i spoke with the the actual certifier he said he would sort it out and…

Our build was originally designed with a waffle pod slab but after speaking with a number of people (concretors, engineers etc.) we decided to do a conventional slab, they all…

Thanks Guys for the feedback, I have public liability insurance for my building site and the trades that I wish to start with have their own liability insurance as well,…

Hi all,
We finally have council approval and are about to start, but just wanted to ask.
How many of you are actually using trades that supply home warranty insurance with their…

Yes PGH is just a brand, i guess there would be little difference between all the big brands.

I got quoted the same ($400/1000) for PGH commons, i think that is a pretty good price.
Go for it, i know i will in a few months, hopefully in a…

Hi Katie,
Love the floor heating, we are intending on doing the same with our house, did you guys just zip tyre it to the steel work? was there any problem…

Ok, took the be nice approach at a meeting with the councillor yesterday submitted 2x letters and now we play the waiting game again.

before we made the choice of going owner builder the builder we where thinking of using wanted to charge us $125 per down light.........Thats Nuts!

Not sure what you mean by Designated or Certified?
Our proposal is a single storey dwelling and council wants all fill contained behind a deep edge beam, The fill we pull…

bingoshelley, we have cooled off a little and what you are saying is pretty much the approach we are going to take, we have arranged a meeting with the councillor…

Hi Ed,
Thanks for the reply but I am in NSW not sure if there is a VCAT of some sort here, i will check it out.
Engineering is all done and…

Hi all,
We have have approx 2.4 metre drop over our building site.
Just received a letter from council regarding the cut & fill variation we would like to the D.C.P to…

Well this quote did include all the inspections and with the occupation certificate but nevertheless i will get a few quotes, gettingThere Thanks for the PM.
Thanks guys