With all due respect, why are you thinking of building with a company that has such bad reviews?
We made the same mistake last year, thinking that we would be the…

it comes down to the pitch of the roof. Over 3 degrees colorbond is fine, under 3 you need Klip Lok. Our original builder got the truss design wrong so…

Unfortunately it is more expensive. Ours was about $2k more than colorbond but it is a much nicer look

Agreed.
I am going 600 x 1200. The larger ones look classier with less mortar

When you say colorbond, are you meaning standard colorbont sheets or klip Lok? cause there is a huge price difference between the two. This is Kilp Lok which is generally…

that sounds like a fair price

Part of the reason that any sheet metal roof is more expensive ( colorbond, trimdeck, klip lok etc) is that you need to put an Anticon blanket underneath it for…

In all honesty the sales people wouldnt probably know, but they can easily phone one of their production estimators or construction manager and he would know

You know what you can do, render the slab edge. Now that I am thinking about it thats what i will do

probably not...its ugly lol its easy to preach isnt it!
I however am using 3 termite treatments as I am in a really bushy area. Granitgard,…

Just to reiterate, the products are great. Just need to be installed correctly.
I am building some luxury apartments on the North Shore and we are using hebel for our party…

Mish
Metal angles are a last resort. I used to run a company building several hundred townhouses and if one of my supervisors allowed this to happen they would get slapped.
Some…

you should definitely keep the slab exposed. termites come out of the ground and build a mud tunnel up the edge of the slab before entering your cavity. You detect…

you are 10000000000000% correct

Alex made some really good points so I will try and make mine different.
With AAC panels, there are two main suppliers, Hebel & one AAC. Hebel is made in Gosford…

I just looked on your blog and I love your new bricks, but couldnt see the original ones either way your house is going to…

Its not mandatory as with the chemical treatments which require new chemicals each year, but it's a good idea to still have flick come out each year and do a…

Its funny how these things work out! Glad you got a better choice.
I am just using commons but its still a slow wait. I just realised that I might be…

Austral are really slow at delivering at the moment. I should be getting mine tomorrow. race you to the finish

I thought this photo of the sunrise was symbolic of a new beginning

What they do is lay the first course of bricks and then Flick will put 75mm of crushed granite in the cavity, The termites cant get through

With due respect, and this is not to have a go at you because I know you are well meaning, but the issue is more nuanced than what you are…

Small Minds
Without giving anything away, if I was you i would accept what Marcs is saying as he knows what he is talking about and has expressed his opinion which…

A private certifier for all intents and purposes is acting as Council. So the recourse would be against the Certifier's PI and also the builder still as you have contracted…

fair points

Standards have significantly dropped in the last 5 years or so. Project homes built before that generally arent too bad.
If you were to compare say a Clarendon home built circa…

I completely agree with the sentiment of your thesis, but i don't believe that your first sentence is correct.
The homeowner is responsible for ensuring that that the house is built…

what do you mean you're builder wouldnt allow you to have a private inspector? how could they possibly stop you?

good question. I will ask some people in Metricon that I still talk to and find out for you

The bullkhead is completely wrong, Is one shown on the plans?