Tiling standards.
Can some advise me on a tiling job by my builder? First of all the tiles started to fall away from the wall after 3 months of moving in. I…
Building in SA!
Can some advise me on a tiling job by my builder? First of all the tiles started to fall away from the wall after 3 months of moving in. I…
will you hand over your last cheque?
nh could you take a few picture of the problem and post them up. Also what state are you in, as housing code change from state to state. private message…
Hickinbotham Homes in SA
we are in the final stages of building with Hickinbotham. In my opinion i would stay well clear from them, every thing was a right stuff up at every stage.…
Building in SA!
Hi All,
We are up to the stage of selecting our tiles, we see so many tiles now and blew the budget on them, we had a budget of $35-$45 per…
Steps before signing contract with the builder
No wonderland not paying $30k of penalties. My original contract was $210k but i took off $30k at colour selection for the P.C. items so my final costings were $180k,…
Steps before signing contract with the builder
Me too. It might be different in your state, I'm in SA.
check out this forum it happen to a few of us.
viewtopic.php?f=31&t=13728&hilit=georgia
P.S it might be 6…
Steps before signing contract with the builder
No it wasn't the bank that charged us it was the builder. After we got the quote and was happy with it we payed a deposit and signed the HIA…
Inspecting Building Construction Myself - Help?
What stage are you up too?
I'm currently studing Residential Design and Draft.
Steps before signing contract with the builder
our steps
quote - payed deposit
recieved drawing
recieved soil report and footing costing
colour selections
final costing
Got the ok to start date - this was are last stage we could pull…
Steps before signing contract with the builder
I didn't think you could get your deposit back after the 3 days cooling of period. A quick tip i got caught on is i added A/C, flooring and…
Another which ducted air con to use thread
quote from whirlpool below
"The TCO is cheaper to have a reverse-cycle than adding a gas heater extra. I got a quote to install a gas heating and it required extra…
Another which ducted air con to use thread
We are looking at ducted air con. our house is 30sqm. and looking at 6 - 7 zones. We have 3 phase connected Anyone with similar and whats your thought…
Total NEWBIE Guide to Building your First Home available ??
The Timber Framing Code is very handy as well, think its about $76 from memory.
Best Builder in SA?
Well thats an easy one Chris its Ford the best car to buy.
I agree with you about the same pool of contractors but i…
Any good/bad experiences with Henley?
not sure if its that necessary. they can charge about $500 per inspection. I would like to know what they inspect after the footings are poured anyway the only thing…
Best Builder in SA?
Hi guys we built with Hickinbotham Homes. I'll try to be diplomatic as we are still building.
Build Quality.
Just started bricking. Footings were terrible 60mm under size in areas, pipes had…
Your thoughts on ducted gas heating....
I stayed at a friends apartment in Scotland for a few month over xmas, they had hydronic heating which was also their domestic hot water. It warmed the house…
Your thoughts on ducted gas heating....
We live in Adelaide. While it doesnt rain much it still gets bloody cold we are fairly close to the sea.
Your thoughts on ducted gas heating....
I'm looking get ducted gas heating, just wondering if anyone has had it installed and what they thought of it?
is it more cost effective than using reverse cycle?
Any good/bad experiences with Henley?
have you read Product Review under home builders (website) for Henley.?????...
Frustrated with H3nley
Hey Lam, just a thought have u looked at Format Homes, i haven't built with them myself but i have seen some that has been built in my area and…
Frustrated with H3nley
Good one Lam. Get stuck into them but you know they will just screw you out of your money somewhere else.