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14 years14 yearsslegger10slegger10 posted:
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…

14 years14 yearsslegger10slegger10 posted:
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…

15 years15 yearsslegger10slegger10 posted:
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…

15 years15 yearsslegger10slegger10 posted:
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.…

15 years15 yearsslegger10slegger10 posted:
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…

15 years15 yearsslegger10slegger10 posted:
Soil Test

be careful if they drag out you footing costings too long who dont have the option to go somewhere else. check your block and see if there a 3 bore…

15 years15 yearsslegger10slegger10 posted:
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,…

15 years15 yearsslegger10slegger10 posted:
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…

15 years15 yearsslegger10slegger10 posted:
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…

15 years15 yearsslegger10slegger10 posted:
Inspecting Building Construction Myself - Help?

What stage are you up too?
I'm currently studing Residential Design and Draft.

15 years15 yearsslegger10slegger10 posted:
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…

15 years15 yearsslegger10slegger10 posted:
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…

15 years15 yearsslegger10slegger10 posted:
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…

15 years15 yearsslegger10slegger10 posted:
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…

15 years15 yearsslegger10slegger10 posted:
Total NEWBIE Guide to Building your First Home available ??

The Timber Framing Code is very handy as well, think its about $76 from memory.

15 years15 yearsslegger10slegger10 posted:
Best Builder in SA?

Well thats an easy one Chris its Ford the best car to buy. :wink:
I agree with you about the same pool of contractors but i…

15 years15 yearsslegger10slegger10 posted:
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…

15 years15 yearsslegger10slegger10 posted:
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…

15 years15 yearsslegger10slegger10 posted:
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…

15 years15 yearsslegger10slegger10 posted:
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.

15 years15 yearsslegger10slegger10 posted:
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?

15 years15 yearsslegger10slegger10 posted:
Any good/bad experiences with Henley?

have you read Product Review under home builders (website) for Henley.?????...

15 years15 yearsslegger10slegger10 posted:
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…

15 years15 yearsslegger10slegger10 posted:
Frustrated with H3nley

Good one Lam. Get stuck into them but you know they will just screw you out of your money somewhere else.

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