Did you ask Boutique what their upgrades costs are for these items? I'd be interested to know how transparent they are about these things. Carlisle for example have an itemised…

That's nasty. Last time I built I had 700 bucks a week liquidated damages. That was a custom builder though and he went to many lengths to issue "Extensions Of…

Did they pay any liquidated damages?

This is reassuring. Not the fact that Metricon's default approach to rectification is a hack, but more the fact that once you've noticed the hack they will re-fix it. They…

Interesting, market research analysts are not in the list at all

BTW chaz, have you asked Darbecca which volume builders should be avoided? I'd imagine they're in the most informed position to answer this question. I will ask them when I…

Mate - I'd be happy to pay double that price for a decent inspection. It's what, 1% of your build cost? Don't scrimp on the important stuff. Those wall to…

Well exactly, which is why non-compliant plumbing should be able to hold up stage payments. But in the current setup with DFH for example, this won't necessarily happen. They do…

Yes I have signed one of the petitions and donated some money.
I am honestly happy to pay more money to a volume builder to make sure they do the job…

Visited a DFH display home in Victoria yesterday. Asked sales guy if we could appoint our own Building Surveyor. He said no. I said that was illegal, and he said…

great pictures of the framing. find it very useful (think i mentioned i'm OBing a weatherboard in a year or so). two questions:
1. what sort of span do you have…

Not done either course but planning to do the course in Brunswick (June ??). The ABE course is just an online thing so there'll be no-one to answer all those…

Great view. So jealous! Thanks for the info

Ah, Highview are building near me at the moment - a brick veneer single storey federation type place. Looks pretty good. I looked on their website a while back but…

Love this thread cinder. I too am planning to build a double storey weatherboard house in the Melbourne area. It makes me a bit nervous as none of the builders…

Hi greenify. Photos would be great! PM them to me if you can. Thanks!

Hi. Thanks for your responses.
I'm curious about the precast prestressed concrete beams. Why do you think that this structure lends itself to OB? I would have thought that you still…

Hi. I'm just beginning my first (and hopefully last!) OB venture. Bought the land yesterday (Melbourne inner-ish city suburb) with an old house on it that will be demolished. Great…