Update. Been in for a year last week! Still chasing Montgomery Homes to close out some plumbing Quality Assurance issues raised by Fair Trading during the build.
I have had big…

I sent you a pm with further details of my experience with Montgomery Homes.

I sympathise with you. We have been in nearly 8 months now and Montgomery homes are yet to fix the majority of our defects. We still have orange defect stickers…

My experience was not as pleasant. Pm me if you want details.

Thanks for the advice.
The DA just said that retaining walls were as required. There was no design or detail provided.
I have spoken to my private certifier and he says…

Hi all,
Looking for some retaining wall advice and also some business names to get some quotes (Sydney Northern suburbs - Hornsby).
The wall is approx 7m long and tapers from 1.2m…

Hi all,
Looking for a concreter to do a driveway in Sydneys Northern Suburbs (Hornsby). If you have used anyone or can recommend anyone is this area please let me know.
Thanks
trm

Hi,
I have just received my first progress payment invoice after slab completion. For me, the excavation was a provisional sum item. My question is when does the builder need to…

Hi all,
We have recently submitted to council. The cost associated with all of the drawings and documents submitted to council were included in our tender price.
For the council fee…

Thanks to everyone for your comments.
Karry, Kyton and Sharee, I have changed the plan around based on the suggestions.
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I guess this will give the builders…

Hi all,
We have drawn up some rough plans to give builders an idea of what we want.
Let me know what you think of the plans and what we should change…

I have sketched up the kit home in google sketch up. There will be windows on the side but I just didn't get around to drawing them.

Hi Jas,
Thanks for the PM. I have contacted them and the looking at my contours which is good.

Thanks danniellec,
Hopefully some others will also chime in with some advice and some builders.
Does anyone have any plans to suit a 16m to 17m wide x 10m deep foot print…

Hi all,
I have been reading this site for a while and thought I would post to ask for some advice on my current situation.
We have just purchased a block of…