banned on reddit AGAIN for posting building stats. wont go into it. mods over there are allergic to numbers apparentlyanyway anyone looking...
Our Hobart build is going through NatHERS assessment now and the draftsman keeps saying dont stress, 7 stars is mostly design. The builder...
Signed a prelim agreement for a build in Armstrong Creek and the site costs line is a $28,000 provisional sum. Asked how they got there and...
Got the soil report back for our block in Ripley and it has come back H1.I understand the basic idea is reactive clay and more movement...
Looking at land around Clyde North and Officer and im starting to realise the cheap block might not actually be the cheap block.Slope...
Owner-reported bathroom renovation costs in Queensland, with scope and trade breakdown context.
Curious how people feel after actually living in a new estate for a while. We are three years into ours in Marsden Park.On paper they make...
Installed deck cost per m2 in Queensland, with timber vs composite trade-offs from real projects.
When new-build cracking is cosmetic movement versus a defect worth escalating in Queensland.
My husband and I live in Joondalup, Perth, with our two kids. For the last 10 years, we worked, saved, rented, cut back on holidays, and...
Fair bit of cost blowout chat on here lately which I get. Trying to ask the opposite for once.We renovated in Brisbane a couple of years...
Living in the place teaches you stuff the plans never show.We are in outer Melbourne and added a few small things during the build that...
Block in Hobart slopes a bit and the draftsman keeps flipping the living room to catch the water view south. Looks great on the render...
Moved into a place with a double garage near Canberra last year and half of it is still cardboard because I never planned the workshop...
We sold the house in Lambton after fifteen years and I keep thinking about the dumb stuff that actually worked.Pantry was tiny but the...
Real Queensland experiences with defect complaints, inspections and rectification timeframes.
Practical handover checks, missed PCI items and lessons from new-home completion in QLD.
True owner-builder cost comparisons in QLD, including approvals, time overhead and risk.
There has been a lot of talk about Australia’s housing supply problem, construction costs, tax changes, builder pressure, labour shortages...
