depends on who you know etc.. id put it through a builder and organise everything myself. as a rough guide any builder will hit u for 15% on EVERYTHING as their wage. if u can just use their license and organise everything possibly pay cash u can save alot more than 15% making it actually worth your while. alternatively take it in turns, you go…[Read more]

i renovate houses for a living. 4 weeks ago i took out 3 load bearing walls ( to make it more open plan) and when going to council we found out there was no actual plans for the house at the council, so we didnt bother going through council. just used the BCA and got adequate beams and renovated the house.might not be legal. but id like to see the…[Read more]

depends on the developer. they have targets they set and will most the time meet them.. for instance..they figure out that the unit will cost them 80k each, and can sell for 220k each..if u rock up and offer 120k each and buy 75% of them.. then look at all the profit the developr just lost..some will say " yeah no worries ill give u 15% off".…[Read more]

you have no idea on what your talking about if u think theres not much to learn in plumbing and electrical.. ive worked on site for 4 years now with all trades, and theres heaps that you dont know about.first up minus 30% of the bill, because its 10% super 10% workcover 10% gst..so that $250 bill just turned into $175 that actually goes to the…[Read more]

just dont mess with the stringer and i wouldnt fix anything to it either.. and dont go knocking out any supports for the stringer too.. if its a timber wall just make up a small door and use it as storage, thats what 9/10 times i do at work..

at our work, everyones subby's ( company with own insurances and super etc..) and my foreman is on $55 an hour and boss charges him out at $65 an hour.. so do the maths and you got your price…and if those % ppl are quoting are referring to running the entire site, its more like minimum 15% walk in.. that and bigger hourly rates..

sounds like a picture rail.. about 2100mm off the floor level??if it is, it seperates the 2 sheets on the wall..its how they used to cover the joins back in the day. ive never seen a picture rail removed and sum1 setting it and its never cracked.. never.. strip the wall and start fresh, gyprock sheets are cheap as chips anyway and a plasterer is…[Read more]

not your problem. the tiler should of screeded the bed to fall to the waste in the floor ( or grate). its the tilers problem, but he worked under the builders license yeah?? so the builder problem to fix it.. ring em up and pester them…

sounds like u just cant hack the tradesman life( not paying you out just stating the obvious).. well now you know it anyway. so this strategy isnt for you..you gotta put in effort to get rewards.. if u cant be bothered to do the hours on a house, do the hours doin sumthing else? stock market? real estate purchasing? etc..

im a 3rd year chippy, rule of thumb.. if it aint structural and no1 can see it from outside and it doesnt effect the neighbours.. go ahead.. dont quote me, this question can be answered legally by just ringing up the council and asking them directly..