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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 owner builder, then your spouse does.. not sure about those insurances. maybe they apply if u have to make the house a building site? pretty sure for any domestic ( non construction) work most tradey's dont apply for insurance. most work under the builders unless they are a company, then they have to legally get insurances. most abn holders dont ever bother, just acn holders..
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 council rip off gyprock to proove it wasnt existing 25 years ago..
if u want peace of mind, get it drawn up and submit plans to council..
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". others will say " nah but u can have first dibs on which unit u want".
i can see where your coming from, but in the end.. look at the developers side too. if they are struggling and u can see it, offer sumthing low and in bulk and reap the rewards..
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 tradesmen..now rock up and change sum1's toilet for that crap wage.. expect to pay $50 an hour for either on the books if u can find one… then provide the work car, all the tools and a license to back it all up.. most plumbers are lucky to clear $25 an hour after tax.. and thats pushing it in the early years..
the problem i see it is supply and demand, its not hard to do a plumbing apprenticeship, yet its still in demand, specially for emergency once off stuff… wait for the invasion of foreign tradesmen IMO… that will shake the industry up even more than it is now..
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 $30 an hour cash..
just remember if its hardwood.. good luck nailing new sheets on, you will bend so many nails.
i recomend screwing the sheets on, but pre-drilling the holes b4 so u dont twist the heads off…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..
