Posts Tagged ‘Consumer building guide’
Quote a Custom Build House
Yesterday a gentleman mobile voice called yours truly asking for a quote to build a custom house in Luddenham NSW. Luddenham is a suburb in the greater west of our great city Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia 42 kilometres west of the Sydney central business district [ pretty much the same distance…
Read MoreHeritage Style Restoration 15
Heritage Style Restoration in Strathfield 2 At the house in Strathfield, previous owners installed expensive wallpaper in what is essentially the ballroom. Some years back, ( not sure when circa 2000) the owner ( my client) stripped off the wallpaper and found evidence of previously removed timber decoration above a picture rail. The ballroom still…
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Heritage Style Restoration in Strathfield 1 In 1998, I started working in/on a house in STRATHFIELD NSW 2135 AUSTRALIA and as of July 2017 still there. According to my calculations, that’s nearly 20 years. Why has it taken that long? The house was on an estate reportedly built by a grandson of the founder of…
Read MoreNoise Attenuation of dwellings 2
When noise attenuating doors in dwellings and similar buildings you might encounter gorgeous leadlight panels in the door and adjacent side lights. As well as installing aluminium beads that have inbuilt seals and door bottom seals shown in Noise Attenuation of dwellings 1, a certain degree of noise attenuation can be achieved by installing additional…
Read MoreConsumer Building Guide NSW – Statutory Warranties
The following warranties set out what you are entitled to under the contract between you and your builder and tradesperson. Even if these warranties (promises) are not written into the contract you sign, the law says that they still apply to the work you are having done on your home. Statutory warranties are in effect…
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