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Building with Principals of Energy Efficient Design 5
Introduced by the NSW Government, BASIX ensures homes are built to be more energy and water-efficient.BASIX is an online program that assesses a house or unit design and compares it against energy and water reduction targets. The design must meet these targets before a BASIX Certificate can be printed. Every development application for a single-unit…
Read MoreConsumer Building Guide NSW – Progress Inspections
For large projects such as building a new home, you may consider getting a progress inspection carried out by an independent building consultant, building inspector or architect * before each payment is made. If you do, it will be the consultant’s job to make sure all the work set out in the contract has been…
Read MoreConsumer Building Guide NSW – Disputes over progress payments
On occasions, a homeowner may dispute the amount requested by a builder as a progress payment. If you are having building work done on a property you currently live in or propose to live in, you have two avenues open to you for dispute resolution: 1. If the dispute is about incomplete or defective building…
Read MoreBuilding with Principals of Energy Efficient Design 3
NSW Government Initiatives For many years, the State Government has increasingly framed legislation on environmental matters, from requiring greater energy efficiency for buildings, ‘environmental flows’ for rivers, erosion and sedimentation control plans, through to new legislation to avoid and minimise waste. Consequently, some of these issues are required by a specific law (eg. waste management,…
Read MoreConsumer Building Guide NSW – Progress Payments
Your builder or tradesperson may ask you to make payments so that they can pay for materials and labour as they go. Progress payments are usually made at specific stages of a project (eg. when the slab is laid or the frame goes up or at lock-up). These payments should equate to the value of…
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