Comments for Owner Builder Advice http://ownerbuilderadvice.com Providing Owner Builders with Kit Home Supplies, Systems and Services throughout NSW, QLD and Victoria. Thu, 13 Jan 2011 07:41:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 Comment on Home Warranty Insurance by Carolrn http://ownerbuilderadvice.com/home-warranty-insurance/comment-page-1/#comment-125 Carolrn Thu, 13 Jan 2011 07:41:01 +0000 http://ownerbuilderadvice.com/?p=459#comment-125 Thank you for your advice. I was very confused about whether I needed home warranty insurance or not. You have saved me a lot of money. Thank you for your advice. I was very confused about whether I needed home warranty insurance or not. You have saved me a lot of money.

]]> Comment on The Granny Flat Makes a Come Back by Raz http://ownerbuilderadvice.com/the-granny-flat-makes-a-come-back/comment-page-1/#comment-120 Raz Sat, 30 Oct 2010 03:42:18 +0000 http://ownerbuilderadvice.com/?p=462#comment-120 What if you want to convert an existing garage + workshop into a 1 Bedroom Granny flat, the plumbing is all ready done, as there is a laundry , wet area for kitchen, and ensuite in the the workshop. Would this be easy to get approval for? And how? What if you want to convert an existing garage + workshop into a 1 Bedroom Granny flat, the plumbing is all ready done, as there is a laundry , wet area for kitchen, and ensuite in the the workshop. Would this be easy to get approval for? And how?

]]> Comment on Steel Frame Vs. Timber Frame by ecochartruce http://ownerbuilderadvice.com/steel-frame-vs-timber-frame/comment-page-1/#comment-104 ecochartruce Wed, 01 Sep 2010 23:38:59 +0000 http://ownerbuilderadvice.com/?p=393#comment-104 If your website is supposed to be unbiased why then, do you choose to only show negative sides to steel. After all the timber grown here in this country is not native, not natural forest. Our native countryside would have had to be cleared to grow the pine plantations used in timber construction and yes both timber and steel are then processed. Steel is 100% recyclable, costs less to transport, is fire retardant, is made from 20-30% recycled material and is easier to manage onsite. It costs less time for trades wiring and plumbing and the roof and flooring is 100% guaranteed dead straight due to no warping, splitting or bending as timber can do. If your website is supposed to be unbiased why then, do you choose to only show negative sides to steel.
After all the timber grown here in this country is not native, not natural forest. Our native countryside would have had to be cleared to grow the pine plantations used in timber construction and yes both timber and steel are then processed.
Steel is 100% recyclable, costs less to transport, is fire retardant, is made from 20-30% recycled material and is easier to manage onsite. It costs less time for trades wiring and plumbing and the roof and flooring is 100% guaranteed dead straight due to no warping, splitting or bending as timber can do.

]]> Comment on Home Warranty Insurance by Darrel http://ownerbuilderadvice.com/home-warranty-insurance/comment-page-1/#comment-91 Darrel Mon, 19 Jul 2010 06:42:39 +0000 http://ownerbuilderadvice.com/?p=459#comment-91 Hi Barry, I have read this with interest but I have an issue that has arisen that I am finding hard to clarify. I am about to put my house on the market, I am an Owner Builder and the project received the DA in 1999 with work starting 2000, a number of issues caused the house to be delayed but we finished the majority of the work and moved in in about 2003, without council sign off, no Occupation Cert. We are now wanting to sell the property but the insurance company have said that because the work was completed so long age the are not willing to provide insurance because if we get sign off now then the 7 year cover would start from now (effectively meaning that the building work would be 14 old by the end of this period. Is there any way around this red tape. The council is about to grant our OC. Thanks Darrel Hi Barry, I have read this with interest but I have an issue that has arisen that I am finding hard to clarify.
I am about to put my house on the market, I am an Owner Builder and the project received the DA in 1999 with work starting 2000, a number of issues caused the house to be delayed but we finished the majority of the work and moved in in about 2003, without council sign off, no Occupation Cert. We are now wanting to sell the property but the insurance company have said that because the work was completed so long age the are not willing to provide insurance because if we get sign off now then the 7 year cover would start from now (effectively meaning that the building work would be 14 old by the end of this period. Is there any way around this red tape. The council is about to grant our OC.
Thanks Darrel

]]> Comment on Home Warranty Insurance by Rachael http://ownerbuilderadvice.com/home-warranty-insurance/comment-page-1/#comment-84 Rachael Thu, 27 May 2010 22:13:08 +0000 http://ownerbuilderadvice.com/?p=459#comment-84 I am really confused. We bought a property that was under 7 years old and covered by Home Builders Warrantyt. We are small 4 block of townhouses and had quite a few defects so contracted a professional company to compile a report. This was provided to the builder for the problems to be rectified. This was over a year before the insurance expired. He has now waited till last week and has emailed us saying, I have no oblgiation due to it being expired. ? What can i do? I have kept a paper trail of all correspon dance and cna show that he was given this prior. WHat is my entitlements? I am really confused. We bought a property that was under 7 years old and covered by Home Builders Warrantyt. We are small 4 block of townhouses and had quite a few defects so contracted a professional company to compile a report. This was provided to the builder for the problems to be rectified. This was over a year before the insurance expired. He has now waited till last week and has emailed us saying, I have no oblgiation due to it being expired. ? What can i do? I have kept a paper trail of all correspon dance and cna show that he was given this prior.

WHat is my entitlements?

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