What we have learned building and renovating homes across South East Queensland.
Costs and Contracts
How much deposit a Queensland builder can take, when each progress payment can be claimed, how the five business day cooling-off period works, and what to check before you pay a claim on a new home or renovation.
Renovations
Built before 1990? Your home may contain asbestos. Where it is usually found, when it is a health risk, what a homeowner may remove under Queensland law, what a builder must do before work starts, the clearance certificate and disposal.
Planning and Approvals
Most decks, patios, carports and sheds in Brisbane need building approval from a certifier. Here are the exact size tests that make a small structure exempt, where Brisbane's planning overlays come in, and where the new Queensland Housing Code stands on boundary setbacks.
Tell us what you are planning, and we will walk the site with you.