Do you want to build or renovate?

You have seen the many articles on builders collapsing with material and trades prices going “through the roof”. Builders holding homeowners, with fixed price contracts to ransom if they don’t pay the extra variation, they won’t get the key to their homes. There are no winners. The builder’s cost has hugely increased, and the homeowner must agree to pay the …

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House renovations: Is becoming an owner-builder the solution to your problems

Article written by Kerrie-Anne Jones original article found here Interior stylish Kerrie-Anne Jones turned owner-builder after a bad home renovation experience. Follow her grand design as the discovers the intriguing ups and surprising lows of her new career. *** After our last renovation (adding another level and cosmetic changes to a terrace home) I said I’d never renovate again. We …

NEW CHANGES TO THE BUILDING ACT!

Article on VBA website – August 5th 2016 Changes have been made to the VBA’s powers and functions under the Building Act 1993. Some of these changes may affect your rights and duties under the law. This section of the VBA website holds information about: how these changes relate to you as a building practitioner, building surveyor or owner-builder when the …