How pre-handover inspections work
Your house is complete. Everything looks like it’s basically in the right spot, and you’ve been chewing your fingernails down to stumps for the...
Interior fitout and prime cost
When you’ve reached the lockup stage and the house is in a state where it can be properly secured, it’s time for your builders...
What is the ‘lockup stage’?
The lockup stage refers to the point in time where you’re able to effectively ‘lock up’ the house. This is normally when all the...
Timber fitout and cabinetry
Your interior and exterior walls are up and your house is really starting to take shape – but there’s still the matter of putting...
How to tile and waterproof a bathroom
Find out more about how waterproofing and tiling are done to ensure that they meet the relevant Australian Standards.
Once the plasterboard’s finished and the...
Installing plasterboard walls and insulation
Once the plumbing and wiring have been roughed in, it’s time to put in insulation and internal linings (normally plasterboard) on the internal walls...
Plumbing and electrical services rough-in
The term ‘rough in’ describes the installation of a building’s plumbing and electrical services in wall cavities, before the walls are lined with plasterboard.
The...
How exterior walls are put up
Once the frame's up (and sometimes after the roof goes on), it’s normally time to put the external cladding on your house. How exactly...
How steel/Colorbond/Zincalume roofs are installed
With the house's frame erected, in many cases it’s time to put on the roof. Whether this goes on before walls go up will...
How tile roofs are installed
Once the house’s frame is in place, it’s time to put the roof cladding on. Whether this goes on before external walls are erected...