Tips for building a new home

   Do you need to have any fall protection if you work on a roof? All of our sites have fall protection to protect roofing contractors and all other trades from falling off the roof.  See photos for the fall protection now used and should be used on all sites to protect workers from falls. When I did my building apprenticeship in the 70's, we had no fall protection and many building contractors had falls from roofs.  Lucky that nowadays
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A client asked me a question last weekend how do you stop the wall frames from falling over? Temporary bracing is the answer and these braces take the up any movement in the structure until the permanent bracing can be secured.  See photo of the temporary bracing and you will see the bracing is at 90 degrees to the wall framing creating the support. The weight of the wall is transferred to the foundation with the frame sitting on the
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I drove passed this old treasure in Warrandyte over the weekend and I couldn’t resist taking a photo. If your home is a little passed its use by date why not consider a knock down rebuild same location just a brand new home. With land in estates going up in price every year it would make sense to stay where you are and avoid the inconvenience of re-establishing you and your family in a new neighbourhood. Design we will create
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When looking to purchase a piece of land for your new home build, there are many factors to take into account, but one major item is often overlooked or not known about. Builders because of their relationships with land estate and agents will most cases receive a better pricing outcome than an individual when it comes to purchasing land. Reason being the builder is a major supplier of leads to the estate and for this they are offered land at
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At Berstan Homes we have found that it is becoming standard for our new home builds to have an alarm system fitted.  Most clients are becoming more security minded and an alarm system gives them that piece of mind. The technology available today is amazing we can install an alarm in our new homes that are programmed to call your phone if the alarm is activated. That function is not the normal our most common alarm system installed has a
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