I inwardly cringe when I hear of a home owner who is comparing building quotes and all they are looking at is the number at the bottom….....

I was asked recently my opinion on what a good hourly rate for a subcontractor might be. I politely declined to answer, before providing...

Okey dokey – I’m sure I’ve done this before but I’m going to do it again…… here is a handy description of the two most often used...

Making Life just that much easier Irrelevant as to if you are just starting out in the building game, or if you have been around for a...

Mmmm. Young people. Now you know I’m broad brushing here….. not all young people are as I’m going to describe….. but you know you would...

The carpentry trade is the largest of all the trades within the NZ Standard, and rightly so! So I’m going to just give you a little...

Measuring formwork used to do my head in….. formally There are lots of rules around measuring it correctly and sometimes you do it in...

Victoria walks Pete the Builder through Labour Charge Calculator Check out our super helpful Labour Charge out tool that will check if...

Full disclosure – I told my builder I was going to write about his comment because it was HILARIOUS. I was yakking to my builders the...