December 2, 200817 yr Author comment_294604 Yes, that nasty so and so bikey gang called the TERMITES!! Report
December 2, 200817 yr comment_294695 Yes, that nasty so and so bikey gang called the TERMITES!! so you just use glue i guess as the nails wont grip? Report
December 4, 200817 yr comment_295048 Went and looked at a joint (missus and I were buying a house, well we have bought one now, but this was back when we were looking!) riddled with termite damage. Saw it from down the road while we were looking at another place, saw a big divit in the roof, and thought "looks like houso" (housing commission) so we walked down the road (like 4 houses) and checked it out, turned out to be for sale, was very run down and grass was waaay overgrown. But had potential, and the fact that the outside was all run down meant we could offer less for it! anyway, we organised to go look at it with my uncle (long time carpenter/builder/concretor/jack of all trades) he jumped up on the roof, took two steps and then decided it might be smart to get off..... long story short, he got up in the roof, every batton holding up the tiles was gone, most of the roof trusses were goneskies. you could make the jiprock wall sheets touch each other by pressing on the centres (wall frames had been eaten) They were asking $235k for the joint tooo! The little asian real extate agent (who was a bitch) tried to tell us for 14 thousand we could have it all fixed, the gutters fixed and live in it or rent it out..... yeah.... right..... land value in the area is roughly $170k. Our idea was to gut the place, and start with 4 walls and a slab and redo the whole lot. Only downfall was we needed the bank to lend us $60-70k ontop of the purchase price to rebuild the house.... that wasnt going to happen! We also were only looking at offering $180 MAX! the house is still on the market...... (5 months later... had already been on the market for about 12 months) and they have $210k NO OFFERS as the price! The advert even states its ready to move into. some people hey! Report
February 16, 200917 yr Author comment_318983 And lets just hope that this wall isn't load bearing. Well months later here is the same wall. All fixed. I just had to add this... Report
February 16, 200917 yr comment_319021 Well months later here is the same wall. All fixed. I just had to add this... Ohh how I'd love to work in construction. Kicks ass. Beats the hell out of woolies. Report
February 16, 200917 yr comment_319059 Well months later here is the same wall. All fixed. I just had to add this... Bog-job FTW. Report
February 17, 200917 yr Author comment_319115 Yeah just slap some mud into it and it'll be good. Report
February 17, 200917 yr comment_319160 fark man some serious bodge stuff going on there, good to see things haven't changed in the industry since i was a laborer! Report
February 17, 200917 yr comment_319269 Went and looked at a joint (missus and I were buying a house, well we have bought one now, but this was back when we were looking!) riddled with termite damage. Saw it from down the road while we were looking at another place, saw a big divit in the roof, and thought "looks like houso" (housing commission) so we walked down the road (like 4 houses) and checked it out, turned out to be for sale, was very run down and grass was waaay overgrown. But had potential, and the fact that the outside was all run down meant we could offer less for it! anyway, we organised to go look at it with my uncle (long time carpenter/builder/concretor/jack of all trades) he jumped up on the roof, took two steps and then decided it might be smart to get off..... long story short, he got up in the roof, every batton holding up the tiles was gone, most of the roof trusses were goneskies. you could make the jiprock wall sheets touch each other by pressing on the centres (wall frames had been eaten) They were asking $235k for the joint tooo! The little asian real extate agent (who was a bitch) tried to tell us for 14 thousand we could have it all fixed, the gutters fixed and live in it or rent it out..... yeah.... right..... land value in the area is roughly $170k. Our idea was to gut the place, and start with 4 walls and a slab and redo the whole lot. Only downfall was we needed the bank to lend us $60-70k ontop of the purchase price to rebuild the house.... that wasnt going to happen! We also were only looking at offering $180 MAX! the house is still on the market...... (5 months later... had already been on the market for about 12 months) and they have $210k NO OFFERS as the price! The advert even states its ready to move into. some people hey! That story sounds very familar.. My mum and I looked at a house about 7 years ago. It was advertised as ready to move in too. It was a 2 bedder and had a large block of land with a carport. Anyway when we looked at it the whole house needed re stumping. All the interior and exterior walls were asbestos and termites were pretty bad too. The were asking 150k. the agent said the price is negotiable. We didnt buy it but found out later the land was subdivided and they didnt tell us. And to make matters worse the house was going to be pulled down by the council. We ended up buying a great 3 bedroom BV house with a self contained bungalow for 115k. Just needed a paint job and the rear brick wall to be underpinned. Oh and bathroom to be fully renovated because of a leaking shower it rotted the joists. Not bad for 115k though. Better than the other shit hole that we could have bought and get demolished after 2 months. Some people hey! Report
February 17, 200917 yr Author comment_319272 More from the aircon dudes... He stuck his drainage pipes inside the stud. So how are we meant to screw the sheet on, into the stud, without piercing the pipe?? Report
February 17, 200917 yr comment_319435 carefully lol haha (insert sarcasm here) there is some good builders out there Report
February 21, 200917 yr comment_320900 carefully lol haha (insert sarcasm here) there is some good builders out there There are some, but not where Jip works :P Report
February 21, 200917 yr comment_321060 lol yeah obviously haha were abouts is that bodge building?? Report
February 22, 200917 yr Author comment_321383 Which one? Its not just one building, its every building i come across. Report
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