Homebuilding & Renovating

MOST COMMONLY ASKED QUESTIONS ON SITE

From the minute you start thinking about doing any work on your property, you will need questions answered by us trades — while some are on-site queries that we builders are qualified to answer, many are questions you should put to the relevant experts, and sort out before work commences. Here are some of the questions we builders are asked —but wish we weren’t!

DO YOUR RESEARCH

We come across a lot of indecision that results from the client not doing enough research. I’ve lost count of the times I’ve been asked to give my opinion on paint colours, wallpaper, flooring, carpets etc, for

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