Winning renovation work: running the sales process from first enquiry to signed quote
Renovation work is won or lost in the week between the enquiry landing and the quote going out. This is how to run that week as a process rather than an interruption.
11 min read
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Winning renovation work: running the sales process from first enquiry to signed quote
Renovation work is won or lost in the week between the enquiry landing and the quote going out. This is how to run that week as a process rather than an interruption.
11 min read
NSW home building contracts: the $5,000 and $20,000 thresholds, deposits and must-have clauses
NSW sets out exactly what a residential building contract must contain, and the rules change at $5,000 and $20,000. Here is what builders must include, the payment rules, and the mistakes that make contracts unenforceable.
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Smart sensors on site: concrete maturity, slab moisture and humidity monitoring explained
Small wireless sensors can tell you when a slab is strong enough to load, when it is dry enough for flooring, and whether a frame is too wet to line. Where they save time and callbacks, and where a meter and common sense will do.
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Wet area tiling: lipping, movement joints and adhesive selection
Lipping is rarely a tiler’s fault alone. It is the visible end of a chain that starts with the substrate, the adhesive bed and where the movement joints were put.
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Home battery program passes 500,000 installs: what it means for builders
The federal home battery discount has passed half a million installations in just over a year, with the strongest uptake outside the major cities. Clients will increasingly expect new homes to be battery-ready.
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Asbestos in renovations: what builders must do before the first cut
Most Australian homes built before the 1990s contain asbestos somewhere. On a renovation, the builder is the person most likely to disturb it. Where to look, who can remove it, and the steps that keep workers and families safe.
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Recording injuries, near misses and toolbox talks: building an incident register that survives the job
Notification is the part everyone practises. The register is the part that decides whether you can reconstruct the job two years later, when the paperwork is all that is left of it.
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Windows and glazing: U-value, SHGC, frames and the installation details that stop leaks
Windows are the biggest lever in a home’s energy rating and one of the most common sources of leaks. What the performance numbers mean, how frames and glass compare, and how to install windows so they stay dry.
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Invoice fraud and payment redirection: how builders and their clients get scammed
A client pays a progress claim to a bank account that isn’t yours, after an email that looked exactly like yours. Payment redirection scams hit building businesses hard. How they work and how to stop them.
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Planning approval pathways in NSW: how approval time shapes a builder’s year
Approval timing is not a legal detail to hand off and forget. It determines when you can start, how you sequence subbies, and whether you carry overheads through a quiet month.
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Building all-electric homes: the switchboard, appliances and wiring decisions that matter
More new homes are going all-electric, by regulation in some places and by choice in others. The appliances are the easy part. Supply capacity, switchboards, circuits and future-proofing are where builders earn or lose the client’s trust.
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360 cameras and reality capture: how to document a job so defects can’t hide
The best defence in a defect claim is a dated photo of the work before it was covered. How to build a photo routine that captures what matters, where 360 cameras and scanning fit, and how to store it so you can find it years later.
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Measuring whether a digital tool improved your productivity
Most builders buy a tool, feel busy, and never find out whether it helped. Measurement is not administration — it is how you decide what to keep paying for.
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