In some recent inspections of building sites around Townsville the inspectors issued three fines to people doing work without the proper licence. This is a reduction from the last time that they did the inspections of licences when they fined a lot more people for improper licensing.
All three of the people fined for not having [...]
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Owner Builder fined $1500 for no Licence
October 3rd, 2008 · No Comments
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Taping off the Construction Zone
September 21st, 2008 · 2 Comments
While they were cutting out the floor and building the new staircase we taped up some black plastic tarps to block off the construction zone openings from the rest of the house. When they had to demolish our old concrete bathroom floor the entire house got covered in concrete dust. This time we didn’t want [...]
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Planning Approval Delays with the City Council
September 7th, 2008 · No Comments
The amalgamation of Townsville and Thuringowa has led to delays in approval for various building projects around the city. Even with simple projects, right now it can take months for approval to of the plans to occur.
This delay was one of the reasons we chose not to replace our entire driveway. I reckon that it [...]
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Termite Bonds
July 24th, 2008 · No Comments
After writing my article about if I should get a yearly termite inspection I have been reading more about termite protection on our house. One of the things that I have read about a bit are “Termite Bonds“.
A termite bond is very similar to a termite warranty that we have with our termite treatment. It [...]
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