Have had a few people contact me on Oz bargain asking for advice from a builder, so I thought there may be a need for some pro bono. So here goes, a conditional [AMA] to do with being a builder in Sydney.
The conditions are;
- I will answer everything I can without giving up my personal details
- Be patient and give me time to respond
- Can only respond to items posted this weekend, if there is not a lot of interest I may continue
- These are just my opinions
- Sydney is very different to interstate cities
A bit of history;
- I am a builder
- Worked for 15 years
- New south wales
- Have built major projects all the way through to bathroom renovations
- I'm not on the tools, I can be, but I just manage so I can build quicker
- Not a building god and am still learning a lot about compliance (weak spot)
- Construction is an extremely diverse industry
- It is a difficult job but I love it
Edit: 9.51pm 24.05.20 - Hi All, thank you for your questions. I will probably take a temporary hiatus and only respond to questions posted this weekend as noted above. I have changed the title of this thread to (Part 1) because I intend to do a (Part 2) AMA as well. Hopefully in the coming couple of months. I would extend this (AMA) however I unfortunately have a very busy couple of weeks ahead and just like this weekend if I have a bit of a lul period after that I will do another AMA in a new thread.
HI Billy,
This is a great thread - i am learning a lot.
I have a question - I live in the ground floor apartment with a pretty big ground rectangular floor balcony. I'm loving the space however I dont use the ground floor balcony as much as I would like.
I'm wanting to turn about 1/3 of the balcony (basically in the corner) into a sunroom or even a space where I can put a desk (as we will probably be working from home from now on). This would mean installing 2 panels, maybe one of them can have a glass sliding door so i can access the balcony and open up the area.
I was wondering if this is allowed given that we are apartment dwellers? And how do i even go about this? I've looked into the strata bylaws and its not 100% clear on what is allowed or not (only modifications to not significantly alter the look and feel). I dont think this will as it will look pretty much the same from the outside.
A poorly drawn image https://imgur.com/gVMIdfE
THasnk!