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How to fix chipped front door?
Hi, The previous owners of the house that I bought has left a nice present for me; a gash on the front door that was cause when they were moving some stuff out of the house. Yes, I did prove that it was done after the second inspection by me AND the building inspection, and yes my conveyancer is in discussions with theirs…
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How to fill gap between retaining wall and Colorbond?
The previous owner of the house I bought has stuffed dirt into the cavity between the retaining wall (yellow arrows) and the colour bond fence (purple arrows). It’s all around the property (the last photo doesn’t have any arrows, but that’s the longest the dirt fill was done). The gap is 200mm all around. If left like…
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How to fix leaning boundary structural retaining wall?
This might not be a question for this forum, but I just got told that “my boundary structural retaining wall is leaning significant lean from vertical in ONE section. To quote the report “the deviation measurement is 38mm in 1.2m height”. I’m wondering whether is this a problem to lose sleep over, and how big or common of…
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How to address deck covering the weep holes?
Hi. So I bought this house and the front deck has been built by the previous owner covering the weep holes (pointed out by the arrows), which is against the building code. Without getting rid of the whole deck, or lowering it all the way to the ground (to comply with the 75mm clearance) is there another solution? How much…
