Each phase builds on the last, moving from initial ideas and designs to the physical structure and finished details of a new home:

Phase 1: Planning & Design

1. Dream & Budget: Determine your budget, style, and needs
2. Find Land: Secure a suitable location for your new home 
3. Design & Plans: Develop floor plans and design elements for your home.  Buildco can assist in helping you to select a designer/draftsperson/architect.
4. Once the client has a floor plan they can start making selection decisions:
   1. Plumbing fixtures and fittings
   2. Floor coverings and window furnishings
   3. Joinery
   4. Appliances
   5. Tiles
   6. Internal doors and door furniture
   7. Colour selections for windows, roof, gutter, fascia

Buildco will give you a list of preferred suppliers to help you through this process

    5. Preliminary indicative pricing provided prior to seeking building permits to give client confidence and ability to seek finance pre-approval.

Phase 2: Pre-Construction

1. Permits – the plan drawer will submit plans to local Council for planning approval if required.  This process can take 6 weeks if the application needs to be advertised.
2. Submit plumbing permit with local Council – this is usually completed by the plan drawer.  This is likely to take a couple of weeks
3. Submit documentation to building surveyor – Buildco can lodge the necessary documentation on your behalf.  Allow around four weeks for this process.
4. Submit building surveyor approved documents to local Council for approval.  This process should take between one and two weeks.
5. Final pricing determined once conditions of approvals have been assessed by the builder
6. A fixed priced building contract will be prepared and signed (HIA Plain Language Tasmanian Residential Building Contract).  This contract will allow for progress claims at the stages of deposit, base, frame, lock-up, fixing and practical completion.
7. Deposit invoice raised and paid
8. Site works can now proceed

Phase 3: Construction

1. Site Preparation – clear, level, and prepare the land for construction to begin 

2. Base – excavate the site and lay the concrete footings for the foundation of the home. Box, prepare and pouring of concrete floors (slab inspection completed by building surveyor)
3. Framing – set-out, erect walls, floors and roof structure of the home (including noggings for placement of heavy items such as televisions, handrails etc in bathrooms).
4. Roof cladding
5. Wrap up of walls with sisilation
6. Installation of windows and doors to make the home weather-tight
7. Rough-ins – installation of essential building systems including plumbing, electrical wiring, ducting for heating if required 
8. Frame inspection by building surveyor
9. Soffit linings installed
10. Exterior cladding – brick veneer and other cladding installed
11. Insulation & plasterboard installed 
12. Undercoat and one base coat of paint applied
13. Garage door installed
14. Wetsealing of bathrooms, laundry areas
15. Tiling of bathrooms
16. Interior fit-out – completion of the interior with electrical fit-out, plumbing fit-out, fixtures, cabinetry, benchtops, doors and door furniture, skirting and architraves
17. Floor coverings
18. Final coat of paint applied

Phase 4: Completion

1. Completion of driveways, paths and any landscaping as required
2. Occupancy and final inspection by building surveyor
3. Owner to organise home and contents insurance prior to handover
4. Final walk-through of the completed home with the builder, address any final adjustments and hand over the keys
5. Final plumbing and building certificates provided to the client