01Blog · notes on the drawings

Notes fromthe site.

Notes A
Method
Notes B
Cost
Notes C
Materials
Notes D
Upkeep

02Latest note

N-12 · Method

Why we
set out
twice.

A wall in the wrong place is the dearest mistake on a site, and the cheapest to prevent. So every peg is checked by a second person before anything is dug.

NoteN-12
Date09 Sep 2026
CategoryMethod
Reading6 min
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03The register

Every note,on the record.

Short, plain, and written by the people who do the work. Read one before you brief a builder — ours or anyone’s.

  1. N-1121 Aug 2026What a quote should tell you.Six lines to look for before you compare one builder's price with another's.Cost5 min
  2. N-1002 Aug 2026Brick, block or frame?What each costs, how fast it goes up, and what it is like to live behind.Materials7 min
  3. N-0914 Jul 2026Building before the rains.Why the programme is planned backwards from November, not forwards from today.Method4 min
  4. N-0826 Jun 2026A roof check every April.Twenty minutes on a ladder after the wet season, and what to look for up there.Upkeep5 min
  5. N-0703 Jun 2026Where a renovation budget goes.The third of the money nobody sees, and why it is the part not to trim.Cost6 min
  6. N-0612 May 2026Rewiring a house people live in.Room by room, circuit by circuit, with the lights on every evening.Method6 min
  7. N-0520 Apr 2026Keeping a finished floor finished.What handover leaves you with, and the one-page routine that protects it.Upkeep4 min

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04Before you call

Asked beforeevery job.

Answer 01 / 05

We price from drawings, line by line, and the figure is fixed before we start. If something changes, you approve the cost in writing first. Send us the drawings and we will price them.

Question01 / 05
Asked byEveryone
Short answerA fixed, itemised price

Answer 02 / 05

You get a programme with dates before work begins, planned around the rains. We report against it every week, so you hear about a delay from us and not from the site.

Question02 / 05
Asked byEveryone
Short answerA dated programme

Answer 03 / 05

No. If you have them, we build to them. If you do not, we bring in an architect and an engineer we trust, and take the plans through council with you.

Question03 / 05
Asked byHomeowners
Short answerNo

Answer 04 / 05

Our own people, under a site manager whose name and number you have from the first day. One contractor for building, civils, electrical and finishes, so there is nobody to chase.

Question04 / 05
Asked byCompanies
Short answerOur own people

Answer 05 / 05

We come back. Every handover carries a defects period, and the team that built it is the team that returns. Most of our maintenance clients began as building clients.

Question05 / 05
Asked byEveryone
Short answerWe come back

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05Handover

Build it
once.

Bring the site, the drawing or the problem. Upgrade Projects will take it from the first line to a completed handover.

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