Ask you client if you can do a cost break down for this job. As a DIYer who loses a part of himself every Bunnings visit all I see is a massive invoice

Awesome job Josh! Is that the most expensive section in the Hutt Valley?.😮

Proud to be subscribed to this channel! Come on others it costs nothing and you never miss these great videos!

We have a housing problem for sure. It’s caused by having an Indian immigration problem

What was the additional cost to the project? Great execution on the engineering spec!

good fences make good neighbours, this is beyond that, good to see everyone making sure its a good fit fix.

You should ask Donald Trump how to build a wall. The Mexican's will pay for it too.......🤣🤣🤣🤣

If you don’t have money, don’t even worry about putting any think on this Property but obviously the owner has millions

Nice save! In my Country we must tie-back / anchoring-back almost all retaining walls (exept gravity, or cantilever walls) what we build and must use longlasting materials, like reinforced concrete for that. That piling wall especially from wood is the weakest structure I can imagine.

So many crappy retaining walls are going to be nightmares in 50 years time.

What was the cost to fix that retaining wall

A builder once told me he got no satisfaction looking at a job finally finished coz all he saw was a string of one F*%k up after another that he had to fix… 😅😅

yes

not really any straighter lol stronger?

very nice

You might have just provided the answer to a problem I have been trying to work out. My block of land is split level and has a lot of solid sandstone. The bottom level of the house might be a meter or so below the top level section. I have been racking my brain how to stop the lower wall getting pushed over with time. I could use this dead man system and lock the reo into the lower section block walls. I just need to drill some holes in the top section.

How much did the wall straighten ?

Another great video

I’m a builder in the South Island and am loving your content. Keep it coming mate.

Почему просто не срезали холм? То что вы сделали очень опасно ‼️

That curved retaining wall I'd a thing of beauty... must have some good carpenters under ya!

Nicely done! 💯

Good stuff!

Bro I not long finished a massive deck job,using your deck video as a bit of a guide and starting a retaining wall job next week,this couldn't have come at a better time for some reference Love your work

So the neighbor got their wall fixed for free?

Amazed that you got wall as straight as you did.....great work

was it lack of drainage that caused the issues? im doing a tricky wall shortly along a stream and with deadmen put in from the get go.

What do you do?? Cry 😢😢😂😂

Wow, big job.

It's good to see a resolution to this problem. I'm just curious how much it cost to do this retrofit?

If you are building highly energy efficiency and passively heated and cooled buildings i wouldn't have an issue with infill developments....

This man is based 💯 We shouldn't undermine the struggles and experiences of others.

LOVE IS BEST. LOVE IS BEST.

Hi Josh. Just wondering what reasons would cause somebody want to resize their windows? Cheers.

The rear lots being townhouses is what slowed things down, the foundation being shared across the lots makes the foundation essential to forming the building platform, and building platform is required in the resource consent stage or to get title. You need building consent to build a foundation, so the entire process is compressed into one stage. I don’t really understand how/why councils are issuing freehold titles on townhomes, back in the day this would have been to a cross lease.

Hy brother i am also a operator of excavator machine looking for a job in nz .

The exposed wood cladding looks amazing. Is it totara ? Is that an oil finish?

What about if you just wanna put an extra toilet in your laundry room?

I personally think they look horrible, Auckland is now full of them, the ones in Howick just look terrible, they do ruin the look and ruin a small village like Howick...they literally squeeze them between a couple of houses down a quiet culdesac, not at all in the locations you describe, they are putting them everywhere. I personally think a couple of apartment blocks would be nicer, on main roads, near bus lines, I've lived in three story apartments in Canada, they look nice, they have their place and the apartments are nice, so much nicer than these and house a lot more people on a same size site as these. I just hate these being squeezed in between ordinary houses, down quiet streets, in quiet suburbs, no way near public transport or anything. In Auckland they are putting as many as they can on tiny sites.

Awesome video, love the plywood look. Another typo for you at 4:12 "limited avalablitly", but we aren't judging your spelling, just keen to hear your experience and knowledge.

For screwing off the decking, I had to predrill for kwila so 3d printed a marking jig that referenced off the joist so could get the screwholes lined and spaced perfectly. Also set the board spacing as well. Let me know if you ever want something like that printed as I'm just down in LH

you're doing desperately important work Josh!

Of course you aren't a villain, but the local home owners concerns are valid. Property prices will take a modest hit. If they are rentals- a bigger hit. NZ needs to get more creative, allowing mini-houses, condo complexes, and even trailer parks. With a little care, all of those can be done well, even nice, and will actually help new buyers get on the real estate ladder. More rentals won't.

Clever guy .

Nice video production! Can I suggest toning down the need (or volume) background beats while talking. I ask myself what does it add , the answer is that it doesn’t, it subtracts- from the message, from what you are saying. Seen many recent videos where people just talk, with minimal or no background ‘music’. The comments section light up with positive posts saying how refreshing it is. Respect, I’m here for the good advice, not beats 😎

People need homes and I am glad that the NIMBIES are not able to block developments such as this. I like what I am seeing.

My biggest issue is building 4 bedroom homes with no garage and 1 off street park. Screw not having a descent garage

City Councils are acting just like a drug addicted: increasing their profits from overcrowding cities. Pathetic

This was a realy cool watch! I hope this is your forever home, its stunning and so amazing you did this pretty much alone how nice for you and your family. Go kiwi hardworking for sure

Why don´t you build some nice apartment buildings with a nice big balcony or terrace and at the top lovely roof terraces instead of these ugly high maintenance wooden buildings with ugly wooden fences around them? At the beginning they are not ugly when new but will be fast if not painted every 2 years! These wooden houses and the fences constantly have to be painted, there is no view. If the Kiwis had the common sense to build up instead of sprawling everyone would have a low maintenance apartment with a view.! And the distances to travel would not be so far cos it would not be a sprawling city.