Posts by Phil Jenner
Bottoms UP – jJack Feature Article in HIA Newsletter
jJack Featured in Housing Industry Association July Newsletter Housing_J-Jack
Read MoreHowie Johnstone, Yarloop Fire Survivor Heads Home With Donated House
Yarloop fire: Drummer Howie Johnstone heads home with his donated house Howie Johnstone waited months for the moment he could finally return home to Yarloop. With his new “castle” on two trucks bound for the small West Australian town that was razed by a bushfire in January, the drummer could not contain his relief. “I’m…
Read MorejJack Raises The Roof In Lathlain
DRIVE down Howick Street in Lathlain anytime this month and you’ll see a home renovator’s delight that can only be described as next level. Kelly Grey and her family knew they had outgrown their fairly small, single storey house but regular options such as building another storey on top, demolishing and rebuilding or adding an…
Read MoreHow to build the most affordable 2-storey home in Perth
We often get asked is a 2storey home more expensive than a single storey home? For many years building a 2 storey home in Perth was much more expensive than building a similar sized single storey home. 2 storey homes were for the wealthy, but nowadays its possible to build an affordable 2 storey…
Read MoreJ-Jack Announces MOU Signed With Multiple Western Australian Builders
7 years after commencing Research and development of the Jjack system, it has now been released to a selected number of WA builders. At a small number of recent on-site demonstrations the system was inspected by Builders keen to find ways to offer a faster more Affordable way to build 2 storey homes. The feedback…
Read MoreBuilding On Shifting Ground
Built on clayey soil, Problems Solved and money saved! Phil & Ruth wanted to build a house on land that had very clayey soil with a high amount of movement. The builders they initially spoke to suggested timber floor and wall framing and brick veneer because using double brick would cause a problem with cracking…
Read MoreReduced Building Costs
Builder A built a 2 storey 4 bed, 2 bath display home and advertised he could build it in 10 months for a price of $299,750. The building was built using conventional methods using scaffold, cranes & hoists. Builder B had a slightly larger but similar design of home at a price of $254,600, a…
Read MoreBuilding On The Boundary
Mark built a house using the Jjack Building system in Clarkson on a small narrow lot. Both sides of the house were built within 50mm of the boundary. On 1 side was the garage and on the other the external walls of the house. The neighbour was already in the process of building and had…
Read MoreDealing With Overhead Power Lines
Mosman Park & Scarborough. The builder built a 2 storey home on a corner block in Mosman Park. On both street frontages there were overhead power lines on the boundary lines. The house was 6m from the front boundary & 2.8m from the side boundary. The local shire & power authority approved the plans advising…
Read MoreMax & Melissa
On 21/2/2014 Max & Melissa signed the contract to build a 4 bed 2 bathroom 2 storey home with a balcony. By 31/3/2014 the building permit and finance approval had been received and the builder started programming and ordering materials to start the build on site. On 5/5/2014 the ground slab was laid, before the…
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