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#68 – Don’t Build on a Hill Before Watching This!

by | January 22, 2026 | Build Tips, General | 0 Comments

What’s the Best Advice for Building on a Hill? Building on a hill can give you incredible views, privacy, and a home that truly stands out. But hill builds also come with unique challenges — especially if you’re not prepared. One of the most common questions we’re...
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#67 – Case Study – Lyttelton Hill Site Walkover

by | January 19, 2026 | Build Tips, General | 0 Comments

Lyttleton Hill Section Build - Walkover Get yourself armed with information before spending a cent. Scott does a walkover of a potential section for a client and offers his advice on how to approach it. On the hill, every section has it's own personality. As...
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#66 – Guarantees – Update to Building Act

by | December 3, 2025 | Build Tips, Core Values, General | 0 Comments

One of the changes coming next year to the Building Act is a mandatory 10 Year Guarantee. The aim is to help speed up the consenting process by removing some liability from Councils. Scott also shares some other impacts and how Strathclyde is set and ready to meet...
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#65 – Variations – The Building Unknown!

by | October 15, 2025 | Build Tips, General | 0 Comments

Variations - the bane of any building project. Scott shares how it went down on a recent project. An unlimited budget for building is a fantasy, so when an variation arises Scott does his very best to reduce the financial impact for our clients while maintaining the...
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#64 – Want to save money on that building project?

by | September 11, 2025 | General | 0 Comments

Are you looking at renovations, repairs or even an extension? Then you need to consider the your magic triangle! Too many homes get through consent before the plans get priced. Only then too find it's way over budget and a costly exercise to try and bring it back in...
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#63 – Asbestos in Your Home?

by | August 26, 2025 | General | 0 Comments

Is your home built before 2000? Are you looking at renovations, repairs or even an extension? Then you need to consider Asbestos. Scott shares some knowledge about asbestos and how easy it is to test. This is a great starting point for any project, as the costs of...
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#62 – Strathclyde’s Experience is Your Gain

by | June 26, 2024 | General | 0 Comments

Scott heard a quote recently that really resonated with him, it was, "You shouldn't always listen to your elders because they always know best, you should listen to the elders because they've made more mistakes than you." It's really valid, when people give you...
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#61 – Exciting News for Building at Strathclyde

by | November 22, 2022 | General | 0 Comments

Scott has been really busy on site, trying to help guys out, trying to make good of our commitments. We've been working really hard, trying to not let people down. On the plus side he's lost a little bit of weight, so you've probably got to take the good and the bad!...
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#60 – We Have the Kit to Meet All Your Needs

by | September 13, 2022 | General | 0 Comments

Morning. Scott here at Strathclyde coming at you with this week's edition of the director's vlog. So our tagline here at Strathclyde is, we work on your building project from the ground up, we'll lay the foundations, build your dreams and bring it all together with...
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#59 – Is Now The Right Time To Build?

by | August 29, 2022 | General | 0 Comments

Questioning whether it's a good time to build or not? A really common question at the moment is, is it a good time to build? My answer to that would be that yes, it is a good time to build if you are looking to build. What I mean by that is, if you've got land or...
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