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Yep thats it - a lot of concrete went into the sewer so the sewer was gonskis.

I will send you a PM.

They were drilling piers and concrete went into the sewer and affected 198m of piping.

Very possible yes. Its a long story but accidents like that could happen and even more so when you don't know what you are doing. Good luck to all the first time owner builders out there but its something that my risk appetite wouldn't handle.

BTW the engineer signs off on very high level stuff and doesn't inspect a number of other important elements.

Of course because if the scheisse hits the fan during or after construction then you can chase the builder. Let me give you an example - I'm building 4 townhouses. Builder hits the water main by accident (long story) and the bill comes to $161k. He is covering it. If I was doing it then thats...

owner build with no licence is max 60% and a lot of lenders don't like it. however rams will do it if you have a fixed priced building contract (provided you are a licensed builder) at 80%.

The real issue is that what do you do when you make a mistake? Who covers this? What sort of warranty are you going to provide thereafter? How do you even know you have made a mistake until its too late?