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The building industry in South Australia is currently facing a bit of a dilemma. The unprecedented demand for new homes has naturally placed significant challenges on the availability of materials – along with a shortage of supply from overseas. And right in the middle of this high-demand and low-supply problem is timber.
While timber has traditionally been the lower-cost option for building the frames for homes, all that has now changed. Its lack of availability has increased the cost of the limited amount of timber that builders can currently get their hands on.
The good news is, steel frames are back – actually, they were never really gone. The Australian construction industry has used steel in homes for over 60 years. The material really only went out of favour when cheap, mass-produced overseas timber came onto the market in the 70s.
But with the price of steel now competing with timber, along with greater assurance of supply, it’s the turn of steel. So, for the time being at least, you’ll be seeing more steel frames going up around Oaklands Green.
Of course, there are a number of advantages to metal over timber:
However, the primary reason to build steel frames at Oaklands Green is to provide buyers with increased certainty for commencement and completion dates.
As always, our Sales Director, Richard Joy, is on hand to answer any queries you may have about buying at Oaklands Green. Just email him on richard@oaklandsgreen.com.au.
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