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At around 2018 or so, just before the onset of Covid 19 gripping the whole world with its deadly claws, there was a surge of economic movement that started at Australia’s more progressive cities and regions.

The soaring movement is along the lines of demands for House Paint Supplies Ipswich renovations and is blowing out of the time and cost involved in upgrading homes. Simultaneously, there was also a growing demand of more new home constructions.  

In Sydney, authorities warned of expected delays expected on both construction materials and trades amid a residential building boom.

A perfect storm of government incentives, low-interest rates, record savings, combined with Australians spending more time at home, sawthe rise on construction demands for upgrades (house renovations), including the demand for construction of new houses and other building structures.

Government action

An authority at the Housing Industry Association also had indicated that there seemed to be an all-time high in the demands is and likely to remain elevated for the coming years to come.

At that time, the incentives from the government, the increased savings and extra time more time spent at home has seen to fuel the demand for renovations rise, including new constructions.

The HIA Housing Industry association had expected around$14 billion to be carried out in NSW during the financial year. There is marked increase of up to from 12.6 billion the year before.

From slump to demands

The key challenge for the industry has shifted from a slump in demand this time that year to being able to get sufficient materials, labor and land to satisfy this demand.

This spike in activity has exerted pressure on the supply of building materials, particularly timber. There were other demands for other secondary construction materials which has also seen a a big rise in their own demands.

Bush fires and Covid 19

The disastrous bush fires in 2019, however brought delaysto international supply. Initially caused by the lockdown (2020) that followed have also been exacerbated by the global shortage of shipping containers, and other similar spikes in construction activity in countries like the US.

An industry insider said the unprecedented demand for structural timber products was creating a challenge for the entire industry. Also noted was that hardware giants were working closely with suppliers and trade customers to try to formulate a forecast and plan in order to manage increased demand.

Costs and unfinished projects

As a result, costs are exceeding budgets by thousands of dollars. Meanwhile, a lack of availability is causing huge delays, meaning builders are struggling to stay on schedule.

Builders both big and small were being affected. Notable examples include instance where larger builders with 150 to 200 slabs of concrete on the ground, couldn’t start framing due to the shortage of timber supply.

For instance, in the trades, cabinet makers and roofers were increasingly hard to get a hold of. Builders are getting stumped. Where they might have a roofer booked in previously and then the morning of the job would say something else has come up. In reality, they are simply getting better offers and more money to go elsewhere

Pandemic and home building boom

At the time of the pandemic and the home building boom have blown out the time it takes to secure quality home finishes, and some building materials available locally and from have begun to trickle.

Renovators and those building new homes are being warned to get design picks locked in early to avoid disappointment, with overseas lockdowns combined with shipping and supply-chain issues slowing down international deliveries of everything from tiles to taps.

Meantime, detached housing construction is rising. The number of new houses that were started rose 4 per cent in the September quarter, official figures released. 

Lending 

Lending for new home building reached a record high later in November, and the take up of the federal government’s HomeBuilder scheme smashed expectations, with more than 75,000 households applying for the grants.

Of these, experts predict the building industry is going to face a challenge and that year will havea significant surge in the number of detached homes being built.

All of these will require builders to carefully plan and ensure they have an adequate supply of building and labor products to meet the growth.Renovators and builders need to make design decisions early, to avoid facing delays.

One other difficulty is the construction industry is going to be competing for the same pool of workers. One hop is that workers from the slowing multi-unit sector would also most likely switch into home building and renovating.

Meantime, supply delays, initially caused by lockdowns, have been exacerbated over recent months by the global shortage of shipping containers and industrial action at ports around the country.

More developments

With the bulk of building products manufactured in Australia, restricted supply was mostly limited to imported fit-out products. Certain products there may be constraints. Customers may not necessarily get the specified tile or tapware they want, but there will be other options available and it will not cause significant disruption.

Light fixtures, tiles and ovens shipped from overseas are among the finishes that builders are seeing long delays on. Orders for stone tiles, complicated electronics and sensors for smart homes, and other specialized products from Europe, ran the risk of lengthy delays, he said, but they are now on time.

Others in the industry reported there are still some slowdowns on door handles, light fittings, high-end appliances, and even shortages of some timber products – with supply impacted by last summer’s bushfires.

Most finishes were still available and supplies was tight, particularly for products from hard hit countries like Italy.

The boom

Presently, home renovations are booming across the nation as record low interest rates, government cash incentives and an unwillingness to buy and sell in a rising property market has homeowners staying put and spending up big.

Data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics released last week revealed the value of home renovation-related lending in January was up a massive 47.4 per cent compared to the year past.

So far, building industry experts are expecting a frenzied rush of renovation applications before the deadline. House paint supplies are now available in most Ipswich construction supplies stores.