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The Fine Homebuilding Podcast

#379: PRO TALK With Australian Builder Jason Economos

The Fine Homebuilding Podcast

Fine Homebuilding Magazine

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4.6756 Ratings

🗓️ 10 August 2021

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

In this Pro-Talk podcast, Patrick talks to Australian builder Jason Economos about the differences between Australian and North American building, universal challenges to building homes, and what’s up with spec builds.

Transcript

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0:00.0

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0:06.5

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0:13.1

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0:19.4

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0:22.6

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0:30.0

more revenue, easy choice. See the proof at sacretefast.com.

0:46.6

A lot of all-form concrete, a lot of sandstone, a lot of timbre, a lot of raw elements that a lot of our architects are just putting it as a standard and generic thing into each

0:52.4

build.

0:52.9

And I think, you know, I think it's a real,

0:56.0

real exciting time in the next sort of 20 years.

1:04.4

Welcome to the Fine Home Building Pro Talk podcast,

1:07.2

a regular discussion with building industry professionals.

1:10.3

This is senior editor Patrick

1:11.7

McComb. Today I'm joined by Jason Economos, a builder in Sydney, Australia. You can find

1:18.4

the Fine Home Building Pro Talk podcast and the original Fine Home Building podcast at finehomebuilding.com

1:23.4

slash podcast. You can ask questions and give feedback there too. Jason, thanks a million for being on

1:31.7

the show. It's a pleasure to meet you. Mate, it's an absolute pleasure. Thank you. Thank you for the

1:36.3

opportunity. I think you've come farther than anyone to be on this show. How did you even learn about

1:42.8

the fine home building podcast?

1:51.0

Mate, I guess socials are a powerful tool and, um, mate, yeah, I've just sort of sticking my ears to anything that I can find and anything that sort of, you know, grasp my attention and I'll

1:56.8

be listening and forever trying to learn and expand my experience. So yeah,

2:01.1

being a long-time listener. That's fantastic. So we should tell folks, there was a bit of

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