The view on the lower incline is 90% of the more steeper lot. The price difference is $50K more for the flatter one.
We would go for a custom build.

Hi all,
We were looking at some land, very sloping, 20 degree elevation throughout the property (street level is the start of the incline, with the highest point at the…

UPDATE:
We picked a company to go with and the works have begun. I have to say, I am not too impressed. I will say that the leveling and clearing up…

Update:
We're going with Palmetto and having the land prepped (leveled/scraped), topsoil and turf supplied and laid. I'll take some before and after shots to show how it went.
We're also putting…

I assume they apply the window tint film on the inside of the glass. Just be careful what products you use to clean your tinted windows with.
Yes, to the inside.…

Thanks for the input.
The other grasses sound good too, but the slow summer growth of Palmetto has taken hold of my husband's heart.
We're now getting quotes and he's found…

Hi All,
We're in a new estate and are required to put in trees (which we want because I think it looks terrible without trees).
Problem is, all three sides…

Thanks for the replies, sounds like Sir Walter, while popular doesn't repair well or handle wear'n'tear or grow much in the winter.
Does anyone know if Palmetto fares any better? The…

Thanks, it's interesting you say that. I appreciate hearing a real user's point of view rather than the marketing hype that it's a fast repairing grass (and hear it's actually…

UPDATE
Just going through the posts, had a follow up question, so I thought I'd do an overall update.
We went with tinted film from Solar Tint (they also did the car…

Hi,
I live in Sydney and following much anguish and deliberating, we have narrowed our turf choice down to Palmetto and Sir Walter*.
My question is: in terms of maintenance, can…

Thanks all. We've found an insurance plan, Comminsure, seemed the most reasonable for what we wanted.

Hi!
We're close to the end of the build and wanted to put the driveway in before handover while the concreter was still available. However, we were told we couldn't do…

Hi!
We're close to handover and the bank needs to see that we've got appropriate cover before they hand over the final bank cheque.
So, does anyone have any tips, ideas, recommendations…

The cleaning the house is part of the handover, we're not directly charged for it. We're charged as a part of the total, I'm sure!
As for the backyard, I…

Thanks for the responses.
On our "practical completion" walk-through, the place looked pretty clean, bar plaster dust and a few things here or there, but we were told that everything would…

Hi!
Just wondering, when it's all said and done and it's time for handover, exactly how clean should I expect a "clean site"?
The empty boxes, broken tiles and wood bits are…

The bins would have to go on the dirt patch, good point. In that sense, if we use it for that, we should maintain it.
Yep, it's looking more like…

Very nice

Hi there! What do you mean by used cathedral, is that the pattern? Do you have any photos? I was thinking I would get reflective tinting on the outside to…

Do your windows face any neighbours directly? I'm not too worried that getting mirror-like coatings would be a problem for the neighbours because our bedroom faces the side of their…

I've tried to illustrate (poorly done in MS Paint) the situation.
Our land (in yellow) ends at the red line. The 'dirt patch' in brown is close to our driveway as…

Yes, they're upstairs west facing windows.
Do you mean tinting the windows like car or those 3M window films? Do those films actually work?

Hi!
We are building on a battleaxe and wondering where we put the letterbox, in front of our house or at the top of the driveway (50m long)?
Secondly, we don't have…

Hi!
We have a bedroom with a lot of sun exposure, all day. I'm thinking that we'll get some external solar shades / sun screens (so the heat doesn't even get…

Hi!
Is anyone able to recommend someone for stained glass overlays? I have a window almost level with the top of the spa bath that overlooks the neighbour's backyard.
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I thought…