Which builders build homes in the Blue Mountains?
Has anyone built up there? Who with and what did you get for your budget?
How is Blue Mountains council to deal with for…

Hi, I'm after some recommendations in this area too.
Can someone help please?

Thank you! That's exactly what I was thinking of.....

What's the difference between exposed aggregate and pebble crete?
What is this driveway below done in?

Hi, I have a very wide driveway of approx 72m2.
I was thinking about doing what I think is a charcoal coloured pebblecrete and boardering it with pavers. See picture:
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Thanks for the feedback everyone... still not really sure what to do though.
We don't require them for retaining as we already have sandstone retaining walls planned. We were thinking about…

Our bricking is complete on our new home but we still have 6 pallets of unused bricks sitting on our block!
What do I do with them?
Is there are…

Hi everyone,
We have an almost 10 ft garage wall of bricks that our entertaining/ garden area faces and retaining walls of 1m + regular timber fence height on top of…

juxt1n - Have you started the process with Clarendon? They give you a list of the std bricks for each location (or you can ask at the brick yard) in…

Personally, I thought the std range was terrible. Australs std was a bit better than PGHs, but it all comes down to personal taste. We chose a PGH brick that…

Do you mean two different colours? I think so, but there would be an additional charge.
You can choose any brick in the std range at no additional cost....any other…

You don't have to add a facade cost if you are keeping the traditional facade - it's only if you are changing the way the front of your house looks…

Hello! Welcome! Another Clarendonite here.
We are building the Kenthurst in Rouse Hill.
So far so good...no complaints about anyone or any experience. Any hiccups we did encounter were dealt with efficiently…

Any advice on what I need to pay particular close attention to? I'm doing this on my own so have no-one to cross check things for me.

We have already signed for our tender to send our plans to council...now I am booked in to sign our contract tomorrow. They tell me they allow 3 hours for…

Here are my colours I was talking about:
Espresso is the darker of the 2 greys. the red and silver are metaline splashbacks I was thinking of...obviously you know the pumice…

Pearl - I am still choosing. I just spoke to my kitchen guy today and he said I could choose from Taubmans, Bristol or DUlix! I thought I could only…

thanks michelle...will check out.
Pearl - do you mind taking a pic for us please? I don't think I would go 2 different colours either. What does your kitchen look like?

What DUlux red would you match to this metaline red colour?

Hang on ...let me find another photo... I took that in unnatural light.
http://www.laminex.com.au/uploads/broch ... ochure.Pdf
I think…

Here's my ******* version! See what I mean about a shanty house?! And I just had to add the dog in there too!

How exciting Melissa! It will be interesting to hear how your experience with Blacktown Council goes - we are with Baulkham Hills. Did you decide to use the landscape plan…

Haha! Very cool! Well done! I tried to do the same but don't know the program very well and it landed up looking like a shanty house! That may have…

What is th aplant with the multi coloured leaf called in the 2nd to last pic. Could it grow in Sydney?

wow - I hate the colour swatch but love the splashback. I think my o/head cupboards might be too dark for that red though. They are laminex colour gloss Espresso
Thanks…

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/23569861/kithcen%20sback.docx
Not sure if that link will work but I started compiling a bunch of coloured glass splashbacks to see if it was red was really what…

Aren't I clever!? I have a blog... I'm new to all this so beare with me and let me gloat a while for being so clever! lol

Melissa - Woohoo! Great plan...very interesting to compare notes and see what changes come from the orginal plan the builder puts out! Such lovely open living space!
Personally, if I were…

Michelle...waht's the colour in the south australia kitchen?

OOh! Let's compare notes...I am doing the same thing. I picked up a few Dulux colours the other day to lookl at... I have the swatches stuck on my current…

Yep! Exterior colours done!
Boral contour gunmetal tiles
PGH Black & Tan bricks
Ironstone gutters and downpipes
Evening Haze fascias and windows
Evening Haze tuscan style panel glide garage doors
Grrr... just tried to put…