Whoa, I really should come by here more often haha!
Dream Catchers, we just got the glass shelf from Bunnings. Over a year now and no issues, easy to keep clean…

Ermagherd!! It's been so long! Congrats on the baby girl, she's gorgeous!!!
So exciting to be building again AND near me as well!!! (I just saw your post on my thread...…

Haha no Leanne, they're just cute pinup exercise themed posters
Thanks Bradster. That's the idea! And it's still amazing that after 2 years, we still have…

Haha yeah that's me hiding on the edge, I was trying not to be in it but it was impossible to avoid cos of it's sheer size.

A new post today to celebrate the fact that as of last Thursday, we have now been in our house for TWO YEARS! *hooray*!!! Time has flown by and it’s…

I know the feeling about wonky driveways.... but you'll get used to it and end up flying out at a million miles an hour like…

Hi housebythewater. Roman Cobble isn't bad, I suggest going to see the actual samples at Atlas Paving before making any decisions... we did and I ended up changing my mind…

Thanks Treeseachanger! It definitely feels sensational
Nah, not a dancer or a gymnast. Just an exercise enthusiast, haha!
Oh yes, I forgot…

A very VERY overdue and long-winded project has finally been completed - our driveway!
--> Atlas Paving-Ironbark pavers (main) and Mocha pavers (edges).
When we bought our block, there was an existing…

We were about $2.5k over at prestart and I had the funds ready to pay on the day, but we were told it would be paid at the first slab…

My partner and I were in our mid-20's when we built for the first time. We had $20k deposit and our total mortgage in the end came to $330k. Our…

Hi Daniel,
I did a lot of looking for reviews on that productreview website as well - and I found that every single builder had a few negatives. None of them…

Hi Daniel,
I built with HGWA back when they were still Scott Park homes. My build was finished in August 2012 so I've been in my new home for over a…

Thank you everyone it would have been a lot easier, of course, to get everything done with the build so the house was finished, but…

Congrats on your build! I've been living in my HGWA (still Scott Park when I built with them!) house for a year now and it is still my favourite place…

She's adorable she is quite hairy but doesn't shed too much. No more then my cat. I do vacuum every day but having three hairy…

We have been EVER so slowly building up the activity room study area, and finally it's (almost) finished.
BEFORE:

We did the overhead cabinets before moving on to the desk area. We…

You should research putting conduits on interior walls for future TV points, as interior walls are single brick and the only way to run a wire after handover is to…

Hiya!
My partner and I also built with HGWA (though when we built they were still Scott Park homes) and moved in just over a year ago in September 2012.…

My partner did the same as mentioned above with a laminate bench from Bunnings, we cut a bit off the end (it was too long) and a space for the…

I have absolutely no idea. that's just the idea, I assume Dave will create something similar himself from various hooks and things from Bunnings...

Yes, a sparky he's very handy in all facets actually. His parents are very handy people and he's grown up to have a lot of…

Lol! Same! Lucky his friends are less electrical nerds and more actual nerds, so I have to throw in words like 'termagaunt' and 'D20' to join in the conversation

Nope. I've never got a red/pinky hue from it at all. My bathrooms are white with beige walls and a dark brown floor tile, but even then, no red or…

A few little updates. We fitted out most of the garage (shelving sections)...

Dave and I used brackets from Bunnings and planks of leftover wood that we cut up with…

Yeah, Dave goes off on tangents about network wiring and I'm like *nod uh huh... *nods more* yup, uh huh....

Here are some pics of my laminex diamond gloss. I have white Valencia in the kitchen, and stipple seal in the bathrooms.
The stipple seal doesn't have a line through it…

I was the same Sar - the whole get-finance-before-losing-the-land thing was soooo stressful, I was a mess. I knew my MIRVAC rep's phone number by heart and I called her…