This weekend I bought a bunch of lights and fans at JD Lighting at Browns Plains. Quite reasonable prices and helpful staff. I've gone with warm white for…

I think it's about $34 to get enough film from Bunnings to cover a bathroom window. Or we could get it professionally done for around $200. The funny…

I know what you mean. I'm already itching to find out if there is fresh lot of insulation on the rubbish pile.
Edit: We went again this evening. All…

I live 10ish minutes from my build and yesterday I was there 6 times. I had control of the site over the weekend to do electrical and data cabling…

I've been pretty slack with posting as work and life and actual building have gotten in the way.
I'll go through with a quick timeline of events.
Jan 14 - Slab. …

Almost forgot - we did make one final change to the main bedroom / ensuite:

This layout allows us to have a bigger shower and gives us a large wall to…

Yes, progress.
We've completed our colour selections and electrical and are currently just twiddling thumbs until the land is registered. It was supposed to happen in September, then end of…

No doors or windows on that side of the house as it is built to boundary. We only have a 15m frontage and our house is 25cm too large…

I've been reading these forums since we decided to build - so much useful info, especially for us newbs.
So far we've got land (south facing, 15x30 at Warner in Qld),…

Hi guys!
We went in for our tender presentation last Friday. I thought I had budgeted enough for extra site costs as I knew we there was an 80% chance…

Got mine too! Thanks a bunch.

I've decided not to go with this plan (or builder). We only have a 15m wide block, so even without building to boundary there were limited options to shade…

We *almost* selected this design as well. The display home was really something I could see myself living in, and the finish quality of all coral displays is amazing.…

Not really. It's the garage side, so if I don't build to boundary there will be 2m of space. Maybe some vines, or some artificial shade of some…

Hi!
I've been lurking here for a few weeks and have learned a lot about solar passive design and building orientation. I know that bedrooms are supposed to be south…