We didnt want beading around our waterfall benchtop either.
Our flooring guy cut some super nice cuts to our engineered blackbutt and we got an excellent finish.
I know its not bamboo…

I'm not against dedicated toy rooms or activity areas etc but IMHO you need to think about future uses of the room when designing your house.
The kiddies 'bulk toy' phase…

Forgot to mention try to include a photo of your sample board up against the painted wall in your email, so there's no confusion about your concern.

Flick your SS a friendly email now before the next coat. That way you can be at ease quicker if all is good or have done him/her a nice gesture…

What happens when you switch the gas off at the mains?

Have been in the same boat, but it cost us $1800, 3 years ago.
You asked for the work to be done so cut your loses and move on, lesson learnt.

Any reasonable person would have pulled their finger out and finished the wall properly as an apology for dragging it out for so long.

That's just not cricket in my opinion and I wouldn't be accepting it.
Unless your contract is cost + x% ?

Why would it be an added expense for you?
We had the same situation during our build, no manhole on plans / need a manhole.
Our SS simply asked "where do you…

Clean it up and post another picture.
I'd probably hit it with a wire brush (on the end of a drill/dremel/grinder) and remove all the paint and rust first , then…

We were in the same predicament... In WA
After meeting with several 2 story builders we ended up going quality single story with top spec.
We still have great views as the…

Real happy with our surfmist roof, looks stunning.

For an overnight fix, dig up the dead section, spread some soil enhancer then lay some new turf in its place (same species). It will soon integrate with the existing…

Thanks for the post, I don't have a particular problem, it's just a hypothetical question that no-one seems to have a concrete answer for.
From what you're saying there's no limit,…

How deep do I own my land? (ie. to the center of the earth, or a few metres?)
I'm interested to know the serious legal answer to this silly question..

Unbelievable.
If i was in your poor position I'd get an engineer out, get a report and take a whole heap of photos. Then I'd tidy everything up get rid of…

For a budget of 250-270k you will be spending a lot that on an architect designing your 'solar passive' home. That sort of money could go towards solar panels, premium…

In a perfect world you would have contacted your builder as soon as the issue became known and they would have organised their maintenance team to rectify the issue under…

The 2 items you mention are fairly fundamental items that are decided during the initial negations / plans / contract.
I would strongly recommend that you raise your concerns about the…

I would say that with the colours you have in mind, you'll easily find a great scheme that has already been painted on a display home (ie. carefully chosen by…

It's been installed the wrong way end of story. The people you are dealing with must think your stupid? Call the manufacture and get absolute confirmation of the installation orientation…

Nice, hope have surround sound to go with that!

Realistically the only lag your going to notice is online; and your internet connection will trump any noticeable tv latency. But if it's what u want go for it, I've…

Yep agree with mike, if you can stretch your budget , first option is brand new (on sale)

If I was in your shoes I'd buy a good second hand Panasonic 55-58 inch plasma.
As a guide 2008 onwards would be fine, just confirm the model number and make…