Our DAH built home is 2.18m and we were offered the chance to take that higher in case we bought a 4WD

The house itself would have to be set back from the boundary with 2nd storey set back further under WA regs to avoid overshadowing.
This is an extension of a…

Looks like there's been a problem there for some time

My guess if there is indeed overshadowing council will require changes.
Neighbour can be as unhappy as they like but they have to comply with the regs

Has the communication come to you from your local council?
If so it's just a matter of pointing out your objection. They will be quite capable of assessing if it's valid…

Gone to their maker in a big way

Natives don't like being transplanted

Depends where you are. In WA they would only have to pay their half once their build was "substantially completed.

There would be many, many more competent drywall installers in Perth than there are competent plasterers.
It comes down to the likelihood of getting a good job and you're more…

Good quality yes. Find a plasterer in Perth that delivers it and you'll get some credibility.

Drywall all the way. Much better finish and not as subject to the mood of the tradie on the day.
Our house was plastered and when the sun hits the…

Our garage door faces west and in summer the garage is stinking hot. I've tried some foil backed insulation on the door which has helped but am now considering two…

The number of penalties handed out compared to the number of sub standard home built would be an interesting stat. Fact is builders get away with murder

How long is it going to last? It's been going on for donkey's years and it's not going to change anytime soon

Got a top job done for $4750

That's pretty typical and when you take into account travel time and the fact that he's probably required to spend time in the office you can consider yourself lucky if…

Wny paint? Paint almost invariably lifts and then you've got to patch.
Floor tiles like these http://www.garagestorageworld.com.au/pr ... -flooring/ are great
If you spill paint or something on…

These PVC tiles are great for a garage. get a few spares and you can easily replace any that get paint spattered or similar. Yet to see a paint coating…

Not an uncommon problem, Some good info here but also a range of excuses that will probably mean a lot of finger pointing and zero acceptance of responsibility

There are now entire streets in our suburb where all the houses have dark roofs, and yards covered in dark pavers/fake grass. This needs to be stopped

Looking at that wording I'd agree with IamSam. You didn't ever have sarking included as a standard inclusion. The $980 is for basic sarking which happens to be anti glare

It's going to be under your roof covering so it's not going to be exposed to the sun for there to be any glare. Can't see any point in it…

Must be a unique evaporative system then as evaporative systems rely on replacement of air rather than recirculation.
Air is dawn in from outside through the cooling pads and is blown…

Evaporative cooling doesn't need a return air vent.
Refrigerated air conditioning does but it's normally in the ceiling
Wall vents are just to keep air moving in double brick walls

Is that a return air vent or just one of those wall vents?

Who did you pay for the job? Smartstone or the mason?

Caesarstone have their own liquid cleaner which works very well and is quite cheap considering how little you have to use

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