The contractors sealed the aggregate for us. It needs to be resealed every year I think.

The reddish-rock mulch is from Soil Worx in Werribee (also in Deer Park), The bigger, bluestone rocks are collected from a nearby development

Hi bluemetal77 - this thread has some great ideas... http://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=21&t=19823

Great minds think alike hey!!

Thanks Fu - I have done this once already and cleaned it up a fair bit, but it probably needs another go - perhaps sometime when it's not so hot!!
Thanks…

We built a raised garden with the our left over bricks... It took my Dad and I two days to build and whilst it's not perfect - I reckon…

Hi Bunky! Keep pushing becuase whilst they say that don't do paint and plaster cracks - they do if they want to!!
We were in exactly the same…

Thanks Buzz. We're really happy with how it's looking! It's been a lot of hard work but soo worth it!!!

It looks fantastic Hels!!! It's hard work but so great to be able to sit back and admire it all when it's done!

I've been neglecting this page considerably and have lots of photos of our progress to show...
Our letterbox has finally been given a 'forever' home...
The pavers (from RMS traders in Hoppers…

We bought a block in stage 1 of the Wyndella estate and moved in last August. It's hard to give much of an opinion on the estate itself as…

That's priceless!!

We got ours through Colourco. Ours is quite large but the price compared to Startco was significantly cheaper. www.colourco.com.au
You could also try putting a request…

S didn't tell us when they were starting either - we received a letter a week after they started to advise us of the start date and our SS and…

I can understand your frustration... Our light switch placements annoy me too. I'm not too worried about 'where' they are - we chose that so only have ourselves to blame…

Yay!!!!!!! I hope that you can get some sleep tonight... You'll need it!!!!! I know I didn't sleep much on the night before handover.

I know how you feel - waiting so long and then a silly mistake (an avoidable one at that) gets in the way.
Our deposit payment was delayed 2 weeks because…

Hi Caz - definitely worth checking with your council on this, but generally (from my research) anything that you do put on it will be removed should access to the…

[quote="Jose27artstiches it doesn't look like the weather will be any good for framing until early next week, but thank you for keeping your fingers crossed for us. We do…

Now there's a thought
I don't know about talented... notice there are no…

We went to bed listening to the sound of rain on the roof last night. I love that sound but couldn't help thinking - I hope that all that…

I didn't find out about the MyS!monds until I heard about on H1 and had to figure out the login for myself It kept…

Oooh I would!! .. but i don't think I'm close enough

I over your location!! Well done on designing a lovely home to suit it. I look forward to watching it grow. Fingers crossed for a break in the rain so…

Thanks MM. yes... The letterbox is 'evolving'... but I'm going to do something about it soon... I watched the postie yesterday and he had…

Lucky you have your Gumboots!! good luck today!! I can't beleive that this will be the first time you meet him!! You obviously didn't…

I should mention that the mortar in the pictures above is still wet - it was only bricked just before lunch time (colour is natural/grey).

You're in the right place - we understand your obsession Besides... it's much better to obsess and get it right than to have…

I guess that the other thing that can make a difference to the overall appearance is the mortar colour.
I've just checked on the progress of the neighbours bricking...…

This weekend we went from this...
...to this...
The pile of rocks on the left is also growing - we've been 'collecting' these from the development down the road. They have…