belandchris posted:Where to try and save???
Roof sarking - From what I know it has to be put under the roof tiles/colorbond roof just prior to the roof tiles/colorbond going on and can't be done after...…
belandchris posted:Electrolux Induction Cooktop
Hi sorry this won't be much help as we haven't actually moved in yet and used ours, but we went with the Electrolux Maxisense 71cm induction cooktop (with the 90cm…
belandchris posted:Quality of underside finish to Essastone breakfast bar?
My brother recently built through Ausbuild and had a casearstone benchtop with waterfall ends. The batch code etc etc was written on the sides (inside of the waterfalls ends…
belandchris posted:Skirting for Wall Faced Toilets
Sorry it took so long!! Here are the photos...
belandchris posted:Skirting for Wall Faced Toilets
Sorry didn't manage to get to the house to take a photo yesterday. Will be going to the house tomorrow so will post the photo tomorrow.
belandchris posted:Cairns build - Austart Homes
Love love love your house design!!!! We went through this home on display at Griffin here in Brisbane. We just fell in love with the front facade which was…
belandchris posted:Skirting for Wall Faced Toilets
It looks absolutely fine in my opinion. We have just had it done - back to wall toilet with the skirting tile either side of it (the tilers originally…
belandchris posted:Who has built or is building new houses with Ausbuild QLD
Hi,
We built with Ausbuild in 2011 in northwest Brisbane and had no problems at all - the build went smoothly and professionally and the quality was amazing - I…
belandchris posted:Wall/floor grout lines to match up - Common or NOT ???
Hi - I know how you feel!!! We had the same problem our wall tiles were 297x600 and floor tiles were 300x300 which meant that the grout lines where they…
belandchris posted:12mm or 15mm ply for solid timber over concrete?
We have been quoted from two well known companies in SE Qld 14mm solid blackbutt and they will both use 12mm ply. I have no idea re issues though.
belandchris posted:Exterior colours - please help me out!
This is a friend's old house which shows the render in 'dune' and the garage door in woodland grey (so you get a look at both together rather than on…
belandchris posted:Exterior colours - please help me out!
No I don't... yet. Our render has only been painted around the garage, but mudpack is a beautiful colour and a shade darker than calf skin. I'm having…
belandchris posted:Exterior colours - please help me out!
That's a great idea - thanks Michelle! I was wondering what to do with them and thought about just buying a big canvas and throwing them all onto it…
belandchris posted:Exterior colours - please help me out!
Hehehe you sound like me!!! One of my previous posts was exactly that! Tried dune, powered rock and beige royal (amongst a hundred others)!! We have a dune…
belandchris posted:Polished porcelain tiles for shower base?
Yep I understand what your shower will be like - quite envious as I would have loved one without glass (I hate having to clean shower glass!) but didn't have…
belandchris posted:Polished porcelain tiles for shower base?
We were originally going to go with polished porcelain in the shower bases (as we were having polished porcelain in the actual bathroom and ensuite). I was a bit…
belandchris posted:Height between kitchen pantry shelves?
It was the builder's design, so you have a 'kitchen bench' so to speak as part of the pantry shelving. The bottom shelf is 45cm in depth, the 'bench'…
belandchris posted:Height between kitchen pantry shelves?
We have 4 shelves - the bottom shelf is 46.6cm off the ground, the next shelf is then 46.4cm higher (making it 93cm off ground). This shelf is actually…
belandchris posted:Dark roofs
We're building with PH and we chose a colorbond 'Dune' roof and we opted for sarking as an additional cost after so many people told us we would be mad…
belandchris posted:Building in Fernvale - Pic update!
No it wont cost you anything in terms of admin fees, however they will charge you (or credit you) in relation to the actual window (depending on the type and…
belandchris posted:Building in Fernvale - Pic update!
Haha now you point it out, I'm nearly choking at the cost of the internal doors now too!!! We never considered checking out Bunnings. The Madison is similar…
belandchris posted:Our Build - Monaco Nouveau Q1 Pic Fest P18 - we are in
I actually really love your garage door!!! Instead of changing your garage door, could you re-sand and re-stain your front door to match the garage door down the track??? …
belandchris posted:My Q2 Retreat.
Hi (again!) hehe
Yep we are also going with fans as well as the Actron - the fans we are going with are called Hunter Pacific Concept 2. The bedroom…
belandchris posted:Building in Fernvale - Pic update!
Hi MalinViktoria,
I can answer a few of those questions - we are about to pay the fixing invoice to Plantation (building northwest of Brisbane).
We upgraded our kitchen benches…
belandchris posted:APG Yangebup APG build - PCI done, keys in 2 weeks!! Excitin
Gorgeous home! Ours is a single storey with main render colour and roof being dune, with a surfmist garage door and window frames, with accents of woodland grey -…
belandchris posted:help! brisbane builder/suburb advice!
Rocky as in our particular salesperson was useless and it took a considerable amount of 'complaining' before we were given someone more competent to deal with. We were getting…
belandchris posted:help! brisbane builder/suburb advice!
Just wanted to say hi to everyone on this thread building with Plantation, and those looking to as well! After a rocky (and I mean very rocky) start with…
belandchris posted:Building with PLantati0n- anyone? standard stone question..
We are half way through our build with Plantation - we have New Diamond White - not an upgrade. We were going with Luna White, that's also not an…
belandchris posted:Actron Air Conditioner? Or Mitsubishi
Hi - we are building in Brisbane with Plantation Homes (Retreat) and have just had the Actron Ultima roughed in. We used Tony Redsell from Redsell Air. I…
