Ours cost $52ex per metre, its 1.95m exposed post with capping, really happy with it, has 4 rails which is more than the normal 3, also the rails don't everlap,…

Thanks for the couple of tips, our SS knows of most of the issues, paint is a given so haven't mentioned that yet. The sticker on the door is that…

Hi,
Below is a list of problems we've noticed so far, are these reasonable?
Outside
Garage beam bricks
Chipped bricks
Mortar stains
Render scratches
Gap under slab outside bed4
Cracks in mortar
Gutter scratch outside master bedroom
Downpipe on portico
Gap…

All the signing of documents, we could have walked away then, in the year 2009 there shouldn't be so much paperwork! Other than that probably waiting to move in when…

Ours is 80mm lower, I'm pretty sure it's lower to prevent flooding of the house through the garage.
Ben

We got the builders to do ours, building is a hassle already, there's enough work to do after handover, best to get it done with the build, what's another few…

We've got two easements on our block, 3M across the back and 2M down the side, hasn't really affected us. I'd be pretty annoyed though as it's been added after…

Well it turns out they're the right bricks, my wife took one of our bricks to a house displayed in Espresso and they're identical. Crisis appears to be over.
Ben

The bricks haven't been laid yet, it'll be Thursday at the earliest. Below is a pic of a pallet that has fallen apart. They all look pretty crap to me.…

The sample is from the Boral website, the bricks are nothing like the sample we saw when we had our colour appointment.

Hi,
We've just had our tiling done today and our bricks arrived too. We're after your thoughts, we believe the bricks are considerbly darker than Espresso which is what we chose,…

Well I love them but that's because they're very similar to what we chose.
Domino look great, we're getting expresso, we're getting the Ebony roof tiles, not sure how it will…

Hi,
We've got about 2m of fall across our land and an easement down one side, we've got 30 piers due to easement and about 1m of fill. Our site costs…

Our block settled May 15, application to build over easement lodged May 25, application accepted June 4, 2nd lot of engineering completed June 19, building permit issued June 22, cut…

I would have had them if they didn't cost anymore.

Sorry to hijack but haywgl do you have any closeup pics of the jasper?
We're getting our render/infills in Jasper, have Boral Expresso bricks Ebony tiles and Monument everything else.
Ben

Sure are, open door vaccuum, you said it 'brush attachment', who wants to change an attachment, certainly not me, lol. You don't have to lift it over the tracks.
Benji

Sorry for the slow reply, I'm hopeless.
I'll have another look at the placement of downlights, I'm quite fussy when it comes to having things lined up though, lol.
Sammy, we upgraded…

We're building with Aaron J Homes, pretty happy so far.
Benji

Have someone go guarantor, LMI or similar fees are way too much, we just signed up with St George for one of their no deposit loans which have now finished.…

We were quite suprised when we got our quote we're getting the Brivis ICE add-on, now we're yet to receive the model numbers but it's a 15KW single phase unit…

Or would gunmetal be better, which is darker gunmetal or charcoal grey?
Ben

Hi,
Can't decide which to choose, we've got Boral Espresso bricks with off-white mortar, monument gutter/fascia/downpipes/garage, jasper infills and render and black windows. Not sure what colour roof tiles to get,…

Thanks for the pics, what colour is your gutter/facsia?
Ben

Hi,
Just wondering if any of you have close up pictures of the Boral Striata roof tiles, would like the colours Ebony and Charcoal Grey (Colourthrough). Also if anyone has the…

If you're in regional VIC you can now get $36500! Damn, should have waited!

This is what we chose too, we're having Ebony tiles, Monument gutter/fascia/downpipes/garage, black windows and jasper infills/portico render and Boral Espresso bricks.
Ben

We have two metres of fall and our site costs are 15k, ours is M class slab and screw piles. Not 43 though!
Ben

Not sure on the 'camouflage', thing I think it's just the way they did the drawings I can assure you it's all brick, the portico is the only bit rendered.
We…

I have a con for sliding, where we are at the moment (hinged) I can fit our old 68cm in the robe, we're moving this weekend and will lose 50mm…