Went over today and the back and front patio has been tiled ...pics will be up soon.
All the skirting has now been finished and…

Thanks guys!! Needless to say we were a little nervous about using so much red...but i think it works well. Should look good once there is some furniture in there…

Thanks Rizzo....happy with how it came up....

Well...its been 12 months since my last post and due to a change in jobs and our town being one of the towns that flooded in the QLD floods, our…

Haha...this is a great topic and it is pleasing to see that we arent the only ones that are visiting our site daily.
We are at…

I recently quoted a colourbond fence for a property we are looking to build on. We are going to put the fence up ourselves, so there was no labour in…

Ah...yeah...
What i was actually after was some opinions/answers from people who were currently building...and the reasons they went with either bricks or render...

Hey There Guys,
I was hoping everyone can give some opinions on the Render VS Bricks when building a new home.
My wife and i are building and are going for…

Not bad at all!! I actually really like it and i reckon it would be easy to find bedspreads etc to match

Yeah...this is the exact reason we are doing it. Wifey and i use the computer quite a bit so we didnt want to be stuffed up in another room while…

Sorry for the delay in replying to this....
Here is the breakup
Living - 190.57m2
Garage - 42.3m2
Patio - 4.6m2
Alfresco - 20.5m2
TOTAL - 257.98m2

Nice one man!! Congrats on getting plastered....

Thanks for your feedback guys!!
The fact that it is "too much" is the only thing stopping us from doing it.
The room size is about 9100 x 6000 so…

Hey there Guys and Gals...
Firstly a quick intro...my name is Ben and my wife's is Chenara and we live in Emerald which is in Central QLD!
While we have built…

Thanks for thinking of us....but we were actually maybe looking at something like Acrylic Splashbacks...eg
http://www.ozziesplash.com.au/products/ ... plash.html
http://www.zenolite.com.au/FortheHome/t ... fault.aspx

Thanks everyone for your feedback!! It is much appreciated. It is pleasing to see that alot of you have the same views as me

Thanks Zeke....and…

Hey guys...awesome thread!!
Here is our house plan that we will be starting to build in the next 4-6 weeks!!
Would love any feedback!!

Cheers
Benny J

Having been a mortgage broker for about 7 years....
Yes, Redraw is very handy provided it is used for the right reasons. For example, we have redraw on our mortgage and…

WOW Man!! I really like the design of your new home!! The open area (kitchen etc) looks great and the angles seem to work great!!
I must say also, that your…

Hey Guys,
I have joined up today as wifey and i are looking for some advice for our new kitchen.
We are in the process of building a new home....or finalising…