best money I every spent when building my house.
Was 0.8% of the overall build cost - not somewhere where you want to skimp

You can never have too much open space.
And just because space is there doesn't mean you have to fill it with furniture and things (aka crap)

Only 9 years late - suspect he hay have bought one by now!

Darbecca were pretty good. We did all inspections and they found quite a few things, many of which were minor. UE responded to each item on each report and fixed…

Our old pool that we filled in recently had the deep part in the middle and shallow at both ends (one shallow end was a bit deeper than the other).…

My builder did the same - said if I didn't use Group 4 there would be delays as they have SLAs with them etc etc etc . I expressed displeasure…

You don't have much garden at the back. Assume double story is not an option to give you a smaller footprint and some garden at the back?

1. You probably wouldn't even see nail holes. Can't tell from your picture how big the existing skirting is - If the new one is thinner a bigger problem you…

I agree with this, I have seen laminate layed on uneven concrete and it does what you describe
During my build my inspector checked and picked up that the concrete was…

Yes we did, pic below. The concreter drilled into the side of the slab and put some dowels in to tie it together. We will paving it and the alfresco…

I did this when I demolished an old house. Much to my amazement someone came and took it away and gave me a few hundred dollars into the bargain.

Very good point. Ensure that they are perfectly lined up on the drawing and positioned properly in the center of the rooms etc . When my house was built the…

I'd put in a lot more power points, pretty much on every wall, including in the garage, and on your island bench. I went crazy with Power points ($50 for…

The one on the right has the advantage that the door doesn't face the bed, so if one person gets up during the night, less disturbance (light and noise) …

I recently did KDR with Urban Edge in inner city Melbourne, and overall pretty happy with the result. Had some minor issues along the way (as expected) but in general…

Site supervisor - the guy or gal employed by your builder to basically run the building of your house and supervise all the trades. If you are using a volume…

Sorry I don't know the answer, but if is was a standard surely they would know about that when they did the drawing??.
Sound like they are trying to cover up…

Re the power points, go crazy!. My builder only charged $50 for a double, and I put in heaps...but now still finding places where I would have liked one.

Re…

Update..... found an earthmover on gumtree who was happy to dump 7m3 of soil at the front for free - it was to my surprise really good stuff. Took me…

We have Chromagen Solar in our new house. It is a complete PITA. When it switches over over from Solar to continuous booster you get up to a minute of…

Thanks, I'll do that. A bit annoyed that they put it in the middle of the lawn rather than near the fence
I cut off the second one with…

I have some done like that on my house (against render though, not brick) and Darbecca accepted it. (They picked up other non-compliant flashing)

I have 2 mystery pipes that have been left behind after our build
This is in the middle where I want to have lawn at the back. It looks like some…

Thanks, your garden looks great!
yes I think l will try and get some fill from a pool dig or similar and then some topsoil for the top. Unfortunately I don't…

Definitely option 1, for the reasons mentioned above. And you will be able to see the TV from the kitchen

I have finished my house build and now turning attention to the backyard. There is around a 60m2 area where I would like to have grass, however need to raise…

Looks to me like the whole thing is upside down. Maybe they stuffed up and installed it on the wrong side, so had to flip it. Looks really strange

Permit cost around $250.
But before I started I just phoned the council and a friendly person explained it all to me. I suspect you could do the same?

I am in Melbourne, and in my council you need a crossover permit to do anything to your crossover or kerb (in my case just to fix it as it…

So is there a strip like that on the outside, and you are still seeing light though??