For those of you that are interested. I had my little boy on the 7th June at 1.10pm, William Eric, weighing in at 9pounds 6ounces and 55cm tall. Only used…

they dont have a concrete licensing program in vic, but thanks re: that.

this is the problem, and price is no way an indicator of the job that will be done. if only there was a site with peoples recommendations and issues might…

thanks everyone for your comments.

yeh but it is a big difference between paying $1500 for a job or $3000?? our driveway was around 45m2 and cost us around $2700???

I was just wondering how some people go about choosing a concreter. in regards to prices ours range from $1500-$3000 for concreting a 24m2 area. only one has a website.…

Here are some more pics of our progress so far.
The deck, beit a little dirty from trady boots walking on it

The aviary, with a new paint job and surrounding garden…

thanks mclaren, still have a few things we want to get done before the little one arrives, but i only have one week of work left before maternity leave, so…

Here are the long awaited pics.
Our new lounge suite

The new sofa and set up of the study

The change table i sanded and varnished for our soontobe family member

Our new deck…

sorry havent been on in a while, what with work, working on house and pregnancy have been too busy to update. our house is still coming along. got some new…

thanks pebbles, re: kelly (ie koala) was dh parents and we had it passed down to us lol. kids love it.

lol thanks

Ok here are some long awaited pics of the house so far. things have been a bit held up with the news of the soon to be new arrival, but…

thanks emlet and pebbles. yep definately something new to countdown too.

thanks deemaree and herbiecat

Well along with the house coming along though slowly, i can now inform you that we are 13weeks pregnant, with little one due in june. so will really have to…

coming along very nicely laney

Thanks everyone for your nice replies. yes new furniture definately gives the house a new feel. Now it looks as new on the inside as it does on the outside.

Here are some pics of our new furniture that came on friday, the rest is supposed to be ready next week.
Entry complete with bench seat
Loungeroom half complete
Master room
Dressing table
Meals
Study half…

nice work mzddj, looking good.

that is a mesh to protect the wood, not plastic as that would hold the water in on the wood. that is my DH in the pics.

Ok have got pics of our L) hand side retaining wall.

One end of agi pipe going into storm water. Will be angling the path so that the water drains off towards storm water. we have flattened that area and that…

knockitdown - looks like its coming along nicely and looks like a lot of work, cant wait to see the finished product.

Hi lex,
they are only 2x sleepers high (400mm), we have aggi pipe and skoria in the wall to help with drainage. but that pic was taken after the heavy rain…

Here are some pics of our retaining wall on the left hand side of our house. also have one on right hand side but will have to load those pics…

very nice brb, little jeolous of your pergola lol.

thanks felistopher, no i dont think so either. the rail weighs over 40kg per piece plus its deeper in the ground than it is above it and the last one…

Nice yard Aaron&Erin, coming along nicely

Hi,
Nice to see others ideas on retaining walls. My DH also works for the railway and got free rail to support our treated pine retaining wall. These are a lot…