Colour of mortar, and finish (raked, rolled, flush) all costs nothing extra in Perth. Well at least with my builder.

I used grey tinted glass on my font windows, it has a mild reflection, which works great during the day, no one can see in and from inside (looking out)…

Have you selected our land yet? If so which way is north? Ideally, the layout of your home should depend on it's orientation.
See the Passive Design section of this page…

Red Ink have won industry awards for customer service two years running, can't comment on the quality of their homes though.

As a general rule, the living areas of the house should face north, bedrooms in the south (as they get less direct sunlight and therefore are cooler).
After a quick look,…

Do you have your land sorted yet?
The reason I ask is because the design of your house should take into account the orientation of the block.
Of course, it does…

Assuming your block is L1037 and assuming that north is at the top of the map on the 'The Point' web site, then......
I would 'flip' the Statesman to allow your…

Soil concerns aside, (and assuming you don't already know this stuff) I recommend you go to this web site...
http://www.yourhome.gov.au/technical/index.html
and learn all about orientation and passive design…

Guess what - I have grey toughened glass on 4 of my windows - however as the slab only went down this week - it should not be a big…

To anyone who has signed a standard HIA fixed price contract ( as we have), it ain't fixed price. From what I understand the builder can past on…

we hope to have out slab down this week, and I don't believe we will have delays in regards to concrete and bricks, though nothing guaranteed yet. Wen to Midland…

In WA I believe the markup is more like 30%, ours was.

I'll be speaking to them tomorrow, I imagine they'll say that they made a mistake etc....

Hi there...
We signed a contract with a builder on a plan that included 31c ceiling height in the theatre, however when the building company mailed us a formal copy of…

Howdy,
Has anyone used LED lighting in their home, and how did it go?
I'm referring to use LED use for all traditional internal residential lighting purposes, such as :
* downlights
* dimmable…

Matt, thanks for the quick reply.
With regard to the 'equipment' that is all totally up for grabs because at this stage I don't have any! My current TV is 13…

Hi there,
I'm hoping someone/everyone? can offer some advice on the best layout for my home thearte.
My current thinking is to project onto the wall between to two awning windows (the…

Hi there Arc,
As a co-incidence, I visited a display home in Perth, currently under construction, last weekend and saw this exact thing, however only one brick high.
I took…

Reputation is difficult to measure and to be honest I have no real basis to back up my previous post other than they build a nice display home, the sales…

Hi there,
Not sure I can help, but I'm in a similar situation and will be demolishing a house in the next month to build a new one. We have spoken…

I think the question should be "How big is your backyard?"
Seen plenty of 4x2's with a study, which I assume is for a family of 5, with a backyard…

D&S,
The boss (wife) corrected me - the verbal quote was $2500 not $1500. The reason given was that they would use different bricks, which I assumed to be cheaper, hence…

Hi,
I'm from Perth and am building shortly.
I believe that Metrostyle only build fully rendered houses.
I've just have a verbal quote to fully render a home (in display spec only the…

Thanks for the reply Lisalu,
Would be great if you could provide an update on your experience in a months time.
Also wondering how much extra you had/choose to pay on top…

Hi Lisalu,
Sorry I can't help with your enquiry, but wanted to know how you are going with Summit? We are considering building with them, and would like to know what…