
In this forum we often rightly criticise builders....
Any progress Simeon?
Kneecaps next?!

I work in flooring - do you have a flooring question?
Haha I don’t look that good in a white short and boxers!
It sounds so silly even writing it, but I’m holier than thou in the sock department!!

I work in flooring - do you have a flooring question?
I’ve got a bloody weird question
Has anyone noticed excessive sock wear with hybrid?
I wear socks around the house most of the time.
We moved into a new build at the end…

Carlisle KDR site cost after second soil test
We were lucky in that our old house was so small (86 square metres) compared to the new house, they were able to take enough readings around the old backyard…

Mounting wireless camera under eaves
I used the spring toggle for the fixing to the cement board (for the eaves).
I did use the wallmate in the portico where we have ceiling gyprock in there.…

Building & Developing A Duplex In North Ryde
Excellent - great to hear mate!

Building & Developing A Duplex In North Ryde
With tongue firmly in cheek, how much risk has the government taken to earn this money?
Cheers for the breakdown. Real world costs are out of control - it's easy to…

Aggregate vs Pavers around a new build
Agreed.
We did paving around the two sides of the house. They did a good job but the ants are a pain. The paving was $90/sm in total.
We didn't get…

SINK & COOKTOP ON SAME BENCH
Its worked well - thank you for the help mate (on this and other threads)!

SINK & COOKTOP ON SAME BENCH
Not sure what made me think of this thread, but we are wrapt with our layout - oven, hot plate, sink and two dishwashers on the backbench and island with…

Building & Developing A Duplex In North Ryde
Thanks for the reply Simeon - I can imagine there were times early this year it was a concern.
Again, great work!

Building & Developing A Duplex In North Ryde
Excellent work! Especially since you said a few months back it could be closer to 2.2-2.3m range.
Thanks for the regular updates and quick responses, its refreshing to see positivity.
I guesstimate…

Custom builds vs bank valuations - Your experience?
Any progress Tassiegirl?

Bathroom sink trap washing machine hose provision/bypass nee
Like this

High indoor relative humidty in colder / rainy seasons
Also we use the set mode for air con too - is heaps more comfortable and uses 30% less power according to manufacturer

High indoor relative humidty in colder / rainy seasons
The numbers don't seem silly high - how does it compare to the published humidity?
How does ambient compare to dew point in the rooms?
People lose a lot of water through…

Single story build cost
Out of interest when did you sign contract?
From what I’ve seen there is a huge difference between signing mid 21 vs now?

BA20A form
I don’t have much to offer - our neighbour was awesome with the BA20. Our drama was getting the demo approval with a common wall.
Is the garage wall entirely on…

Custom builds vs bank valuations - Your experience?
What are you hoping for from here?
To understand why? To get a next step? To vent?
You haven’t given much information really, and some things don’t quiet add up
How big is…

Custom builds vs bank valuations - Your experience?
Nah no drama with ours.
It was just to confirm final LVR for a better rate.
The overall value was higher than we expected, land value was really high, so I take…

Custom builds vs bank valuations - Your experience?
Also for ours we had final valuation completed last month. Ours was also custom. The improved value wasn't as much as we spent, it was down by about 75k/14%.

Custom builds vs bank valuations - Your experience?
What has the builder quoted per square metre vs the bank?
Have you gotten another builders quote?

Laundry Tiles Height Level
Are you talking about plain wall or around benches?
Full height tiling looks great but is expensive.
Basic tiling labour only cost us around $70/sm++ and tiles were around $30/sm++.
Most volume…

Flooring question
Have you got a floor plan? Are there logical expansion points? Would help to see sizing of areas.
Would changing flooring direction give more logical expansion trim areas?
Our whole house…

Making a hallway airtight
Our fixing carpenter (when installing the vent) said he's seen the pressure cause cracking between the cornice and the ceiling in larger rooms. In hallways, he said the narrow width…