Hi Dantheman,
Thanks for mentioning my blog ...
Based on my basic understanding, if you have sarking installed, you would need the anti-ponding boards otherwise it…

I bet when you see property price going up so crazily in past few months, everyone would want to have their old house back, to enjor double/more benefit from the…

Have you ever contacted your maintenance guys from the builder for any minor maintenance work. If you have ever deal with them, you should already have some sort of idea…

It would sort of depend on how good your relationship with the neighbour is and whether they think it's necessary to replace that "thing' which you don't think should be…

How about another option, since you are debt free, and the area is good...
why not look for a house in the area with better view and sufficient room/space, then buy…

You might need to build a brick wall at the front or retaining walls or BBQ areas somewhere, having some bricks from the same batch as your house would certainly…

I have an old post on my blog regarding some tips about eaves as below in case any one interested.
http://building-our-first-house.blogspo ... r-new.html
Personally, I think a house…

Even if you pull out the tape and measure the width and argue with SS to death that it's 3mm too wide or something like that, to them it's "within…

Check with your SS and customer service. Once you payed the last payment you lost control. At least arrange for an inspection by your own inspector.

After moved in more than 12 months, I guess everything sort of cooled down a bit. Focusing more on work, kids and other stuffs. Haven't visited the forum for a…

Hi Lex,
Yes, there will still be weep holes in garage.
As the floor level of garage is lower than the the house, you will notice the area that's plastered ends at…

according to this news, it's been scrapped??
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/na ... 5832748655
I am actually more worry about some of the owner might just put the house on the market...…

one other thing that might make you feel better
once your construction starts, normally it's builder who's suppose to pay for the water bill
so make sure you note down the meter…

Not an expert on this, but since there's leaking it's surely a problem the builder have to fix... Just wonder if they would blame someone else, say plumber, landscaper, ....etc…

yeah, I have been trying to do that...
wife keep remind me to be nice to neighbours, as they have all suffered full 8-10 months of similar noise and dusty environment…

I can feel your pain...
The house right across our street is doing some renovation job, putting on new roof and other stuffs. They always arrive on-site around 6:45am (sometimes earlier...),…

after that kid falling out of the windows accident in Sydney (http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009 ... 722609.htm), I think awning windows would certainly be more secure & safe compared…

I agree with Ed, I have seen houses next to busy road installing another second windows outside for each and every window, it's indeed pretty quiet inside. Problem is, although…

Just my 2c...
What we did with the alfresco slab was, because our builder was going to charge us over $4000 we decided to cancel it.
Later we included it as part…

One other option is, to use timber fence but with steel post, then it would certainly be much stronger and hopefully less chance of termite problem.

Yes, it's all been resolved.
There's all sort of accidents that could happen in your construction site everyday due to unforseen reason. I am not blaming the builder, just kept…

There won't be any water damage problem with the frame
It's the flooring board for upstairs that could have "floor lipping" problem if soaked in water for too long (before roof…

Depend on your council, may be you can remove the whole thing. After your house finished, go through other company to build a much bigger pergola/alfresco in timber/other materials.

One thing most people forgot, and the builder normally don't include is the door bell/chimes. A wired one is certainly much better than the wireless one which runs on battery…

if there's an existing house on the land, you can just grab it and make the decision later, as the house can be rented out and start generating income. But…

we got Terracotta, one thing you shouldn't forget is to add sarking. as Terracotta cracks more easily than others. with sarking it will help with any leaking problem in case…

most of the stuffs are made in china nowadays any way. main difference is, there's a local company who you can talk to/complaint/return/refund if there's any problem with the product.
what…

I guess the bedroom doors are much wider as you might need to move some bigger furnitures in/out of the bedroom, and the chance of doing that for bathroom would…

One thing to consider with retaining wall cost at the backyard is access.
If your house already completed and only have about 1m left in both side of the house left…

Just my 2c as a reminder to all of you who are increasing the side of your eaves, not sure if you understand how do the builders extend the size…