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3 months3 monthsbutters7388butters7388 posted:
Pool surround gardening

Looking for some advice on pool surround planting.
We have roughly 500mm wide garden bed around the edge of our pool.
Depth of the bed is only around 250-300mm to top…

3 years3 yearsbutters7388butters7388 posted:
Sliding window panel removal

Nothing like that on these windows unfortunately

3 years3 yearsbutters7388butters7388 posted:
Sliding window panel removal

Having issues with our sliding window panels.
We built about 3 years ago, and have never been able to get the sliding panel from our windows out easily. The panel…

5 years5 yearsbutters7388butters7388 posted:
Ideas for narrow strip next to driveway

I'm looking for some ideas for a garden along the length of my driveway between the boundary and concrete.
Currently it has grass but it is a pain to mow…

5 years5 yearsbutters7388butters7388 posted:
Cleaning behind freestanding oven

I have noticed the splashback behind our freestanding oven is quite dirty.
How hard is it to remove a freestanding oven/stovetop to clean behind it?
It's a gas/electric combo.
Looking in the…

5 years5 yearsbutters7388butters7388 posted:
Removing window panels for cleaning

I was trying to remove the sliding glass panels from Windows, not doors.

5 years5 yearsbutters7388butters7388 posted:
Removing window panels for cleaning

So we are trying to remove the sliding panels from our horizontal sliders so we can clean them. We can't clean from outside as we have fixed security screens.
I…

6 years6 yearsbutters7388butters7388 posted:
Who's building in Capestone, Mango Hill ?

Unless you have bought one of the 450k+ blocks on the "lake" I don't think you will have any issues.

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7 years7 yearsbutters7388butters7388 posted:
Building with Homes by CMA - Ascot 260

I looked into ring security floodlights but the $4 a month per camera for cloud storage is an additional cost that should really be free.
I'm looking into a 4MP…

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7 years7 yearsbutters7388butters7388 posted:
Attaching fence post to built to boundary wall

That was my thoughts. Our plans show that it is built 200mm inside the boundary.
There is really nothing we can do about it now but wondering what the legalities…

7 years7 yearsbutters7388butters7388 posted:
Attaching fence post to built to boundary wall

I have just been advised by my partner that our neighbour has decided to fix a fence post to our built to boundary wall with dynabolts into our brick.
Is this…

7 years7 yearsbutters7388butters7388 posted:
Building with Homes by CMA - Ascot 260

We had a similar issue on our block. We were the lower block and cut our block slightly and it was our responsibility. Then the neighbours decided to fill their…

7 years7 yearsbutters7388butters7388 posted:
Building with Homes by CMA - Ascot 260

Who does the retaining favour? Are you on the high side or the low side?

7 years7 yearsbutters7388butters7388 posted:
Home Insurance

We are a couple of weeks out from handover and it is time to start getting our home and contents insurance sorted.
just using hypothetical numbers, say our build cost us…

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7 years7 yearsbutters7388butters7388 posted:
BL- Coral - Grange 26 - Week 21 - its like a lottery

Hi BrownDog77,
Out of interest, did you check out any of the other displays at Port Macquarie? Thoughts on the overall display village?
Cheers

7 years7 yearsbutters7388butters7388 posted:
Building the Bella with Homes by CMA in North Harbour, SEQ

It appears they are all the same. Poor communication from project home builders seems to be an industry wide problem.

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7 years7 yearsbutters7388butters7388 posted:
First Home - Mango Hill, QLD

Hard to believe we are only 4 weeks in to our contract given the delays we had at the start of the build. We are now 4 weeks in and…

7 years7 yearsbutters7388butters7388 posted:
Coral homes - Marcoola - Pimpama

You see the rocks after they pressure hose the top layer off I think?
We are going for a "salt and pepper" mix with ours, I think 70/30 black to white.

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7 years7 yearsbutters7388butters7388 posted:
Coral homes - Marcoola - Pimpama

what sort of driveway are you getting? exposed agg or coloured?

7 years7 yearsbutters7388butters7388 posted:
First Home - Mango Hill, QLD

Frames and roof are now all up.
Electrical, plumbing and gas rough in also completed. Unfortunately they have gone against all our discussions and put the gas hot water system on…

7 years7 yearsbutters7388butters7388 posted:
First Home - Mango Hill, QLD

Been a while since I have updated on this so here goes.
Our block was cut on the 28th January and then we were held up because the developer had…

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7 years7 yearsbutters7388butters7388 posted:
Building the Bella with Homes by CMA in North Harbour, SEQ

I had a look at the design guidelines for North Harbour and couldn't see a definition of what they deem a "secondary street frontage" to be.
I would definitely be question…

7 years7 yearsbutters7388butters7388 posted:
DJ Roberts

Yes Emjay are based around North Lakes area. We are building with them in Mango Hill.

7 years7 yearsbutters7388butters7388 posted:
Adding in items after loan approval

Basically we have had our loan approved at a contract value which included two split system air con units.
After much discussion, we have decided ducted may be the way to…

7 years7 yearsbutters7388butters7388 posted:
Who's building in Capestone, Mango Hill ?

Anyone else building in Stage 15? We are being held up by the developer as their surveyors haven't yet completed the final survey works.

7 years7 yearsbutters7388butters7388 posted:
First Home - Mango Hill, QLD

It turns out the block wasn't cut today but will hopefully be done tomorrow.

7 years7 yearsbutters7388butters7388 posted:
First Home - Mango Hill, QLD

Council approved plans were received on Tuesday, at which point our 14 week contract commenced.
Site cut should be happening today with plumbing and underslab works next week.
Slab pour is booked…

7 years7 yearsbutters7388butters7388 posted:
Coral Capri 25- Week 6: Lining Stage

Is your 1200 wide?

7 years7 yearsbutters7388butters7388 posted:
Coral Capri 25- Week 6: Lining Stage

We were tossing up between the XS24 and the XS45.....
In the end we went for the XS45.......now I am thinking we should have gone XS24

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