Thanks for the information Cornellengineers. Having a read of the soil report, it's classed as a P site due to "adverse moisture conditions" with poor site drainage.

Thanks again! Not sure if he’s proposing piers as the soil test says it needs to be on piers.
I’ll have to speak to him again on Monday and get…

Thanks for the detailed reply alexp79!
Sounds like it's a good way to go, although the engineer has said it'll still need to be on piers? And also said it'd…

Hi everyone,
We've been talking to an engineer about having our slab designed, we were initially going with a raft slab with bored piers as we've got a "P" site. He's…

VIC is a big state... Might need to narrow it down a bit?

I believe variations are if you want to change something that’s written into the contract. I guess you could use it for a fireplace?
Variations are usually costly.
One builder we spoke…

On our plans we've got all the bedrooms on the south side with kitchen/living/dining etc. facing the north side.

Wow, the Metallix range was going to be our choice too.

Plan A seems to have a more open living area that will probably let in more natural light but I don't like the location of the 4th bedroom as there's…

Is that the 86cm Bosch rangehood? We're getting the 90cm Bosch induction cooktop, but it bugs me that the rangehood is only 86cm lol.

Sorry, my bad. I didn't read the post properly!

Are you only applying for pre-approval? We got pre-approval without info about the build, but the bank will need a proper signed building contract before the loan is fully approved.
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Thanks guys.

Hi everyone,
In the process of designing our new build.
Our garage will be 6100mm deep x 6500mm wide, we were wondering what the maximum size panel lift door we’d be…

Off memory, a builder we spoke to around a year ago had an allowance of around $5k for a facade in their base price.
It really depends on what sort…

I agree with Althom. Though it certainly doesn't hurt to start browsing through display homes to get an idea of what you're after.

From a builder we've spoken to, yes it's normal to not be included. They told us concrete is only included inside the house, anything outside will cost extra (alfresco, driveway,…

Porcelain tiles will be stronger than ceramic.

As long as they're glazed tiles they'll both be the same to clean/maintain.

At the $30/m2 price point I’d say they’d be ceramic tiles. $60/m2 you’d probably be looking at a decent porcelain tile.
Really just depends on what you’d prefer.

Our builder has estimated around $3,500 for a BAL 19. Windows don't need to be double glazed, just 5mm toughened glass I believe.

Have you got a heat gun by any chance? A mate of mine just went through a similar thing and managed to get two tiles up in one piece by…

We spoke to our local council and were told any changes (even minor) would require an amendment.