Thanks so much

All looks great Docker Rob. Following your thread with interest as we are also extending a 1930's era house. We are somewhat constrained by land size of only…

There is a family/meals room, but the main living room is the one labelled rumpus.

Whoo whoo. There are people at the house doing things! Is very exciting when something is actually happening.
They started digging the holes for the foundations yesterday and betya…

Having recently got quotes for timber double hung windows, double glazing was only around 10% more than single glazing, which surprised us. We have therefore chosen to double glaze…

Rain rain go away....

I have been prompted to start a new thread about our new project, which has recently commenced.
This is the house we have been living in until recently:

It has taken over…

Agreed Humble that it puts people off posting when they are likely to be belittled rather than supported. The purpose of an owner builder forum is for owner builders…

Onc - I would understand it more if he was looking for gold! The fact he says he has a map of special old toilets makes it seem even…

Thanks Delatite. We are lucky enough to have a friend who is a barrister and we spoke to her immediately and she is already drafting a legal letter to…

Just a tip builder expert, if you are trying to entice people into using you as a reference point, you are doing a bad job on here. Bullying and…

What the hell?
I have seen you bag owner builders in other threads, which is where my assumption was made.
What exactly are the lax standards that exist in my…

Thanks everyone. Yes think it might be best to go ahead with the IO just for the liability factor and to make sure he doesn't come back as he…

Yes building-expert, the site is surrounded by a full height and fully meshed temporary fence which the guy had to open to get in. No child is going to…

We are just starting out owner building an extension to our house in Williamstown. We have moved out for the duration of the build. The back half of…

Ah, so is the big rice difference due to a difference in the air con units?
We are starting to think that at that price point, we would prefer…

Hi,
We are looking to install two of these toilets in our renovation as space is limited:
http://www.caroma.com.au/bathrooms/toil ... s-ii-suite
One of the walls where the cistern would be…

We are extending a weatherboard house, which was originally built in the 1930's. We are replacing all wall plaster so will add insulation in the walls when we do…

Depends on your council though. Here they wouldn't let you do it as we are in a heritage overlay and they care very much about what type of window…

A couple of years ago, we bought a 14yo townhouse. We repainted throughout, replaced the groundfloor tiles with spotted gum flooring, replaced tiles in downstairs powder room and laundry…

Free labour is sensational, but we do work for them in return in our own business, so there is some trade off.
Can't switch the door to the study…

We have a builder at our hands who will help us at no charge if we owner build, as he owes us a few favours. Also have electricians, plasterers…

Hi all,
Here is existing plan:

and here are the planned changes:

Some slight changes since these plans were drawn up are:
The window in the kitchen is a bifold servery one.
The doors to…