thanks everyone for your replies. Looks like what we thought may have been a problem may actually be a posiitive! Now all we have to do is move…

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A huge pile of green waste has been dumped on the land we are about to build on for the second time. The first pile was a palm tree…

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Thanks for your photos. Alot of the bricks we have looked at and houses in those bricks seems to be a different colour on the ends. I…

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Thanks for your replies. The non colour through thing is a concern with the chipping etc. Bon, thanks for the photos - this is exactly what has…

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Has anyone had any experience with this range of brick -good or bad. I have a few samples at home and the darker colours seem to show chips etc…

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We are looking at laminate floors for a new house. Does anyone have any experience with either Embelton or Krono. Embelton are through a small company and I…

Thanks for the advice Anthony. Unfortunately I'm not in Melbourne or I would definitely give you a call.
They are two different options. We started off looking at bamboo…

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Unfortunately real wood floors are out of the question for us financially at this stage. We are loooking at both bamboo flooring and 'good quality' timber look laminate floors.…

Jim
foget that question it is the Santorini 28. I just looked at your blog. Are you building in Matraville? I drive past there all the time.

Thanks both of you for your replies. Both builders sound pretty good (as builders go) so hopefully either will be good for us. I'm sure I will be…

Thanks Jonathan. I have actually looked at your blog a few times so it's great to hear from you. Glad you are enjoying your house.
We are a bit…

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I'm new to this forum and house building in general. I am currently deciding between two houses - one is the Caprice by Provincial, the other is the Monte…