To clear things up a little, we had $80K of our own money to pay toward our land. The solicitor went against this and had the total cost of the…

Most of them will rip you off so be careful.
We ended up paying $2200 then they told our bank to release all the money in our home loan rather than…

Select the right builder and you will have no problems. Our builder would leave a door or a window unlocked for us if we were going there straight after work.…

Does anyone know much about LED projectors? I'm thinking about one of these because of the 10,000 hour bulb.

It should just about handle anything that goes on in a normal house. Din rails are primarily used in industrial switchboards in factories.

We are about to submit our lighting plan to the builder and are thinking about sensor lights in some areas like the walk in pantry and walk in wardrobe.
Has anyone…

I am having trouble finding our when and how to claim the 1st home owners grant. Our bank wasn't much help and just pointed us to the FHOG web site.
Does…

Cut a slot hole in the front floor of the panty and at the top back, so underhouse cool air flows through it. Tad difficult with slab I know Laughing
Do…

Thanks for the responses. Being such a major part of the house I want to be sure before it goes any further.
I'm coming around to the idea but wasn't keen…

We designed our own home and were quoted at around $850 - $930 per square metre. It was worked out at the same rate as the standard designs the builders…

Its probably not a possibility to raise it now as the frame has the strengthening beam above, (see photo).
I think the only thing we could do is fit a smaller…

We have just had our frame put up and found that the builder has ordered the frame and window in a larger size than we thought. consequently, the window will…