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Plantation Home Building Supervisors
Sorry, I can't comment on your query. I just kind of cringe when I see people post full names of others without their knowledge. If you're not willing to post…
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Progress! - Moving right along! 08/11/09 (pics pg 7)
A few updates
We were finally able to get in and have look around! It's been a couple of weeks since my last fix, so…
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Should l go for Brown or white tiles? Please help!
We went with brown floor tiles and white wall tiles, here are some pics of how it looks:
Our selections:
Sorry, the floors are still dirty
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Montego 344 Two Storey Coral Home - LOTS OF HARD WORK AHEAD
I like invitations... and pancakes... and ice cream... and caramel... and vanilla cream... and bananas... and invitations...
Seriously though, it…
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Fairy Blues New Home - Front landscaping pics pg34
That's a good idea, I'd try to find something made of clear plastic. That way if you're in the house and the kids are out there, you can still keep…
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ugly looking fence
I agree with the others, just paint it. You'll find lots of other uses for that extra money that you'll be saving.
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Building House in Canberra
I can't remember what the site costs were unfortunately, I "think" he said 25k, but I'm not sure if that was including the piers...
here…
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Building House in Canberra
You can see the floor plan and other pictures here:
viewtopic.php?f=31&t=18422
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Building House in Canberra
This is what I mean by piers (only slab is where the garage is):
Concrete footings
Piers
Flooring over piers
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Building House in Canberra
We were in the same position as you are now. We have a 3.1 m fall on our lot. Instead of cutting for a slab, we went for piers.…
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Front Yard plant ideas
Hi Vanessa,
If you visit this link, viewtopic.php?f=13&t=1272 , you'll find out how to post some photos.
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Jodes House - Aussie Liviing (WA) Garage Door FINALLY on :)
Which bit?
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Buying kitchen appliances online
Pepper, you may not realize, but this is an Australian forum. I think very few people would be interested in importing items all the way from the US.
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[POLL] which state are you building in??
I remember... that's why I was clarifying
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Question about overhead cupboards - anyone NOT have them?
I kind of felt the same way when we first started thinking about the kitchen layout, but, I wanted the canopy rangehood and I wanted overhead cupboards, so we had…
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Progress! - Moving right along! 08/11/09 (pics pg 7)
Thanks Haven, we're very pleased with the floors (even if we've only seen them through dirty glass! lol), and the views.
My DH and I both have the day off…
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Building House in Canberra
It's hard when greed wins out over the little guy isn't...
I'm sorry I can't help, I live in NSW, but I hope you can get it worked out.
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Progress! - Moving right along! 08/11/09 (pics pg 7)
Thanks! I can't wait to get in there and walk barefoot on them
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Who else here, started their build in July 2009?
A very important comparison point I suppose...
281 sqm
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Are we being strung along
We're almost done, I'll give you whats left of my own patience then
Hang in there, it'll happen... some day …
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Do custom designed builders have a standard range
Yeah, it really depends on where you're building and who you choose to build your home for you.
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Who else here, started their build in July 2009?
Ours didnt exactly start in July, our trenches were dug at the end of June (27/06/09), so, very close the same time.
Our timber floors are in, and as of today,…
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Progress! - Moving right along! 08/11/09 (pics pg 7)
They started on the timber floors today, sanded and first coat put on! I love how it's looking so far!
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Are we being strung along
I think you definately need to find that "well-spring of patience" and put a plug in it to build up some reserves. Building a house definately requires lots of…
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Do custom designed builders have a standard range
lol yea, sorry!
Thats includin site costs, tiling, carpets, solid wood flooring, fencing, driveway, the front of the block will be landscaped, not sure how much…
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Do custom designed builders have a standard range
We're also going through a custom build, our cost per sqm is roughly about $10k (we've gone a bit over our price but it's coming out of our pocket) $9933…
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Reminder to all Newcastle members (Expo * Expo * Expo)
Thanks for that! We knew about the expo but had forgotten about it
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Charlie's Place | PHOTOS! |
They "could" find things to do in the meantime, but it would be expensive for the builders. We spent a number of weeks waiting for the rest of our…