hmmm we ended up by living it, due to aesthetic purpose... i guess it looks a bit odd when you have rangehood in the middle....and you have the join not…

thanks for the feedback all.
it's very frustating. outside their, both builder don't want to help (the neighbour builder don't want to come because there's no pegs - obviously pegs have…

thanks for the response mac64...
so from what you are saying, is it common to have smaller piece behind the stove, just because it's toughened glass ?
is there anyway that customer…

Please help, our kitchen splash back was installed not the way we want it, and now the builder hesitated to replace it.
we had…

hey nemisis, when you say it's 5h1t house work, what's the best outcome for this, as i am in the final stage?
surely the builder won't be able to redo the…

attached is the drawing from builder

although what i have doesn't reflect what the drawing is
because my neighbour gutter is on my property that my builder has pushed my gutter…

hi ikoninteriors
maybe i start by measuring my house, is it really the same as what i should have?
then i will decide what to do, ie: hire someone.....
or perhaps i should…

thanks for the reply guys
borg, then is there anything that i can ask the builder to do ?
ie: should i ask them to render that part between lintel and door…

thank you eve for the reply
i see, if that's the case, then who should wear the cost to have this professional survey and have council involved?
i wouldn't be happy if…

Dear all
our SS has just gone back to me to tell us and told us, we unable to install the gutter on this side, so we have to put the…

hey thanks little misses...
yeah the stuff ! hhehehehe
apparently, the ss told me, they will fill gaps with silicone.... at later stage... so let's see how…

definitely 600 mm looks good.
mine is 450mm

Dear all,
we are almost finish with the construction (final stage), when we realised, there's something different to the bricks above the garage external door.
i think, normally, above the front door,…

thanks Ed.
definitely makes me understand better !
say, if i want to replace window to double glaze.
then what sort of work involved ?
ie: how easy to…

Hi all
We are on the last stage of the house building, therefore I am starting to get information on how to have the phone line connected to property (builder doesn't…

nice one... never thought about it ! and yeah, i was one of the person that going to put a bedsheet on ! hahahaha

thanks ed, for the advice.
i tried to read 2-3 times, i am having difficulty to understand, the terminology.
probably, if you can sketch a drawing, it helps me better to understand
yes,…

Hi all,
we are on 5th stage of the house, when we went to the house, we felt there were some major changes (compared to 4th stage), to the front of…

hey lex
thanks for the reply
hm i hope the colour really is the species. ( but how do i know?)
yeah the slab looks a bit strange, isn't it ?
at least the…

hi everyone
we are looking for any advice about frame and truss. (if what we had is actually standard or the builder is actually taking advantage of customer)
to be honest, i…

thanks greg. seems you're right. it cost around $1.5k more !
wonder what's difference really with normal bore holes.

Dear all.
has anyone experienced with bore holes on eastment ?
Can anyone please advice me what to do and what's the right thing to do?
basically, my slab is done.
My initial quote…

instead of creating new thread, i am using this old thread, as it's the same thing.
i am still where i was (except we moved one more step)

hm what if the case, the contract have been produced.
currently one contract is with the bank and at the moment, builder (they said) waiting for bank to approve it, before…

thx chandylea, i see, so fee is unavoidable
how about, if scenario is building permit is rejected by the land developer, and they ask you to change this and that, then…

Yeah, pretty much, i have concern that my window seem to "small" (a.k.a too high above the ground) so i am (start) thinking to have bigger window (eg: 2.1 m,…

Hi all...
I was hoping if anyone can direct me to the right path, in relation to window height/width guidelines.
We have finalised our drawing.
Somehow i become paranoid that our window do…

thanks for input all.
i'll be asking my builder, price for having brick infills.
i have been looking neighbour house, seems they have brick infills (in the front obviously)
funny, before building…

hi all.....
good news ! finally, i've got contract yay!!!
New problem arise, i am very inexperienced in reading this contract.
I have found some items/clause…

cheers for the info, kek
hm yeah, my ceiling is raised to 2.5m, but i made the windows height adjusted
what i have been trying to do on this design is, to…