We are owner building in the coast vintage cheese. I will let you know what our excavation costs are, but the block is almost flat so we are not expecting…

OMG Ilove that house! It is gorgeous! But no idea on color .

Thanks mynameisjonas. Checked out the fanaway. They look awesome, I love that the blades retract. Will give them some serious consideration.

Thanks

Thanks gzk.

We have vinyl planks in our house we have been in for nearly five years. I love them. They are dark almost black. Have a few hardly noticeable scratches under…

Hmmm. I hope I have not overlooked a post on this. We are building in Geelong, double storey. Noone I know has ceiling fans in their houses here but I…

Thanks gzk. Do you know what you did to comply?

Hi Iozza81. I get a bit nervous commenting on how much it cost us a square to owner build when I hear other people's. But we have owner built eight…

Aussie- khan, I do not want to burst your bubble but I don't think you will find land anywhere in Australia for that price. If you want to build can…

Hi Chatterbox, my reply might be too late, but here is my experience in Victoria. As owner builders when we go on the market we have to organize a…

Hi. I hope I have not overlooked previous comments on this, but can anyone tell me what there fire rating was and what additional things you had to do to…

Hi Tanibops, we are building in 52B Coast and got a letter this week confirming all is going to plan and will be titled in January. What was your initial…

Second Story.
We are a family of 6, kids are young adults that dont look like they are moving out any time soon ( average age is 26, right?)
Bedroom downstairs is…

Thought I would post our plans ( now that I have hopefully figured out how to do it!)
This is a sketch from "floorplans" on the ipad. They are with the…

It's Ok. I did it. It worked in preview. First time I did not copy the image for thumbnail in Forum.
Yay!
Off I go to do some posting.

Test

Help! Can anyone see what I am doing wrong. I have been to imageshack and set up an account, uploaded the plans in JPG,
but I could see in the preview…

just testing

Have loved reading this thread. We are in the planning stage and I have had lots of thoughts as I have read through. There have been some great explanations of…

Thanks for responses. We are building in Victoria and will be one of then first homes in a new subdivision. Our block is small and we are trying to fit…

We are building on a corner smart block. House is required to have eaves. I will have to ask council, but do you thinks eaves on a double storey can…

Thanks for the tip Delatite 13. I have been using floor plans on my iPad but I think using the graph paper, will help me know for sure I have…

Hi, We just bought a block from the Coast subdivision of Armstrong Creek development. They are saying titles will be available in January. We are really hoping we do not…

Thanks for the welcome Rocketship. I read your build the other day and love, love what you are creating.
At this stage, the land is ready in January and we will…

The block is a corner block, 12m x 32m. There a quite a lot of covenants- coastal style and colors, Eaves all around house, garage set back at least 1/2…

Hi, so excited to be doing my first post. We have just purchased a smart block in Warralily, brand new subdivision in Geelong.
This wil be the eigth time we have…