you could always put screens either side of the kitchen as a feature instead of the panels saving having to put the panels behind the kitchen.. all depends on how…

Not sure what happens in Victoria but where I am if there is a preexisting fence already there the most you can get the other party to pay is to…

You can get good neighbour fence top screening from stratco but would need to get the neighbour to agree.. also a hedge in pots would also work well

There is a quarry down the road from us.. its probably about 2-3km away .. i wouldnt know aside from sometimes trucks go past at night.. we have lots of…

Took three months but that was because we were changing the location of our hstp spray area.. otherwise i think it normally takes less than a month/couple of weeks

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We are planning to put an outdoor kitchen beside our alfresco. It will be partly covered by the eaves of the house but if it rains water will get to…

Has anyone built an above ground water tank plunge pool? They seem to be quite popular at the moment but was wondering if someone had one what they thought and…

We turfed our acreage block.. got 3300m2 turfed with wintergreen couch for $4 a metre supplied and installed. They did a better deal for more than 2000m2. Glad we went…

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We have 1.5 acres of which most is our side yard. We have about 1000m2 of nature easement which you can see as you look out of our back…

wow that looks amazing!!!!

Hi I was wondering where you cfound the walkthrough? I have not been able to find this at all!
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wondering how you place is going? I was wondering what floor plan you had? Its strange how everyones prices vary. we ended up paying about 498 total but…

I think the base price changes depending on the franchise.. they told us the base price i forget what it is tho.. they should tell you it was mid to…

we have built the montville 462. We basically left it exactly as per the layout except we had to move our garage back to comply to covenants and removed the…

Hi all havent looked at this for a while. House is all complete. Very happy with how it all turned out. If I could change anything I would either make…

We looked up project build vs custom build. We are building project. While there were additional charges for downlights slightly above cost price this also includes the electrician to install…

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We are tossing up between exposed aggregate, stained concrete or plain concrete driveway with covercrete.
We have had a quote of $89.50 a metre for agg, and are waiting on plain…

We are having a slab laid for a shed. They are doing a little bit extra concrete for a path next to the shed (just along the side of the…

congratulations on your new purchase! We are also building having owned homes before but never built. Our loan is split in two (as said previously this is pretty standard). The…

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As said above different builders have different levels of inclusions and within the same builder they have different inclusions based on the range of home you are selecting. We are…

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Our block is part flat (where our house is situated) then slopes away to the side down a hill. Our water tank etc is in the ground on the…

I am not sure how each franchise charges but we have put in a lot of feature walls and have only been charged for a 'change of paint colour' for…

Im not sure how well it will do but cousin it is a good one for cascading.. its a australian native... (casuarina glauca (cousin it)

My parents have this in their yard. I used to think it was a type of yukka but its not.
I think its either some sort of cordyline or a…

So we have made some modifications regarding internal colour scheme. We had original planned to have the internal walls painted white exchange half with skirting etc painted plan white with…

Some of the homestead houses are made for wide street frontages. These are generally for acreage blocks but they do make smaller ones. These are all single storey however.…

As far as I am aware standard brushed concrete is the cheapest and can be stencilled on later, tinted (but this fades with UV), painted or tiled on or you…

Did you sign the plans? We changed our facade from stacker stone to linear board so we knew exactly what we were getting. The elevations on the plans had this…