Hi folks,
can anyone tell me if there is anything special required for concreting an area that will have large format 600x600 tiles laid on top after?
We have a…

We are building a modified Baybreeze 27 with them now. Roof on, brickwork finished soon and plastering to start next week or so.
The Good;
Priced reasonably in comparison to almost all…

Thanks for the feedback. I saw that reflective aluminium stuff you can put inside the roof and was wondering how effective it was in comparison to the roof paint.
I will…

Me too
Good to hear you go through with the extra R level of the batts.
re the batts…

Final update, all went well.
Removed all glazing, they couldn't do the stuff I wanted. I will do this post build.
Increased ceiling batts from R2.5 to R3.0, this gave us the…

Holy Cr@p batman! Yes, you win. That is ridiculous. Enjoy your beautiful new home, I am envious as I am at the start.

600mm eaves all round here. Did it mainly to protect from the hot Brisbane summers. Didn't really consider the aesthetics at all.
I think the government website advised 950, but my…

Ok, spoke to the builder and will be doing a concall tommorrow with the energy guy.
I found some "smart tinting" in the local area, spoke to them and got lots…

You are right, the negativity comes purely from the perception we have of it appearing "dark" when viewed from inside. And from the outside too to some extent. We have…

Right, thx. I will pull that out of the BERS calc's and the $400 will go towards the double glazing and heavier ceiling batts. Catch is, I am sure the…

In addition, is there any point in having the ceiling insulation over the garage area?
I understand that having a "hot/cold spot" in the house can cause all sorts of interesting…

Thanks very much for clarifying gentlemen. I will have a chat with them about this.
I do question the logic regarding; "How do you know you will ever do it?". Not…

Can you dumb it down for me a little (or alot)? We are at opposite ends of the spectrum, you Expert, me Noob.
Noob is just trying to work out how…

Thanks for the advice.
So, are you saying that I can potentially do double glazing on say, my southern windows or perhaps the three western windows on my kids bedrooms…

Unfortunately for the building industry that kick in the *** is a dream scenario. What they really have is a freight train coming the other way, fast -> Rising unemployment…

Can anyone shed some light on the options available? (Brisbane area)
Our new home builder has made a couple of costly additions to our house based on the new Mandatory 5…

I understand. We looked very closely at P.D. Burns builders. I think they only do 20-30 homes per year.
They have a designer that you can sit down with and essentially…

Hallmark rated highly with us as well. For the same reasons you mentioned. I think you will do very well with them, probably have your house finished before ours. Good…

So my contract for a 261m2 single story in North Brisbane is like this (Based on standard HIA contract)
Build Days = 200
Calculable days includes allowances for;
Inclement weather; 4 days
Weekend days,…

I am building with Stylemaster, a heavily modified Baybreeze 27.
Looked at EVERY other builder very, very closely. Didn't go with Plantation as I spoke to too many people that…

That is outrageous. It is almost worth getting another builder to see if they can get to contract before the other one. Race them off against each other. Sure, it…

32K, wtf? Wow, you guys are getting a once in a lifetime treat there. Congratulations!

Just got off the phone to my CSR. I am promised "ACTION STATIONS!" and they will be doing a whole bunch of specific actions to speed this through. Am told…

I am getting on the phone with my CSR at 10am. Busy trying to do photoshop changes to the diagrams in the hope that it demonstrates how easy the changes…

I am getting quite concerned. We want to make a minor change to our plan but are very worried our builder can't get this done and have us at contract…

We are building with Styl3m@ster in Brisbane, they have quoted us $2995 for a fully installed Decina Angelique 1300.
Even though this includes plumbing, heat pump and some minor tiling…

Sigh.
So I queried the pricing and it has now come back to $15k for the piers instead of $25k. I find it rather curious that this dropped so fast. Mind…

Sorry I didn't answer the first time --> Building in Deception Bay.

That's correct.
25k provisional sum for piering. They are still getting the final quote for this.
4k for the "S/M" slab.
So what I have in my hands is called the "FPT…

Dude, those saturns are way sexy!
Sorry, don't have an answer for you but am interested in what comes back as I might put them in later myself.