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6 years6 yearsIamSAMIamSAM posted:
Question Skirting and flooring

The skirting essentially helps in hiding the irregularities between the join of floor and wall. So the skirting should go on after the wall and floor are done. So it…

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6 years6 yearsgogo65gogo65 posted:
Question Skirting and flooring

WE have tiles down first (including under kitchen bench etc) then skirting, definitely looks better and neater, but it is more expensive as the whole floor is tiled, not just…

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6 years6 yearsbrokenstickbrokenstick posted:
Question Skirting and flooring

B looks much better, but volume builders generally won't do it. If they do it afterwards then they have to come back after the flooring contractor, and risk damaging the…

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6 years6 yearsLargeBLargeB posted:
Neighbour build their garage right up the fence line

Have a look at your contract. My contract had a clause in it that said the boundaries may not be exactly as described and there was compensation if the…

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6 years6 yearsHurrowHurrow posted:
Neighbour build their garage right up the fence line

+/- 5% seems ridiculously high. On a 400 sqm block that could be about a metre off the width, or almost two metres off the length!

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6 years6 yearsLargeBLargeB posted:
Neighbour build their garage right up the fence line

+/- 5% seems ridiculously high. On a 400 sqm block that could be about a metre off the width, or almost two metres off the length
That's what I though when…

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6 years6 yearsbestspecialsbestspecials posted:
Neighbour build their garage right up the fence line

We haven't started building yet, but our plans show the whole house within the block. I have seen other build to boundary where the fence is already up prior…

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6 years6 yearsaloenyxaloenyx posted:
Neighbour build their garage right up the fence line

If they are already building then most likely you can't have a say, as I would assume they have all the permits they need.
Its very common here. Every house…

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6 years6 yearsicat2000icat2000 posted:
Neighbour build their garage right up the fence line

Personally, I'm not fond of it and I think that you shouldn't be allowed to build on the boundary line. The problem is with land so expensive now in major…

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6 years6 yearsCaydennCaydenn posted:
Neighbour build their garage right up the fence line

Depends on the rules of your estate, does the estate allow build to boundary?
If so and they have obtained council approval without dispute then there is not much you can…

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6 years6 yearssparrowsnestsparrowsnest posted:
Neighbour build their garage right up the fence line

See if your council has the ability to view building approvals online and check that they have approval to build to the boundary and go from there.
Building our first…

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6 years6 yearsgeorge27george27 posted:
Neighbour build their garage right up the fence line

How is it different from having a fence there from that perspective?

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6 years6 yearsbestspecialsbestspecials posted:
Neighbour build their garage right up the fence line

We are build to boundary in our estate and our garage wall bricks are 200mm from the fence line and gutter is 150mm from the fence line. All of…

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6 years6 yearsupsidedownon5upsidedownon5 posted:
Neighbour build their garage right up the fence line

If it wasn’t allowed in the estate covenant then they would have had to apply to council and then get your permission (at least that is what happens where we…

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7 years7 yearslovisalovisa posted:
Help/Advise for drainage pit/grate in driveway crossover

counsel that you will be charged for, you can call council and ask them how to go about with the drainage you have a problem with, they will be able…

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7 years7 yearsMacfarlane_ManorMacfarlane_Manor posted:
Porter Davis Charlton

This might be better to do through PD if you can, I would imagine there would be companies that replace/update balcony rails but I wouldn't imagine it would be cheap..…

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