gillybean posted:Am I crazy? OB near Port Macquarie
Yeah our guys have done quite a few installs, it’s just the way it is if you want it to look perfect I’d guess.
We actually had our builders advisory…
gillybean posted:Am I crazy? OB near Port Macquarie
Great progress, looks great too! We have Cemintel Territory cladding on our build also (vertical installation in dark colour) on the outer and inner walls of our balcony and even…
gillybean posted:Help with Floor Plan
Extend the existing one.
or
Put a second level extension on.
or
Get a larger block that would be more suited.
gillybean posted:Feedback on floor plan
At the very least, change that door into the downstairs powder/shower room so it swings the opposite way. You don’t want the first thing you see to be the toilet,…
gillybean posted:Appreciate your comments on the quality of this brickwork (p
Hmm that’s disappointing, I thought the pictures were a mixture of external/internal......
gillybean posted:yet another fence dispute
Multiple times now you’ve said there was NO neighbour at time of signing. The fence was built and then half the cost from the eventual neighbour who did buy was…
gillybean posted:Custom design
Smart move that’s what we should’ve done. We wasted a year and thousands only to walk away and then be told we can’t have the plans. I think had we…
gillybean posted:How common is it to switch builders?
We walked away half a dozen times from 3 builders and several draftsmen over a 3yr period. Has cost us well over $15k, we’ve never actually worked it out as…
gillybean posted:yet another fence dispute
alright, I live in QLD and here's my story.
I built in a corner block with only two adjacent blocks. The back one is still empty, for sale and the side…
gillybean posted:JG King- Ballarat, new home build
We built in Ballarat in 2018. We had some initial hiccups with finance (mainly due to the first valuation coming in under), but Bankwest and our builder were really good.…
gillybean posted:Brisbane - Building and Energy Efficient Home
“No insulation required for brick veneer walls.” Good luck with that.
gillybean posted:200mm dead space between my boundary and neighbour boundary
Wow, 200mm of DEAD SPACE and you worried about neighbours utilising it. Pretty well sums up Australia in 2019
gillybean posted:Kitchen tiled splashback....what grout colour?
You said in your build thread that your tiler is one of the best tilers in all of Ballarat. Why would you want opinions from a forum when your tiler…
gillybean posted:Walk in Rob
Billy Warburton is a gun. Reach out to him, he will have your fitout done in no time and top quality.
Ok who is Billy Warburton? Can you please post his…
gillybean posted:Walk in Rob
Billy Warburton is a gun. Reach out to him, he will have your fitout done in no time and top quality.
gillybean posted:Hamptons inspired architect design with attached granny flat
Perfect example there of North facing benefits 🌝. Still baffling how so many don’t understand this concept.
Looking great, well done!
gillybean posted:Converting alfresco to a bedroom / study room
How you going to access your outdoor living and/or backyard if you go ahead with this?
gillybean posted:Convert Porch top into balcony
What’s the view out there of? Which direction does it face?
I’d think it a complete waste of money unless it’s on the North side and the view is of…
gillybean posted:LED floodlight - which would be better quality?
Wow great get there, I’m on their mailing lists and always up to date but this I’ve not seen. Thanks heaps!
gillybean posted:LED floodlight - which would be better quality?
If you bought a couple of smart par38 globes you could control the temperature, colour, dim, motion sensor even inbuilt camera all controlled on phone/tablet. Sengled through Bunnings a great…
gillybean posted:Shower mixer tap touching shower frame...thoughts?
Oh my apologies then, I swore you said “Display home quality questionable”.
gillybean posted:Shower mixer tap touching shower frame...thoughts?
Why’d you build with them in first place if their display home isn’t even ok?
That tap position ordinary, but should’ve been discovered at rough in stage so a request to…
gillybean posted:Wiring for smart switches/sockets
Hmm I don’t know how much research you’ve done but all those things and more can be done now without altering any wiring and again are much more cost effective…
gillybean posted:Wiring for smart switches/sockets
Just wire as per normal and use smart bulbs. Will be a lot less expensive and a better more flexible system than the switch option.
gillybean posted:2 story home with master on ground floor
Nearly every volume builder does a version/s
