I had a camera monitoring my build.
It caught other trades jumping the fencing and pinching materials.
When I spoke to my site supervisor, he said 'don't worry, you will not incur…

I hope you get your piers and slabs down now, as it has been at least few weeks for trades that could return to uninhabited building sites.
If its any consolation,…

Thank Simeon,
I am seeing a disturbing increase of business' referring to the NSW Public Health Order as a reason to delay progress.
The irony is that the work wont go away,…

Are builders still working? Or citing that they cant due to Covid restrictions?

Hi all,
For NSW today is considered Freedom day for those that are double vaccinated.
For the rest, that day is Dec 1, 2021 where both vaccinated and un-vaccinated can co-exist without…

B&D sent out one if their contractors who adjusted it by setting the panel door to push down harder on the bottom in order to get the top panel to…

We also have the Manhattan 44 Ens with the $50K signature package upgrade.
All 5 bathrooms have floor to ceiling tiling. And we dont regret that part.

I have the B&D Icon which comes with rubber seals all round.
We are at the top off the street and occasionally get the hot and dusty westerly winds blowing directly…

Thanks,
What i am looking for is:
How your built in Wardrobe is shown on your plan?
And how it is 'written into the contract"

Has anyone added built in wardrobes to their build?
Id like to compare a couple of things.

A quick search found this.
https://designershadesolutions.com.au/r ... skylights/
Hope it helps.

Thinking about your requirements, possibly consider retracting glass roof.
But you also want it completely enclosed on the sides too.

Any other suggestions?

I am lead to believe thqat the cheapest option for the original renderer is to apply a primer and then Rockcote over the top.
Apparently that will be less than stripping…

We wouldn’t want that given we only moved into our forever home 11months ago.
Any suggestions to how to combat the increased wear from working from home during Covid.
Upstairs is carpeted…

This is the usual traffic to master bedroom.
With 10mm premium underlay.

Yes I believe it is a wool blend.
This is a low/no traffic section

Hi Michelle,
Im looking for recommendations as I have moved into our forever home and with COVID have been working from home for the past 6 months.
My dilemma is, upstairs is…

What happened?

I have a question.
Given that pool fencing needs to be 1200mm high with no gaps larger than 100mm but if your pool uses a perimeter fence, that needs to…

Yes agreed, unfortunately the building did not share the option with us.
this is our first build and our forever home.

Hi Stewie,
Sorry i missed the replies here.
The house faces west.
Whilst i appreciate settlement cracks, the render has obvious spidering cracks so much that virtually everyone notices it as the come…

Hi,
I am looking for some experience here around facade render finish (not acrylic) over brickwork.
I have been told that render needs maintenance and probably lasts 5-10 years before…

Following as I have just installed a Haiku Fan and have an Actron Unit with 8 zones and would love to link them up via ecobee!

Hi John,
I can offer some assistance from experience having recently built but I’m sure others (such as Norfolk etc) will have more scientific references than I.
The yellow line appears…

My upgraded Wisdom Home package I opted for the $7950 1.5kw Bristile (33x 45w)solar tile package with Fronius inverter.
I added 4 extra solar tiles to make it 1.665kw. (45w tiles)…

Price increases tend to be a balance of both tradie costs and sales process.
The premium builder we used had several price increases from the time we started to the time…

The whole idea of a public forum is to share thoughts and questions. NOT address'
I agree that it is a gold mine of information, but that it what forums are…

The developer then can confirm 100%

Is it a newly registered block?
If so, it probably means it need a to be encased.