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13 years13 yearsifyareckonifyareckon posted:
Upgrading Landscaping Package

Think our guys charged $8 per plant although these were pretty small. Standard turf was Sir Walter so happy with that. Feature rocks were in the $30-$40 bracket.

14 years14 yearsifyareckonifyareckon posted:
Landscaping Plans for Covenants

A plan on an A3 sheet at 1:200 would give you coverage of about 80m x 50m. While they dictate the scale of the plan, the paper size is usually…

14 years14 yearsifyareckonifyareckon posted:
15sqm Sir Walter turf - Free to take (Melb)

Thanks for peoples interest, the turf should have a new home later today.

14 years14 yearsifyareckonifyareckon posted:
15sqm Sir Walter turf - Free to take (Melb)

Afternoon all.
I have 15sqm of Sir Walter turf that was delivered Saturday left over from the backyard. Seems a waste to throw it all away so if anyone wants…

14 years14 yearsifyareckonifyareckon posted:
Buying tubestock plants online

I recently bought 100+ plants online as tubestock. I kept them in thier pots for a little while before planting and they are going fantastic. There are a couple of…

14 years14 yearsifyareckonifyareckon posted:
Outdoor setting

We bought the $30 kmart chairs, they are very good for the price.
Table wise we hunted around Suite deals, BBO etc. Picked up a freedom table at less than…

14 years14 yearsifyareckonifyareckon posted:
Sir Walters/Zoysia OR Matilda

Check around your local nurseries or online for viro cells of turf, this may be a cheaper option but will take longer to establish in the short term.

15 years15 yearsifyareckonifyareckon posted:
Getting water into lawns

I had previously seen the watergator systems at Mitre 10, but the price was a bit beyond what i was prepared to spend. Went to Bunnings, bought a 240L wheelie…

15 years15 yearsifyareckonifyareckon posted:
TURF LAYING SUMMARY and what has become many things turf :)

Fu, any experience/views on laying a lawn using viro-cells? From my limited reading, it seems this is a pretty cost effective method if you are not in a hurry for…

15 years15 yearsifyareckonifyareckon posted:
Conversions from Lot Numbers to Street Numbers - HELP!!

Once you have found the adress, go to the build map section. Click on the folder marked aerial photography and check the box under it mared aerial photography 2009 or…

15 years15 yearsifyareckonifyareckon posted:
Conversions from Lot Numbers to Street Numbers - HELP!!

As a side note, the aerial photography in the link above is more current than google earth. It was flown Jan 2009, although the resolution and navigation is not as…

15 years15 yearsifyareckonifyareckon posted:
Conversions from Lot Numbers to Street Numbers - HELP!!

Try this link.
http://services.land.vic.gov.au/maps/pmo.jsp
If you do a search for an address based on any number in the street you are after, once it has the correct…

15 years15 yearsifyareckonifyareckon posted:
Buying Water in Melbourne

Has anyone had any experience in buying water to fill water tanks/pools etc? Have found a few places on-line but they have no indication of rough prices etc.

15 years15 yearsifyareckonifyareckon posted:
TURF LAYING SUMMARY and what has become many things turf :)

Fu,
If moving into a house that has recently had turf installed recently as part of a landscape package, what would be the best course of action to a healthy…

15 years15 yearsifyareckonifyareckon posted:
Public Liability Insurance

The HIA building contract makes mention that for the period of the build, the land is under the control of the builder. For this reason, any injury, theft etc during…

15 years15 yearsifyareckonifyareckon posted:
Garden Steps with Sleepers

Hi all, Just wondering if anyone knows of any good reference sites for building garden steps from sleepers. They will be going up an embankment so my thoughts were along…

15 years15 yearsifyareckonifyareckon posted:
Anyone with Mocha Bricks?

There seems to be some descrepencies in colors of this brick between the batches. Looking at houses on a list given to us by Boral, none looked the same. Our…

15 years15 yearsifyareckonifyareckon posted:
Does anyone have a roundabout driveway

If you want to drop me an email at ifyareckon at gmail dot com i can probably help you in determining if you can get a car to turn around…

15 years15 yearsifyareckonifyareckon posted:
Is it easy to add a gas point after handover?

If possible, i would try and add it during the build. PD charged $120 for the extra point. I'm sure you will be looking at a lot more than that…

15 years15 yearsifyareckonifyareckon posted:
BJ's Regent23 - My DIY Landscaping! *** New Pics!! 20/01

Maybe send in the fencing application to Peet and see if they do it anyway :wink:

15 years15 yearsifyareckonifyareckon posted:
BJ's Regent23 - My DIY Landscaping! *** New Pics!! 20/01

Did your stage not come with the colorbond fencing from Peet? What about the landscaping?

15 years15 yearsifyareckonifyareckon posted:
Confused as to which block of land to choose !

Go the bigger block. In the long run, the larger block will probably attract a better price when selling. And if you build a house that isn't covering most of…

15 years15 yearsifyareckonifyareckon posted:
BJ's Regent23 - My DIY Landscaping! *** New Pics!! 20/01

Stumbled across a house looking remarkably similar to those in the photos here while out riding tonight! :wink:
Render colours look excellant beejay. Would consider…

15 years15 yearsifyareckonifyareckon posted:
Land title release date - Peet Innisfail

Temp fencing around stage 19 was taken down yesterday. Not long now.

15 years15 yearsifyareckonifyareckon posted:
final Inspection-HANDOVER

Final payment is made at handover and a time to come back and install appliances is usually made. Tradies will check to make sure they are working before leaving.

15 years15 yearsifyareckonifyareckon posted:
Land title release date - Peet Innisfail

Glad to see stage 19 is close to being titled. A bit over looking at all that temp fencing :D

15 years15 yearsifyareckonifyareckon posted:
Land title release date - Peet Innisfail

Noticed they were digging some new holes in stage 19 yesterday, might be the reason for the delays there.

15 years15 yearsifyareckonifyareckon posted:
Popped nails in plaster - how to fix.

Had this on one wall during our build. SS had someone come in a screw it in instead of re nailing. Looking good now.

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