SaveH2O I don't know how you guessed, but yes, it's a PD house!

Thank you bashworth, SaveH2O and oneJohn for replying.
It seems there are more issues than I had initially anticipated - the slope, the DPC and HWS installation. I'm now trying…

We want to build a concrete paving around our newly built house. Ours is a corner block and on one side of the house, the land slopes towards the fence.…

Thank you bashworth! we're using LED downlights
For 13W downlights that would mean 1170 lumens per light
2 of these in the kitchen would be 195lumen/sqm - that seems excessive according to…

We're building a Bermuda23 with Porter davis. We've raised our ceiling height to 2740mm and are planning to put downlights throughout entry, living areas and master bedroom.
In the master bedroom,…

Lovely house. Love the under-cabinet lighting in the kitchen
Are those 9W downlights in your kitchen? What's your ceiling height?
We're having a 2740mm ceiling height, so I'm wondering how many downlights…

We found ours using land.vic.gov.au. Our land was close to titling when we found out.
You could check if you have something similar in NSW (I'm assuming that's where you're…

We're also building bermuda23.
hsingal, can you share your upgrades and cost for the same?

Forgot to add that we're building an advantage house and I found that there's no tender appt for Advantage. but there must be an equivalent of tender appt for advantage…

Hi all,
We've signed up with PD a month ago, and are waiting for site cost fixation post soil tests. However, there has been no progress on our case so far.…

Thank you Ilaeria for replying. I will double-check what the builder is including in the bushfire requirements.

Our land is in BAL 12.5 zone so were having bushfire protection put in which includes aluminum flyscreens (i think). We're also taking a package with the builder which includes…

Agree with goody. Eaves are not one of the things we can add later on, so seriously considering them for shading.

600mm eaves comes to 3.8k
450mm eaves comes to 3k

Thank you all for replying. I dug through our contract and it specifies that eaves (among other things like pergolas and verandahs) are allowed to encroach into setbacks.
Ours will…

Are eaves allowed to encroach into the building setbacks?

Thank you jessicana10 roommeat and saint mike for those great points. We hadn't thought much about the bath in the middle of the house and now it is sticking out…

We've gone over the plans over and over again, visited the display homes several times and still not able to decide between these two plans.
The London 24: is from…

Hello everyone. I've newly joined the forum and this is my first post. We're planning to build a house in gateway estate and are currently looking out for a builder.…