I'm with you insider,I think it looks just fine, there's so much you can do with concrete landscape wise,I simply couldn't sleep without it,also in Geelong area.

With your waffle slab it is absolutely vital that you protect uneven moisture conditions around your slab and excessive water or risk the very real probability of slab heave,only someone…

Prices were four years ago,but was Owner builder with a project manager whom got most quotes along with mine,ended up he personally did both jobs,I gave him incentive by allowing…

Retaining wall back 22metresx1.9
Sides 10metres sliding from1.9-30cms X2 cost 20000
Driveway 6800.

You pretty much have described my build,1.9metre retaining wall down all back of block and sides eventually on sides fading back to ground level, single storey with only garage laundry…

Yep have used all the above plus a light cement type stone,then rendered all.

Absolutely is obvious that self appointed builders inspections is basically useless, independence is vital or you
get hogwash that isn't the reality.

Zorro6, we actually agree on nearly everything,only what to do about it is in dispute,but insurance would only push who's pays,yes better for homeowners but let's bad builders still get…

Lilliana, got my Bricky and pm to do stonework with myself labouring,Bricky was a tremendous Bricky with pm fussy with ant job he done,ended up buying stone about 33% cheaper…

Arh Zorro 6 have built several times and no office worker, background some thirty years ago in Australian army with specialist gun training, currently a long time small business owner…

Prevention so much better than a cure for bad work ,seems to me since two major changes came in standards slipped down,
Display homes
Council control,
You simply can't trust someone who's getting…

Hia contract biast builder favouring , millions a small price to pay,fifty million is only 100 customers building cost,in saying the above most need to rethink how they select a…

Make sure you learn about roof structure , material quality,and speak to suppliers , all so when you get quotes that they pick up,you know a fair bit,much more likely…

If you mean will trades work in winter,yes but only if weather permits,would probably take longer due to loss of days .

Had 2 PAC kitchens for 23years,both were not easy to chip,had one chip in original kitchen over 15 years and kitchen was big, been in new home kitchen for 4…

It's never ideal seeking help here so late in your build , I knew it would be a first time poster or close enough,better to have spent much more…

Too many do too little home work and fall for picking only a display house,then find the basic house is so stripped down that they start to add on changes…

I purchased,then sold to a nearby build,got 75 percent back after 18 months.

Don't know if there's some sort of oil in product ,but if yes oil tends to yellow up whites as in oil paint .

Look what I shared: Zealous Group: Victims of liquidated housing developer speak out | Leader @MIUI| https://www.heraldsun.com.au/leader/inn ... 52e28f149f

Unfortunately herald sun has a pay wall.

Hopefully better.

Another bad builder leaves poor home owners with a complete knockdown job, unbelievably poor quality work done,a must read

We have the same situation with a 1.9 metre retaining wall then the fence on top, actually comes to about 3.6 metres all up,we added two skylights,one for kitchen,one…

Would do what Alex79, structuralBIMGuy suggest,go owner builder, getting individual jobs done will be easier than getting a builder to take over,if you were in Geelong area know a good…

What area are you from.

Hi welcome,I would suggest you drive around your area and find a couple of recent built homes or almost finished homes with your chosen builder and ask them about their…

Absolutely looks ok,seen it heaps, Google and you will find plenty.

To find out who if anyone ,you need brick manufacturers,they will answer if bricks have been correctly built according to their instructions and if theirs a problem with bricks.

saveH20 s find out who's bricks they are is a must and can be done easily, either ask agent for builders contact details or take a spare brick to boral,austral,nubrik,…