Not OP, but what great advice, thank you Sejae. We're leaning strongly towards going with a custom passive house builder, so might avoid some of these issues which I sense…

We're at pretty much the same point. I'm leaning towards organising a survey and soil test ourselves, but haven't worked the how/who with questions yet, or gone looking at costs.…

Thank you. I have been doing a fair bit of searching the forums (and googling in general). Consider my OP as my entry for point 2!
Interesting to hear how things…

Hubby and I are researching our options between buying an old place for KDR in an established suburb vs building in a new estate. I'm wondering if anyone has done…

Thanks everyone. I think we're going to have to make our minds up tomorrow, finally. We now have two different bamboo products in the running, and the laminate I mentioned.…

Hi everyone
My hubby and I are in the process of buying a duplex. It is 15 years old and the original carpet is really showing its age, and the…