Fu
What did you mean by "Having couch in a domestic garden is like having a wild bull in the garden"?

Thanks Fu. I'm in Melbourne and a landscaper will lay the turf for me. He already put 100mm lawn mix. Initially I decided to go for Sir Walter Buffalo but…

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Planning to have Santa ana couch turf at my front and back. Is it the right time? Anybody laid this grass before? Any picture?
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Thanks Bash. Yeah its getting lighter but not uniformly. It looks patchy.

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I had my concrete path cast few days back. Now the surface became green. Anyone experienced similar situation? Why the concrete became green?

Thanks. My house is about 36 sq double storey. Are they same in terms of suction power and noise?

Thanks Trish. Appreciate if you can provide me some info.

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Our contract says ducted vacuum Monarch 490. However the builder installed Electron 2707. Anyone know which is better in terms of performance and noise? If Monarch 490 is better then…

Thanks again for providing valuable info. The building surveyor issued occupancy certificate. If DPC not installed properly how he issued the certificate? Isn't building surveyors role to see the compliance…

Thanks Bashworth. What else they can do without pulling down the whole house. I'm already in the 12th Month of construction. Tired of paying loan and rent. Is there any…

Builder is providing assurance letter from Engineer, Surveyor and an undertaking by the builder that this will not have any long term effect on the building. Is that enough?

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I had my PCI about 2.5 weeks ago. I'm having my final inspection soon followed by hanover/settlement if everything goes well. Does anyone has any checklist for settlement? What documents…

Donski
Seems you have gone hiding. May be busy with packing. Keep us updated abour ur final inspection.

Final Inspection early next week. DPC issue not resolved yet. Everything else more or less done. No idea how to resolve DPC issue. Any member can shed some light on…

Thans Bashworth. I had a walk through in my suberb and found that in lots of the house it doesn't cover the entire width of the brick. In my house…

Looks like no one in this fourm got the answer.

Thanks Donski. Any idea how the damp proof course done in your house? How far it is from the face of brick? You can see it through wheep holes. Mine…

Is the DPC should extend full width of brick? Ours stops about 35 mm inside from the outer face of brick. Is this a problem?

Our DPC is abot 35mm inside from brick outer face. Is ithis problem?

Donski
Nice to hear that you are moving in soon. Mine may take bit longer. As you know I had independant inspector and the report picked few major items. One of…

You r right it's reviera. It was not very popular one and may be thats why its discontinued. I'm the last one. I could only afford this as it…

Thanks. How do u know its reviera? No final date yet. The have to fix the items listed during PCI.

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Donski
How war your PCI? Hope it went well.

Same here. One of my lintel above upstair lintel has my house address written in red color.

Thanks Stormy. There might be something wrong otherwise why they didnt allow me to use light. Even for pain work they asked me to look straight not from side. If…

There was no light. So I asked them can I use my own light to test? The handover guy (The name starts with J) said all electrical items tested and…

Had my PCI on Friday. Not bad. 35-40 minor items to fix. H3nl3y didn't allow me to use any light. Also no keys to try the windows or any other…

And that's it I'm afraid (damn battery!)
SO in other news....our house has officially been given to the handover department who are going to ring us in the next week or…

Glad to hear that your front door looks better now that it has been restained Khpatory! We are still waiting to have ours restained. All our timber windows…