Thanks for the reply. I should have added to my request that I had removed the dowel when I tried to open the window but it doesn't budge. I suspect…

I've recently purchased a home with a couple of older style sliding windows. They appear to have a pin in them to prevent them from opening. Any ideas on how…

Thanks Jess.

emilygirl - please let me know how you go with the cat enclosure netting and if it's good

Did you mean flyscreen, but really tough, or actual netting so that the cats can't get in/out?

Just a quick question, after handover, do we contact our CSA for any issues or is there someone else we should now be contacting?

Thanks Kaytee. I'll give them a go
gsingh - my landscaper hasn't started yet, but when he does, I can let you know how it goes.…

Has anyone here hired someone to brick a mailbox for them? Any recommendations?

Hi Octopus,
Glad to hear all your issues have been fixed. Can I ask how long it took for them all to be rectified?

Thanks for the advice. Will do

Wish we'd known about the bigger bath
We made the fridge space wider (it was too narrow for most fridges). We also placed the bifolds that…

Anything, especially fruit. I've tried looking into growing native fruit in the garden, but most of the fruit trees I found were far too big for our block

I'd love to know what native food would be good to plant in a suburban backyard.

Hi there,
I'm currently building with PD. We have almost reached lockup stage, with the roof almost complete, bricks completed and the doors and windows are in. The roof in…

Did you end up using the company and were you satisfied by the results?
Has anyone else had their bricks recoloured to make them more uniform in colour?

She/he's gorgeous!

What about having a nice chocolatey brown colour for the windows and then a pale (creamy white?) colour for the portico?

You can always take a photo of your bricks to the second hand brick dealers. Might be a bit easier than going back and forth with bricks

You can try going to a second hand brick seller. They try and match brick colours

Tornado - that's good to know. It just seemed strange seeing them jump over the back fence with a torch at night. Thought I better report it just in case.

It was one of the Boutique homes on the corner of Newhaven and Delaney Blvd

I called Police straight away and they said they would send a van around to have a look out. Thought I'd let you guys know just to keep an eye…

Congrats to those that are just starting and also nearing handover. How exciting! Progress on our build was halted for a while due to brick…

We are using pearl grey velour bricks from Boral. No pictures as yet.. but the bricks look good with both greys and white/creams.
http://www.boral.com.au/ProductCatalogu ... product=97

We were originally quoted for piering with PD on a rather flat block with a little fill, but after receiving the compaction report, they decided they would do a deeper…

Kaytee - it wasn't us personallly, but someone we know. they are using wooden cladding

Very. Am just trying to find out if it's an isolated experience or something that's happening to a few people.

things such as what the facade consists of (material used)

Is anyone having trouble with the design panel initially approving designs and then wanting them to be changed before they are almost complete? I don't mean things that were accidentally…

Definitely reject the variations. I'd also be questioning why they want to vary them.