...sure.

I'm not a tiler- so can really only offer an amateur opinion but my expectations for a professional job would be to cut tiles to fit in such a way…

Hi all,
Sorry for the late reply. Thanks for the input everyone.
Just an update for anyone interested- at my insistance the builder has contacted the engineers (independent- not an in house…

Hi all,
For those who have pole style homes (or like ours, a hybrid home half on slab, poles at the rear due to slope) I am just wanting some advice....or…

So in the spirit of the awesome "things you forget" thread (this one- http://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=5823&start=740 I thought it would be a good idea to make one on what your BUILDER…

Hi robbie55- yes they have. We should get slab next week.

Just like to say thanks for this topic- was full of useful ideas when we were at pre build stage.

Hi everyone,
Thanks for the advice.
Saint mike-the contract stated "Supply of Treated Structural Pine material as requested to the Wall Frames and Trusses. No Allowance for any other material to be…

Was on site yesterday and noticed our frame got delivered. I'm a bit surprised to see that not all of the roof truss is treated timber.
Our contract states "Supply…

Hi all,
a bit late for me to reply but thanks to all for the advice.
We ended up letting the finance lapse, the bank did another valuation which came back…

Hi all,
To give a brief overview last year we entered into a contract with a medium sized builder based on the Gold Coast to build our new home (I won't…

We will be lucky to be able to supply our own so got a credit back, and our builder is happy to install them for us. Over the last…

Thanks everyone for your input.. seems like everyone has their own viewpoint but I think I will definitely use a green of some sort, combined with the white walls and…

Thanks everyone. Only other colour for us would be a darker grey I tried brown but didn't think it looked that great.
Taubmans Thundercloud (has a hint of green but is…

Hi all,
Just did a photoshop our house plans to get an idea of what some colour might look like. Our block is at the end of a cul de sac…

Thanks everyone.
I keep trying to tell our client liason the things that are wrong, I think she is getting annoyed with me but I am not being rude about it…

Hi all,
Just wanting to ask how important is it that the house plans accurately reflect the build? We seem to be having a hard time with our builder getting the…

Hi,
Our builder has specified 60mm foam render to some of our external walls (not sure on exact product but guess something like NRG Greenboard or RMAX orangeboard).
The house is…

Hmm you're right on having too much concrete to the front. Putting in steps shouldn't be a problem I was just thinking if we needed to get a dingo digger…

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We have all but finalised our plans for our new home, but am wanting some advice on what we could do for side access.
Our block slopes down from the…

Thanks everyone,
I never thought of the toilet distance, I can see where it is a problem but we dont really have alot of visitors normally, and the ones we have…

This is the design we have chosen, we have a sloping site that drops down from the road, the master, bed 5, hallway, laundry and garages are on slabs, the…

Care to elaborate? I just bought one of their rangehoods today.