I'm hoping some of you knowledgable people can help me out.
We currently have a block of land that is only in my name.…

Toothpaste squirted all over the wall by enthusiastic five year olds is MUCH easier to clean off tiles!

At the moment I would say vertical blinds, mainly because we have a lot of full length windows and they are the easiest to repair when the kids pull them…

Looks like there's some red stuff between the tiles. Could it just be something that they stick/place them with? If the roof isn't finished, maybe its just colouring from the…

I agree with the comments about having a vanity in the bathroom. Personally, I like to brush my teeth etc. out of public view.

We got our block in the March release, but I think all of stage 1b should be ready around the same time (Feb-April). Those who were lucky enough to get…

We are still waiting for our block to be finished (Bonner). It should be early next year.

I reckon teenagers who had a party while their parents were away and had to hide the evidence (bin down the street that no one would notice).

Most builders would hopefully be aware that by allowing you to get the extra grant money, will be allowing you to spend it with them!
If they don't allow it they…

I doubt it's higher transport costs, one builder I asked builds from "Yass to Queanbeyan, and everywhere in between" except Canberra.
I also…

Got a qoute from them and they want to charge about $100k more than other builders for similar size/design, and their display home is not all that great anyway. Definitely…

We also thought about this, but after contacting a few (some were really slack and didn't even return my messages), we haven't found any. One of the replies I got…

Hmmm, do I go with lot 2 - easy? Or 34 - live die? Or 7 (3+4) - sure?
I guess live die is ok, live in the house until you…

Me too, gives you room for a coatrack etc.

We are looking into timber laminate flooring. Much cheaper, looks ok, has good insulation properties. Apperently it's fairly hard wearing and for the price I figure if I get sick…

Yeah, the customer service!!! I emailed them twice asking for some information (because the info on their website is missing), 2 months ago!
I am still waiting for a reply......

So, you have chosen the bricks,
Pepper.jpg
are looking at a dark roof
Gunmetal.jpg
and want a light render.
Dune.jpg
I kind of like this one for a light colour,
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But if you wanted to…

I'm a bit confused by this, I thought that the contract would have the final costing?

Apparently they are in negotiating with a lender (it's a secret they won't tell ). But what's the point if it's only one…

Yep, but it's pretty much dead in the water. There are currently no lenders willing to finance any building. Their theory is: it's the land that increases in value whereas…

You guys are lucky, in the ACT we only get the Federal Govt grant, the local govt doesn't give us anything, and they still make us pay stamp duty! Greedy…

Do you mean that they will keep a FHOB of $3k? Not much point - wouldn't even cover the stamp duty.....

Wow! That looks great! I'm definitely keeping that one in mind for later.....

Yeah, I saw that site (and a couple of others) that have those more commercial style sinks. But I'm not really after the freestanding type, I just want a drop-in…

Well, there's a lot of commercial ones, but I don't think they'd look very good with the rest of the kitchen. But after much googling I found something very similar…

Do you have kids? If so so I would be suggesting that it will also provide somewhere for them to play outside on wet days (instead of driving you guys…

I've seen the ones welded to stainless steel benchtops, but I kind of want stone benches with just the sink and splashback joined. Maybe I could get someone to weld…

Hi!
We are just in the planning stages of our new house, and I'm already obsessed about the kitchen!
I like the idea of…

Doesn't that mean that you're paying interest on money that isn't even the banks?
I hope that they are only charging interest…

We're in Canberra, they have 2 display houses here. I've looked at one (which is nice, but a different design to what we are after).
I've spoken to someone at the…