At the very least remove the awnings out the front and even painting the roller doors would improve them if you cant afford to replace them (can you paint roller…

Hiya,
Just noticed your post about your pantry size - When we were building it was one of my concerns too so I wanted to share a pic of mine, as…

Thanks, I agree I think that is definitely an option!

Hi, I am really struggling with plant selections for our front yard and would really appreciate some opinions about this.
We are in the process of installing some wooden steps out…

Hi,
This is probably a silly question
Our front window (lounge/study) is about 6 meters from the road (a quiet suburban street). Our house…

The most important factor for some people is not just $$$ ... people have such a throw away mentality sometimes. Personally I think it is great. How lucky…

Hi, we have two windows which are about 90cm wide each and 150cm long each, and there is about 60cm of wall in between them. We have roller blinds on…

Hi, we have a similar set up to you except our dimensions are about 5.5 x 7.5.
The main part of the house 2700 and you go down stairs to the…

Thanks for your response!
We got the concreting done after the build finished - before then (at the end of the build) there was just a slope with dirt there.
Definitely our…

Hi,
We have to attach some sort of guard rail and hand rail to our outdoor concrete and concrete steps.

As you can see from the picture it is quite the…

I will add there are some people on this forum who are amazing with plans, they may come up with some suggestions you have not thought of which may eliminate…

Hiya,
I have a similar configuration with our kitchen/dining loungeroom except our living area is 4m x 5.4 (but also our dining area is smaller at 3.5 x 3.5.
It certainly isnt…

Jodge - just have to say - wow

When we we're doing our selections we spent a lot more than we planned and I really resented paying more for a laminate just because it wasn't in our builders…

We did up a bathroom recently in asdelaide and here is what we spent:
Shower screen $600 semi frameless
Bath $500
Tiles $400
Toilet $300
Vanity with stone top $800
Mirror $100
Towel rail ladder $200
Plumbing $1200
Tiler…

Thanks Huggy, that sounds great, might go with 60cm then!
thanks again

Hi,
We are having a raised garden bed along our back fence, approx 8m long.
We are having it 60cm high, just wondering what is the minimum width it should…

Hi,
we have just had a deck installed and the balustrade has stainless steel wire on it.
The installer is coming back again but I thought he was finished with the wire…

Thanks guys, Fu I look forward to hearing your thoughts.
Belial our budget is fairly limited at the moment and I really don't like the ideas of engineers etc for a…

Hello,
Would love some suggestions about what to do with our front yard.
The questions I have are
1/ do we need to retain it.
2/ If we can get away…

Thanks Dee I will ask for that, I realised after this discussion too that it may come with some sort of warranty so would want the paperwork for that too.…

There is no water running sound at all. I have arranged for the plumber to come out again tomorrow and they told me to turn it off at the…

Dee we didnt purchase the pump, we got a plumber in and they supplied it so i think i will follow up with them.
Matt the noise is constant ie; not…

Thanks for your response. its an "orange" pump.
We didnt have a choice with our council otherwise I would have chosen the solar hot water!
Another question - if we were to…

Hi,
we have a very small back yard but our council insists on every new house build having a rain water tank.
To save on space we had our rainwater tank put…

Hi Juski,
wow that price includes floor coverings?!! What is the square meterage of the house you will be building?
The builder we went with had really great selections but we…

Hi Juski,
we built a similar home as you are describing, 28sq 2 storey, 3 br, 2.5 bathroom. Have just recently moved in.
We built with a medium- budget builder (not…

Hi again,
Yes thats right with the measurements.
Yes next to the dryer on the side where the camera was we have 2 overhead cabinets.
Not sure what stage you are up to…

HHCIB - just thought I would post a photo, sorry not a great one with the sun coming through the door but you can see the space you will be…

Hi Michael and Kylie,
Here are a couple of photos of our split level steps. Not the greatest photos sorry.
Hope this works has been a while since I have posted…