The place that sold us ours kept trying to get us to use their plumber. I decided to try myself and it was dead easy (although the instructions aren't the…

We used Pereira and Sons painting, they charged $4400 for a house slightly larger than yours (oil based sealer + 2 top coats in Solver Maxi Wash).
They've actually got an…

Believe it or not I too can see both sides, but I think at the end of the day I've signed the contract in good faith (ie. fully believing that…

I notice you work for a broker thlo, any opinion?

Update:
Complaining to the bank's complaint person seemed to achieve little except a reiteration of "we've taken it because we believe we can".
Have now lodged a complaint with the Credit Ombudsman,…

That's what I figured, as they haven't really given me an explanation (ie. as to *why* they can take the money even though it's not in the loan agreement), just…

Hi all,
Sorry in advance for the long post :/
Hoping someone has some knowledge of my rights in this situation:
We got pre-approval for a loan for the construction of our new…

yeah you'll barely see the ceiling vent ... the wall vent on the other hand you may want to put something in front of ... depending on the colour you'll…

We have the same in our newly built home (also in WA) ... have they painted the ceiling yet? You'll find that once the ceiling is painted it will almost…

PM me too please

hmms, that looks good - please let us know if you can get in WA and how much when you find out, I'm interested too …

These guys do the same thing, but organised (ie. you tell them you want free mulch, and they organise a tree lopper to drop some…

Maybe you can take the doors off and have an 'open plan' fridge?

Hrm, not sure you'll find one that short, you may have to look at making the overhead cupboards smaller

We ended up going and placing some tiles sticking out the same amount that the fridge will, looked fine so we went shopping armed with Matt's HN receipt and some…

Hey Matt,
Feel like I need to buy you a beer before asking this question... but here goes...
Just wondering how deep your cavity is? and how…

hi jbaby, i'm also interested to know who you went with and how it turned out?

I'd also be interested in this, or if any other reverse cycle ducted unit has this option...

not sure if this helps ...
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i think its because the height of the guttering etc outside the house is slightly lower than the internal ceiling height, so to not cut…

i believe because the slope of the roof ends up cutting off the edge of the room (i tried drawing a diagram but didn't work out), but basically imagine that…

A good list (although perhaps slightly biased being from a brick manufacturer):
http://www.australbrick.com.au/vic/why_ ... _brick.php

We're in Perth and were quoted (by builder) $3500 for Anticon. 3 Whirlybirds would have been another $1200, so not a cheap exercise
After speaking to…

kexkez: perhaps this
http://www.greatgardens.info/
The wife and I will be attending this next week
Looks good and also free (coming around Perth to a location near you)