I'd say that if you are happy to decide to live in tarneit in the first place then you should ok with the railway.
Is there a risk of car…

What if they tried to break thru the back door?

This is part of the standard ResCode requirements.
The reason as to why you havent noticed other houses with similar windows is most likely due to:
i) the house being built prior…

Having considered a similar strategy myself last year, I came to the realisation that such action would only further sour relations between us and our builder and the extra few…

Would it help to say that I had Westinghouse in my previous home and my oven had to be replaced after a couple of years? Like with all appliances, its…

Yes, I built with Henley who supplied us with the Damani range of products you've specified. All are working well for us and do the job just fine.
I do recall…

My tap is right in the middle just above the skirting.
Not sure that you exactly need the extra space. Dont forget that the fridge should not be up against the…

Yes, I live in Taylors Hil and concur with borg's comments...quiet streets which are nearby to most facilities that you need. See my first post on page 2.
I'd suggest that…

I went through a similar dilema (Caroline Springs vs Taylors Hill vs Hillside) about 2 years ago.
In the end I chose Taylors Hill estate (not Watervale) as it was more…

Southies,
You need to ensure that you do not dilute the number of concerns you express to the builder with non-issues otherwise the builder will consider you to be a…

The flue coming out of my ducted heating unit and running up out of the roof is solely made from PVC, basically its the same as the 'stink' pipes that…

Perfect, thanks for the info Michelle

We had our carpet installed a couple of months ago and ended up with the view that some of the installation was below standards where by the carpet was not…

I bought plantation shutters from them...there quote came in $5000 cheaper than others and there was no compromise in the quality of shutters.
Just dont expect the greatest of service (at…

We had the same decision to make. We chose the 5 panel door.
By mistake the 4 panel door was initially delivered and installed and then we got the builder to…

I want to have a small brick fence running up the side of my driveway. My drive slopes up to the house.
My question is in respect to the concrete footing…

I can recommend Taylors Lakes Concreting.
They seem to do concreting with a passion (if anyone can do such a thing) and I found the team very receptive to my minor…

I've just had 190 squares metres done for approx $17,000

Sounds like that its a bit of pot luck in terms of getting Kevin to call you back these days.
about 6 weeks ago, I tried all forms of communication (email,…

I concur with MikkyG.
Responding to people's queries within a reasonable timeframe is a basic fundamental in providing quality service to consumers. If you can't do this then how can…

Upgrade for colourbond fasica! Next thing they'll do is start charging you to provide the builders with lunch.
Tell me again why PD are so popular?

Yes, just over a $1000 for a 50 sq home.

Maybe they are using the wrong terminology? Perhaps they are referring to mud-prevention whereby the Melton council does require you to have something there to 'minimise' the amount of mud…

Could anyone please recommend to me someone (in Melbourne) who colour tints grout?
Thanks

Congratulations, it must be all very exciting for you and your family.
I'm jealous on two fronts i) you have your inspection today and ii) you only signed up a year…

Has anyone had any experience in dealing with BACV (Building Advice and Conciliation Victoria)?
The combination of Henley being 7 weeks late already and the on-going phenomena of old quality issues…

I've tried contacting Kevin to utilise his services (even dropping the HomeOne forum in my messages) but have not received any call back from him. Considering that I'm in the…

Hi P,
I agree that it does look much better.
They worked on the render on Thursday and then moved us on to Handover on Monday.
I dont know who our Handover people…

Regular posters to this forum may remember that I created a blog containing pictures of the render applied to our Henley home.
Your comments/opinions were used to assist me persuade…