Hi avaganda,
I'm in Brisbane and are planning to do one or more vertical gardens on a south-facing wall. I'm assuming I'll be needing to look at largely shade-tolerant plants? I'm…

I had a tank outside under the eaves on the southern side of the house, so it received very little direct sunlight and it still was full of algae. That…

We got the Timbertone door. Will try and have a look for a photo...

Sorry, to hear about your troubles. We were the same - had to choose from Taubmans and wanted a "crisp" white. We went for Snowy White and were quite happy…

Totally. A nice big bed of them.
But that's not the only plants I'm after. I've found a few places, but was just wondering if anyone had used any in particular.

Does anyone used any online nurseries or know any place around Brisbane to buy bulk plants. I'd like to get 50-100 Liriope to use in our new garden.
Thanks.

Cheers Matt!

Thanks the suggestions guys.
We've got to get an antenna installed as well, so hopefully we can get whoever does that to do this kind of stuff as well. To do…

Building with Plantation, but only single storey.
We're probably a couple of weeks from handover. Our experience has been pretty good so far. No real dramas at all. Mind you, we…

Probably not the best thread title, but was wanting a bit of guidance.
In our last house, we had Foxtel, but were able to watch it in 2 other rooms. From…

Thanks guys. I'm really happy with how it's come out. Would be nice if it goes with our Ocean Mist saturn light switches!

Has been a while since I posted , but we haven't been inside much.
But we're keenly awaiting a handover date. There's not too much more to do inside. The sparky…

Here's a few shots of ours. I think it's called Bayou Green.
We wanted to keep it clean and fresh. The floors will be a dark laminate flooring so in the…

Apologies, I'll resize the pics later

So, a bit's been done in the past week.
Gyprock is all finished, cornices are up and the doors & frames have been delivered. Rainwater tank has come too. But best…

They're not installed yet, but we've gone for 4-spot light in our bedrooms.
http://www.cetnaj.com.au/aus/consumer/s ... rod945.htm

Awesome stuff BBR!

Ask and ye shall receive!!!
Bricks up:

...and sheeting done!

Bricks not up yet, but there's a better indication of the colour of woodland grey...

Wrap's on, termimesh done. Bricks going on early next week. We've been blessed with the weather lately. If the bricks get done early this week, there shouldn't be much holding…

Saga indeed. Good to see things are starting to move along.

Hey please feel free to add mine:
Plantation Homes - Retreat 18m Q2 - Mazisto -

Hey there, great thread. Always good to see how someone going through the same builder.
We've found Plantation pretty good overall, Like you there were a few things in the plans…

Well things are moving quick. Part of me thinks it's a little too quick.
Anyway we're now up to the roof.


Bricks next week and gyprocking booked after that.

We've just had out Woodland Grey roof put on our new house, didn't mind the greenish tint. i've gotta sat though it tend to reflect the sky and thus takes…

No it's all great information. Thanks everyone.
I'm pretty sure that I'll go with treated pine. The installer says he uses ash + ag pipe, which seems to be what's mostly…

Its an expense we didn't plan on, so the cheaper the better. Another issue is the horizontal space they take up - all of the walls we need done now…

Hey all,
I've got to build a few retaining walls for our new house (when I say "I", I mean pay someone to do it!).
A bit of research and I'm as…

Well, things have started moving and not only is our block cut, but we now have all out sewerage and stormwater connected. Slab to come this week.

Due to the slope…

Exciting stuff! We had our block cut on Friday - we can have a race! ;D