Hi,
Just wondering if anyone can give an indication of how much it costs to get a chip repaired on a caesarstone benchtop?
Thanks

+1 for 3 phase.
We are building a 30sq double story and will have refrigerated aircon so 3 phase was the way to go for us. 3 phase will give you…

Hi everyone,
Just thought i'd share some progress pics. I have a blog so will keep my comments short on here.
We have currently got the ground floor frame done. Next week…

I love the contrast between the old part and the new part (LOVE that ceiling in the bedroom too). I am enjoying checking out your progress.

We had this problem in our previous house - the neighbours had an overgrown tree (in fact everything on their side was overgrown!) that would hang into a section of…

Alrighty - i'd better get baking then!

A blog got me thinking...
Did/do you drop of tempting treats for your construction workers when you visit your block? What did you make/provide? Were they well received?

With a view like yours kiwi, it will be well worth the wait once you are finally in it!

P.S. Is it just me, or are these pictures HUGE?!?!? How do I make them a little smaller on here?
Thanks

Here are the happenings during the past week. Slab gets poured tomorrow
A bored pier (yes, it looks very bored!). These 3m deep holes…

No to undermount here - for the same reasons others have mentioned (the grime thing was a BIG turn off) they do look great though when they are new! I…

A friend of mine has a french provincial style kitchen (off white colour) with everything integrated but have a black ilve freestanding cooker - doesn't look out of place at…

We had our front loader on floorboards in our old house - no problems

Thanks for your responses, they have been very helpful. The problem we were having when looking was that we were being shown quite expensive models BUT I was not convinced…

Hi,
We are looking for the right undermount rangehood but are not really getting anywhere when we visit the appliance shops, who seem to take us straight to the most expensive…

Ha! Sounds like you have the same town planner we have!! They are a breed of their own. Our 'further information' letter was sent to the wrong builder. That was…

Another appliance that ends up collecting dust at the back of the cupboard... right next to the electric juicer

Make sure you post some pics on here for us

The council we went through have a 60 day response policy. If it's just tree removal it should be quicker than that. I'd call them to hurry it along.

Hi,
We have JUST started.... only have pegs so far, slab work starting next week. We are looking at a July/Aug handover.

Ours is 14 MONTHS from site start!!!!!...
We are at week 1.... only 55 or so weeks to go.
Ok, to be fair - we are building a custom home with a…

Our overall cost including demolition is coming in at around $15,500 a square (approx 30sq double story) including top quality finishes, paving, driveway, some landscaping and all the extra stuff…

Looking good! Nice Splashback colour.

16 weeks - wow that's quick!

Very entertaining thread! Looking forward to seeing it all happen. Good luck with it

Haha we were tempted - NOT!
It wasn't actually a house at the front. There was the double garage (right on the footpath as you can see) and next to…

Glad you like the plans, can't wait to see the finished product! - we had a lot of restrictions due to all the overlays in our area as well as…

And here are the plans (minus a few small alterations)
Ground Floor
First Floor
Facade - Brick to ground floor with rendered box bay window and rendered portico. First floor rendered.
External colours:
Bricks:…

Hi everyone,
YAY! It's my turn to start a building thread