Thanks for the assistance everyone. Sorry about the lack of details, for a one and a half car garage I was thinking around 4.5m x 6m.

Hi All,
Hoping a builder out there or someone who has taken on a similar project can help me out....
Just after a rough idea of the cost to build a one…

Hi All,
At the front of my house I have a brick and timber fence that I would like to remain locked most of the time.
Are there any battery operated wireless…

Suh.
Thanks for the kind words, seems like forever since I started building but with the current builder from breaking ground to completion would have been only 4-5mths (DA already finalised…

Hmmmm good point.... Unless someone has a recent experience in Newcastle I think it may be best to just contact council tommorrow.

Thanks suh,
Have seen the general waste bins for sale at hardware shops but didn't want to go out and buy one if I was entitled to a free one!

Not the most exciting of topics but important none-the-less, just about ready to move into my house but need to get some rubbish bins organised. Does the council provide either…

Thanks Kyton and Pet,
Pet - PM Sent

Another update, almost done......
Main Bathroom
Ensuite

Kitchen

Another update, its been a busy few weeks and haven't had a chance to keep the forum updated, shouldn't be long left now, only the painting, lights and appliances left;

If all else fails and you can't find out using the methods everyone else have suggested contact the planning division of your local council.
Here in Newcastle you just need to…

Lock Up
Door still to be stained

Brickwork

Bricks finished, water, electricity, phone, tv and network in.

Thanks HM!
Looks like things are really moving ahead for you too, the grey bricks look great, I've seen them on a few homes now and they're really growing on me…

Hi Kim,
If it is a boundary peg that has been knocked out it shouldn't matter at all to the builder as they will have to call a surveyor out to…

Sarking up, bricks being laid;

I'm up to almost $10k in variations but haven't been charged an admin fee. Well not that I know of anyway, could have been included in the individual variation costs.

Another update! Bricks have arrived....
PGH Loam's

Thanks Kyton and Suh,
At this stage I'd definately be happy to pass the builders name on to anyone who is interested! Just hoping they don't slow down once the bricks…

I'm curious about this myself, has anyone done it before? Does the extra weight associated with stone cause problems? Do the existing cabinets need to be reinforced to cope with…

Another update, tiles and gutters!

It's kind of interesting when you think about it, the internet has bought with it a lot of profits for people in your field of work but at the same…

Bexi,
Sorry, was getting my bricks confused, I was looking at three when I was picking mine, the Loam, Mocha and Nutmeg. The Nutmeg is the one I had in mind…

Tiles Have Arrived;

What I was quoted by the builder sounds about right then, I don't have it in front of me but i think it was around $600.
I can understand where you…

Thanks for the info Pugs,
Out of interest what would you think would be a reasonable price to install 4 CAT6 lines each running to a central point and totalling about…

Hmmmm I see, I had never really thought of it as an issue, most of my friends and family have all done their own network installs and as i said…

So running cabling in your own house is not allowed?
I didn't realise, I thought offering your services as a cabling installed without a lisence would be illegal but performing work…

Hi All,
My house is nearing electrical wireup stage and I'm looking at doing the network cable install myself (I worked for 5yrs as a computer technician and wired up a…

Hi Bexi,
It's probably too late to help you now but I was originally looking at using the Mocha's for my house and ended up going with Loam's because they are…