just to help

Well things have been slowing here. had a slowdown in finances, had colds, been busy with work.... so many things, and the end is so close its just damn…

thanks hels, will definatly check that 1 out!
any others??

any reccomendations for the best range of tiles in melbourne would be great. heading to melb on mon/tues next week to look at floor coverings, dont really care which…

how many years would it take for them to get to that size/standard?? that would look amazing up my western fence line- would it be ok to be run…

formica storm lower, formica silver strata upper, with brushed pewter kicks

little different but for the eave lining its cement sheet, we used a (air)coil nail gun with specified nails. practice on an offcut with a lump of timber benind it,…

looking awsome!! i bet you cant wait to be able to have…

hey kw, there are 2 types of metal battens, 1 the top hat style, the other the channel type. Channel type is cheaper, but i think the top hat…

i think its a min of 600mm for electric cooktops to the bottom of the range, and 650mm for gas. and max is 800mm for both i think
as for…

are they 450 centres or 600?

thank you for posting this!! i still hadnt given my forms back yet... off to do it now!

anna1 our cupboards are formica storm, and the overhead ones are silver strata

our bricks were 210m2 living plus 5 pillars = 8300ish bricks
they will allow for atleast a 5% wastage too i think. we used selkirk bricks and all local brikkies said…

hope not!
(excuse the mess)

just had a look at your blog, the pics really small so hard to tell but it looks like the drawing has eaves to all of the house except the…

some pics to start with, this was b4 lunch time, so theres stil alot left! but they rand around 4 and said almost done, be back on monday!
start of…

oooh i feel sick .... kitchen going in as we speak (read)...... pics 2nite or 2moro

bingoshelley, thanks, love watching for updates on your blog, you guys are doing such a great job, and gee your a great bargain hunter! if only we had more time…

well the plaster has been started, all up and holes filled, not sanded back yet or cornices up/ they only worked mon tues and friday on it. hopefully…

when you get your plans drawn up then get a slab design engineered... i think it cost me about $800, but im in the country and not alot of places…

im not sure about durability but it came down to colour for me. formica had the colour i wanted, and laminex didnt really have a similar one. i would…

hey tony! we must be at a similar stage, im looking at paint too. went to paint shops yestrday to sus it out. most undercoats are a sealer/primer/undercoat…

over head cupboards-silver strata
bench top basmati
below bench-storm
if any one has ideas on wall colours thatd be a great help!

well things are rollung along! il come back with pics tomorrow but the plaster started yestrday, and should be mostly up today! my kitchen is in the back of…

price seems ok, i was quoted 720 i think for mine from a local company which i got all my windows from

hey connie, ob here... i think your better off maybe looking at areas like
foundations
electrical
plumbing
cabnetmaker
frame
roof
bricky...etc
the major stuff
then go into more detail ie- 3k to fit out bathroom
5k for kitchen appliances…

my plaster quotes ranged from 12.5k to 19.5k
only cove cornice in qoutes.. and no installing of insulation nor the battens
our house is 4 bed…

hey tony! i think youl be passing us soon! we're still not plasteres, still waiting on our insulation to be delivered... 2 weeks and waiting! just finished battening all…

we have copper pipe to hot water in kitchen and laundry, which is in the thick insulation stuff. plumber said its "dedicated" hot water, so it alwasy is in…