Thanks heaps for the advice Cat_dunc and Bashworth.
Cat_dunc, it's completely taken over now, I'm looking into using a pre-emergent herbicide next Apr/May.
Bashworth, I haven't been watering it much recently thinking…

Hi Everyone,
Nov 2016 less than a year ago, I laid Zoysia in the front and Kikuyu in the back from the same supplier. Located in Melb east.
Same soil preparation and…

Gday all,
We built with Simonds Homes and took keys a few months ago.
A solar boosted gas Rheem standard unit was installed.
During the day time when the solar has kicked in,…

Hi all,
Need some advice on timings. I plan to epoxy my garage floor but being in Melbourne, it's been a bit too cold to apply.
The driveway is being laid early…

Congrats!!!!! We got our keys on Wed. Weekends are not going to be mine for the next 2 years...........haha.... Good luck.
PS. You will pick stuff up after you get the…

Thanks Bpratt and Lynneb.
LynneB, this Sigmacover 456 looks interesting after a quick view of their site, says it can cure even at -10 degrees celcius. The Dymark product requires 15…

Thanks goody and bpratt, I think it will be best to wait a couple of months until the weather gets warmer.
It won't be as cold in the garage as the…

Hi Everyone,
Thanks to all the wealth of info, I think I'm going to seal the garage floor with the Dymark Epoxy product.
I'm getting the keys to our house tomorrow and…

Thanks rebuilder. You don't happen to be in Melbourne? haha
Appreciate the idea....working outside the box.

Hi Everyone,
I'm located to the outer east of Melbourne.
I was wondering if there is such a thing as good quality paint available in small quantities without being charged an arm…

Hey Goody, it looks like you've got a great background to ask the right questions.
The only advice I'd give is that you can't expect a volume builder to build to…

Poor workmanship shouldn't be accepted. Good to know your regs, good to have a private inspector. Just be mindful that sometimes some things that you think aren't acceptable are, eg.…

Hi Everyone,
Am hoping for just some thoughts on whether I should be bothered with the thing that's bugging me below.
We're settling on our Simonds house…

Our reinspection didn't go too badly......still a few issues that needed to be resolved. I should be seeing the SS again on Monday to sign off hopefully and get the…

Hi,
I attended the PCI with my inspector.

Hey Harmelb, how did your re-inspection go? Our reinspection of defects is happening on Monday. I can only assume handover will occur soon after that if all issues raised are…

Good luck with what sounds like final'ish changes.......looking forward to your updated plans!

Hey TK5, wow, I didn't realise Simonds allowed such massive modifications!!! How many squares has the house increase too, it's massive.

Hey guys, I've recently had the same discussion regarding the vent mesh.
I visited a few display homes and low and behold, most actually didn't have any mesh and when you…

Holy crap, every time you give an update, I shorten the difference in time between our builds, I reckon you're only around two weeks behind us now!

Hey Dran15, fantastic tip going to Home and then manually selecting Onsite...cheers.
This is what I see of the building stage...

Not sure about my completion date as mine is still sitting in 'Getting Ready to Build'. Long story.....admin/HQ stuff up.
But I have been told it will be 6 weeks after…

Fantastic progress harmelb! Looking great.
We started back in late Nov and would only be 1 month at most ahead of you. I guess there was Xmas and NY in between.…