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Hi,
I know this is a very delayed response, in my personal view, I will stay away from PD.
I have seen so many PD homes getting rework done. One was…
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Hi Ericaust23
We used demolition depot. They came with an additional bill in middle of demo saying there is extra bit of concrete that they will need to remove. I was…
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It is a cladding made of polystyrene. In my understanding it is not a weight bearing wall, you cannot hang anything on it. Your Air-conditioner will be getting support from…
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Took us about 2-3 months, ours was knock down re-build so the builder didn't start the process till the house was knocked down and site was clear.
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Hello OrangeBottles,
Exciting times ahead of you
Our Slab was poured mid-November in 2014 and we had our keys on 4th April.
We have built a 51q house.
It…
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Hi Debunker
We have built Milano51, happy with it. Lots of space, easy flowing home.
Cheers
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Yes, you will need to organise it, builder wont do it. In fact we had to take 2 permits, one for demolition of old house and another for construction of…
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Hi
Asset protection is a permit that you need to take from your council. This is kind of guarantee you are going to council that you wont damage any council…
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We opted for zoned heating. we have 5 zones. The install guys, Dandy Air, were hopeless. They hardly knew how to make the thing work. Yes you can have…
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We had trades working till 19th December and back to work around 10th, I would say 2-3 weeks.
I would advice anyone building over this period to still keep an eye…
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We built Milano51, construction started on 15/11 handover 31/3
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If there are no next door neighbors why do you need shade cloth? Have you thought of getting a fence done prior to build so you dong pay for temp…
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Are you building in an established are with neighbors around? Maybe knockdown rebuild?
We got all these except rubbish cage, don't think I paid for that. Sounds bit unreasonable.
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Hi Kylz4
1. Cooling - We have built Milano 51, evoporative cooling, and very happy with it. The ground floor is naturally cooler than upper floor and with 2 cooling vents…
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We also never got hold of CLE on phone, but she was very prompt in replying to emails. Maybe try emailing her?
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Hi Mellily
Class P just means Problematic and as far as I know they class most of soil as P.
I think you should budget in about 15-25 k and you…
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Hello
We used Final Inspect, Peter was good to deal with.
Cheers
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Hello Scott2233,
We have recently built Milano51 it is very similar to Montclaire. The stair options we had were, regular stairs with plaster board balustrades, then stainless steels one with…
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Hi, we have this temporary letter box free for anyone who may need one. We used it when we moved in new house till the proper letterbox was installed
Pickup…
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Looks stunning, exciting times ahead for you guys
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Hi KateRG88
We did what you suggest in the drawing on left. Only difference being, we extended the garage right up to the block boundary. The space on left side of…
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We removed out fence. I asked the demolishers to remove it. Once the construction was complete we just built the new fence up to garage and garage wall makes part…
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We used three inspections , one at base stage, that included pre pour and once slab is completed, second at frame stage and third final inspection.
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Hello OceanBlu
Sorry to hear you had bad experience. I can imagine, not a good feeling. We used Final Inspect as well. There were some minor issues (painting etc.) all fixed.…
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Hi Union7,
Thanks for that.
We went with Chestnut brick, it was in access range thus no extra charge and natural grey mortar hence no upgrade there either.
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Thanks Brettska
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Thanks alexz1101,
Yes there is a drain right in middle of balcony and it is tiled. I am not sure about water proofing, I guess I should have checked. Now whats…
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Yes, external junction boxes on both pillars and both side of garage for future lights.
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PM me and I will give you both the contacts.