It's all just poles with horizontal rails to hold them and vertical poles in the ground about 1500mm apart. It is like a wobble board but a…

We have a 9 metre stretch of aluminium fences and gates. It makes a loud rattling noise on windy days. There's no garden yet to stop the wind.
We…

Hi Ray
Looks good. Do you know for sure if you will be able to open the fridge door wide enough to get the vege baskets out to clean…

One of the houses on The Block in South Melbourne had a big ceiling rose made out of plaster so I imagine doing a whole ceiling might have…

Hi Natlyn
I'd like the stairs to be more central in the house - eg along the garage back wall. Someone else had stairs at the…

We aren't really ready to put in batteries - dollar-wise and still getting the outside areas paved and planted - and I don't know what we would expect in storage.…

Hi Phil
I was just curious. We have a 5.13Kw system in two banks. We might get batteries if we can afford them. We have a credit with…

Hi Philytee
Are you going to get batteries?
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Hi Moe
It took quite a while for us to get thru the power companies and even now after 9 months, we have a credit but we don't seem to be…

You could have a little shopping basket and go shopping in your pantry or a trolley, but a passthru can work well. - I'll have to come clean…

- depending on eaves and where the windows are and how low/high they are and the neighbours' house/trees. It ain't easy being cool.

Some estates will let you swap the driveway side - costs money tho. If the driveways aren't done yet, it might not cost as much. Costs nothing…

Can you get some proper info on that courtyard - it means an extra wall which costs - and I don't think you will get much benefit at all…

Look at the Melways for your estate and picture your block on it ??

Nice plan Dan. Which way is north? Where are you? Are there any eaves?

A window in the pantry? maybe even a window to pass things thru?
Would the garage internal door be better at the other end of the laundry - even…

Or put the bedrooms in sep areas of the house. Kids rooms will be hot in summer on west. Better to have parents on west as they go…

I didn't expect you to be so quick Jodge and I had a whodunnit to finish.
I'd rather keep the toilet out of the bathroom.

Great work Jodge - I should've stayed up. The rooms are good sizes for a house on a smallish block. Bedrooms on the east, kids separate. …

Should we stay up or go to bed and switch on early......
Why are some messages an hour different from my time - who's on DLS?

Ok just to be radical
Put a tandem garage down the west side, put your outside living at the front, sheltered by the garage - easy for landscaping machines, …

http://www.buildingcommission.com.au/re ... v_2011.pdf
What will you get for 4K - just curious. Who rated it?
Grassfires travel fast on a windy day but there won't be…

If the garage faces north or west and has an internal door to the house, then all that hot air can come thru.
There was a post a few months go…

Nice to have a friendly council. So many hills in Gippy, what's high in one hill could be low in a valley.
You should contact the Aussie Grand Designs team…

We didn't have a door - just glass attached to one side and floor. It's 1.7m wide I think - no prob with water splashing past the glass.

I'm watching it. Which couple won't finish their rooms this week ? Suspense!

Suggest you look at some photos of bathrooms or some display houses.
We have tiles as skirting and they marry up. OUr shower has different tiles and different size from…

Have you been to the colorbond website and tried different colours - you have to pick a house something like your own. They also have a list of homes…

I assumed it was above the shower - that's where ours is.

Nothing takes up too much space but lots of nothings add up to too much!