I'm not talking about making a change to something that has already been built or materials ordered. If I decide to change my wall colour or style of cornice…

Wow, just wow, $1000 fee for a post contract variation, sorry that is just ridiculous. Post contract variations always come up during a build, I'm not talking structural changes…

Please tell me the $500-$1000 admin fee per variation is a joke. If not I will completely rule Clarendon out of my shortlist of builders. My previous builds…

Do Clarendon charge an "admin" fee for variations? How much?

Haha glad my build provided some inspiration for you. Yeah you won't be disappointed with bamboo flooring, comes up really nice.
Middle Park is a nice area, we're…

Hey SaveH20
Palms are golden cane, I think they get to about 10m eventually. Should be enough to screen the houses behind me but still leave the view to the…

I didn't like Steve's Rochedale house at all either, way too industrial. As far as "show homes" go the likes of Metricon, Plantation etc always impress because they must…

Yeah, Just finished 2 years doing landscaping and now looking at starting again, sigh. We want to move closer to the city.

Hey brolga,
I built recently with Steve Parcell and found him to be excellent. You made the right choice. You can check out my building thread here

Agree- virtually no difference between half and qtr strength. I like the colour scheme though but I would go a pure white on the window frames and full strength…

Yeah gotta love retaining walls, from memory I installed 800 blocks, something like 15000kg's in total I had to carry from the front to back yard. Then the 400…

Thanks yvonneh, Yeah if you have the time and not afraid of hard work you can do all/most landscaping yourself. Save a LOT of money plus the satisfaction.

Been 2 years since I moved in now and last posted so thought I'd update with new pics of completed landscaping. Took me nearly 2 years work to finish…

I believe sarking is more of a moisture/condensation barrier and might add a minimal amount of insulation/reflection. Under a colorbond roof you should really go for blanket type insulation-…

To be honest, with roof insulation (I have roof blanket plus ceiling batts) there's almost no noise at all, no different from tiles really. Might be a little more…

Well my previous builder I had none of this nonsense, he gave itemised pricing in a full detailed quote for everything including any modifications I made in advance of…

I've started talking to Clarendon as we like their Armadale 42 plan however initial communications are leaving me less than impressed. The sales person we are talking to doesn't…

Can't really tell what kind of timber that is but yeah best to replace that board as it as begun to rot. You can get deck cleaning products or…

I've used Future Wood from Masters on a gate/screen. It's ok and looks as good as new after 12 months. Still it doesn't look anywhere near as…

Looks good rocky, how is the deck to walk on, is it rock solid or any movement?

Glue and Bolt seems a bit over the top. I'll probably just glue/no more nails/silicon them in place. Let us know how it goes and take some pics.…

Hi Billy,
I'm looking at doing exactly the same as you and came across the buzon pedestals as well. I didn't know about the bunnings one. The bunnings mini…

I would highly recommened that you don't build a deck this way. Joists sitting directly on the ground/concrete, even if covered with an alfresco roof, will mean they are…

52c FIT expired last year, I applied just in time to get it. Yeah current FIT in Qld is 8c plus perhaps another 8c from the retailer. Given…

Well it's been almost a year now since I've moved in so thought I'd post a quick update:
Been very busy doing the Landscaping and have done the following:
- Enclosed Under…

bashworth is onto the right idea, your garage door is a huge area letting in all the heat, insulate it. Will do 10x what any whirlybird will do. …

It's a coffee coloured bamboo. Most of the house has it apart from bedrooms which are carpet.

I'm on holidays, still got another 5 weeks off Yeah very happy with the shutters, got a great price on them less than half…

Well been flatout last 2 months doing the following all myself:
Shutters Installed throughout
Front Yard topsoil and turfed
Popup sprinklers installed
Garden Edging done
Under house enclosed with pailings and gate.
Started work on…

Just a quick update,
-Had 5.5kw solar panels installed yesterday, hello free electricity
-Prepping the front yard at the moment for turf, plan to have it installed…