Thanks for the replies. The builder thinks it doesn't matter, so probably shouldn't be concerned.

I was hoping someone could tell me if there are any issues installing floorboards over 12mm plywood over concrete? Boral says 15mm is required. I think the Australian standard says…

I was hoping for some advice. We will be building a new house soon and I was wondering if I could manage to put in a passable home theatre. We…

Thanks Guys. I will be rendering over polyurethane panels, similar to EPS panels, which I believe doesn't use a cement based render, so hopefully it's less prone to staining.
Cheers.

The house we're planning on building will be fully rendered. One thing that concerns me is that I see a lot of rendered houses that have staining that looks like…

Thanks Arcadia.
You're right - I am after energy efficiency. I'm building in Melbourne where I don't think double brick houses have been built since the 40's or 50's. I live…

Hoping for some opinions/advice.
We're about to start the design process on our new home, and currently trying to decide on materials for the external walls. Our block is 12m wide…

Hoping for some opinions/advice.
We're about to start the design process on our new home, and currently trying to decide on materials for the external walls. Our block is 12m wide…

Another person here trying to decide the same thing. Saw a display home for sale and asked the agent if he thought the place was too big for the land…

Hi All,
First post here, so hope I don't annoy you all too much in the future.
We have a small (485m2) block in Hawthorn (Melbourne) that we want to demolish…