Hi Tuo,
We would also love to hear of a recommended installer in Melbourne for a quote.
we currently have an undercover outdoor living area, but have our deck extended beyond that…

Hi, I am looking for someone to build my front fence. The look I'm thinking of is the rendered posts with wooden look slats in between the posts. …

Thnx mimi79 u were right, it was the water saving head but to make it worse the saver part was blocked and wasn't letting much water through. My husband…

Hey guys,
We moved into our new house over the weekend, woohoo. So after a tiring day of moving, we couldn't wait to have a warm relaxing shower. Jumped…

They started the site scrape today and will start pouring tomorrow. Should know how it goes by the end of the week

We r based in Ivanhoe Vic and there wasn't a surcharge for us. Will upload some pics when it is done.

We r going with exposed aggregate out the front and charcoal colored concrete out the back. Hopefully they will start next Monday. Frogger it's comforting that u have…

Hi Frogger, not sure whether or not you are still interested but we have decided to book them in. Would you like me to keep you updated on how…

Hey there,
Just wondering if anyone has used 1300 Driveways for your concrete/driveway? We got a quote from them which looks reasonable, but keen to get any feedback/recommendations for them…

Oh I get it now, haha. Now that you've explained it yes that's quite cute haha

Haha yeah I thought it was me going blind

Tell me about! Good thing I physically saw the insulation put into the walls otherwise I'd be doubting that one too

We haven't specifically checked the contract but I think that goes without saying. We even asked our site supervisor during one of our walk throughs and he assured us…

We had our house handover on Monday woohoo! We went into the roof to make sure there is roof insulation in there tonight and couldn't believe there was none…

Looks wonderful. Congratulations.

Thanks for your reply, that helps!

Haha,, thanks Mav999, looks like u must have scrolled straight to page 3 of the thread to have been able to miss those massive before and after photos

We drove past our build house today and popped in since the painter was there doing some finishing touches. Our site supervisor then arrived. When we chatted to…

Thanks for your responses everyone.

Yep, that's right, the mortar was raked too deep, and the spaces in between bricks was uneven.

Hi, our house render has been completed. Thought you might like to see the before and after shots
BEFORE:
DURING:

AFTER:

Hi everyone,
It's been about 2 months since I started this particular thread. At that point I was asking for your opinion on what course of action I should take…

The 2 color variation looks gorgeous together.....it doesn't look like an error to me. It looks like it's supposed to be like that. I prefer it like that…

Hi,
We are having Canterbury timber bi-part doors installed to the rear of our new house. We are also having the matching timber bi-part fly screen doors installed. …

Once again, thanks for all your opinions. Thought I'd give you an update on where things are at. I confirmed with the site supervisor yesterday that I would like to…

Hi Cazoraz,
I don't have any close up pictures of the brickwork on hand unfortunately. What should be noted in this instance however, are that our physical bricks are fine.…

Thanks for your helpful responses everyone, I really appreciate it. I have to get back to the builder on this tomorrow and your opinions have helped me decide I…

Thanks Stormy. No I didn't pay extra to upgrade my bricks, I just went with the standard. Wow, $28K is alot to render a whole house....which is probably…

Thanks LaraJane, do you know what type of rendering your is? ie, painted render, or color mixed through?

Hi,
Our builders arranged an appointment with us this morning, to be upfront and honest with us and to let us know that they weren't happy with the standard and quality…

thanks everyone. I will go with the majority and end the fence at the garage wall, as well as allow the neighbour to choose the grey color.