Hi Rizzo
I'm not an engineer but I can tell you that for many decades houses in Perth were built on limestone blocks that…

Thanks, if it is in fact what is there, would you say that would suffice to hold a wall and roof load as well?
Council have basically wiped their hands of…

Yes we are not sure why we haven’t been consulted with this.
This is the only details the council will send me. The “note” regarding the existing retaining wall is all…

The retaining wall already there is 1.1metres high. I assume it was engineered as part of the subdivision but the builders engineer has come back as saying it’s adequate to…

In this case the edge of the retaining wall is on the boundary and yep, council have confirmed there will be a parapet wall on the retaining wall.

Out block is in a new estate and our neighbours block is a metre higher than ours and there is a limestone retaining wall which sits on their side but…

I have looked into that as an alternative but after several houses with tiles, I’m not a fan of all the grout.

They won’t let us, they won’t upgrade the concrete unless we are getting polished concrete through them.
Our hands are tied and unfortunately it’s very important to us to have…

And our slab is already 100mm thick as standard, they are upgrading to 120

I am happy to pay, I don’t like being ripped off. The upgrade costs include all of what you have mentioned but then they are charging again for extra engineering.…

Thank you. All that is already on the list of reasons for the extra costs but I’m confused as to why extra engineering is also on there when all these…

We are trying to do polished concrete in our new build but our builder will not let us do it out of contract and the price they have given us…

Hi. We have designed a house to be solar passive and as such, having concrete floors is a part of this.
We got some quotes that came in quite reasonable…

Just wondering if anyone has any pics or has used 300x300 tiles on the walls?
I know how amazing the large format tiles look in bathrooms but this build we are…

It will just be white along the wall cabinets, the island is different so don’t have to worry there.
Thanks for your advice. I will wait to get the pricing and…

Thanks Chippy, that's really helpful. The kitchen is next to a wall of windows, however there is a verandah there so not direct sunlight. There are high windows above though…

Really! They didn’t mention that. Thanks for the info.

Thank you... eek that is a lot! She did say it would be in the thousands.
We have done that as first choice but chosen a second one in natural…

Just wondering if anyone has used Laminex absolute matte and if so, what was the rough updgrade price?
Had this picked out in white and as we love the finish and…

Hi all,
Does anyone have a white matte laminate benchtop? I would love to see pictures if so.

This is an old thread but I can update you on what happened. There wasn’t enough down pipes put in the area causing the gutters to back up and overflow…

Thanks everyone, we are still trying to deal with the builder, but I've given up until my husband is home as he's overseas. I need him here to help me…

Thanks heaps will get onto someone to have a look.

Thanks everyone, that's a huge help. The fact that the builder was telling us there was nothing that could be done is what infuriated me as it will be an…

Hi all, haven't been on here for a long time, have been in our house 2-1/2 years and its flown by
We have recently had a…