we got stung with Water Bill (nothing like that). You must have a leak.
Electricity - NO. We organised a final read and meter removal before we moved out…

So it is probably best to ask builder. It seems that the council is happy to deal with all parties.
In our case the builder had taken care…

Hi,
If you are building with a larger builder and they are getting Council approvals and Building Surveyor. Who does arranges the Asset Protection with the local council?
Thanks
Scardee

try this - its not from this forum but suspect its the same:

A comment on Glenvill since we have moved in.
We have had a couple of issues - plumbing, stormwater. They and the trades that have visited have been…

'chelle,
really looking forward to seeing your project('s) progress. The blog you setup is one I constantly return to looking for updates.
I studied in Hobart many years ago and often…

Thanks Donuts,
Bathrooms benchtops are actually a marble - its a Gascoigne Grey
BBO is near the corner of Warrigal and Dandy Rd (Big Brand Outlet), it is for overruns etc…

Thanks all:
As of Friday last week we have a new house. Over the weekend it started to become our home.
Pre handover inspection brought up a couple of things.…

Hi,
Does anyone have recommendations for enginnering of front fence of brick (old reds? and rendered) approx 1.8 to 2 metres high. Southern Melb area?
Fence will be 2 lenghts of…

OK, we have agreed to handover. a couple of minor things to be fixed. Mostly involving painters, tilers and floor polisher.
Hopefully we get house latter…

Ok, I spoke to Plumbing Commission:
This is my understanding of the reg.s:
500kpa into house.
Flow from Taps 7.5 - 9 litres per minute
Temperature - bathrooms max temp. 50C- kitchen…

Hi,
Can someone help with Flow and Temperature of water into different locations to confirm 5 star status?
I have been told that temperatures can vary between bathrooms, kitchen and laundry. …

Fenny,
A lot has happened, I have had a few drama's however on the whole pretty good. We are about to do handover. I will provide some additional…

A query for the more experienced amongst us.
If I look at my Floor Plan and it provides a specific measure - does this represent a finished fix or just…

Couple of questions with Clipsal StarServer:
Q1: If I install a 4 Coax Out system and require 5 TV outlets. Am I able to put a splitter on one…

If you want to get nasty or do not feel that you are getting satisfaction.
I wonder whether a Protection Works Notice was required. You could check this with the…

Donuts, thanks.
no the Yellow is an old DULUX colour known as 'Antique White'. The 'Ant White USA' (AWU) is white/grey (i.e. nearly equal amounts of RBG). …

We have been locked out of the home. Painting has been occurring for the last 3 weeks and other things continue to be done. I think the tiling…

Our Kitchen:
We have had a interesting journey with our kitchen. The original finish was a gloss vinyl wrap with a federation profile. This was specified in contract…

is the light well into the hallway bigger than the skylight opening in the roof?


Thanks all for comemnts. Yes the actual diffuser is quite a bit larger - 1500mm*900mm…

Here is our timber floors. This was put in during the plastering and rest of fix (approx 6 weeks ago). A temporary seal was placed on timber. …

They did acknowledge this as a poor choice of words and was likely made without adequate knowledge of the actual circumstance. The emails and phone calls were colourful. …

Our story is on the whole very positive. And so far I would recommend Glenvill as a builder. It is just that Front to Back office can be…

The next saga was a skylight in our rear passage. All the truss work had been completed with the frame allowing the skylight to diffuser running East/West (the actual…

During design we had quite a lot of conversation about where the hotwater system would be placed. West side was our original position. Due to proximity to boundary…

The pain began when the brickies arrived. A good bunch of blokes however they are blokes and the relationship between builder (and subs) and our neighbour quickly turned for…

I really don't want to talk about the bad things that happened. This process allows me to document how wonderfully it could have been.
Mind you the recent…

The builder got the prep down for the slab just before Christmas break. They had intended to pour before Christmas but then Melbourne got a ‘once in a lifetime’…