Great design and well transitioned from the old ranch style homes. The ensuite looks a little pokey. Is there a way you can lose a little on the bedroom/robe to…

Wow, it's been a while since I've ventured onto this forum. A lot has happened between then and now and not a lot of it to do with building our…

Excellent, we built up place at Sellicks Beach, not far away.
Wow, that's terrible news. I fell your pain with the costs to get power on. We're in the process of…

Just remember if you're comparing NBN pricing to ADSL you're not really comparing apples with apples in regards to contention. Whilst NBN is not a 1:1 service there's such a…

Hi Claypot, any updates?
You didn't mention where in SA you are, North or South?
My wife and I built with Hickys about 4 years ago and my one piece of advice…

Hi there,
Design looks great, a real custom one that's for sure. The first thing I notice is you're lacking a lot of bench space in the kitchen. Any chance…

Sounds like you've been had. We had an envirocycle at our last place and it cost exactly $10k including installation and pipework from the slab to the tank.
The septic/soakage system…

Ok, now I understand what you mean.
More so like this is our initial plan...with verandah

Thanks for your input already guys.
We've had two different ideas in regards to what would be built first. Essentially we've though of building the main house first and the…

Hi all,
Well, I did the obligatory introduction a few months back so thought it's about time I started a build thread. I'm really looking for feedback and comments on our…

Thanks for the input and welcome guys, I don't get on here very often at the moment.
Mclaren and Kaykens, I've had a good look through both your builds and you've…

Then we bought our new place...

Looking in from the main road
The 'Character' stone ruin with token oak tree
The view from what will probably be the location of the living room
And…

And some pics of our first project, now long forgotten

Cheeky of one of my other hobbies, rotaries.

Then we started on the yards
The front yard became the veggie patch
We then paved…

Hi All,
I've just stumbled on this forum and am excited to get reading through everyone's posts. But first, my intro...
My wife and I are about to move onto our second…