Option 1 before all else - speak to your neighbours.
Unless it is water following the natural course of ground, it is their responsibility to not have water flooding into…

Definitely should be fixed to a stud or frame.
The spaghetti anchor that was used previously isn't great at the best of times.
You may get away with a hollow wall…

Might be a Dubbo thing - Brett Harvey is the same. Not a cent until after slab.

What are planning on painting? Just trim, or are you planning on the bricks too?

It's irrelevant who 'should' pay. You will pay, one way or another.
Your house, you pay for it to meet necessary requirements. They can't design every plan to meet…

You will wipe out a significant section of the market by removing the only bathtub unless your property is very much not suited to families, but even then I…

1) Check land zoning.
2) Talk to a builder/architect/drafting firm and go from there.
If the land isn't zoned appropriately you should look at what it the appropriate zoning for…

We ripped up laminate and put down Karndean Art Select range vinyl. Best thing we ever did. It's commercial/light industrial grade, people don't believe at first its not actual timber.…

http://www.floorboardsonline.com.au/acc ... erlay.html around $20/m

May be a silly question, but do you have concerns they aren't going to finish? Concerns with quality of work?
If they are doing an alright job, and no major…

We have 2 SMA inverters which have been faultless. My vote goes to them.

Quarantine issues. Be very very aware of AQIS requirements.

I see this is your first post, and on a thread that hasn't had any responses for a few weeks so not as if it was first to pop up…

A fellow Dubbo person! How exciting.
Who are you building with? We were going to build a custom design in Wongarbon, but found an existing house we loved.
Your plans…

Oh lordy. Simply energy have probably the most atrocious reviews of any retailer, I hope you don't have the same issues as other people have had.
Simply energy also…

I'd always lay the floor first if the option was there.

If its a 700mm fridge I think they meant 100mm.
Fridges aren't really designed to sit flush - the door is quite restricted in being able to be opened.
Usually…

Perhaps put up a floor plan? And clearly note what the now altered measurements are, what can and cannot change?
Some free eyes might see a solution.

Would it be easier and cheaper to just take 10cm from the width of the house? Just a few cm from each room?

Hahaha. Come to regional NSW. Peak about 33c/kWh, offpeak 13, and the real kick in the guts, the daily supply charge is $1.40
TOU is 36 peak, 14 offpeak and still…

I'm not saying I entirely agree with it, but they've done up a custom plan for you, which had you not come along they never would have done.
Chances are…

If the $1500 was for them to prepare a concept plan and tender, and they have provided both of those, then I don't think you're entitled to anything back.

You need to send a message to one of the forum moderators I believe. You cannot change it yourself.

Primarily comments on plan 2 - I'd minimise those western windows - put larger ones along the northern wall of the open plan. I'd also reconsider the master bed layout,…

Dbl post sorry.

Every so often we have a bit of a smell from our ensuite. I think ours is due to old terracotta pipe, and algal type growth that's now absorbed to…

Consider shading issues of neighbours - you may struggle to get it past your councils DCP guidelines.
How would you feel if the person next to you shoved a two…

When we moved into our current house, the previous owners did the bare minimum. Oven wasn't cleaned, the rest of the kitchen was wiped down. Carpets weren't cleaned, but…