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shackonthehill

Perth WA Scarbs
Joined 24 May 2009
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10 years10 yearsshackonthehillshackonthehill posted:
Cost to put a beam in

Hi Wobbly and Saint Mike
Thank you both so much for your replies. I sort of thought it would be around that. Not too bad I suppose.
I think if…

10 years10 yearsshackonthehillshackonthehill posted:
Cost to put a beam in

Hi All
After two years of doing a high end extension we sold the house.
We have moved into what I suppose some would call a war service home or bunglow?
Our lounge…

10 years10 yearsshackonthehillshackonthehill posted:
Plants for bungalow/cottage front yard Perth

Hi All
After some help for plants for our front yard. We moved in in March to a little cottage. We totally ripped the yard out as was shocking.…

11 years11 yearsshackonthehillshackonthehill posted:
What a nightmare

Thank you all for your replies.
I hadnt used a broker as yet. We had just been dealing with NAB direct.
My sister in law is a broker and when i…

11 years11 yearsshackonthehillshackonthehill posted:
What a nightmare

Hi All
I did a post below regarding helping my brother to get a loan. Then changed direction and decided to buy the house ourselves for him.
This turning into a…

11 years11 yearsshackonthehillshackonthehill posted:
Home loan for brother

Hi everyone
Thanks heaps for your replies. We have decided to go down a different track.
We have decided to buy the house ourselves for him. We have a large…

11 years11 yearsshackonthehillshackonthehill posted:
Home loan for brother

Hi All
Just wondering if anyone can give advice.
I am trying to help my brother get into the housing market.
I am going to cover him for the 20% deposit.
He has just…

12 years12 yearsshackonthehillshackonthehill posted:
Wall colour to go with Jarrah Floors

Hi All
Need some advice please.
We are doing up mum's place after her having to go into a nursing home.
Now think choclate brown. Dark Dark Dark.
There is timber wall panelling everywhere…

12 years12 yearsshackonthehillshackonthehill posted:
Renovating a bungalow

Hi All
Just wondering if anyone can provide some insight advice please.
We have just had to place mum in a nursing home after a stroke. Now we have to sort…

13 years13 yearsshackonthehillshackonthehill posted:
Changing Internal Switches

Sorry for the late answer Aubin.
I just got bacl from work last night.
Unfortunatly (?) I cant help you much with the other types of switches as we went with the…

13 years13 yearsshackonthehillshackonthehill posted:
Changing Internal Switches

This sounds like to me to be pretty straight forward I think. I am not being sarky with my response.
Go to clipsal or even Lawerence and Hanson and get a…

13 years13 yearsshackonthehillshackonthehill posted:
Songs of India. Horticultural question.

Thanks Mclaren.
Thats the kinda thing I was looking for.
It seems that I can strike them from cuttings, only problem is the missus wont let me tak any cutting just yet.
Even…

13 years13 yearsshackonthehillshackonthehill posted:
Thought of buying a house and renovate it for use.

Dont know if this helps or not.
We just totally gutted our house and there was nothing left of the inside.
Kitchen was 40K including appliances. We have stone tops, all…

13 years13 yearsshackonthehillshackonthehill posted:
add an extra bedroom to a strata unit in Mascot

Yep definately check your strata laws and get legal advice so you know where you stand. We learnt early on how people will try and pull the wool over…

13 years13 yearsshackonthehillshackonthehill posted:
Songs of India. Horticultural question.

Oh well, worth a try.
Still no hortibuffs on board the forum.
Thanks to everyone who read my question but were unable to help.
Cheers Ddgy Roger

13 years13 yearsshackonthehillshackonthehill posted:
Help!! Blueboard wall is cracking up

thanks fellas.
That gives me a bit of an idea of what to do and what to use to be able to do it.
It will take a copule of breaks away…

13 years13 yearsshackonthehillshackonthehill posted:
Help!! Blueboard wall is cracking up

Hi Mgila,
Thanks for your response mate.
I hadnt used any gauze tape on the joints, just straight filler.
So it seems to me that I have to grind out the joints between…

13 years13 yearsshackonthehillshackonthehill posted:
Help!! Blueboard wall is cracking up

Hello everybody.
I have an ongoing problem with the blueboard wall we erected as a privacy screen due to the excessive demands of our neighbours.
The privacy wall we erected is timber…

13 years13 yearsshackonthehillshackonthehill posted:
Songs of India. Horticultural question.

Hi Everybody,
Just what I hope will be a short question regarding the Songs of India plants we have around our pool.
The songs that look great around our pool were doing…

13 years13 yearsshackonthehillshackonthehill posted:
Fence advice needed - I want to block my noisy neighbor out

Hi IDarren
Not sure in Victoria but in our council here in Perth you cant go higher then 6ft without approval from the neighbour. We had a issue with our…

13 years13 yearsshackonthehillshackonthehill posted:
Hog Bristile to yellow

Hi All
We just got the carpet laid today which is a chocolate colour and two of the rooms have already been painted in hog bristile. Luckily they are the…

13 years13 yearsshackonthehillshackonthehill posted:
Curtains/Hollands/Rollers/Shutters - Where to buy

Hi Ash
We just ordered roller blinds and venetians through Vista here in Perth. They are in Adelaide according to the internet. Over here they have 40% off blinds…

13 years13 yearsshackonthehillshackonthehill posted:
The 60 thousand dollar step

Hey Screen
Keep going with the blog on your extension. Love it. :z: :z:
I can laugh at your pain…

13 years13 yearsshackonthehillshackonthehill posted:
Demolition of boundary wall - neighbours object (perth)

Hi Lilmonkey,
I feel your pain. We have the neighbours from hell over our back fence. We wanted to knock down our fence and replace at our cost. …

13 years13 yearsshackonthehillshackonthehill posted:
Anyone who is renovating bathroom or laundry in Perth

Hi All
We are gutting our bathrooms and laundry and thought i would share.
There is a place in Osborne Park called Bathroom Outlet. They have gorgeous taps (flick mixers) at…

14 years14 yearsshackonthehillshackonthehill posted:
Real Timber floor laying Perth

Hi All
We have got quotes from Perth Floor Centre and Floors 2 Go to do 100 metres of Marri.
Has anyone used either of these companies, or can suggest someone who…

14 years14 yearsshackonthehillshackonthehill posted:
Songs of India

No it's not the latest bollywood soundtrack cd but plants that we decided to plant around our pool.
We planted them in while i was on last break and even if…

14 years14 yearsshackonthehillshackonthehill posted:
Do you have a hot water controller?

We have three controllers. One each in the main bathrooms and one in the kitchen. You set the temperature on each controller and that is what they stay…

14 years14 yearsshackonthehillshackonthehill posted:
Do you actually use your Butlers Pantry

Hi everyone
This has made interesting reading. I dont even know what a butlers pantry is. lol I have never seen one. From what i read some of…

14 years14 yearsshackonthehillshackonthehill posted:
Tiling Cost

Hi All
We are thinking about renovating our bathrooms if their is anything left in the budget after do our extensions.
Keeping everything exactly where it is just changing tiles and cabinet…

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The wife just found this site this arvo and all I can say is hallaluya (sic).
We have got some big plans for renos on our non-aptly named the shack.
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