Finally got the planning permit, now waiting for a building permit (they said 2-3 weeks).
Not sure what (if anything) will be done prior to Christmas shutdown period in January.…

Hope our view is a bit better than this low level one!

@sparkyf looks great!
You've done well to get the approvals through, with big retaining walls and what looks to be about 1.2m fall across the building envelope. Great effort and good…

Finally got planning permit and approved plans. All the fuss for that green stamp! Paid deposit. Now we are in business, off and running, probably just in time for the…

My wife makes masks, and she colour co-ordinates with her clothes for work!
If we have to wear masks (still, even with no Covid cases for 2 weeks here), then they…

What about these then? Genuine Italian fabric!

We might do something like that also, as we have a 1.7M retaining wall along the back at the easement!

Moving forward slowly it seems!
Finance approved, valuation done.
Planning said we don't have to advertise, but they haven't approved it yet, waiting still.
That was the response after I rang them…

On which price do they base it on? We added a lot of non-structural changes and additions, widened the garage, and added a balcony.

Now we are at the waiting stage. Contract signed, submitted to bank. Planning permit submitted to council.
Hopefully everything will be approved.

We liked the Riviera design (particularly the facade), but we live in Vic, the display house is in Queensland, and the openness (lots of voids) of the design suits Queensland…

There are people making masks and selling them on Facebook too. Here is one:

Back in the '70's when I was working in the Board of Works, we were testing some sound deadening material, it was like a thick blanket and contained lead. We…

They don't put them in bathrooms now as most en-suites (particularly master bedroom) are open to the room, so that any heating being used is basically being "leaked" into the…

It's going to look very impressive!

That's not a manor, that's a mansion! It's going to look great when finished!

Although they are usually mounted high up and around the front (or front side) of the house, so it is visible and audible from the street (and also a deterrent…

Don't all our lights come from China anyway?

We are getting a volume builder (regional Victoria) to build on our block, which is about 36M long and slopes about 3M from front corner to back diagonally. Originally they…

Maybe some of these from Bunnings:
There is quite a range of plant syle and colours, and sizes to cover the whole fence, or just to cover above. They look fairly…

My dad had a two-speed hand drill! Most wouldn't have even seen anything like that I guess. It had a circular wheel with an inner and outer row of teeth,…

We found some nice pendants on this site:
There is quite a variety to choose from, and lengths up to 4M! It's up to you guys if you like anything there,…

In the second, they normally cut and fill across the block (move the dirt from the high side cut to fill the lower point) to make it level for construction.…

It seems you didn't get a response?
To answer your first question, draw a right angle set of lines, measure up 4.9cm (to represent the 4.9M height that is 1.7M…

Sounds like using Darbecca is going to worth it for a better result!

We have our draft contract and preliminary plans. After compiling the list of errors and a few final additions, we are waiting for draft version 2 this week. And still…

I've had these for a few weeks already (along with a draft contract), it took ages to go through and check all the details, compare with draft contract, make a…

Yes. Above the Outdoor Room on a Doulton 50. This is the overlooking views: