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:

We would have had less backyard with the bigger house, and the balcony would need a 1.7M high screen, so no views! And the outdoor room would also need a…

We did a cleanout of boxes stored under the stairs, so I took the opportunity to sort out the shoe cupboard, to make it walk in again!

That's all mine…

Hi all,
We need the services of someone to do a DDO14 for a Planning Permit (Geelong area) as our proposed house is over 7.5M high.
My neighbor who is a surveyor…

Just in relation to this topic, we are planning a build, and due to the easements (sewer and stormwater) running across the back (and side, but that's less of an…

I think we have all gone a little off track. The original title is "overshadowing", but the neighbor is not complaining about the shadowing, she's complaining about loss of some…

Here is the guide. Looks like we need a Land Surveyor! Handy, there is one over our back fence (Geelong Land Surveyors), I have emailed him with my information for…

With the Covid restrictions in Melbourne, the tradies are limited to the number of builds they can attend. Surely bigger builds would give them more work for longer periods, than…

It would have been taken up more, and provided more work (i.e. jobs) if it was house only that was included in the pricing. Some land areas in estates around…

Sometimes I think people tradespeople quote excessively for a job that they don't want to do! And if someone is desperate enough to accept the quote, then it at least…

Building in Geelong area, the height restrictions are 7.5M which is pretty standard in most places.
Referring to GREATER GEELONG PLANNING SCHEME under DDO14 (which our plan indicates), Schedule 14, Item…