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13 years13 yearsstinomusstinomus posted:
Floor Tiles

Really that's personal preference, what do you prefer?

13 years13 yearsstinomusstinomus posted:
Steel frames or Timber frames

Or you could use magnets! :D

13 years13 yearsstinomusstinomus posted:
First Home Owners Grant question

I'm in Victoria and got the FHOG when building my house recently, they just deposited it into my bank account at the direction of the bank's construction loan department. I…

13 years13 yearsstinomusstinomus posted:
Porch built not as per plan

With the exception of adding the downpipe - which is necessary so that the water that ends up in the gutter has somewhere to go - it doesn't appear they…

13 years13 yearsstinomusstinomus posted:
Building A New House

errr...somehow i get the feeling this post is just an attempt to advertise the link in the signature.

13 years13 yearsstinomusstinomus posted:
new house and land, sandhurst, stamp duty and contract terms

You should absolutely check with a solicitor but i believe if you are buying off the plan in Victoria then what matter is the point at which you purchase the…

13 years13 yearsstinomusstinomus posted:
new house and land, sandhurst, stamp duty and contract terms

In victoria when you buy a house and land package, assuming construction has not commenced, you only pay stamp duty on the value of the land.

13 years13 yearsstinomusstinomus posted:
copying house designs

Oh, well in that case why don't you just ask where they got their inspiration? They may even be willing to refer you if you go about it right.
But i…

13 years13 yearsstinomusstinomus posted:
copying house designs

That's kind of the point though, you can't claim exclusive ownership of an idea.
When you put design, materials, location, interiors, fittings and fixtures and everything together, it's almost the house…

13 years13 yearsstinomusstinomus posted:
Colour of mortar

My off-white mortar looked like that for a couple of weeks too until it fully dried out, now it's nice and bright. So just give it some time and wait…

13 years13 yearsstinomusstinomus posted:
copying house designs

If you have copyrighted plans and can compare them to the plans of this house you might be able to show they copied but you can't copyright an idea, so…

13 years13 yearsstinomusstinomus posted:
Kitchen Sinks

we have one of these from Clark on the island bench:
...though they don't seem to be on the website anymore, it's a 1.75 bowl.
And in the pantry one of these:

13 years13 yearsstinomusstinomus posted:
Alternative to tiles in shower

We're about to start building on the coast and have decided to use polished stone slabs that we originally were going to just use for the kitchen benchtops. Got an…

13 years13 yearsstinomusstinomus posted:
$4000 of PCV for crushed rock due to weather, is reasonable?

Depending on who you speak to sometimes you can even get paid to take it away.

13 years13 yearsstinomusstinomus posted:
$4000 of PCV for crushed rock due to weather, is reasonable?

As written a little further down by tstr1a:
Refereeing to s 26 of your HIA (Vic) contract “the owner must, at the Owner’s cost, provide the builder with all weather access…

13 years13 yearsstinomusstinomus posted:
$4000 of PCV for crushed rock due to weather, is reasonable?

Did they give you the option to hold off until December?

13 years13 yearsstinomusstinomus posted:
demolition, asbestos = headache

Have they given you any details or cost breakdown?! To remove asbestos the going rate is generally around $30 per sq meter.

13 years13 yearsstinomusstinomus posted:
Painting started.

Very nice! Our painters will be in next week.
Are you doing any feature walls? I couldn't decide when we selected the colours so I've opted to paint 2 walls myself…

13 years13 yearsstinomusstinomus posted:
Help re progress payments in building contract

What is contained in those stages is probably a bit flexible and dependent on the builder. For me the Completion stage was internal painting, wall and floor tiling and…

13 years13 yearsstinomusstinomus posted:
How do builders make so many mistakes?

This is because the developer's land tax is calculated based on their holdings at the rollover of the calendar year (which is why you often see January/February settlements brought forward…

13 years13 yearsstinomusstinomus posted:
Fencing Questions

So my build is about 2 months off completion at this stage and I received a notice of fencing from our rear neighbor. The quote is fine and I'm happy…

13 years13 yearsstinomusstinomus posted:
last minute thoughts on building

The soil tests would be done so i would assume those wouldn't need to be done again but the site survey would have taken into account the house footprint, whilst…

13 years13 yearsstinomusstinomus posted:
last minute thoughts on building

We did pretty much all of our upgrades post-contract (though we had done the colour appointment so we did have quotes for all our additions). We also did a bunch…

13 years13 yearsstinomusstinomus posted:
3D Plasma / LED / LCD / Projector - Is it for you

I didn't actually buy my TV for the 3D capability, it just had the best picture, in fact i saw the '3D Ready' on my Samsung when i bought it…

13 years13 yearsstinomusstinomus posted:
Plz Help PD team

as building1 said i don't think that locks in quoted prices and items, i 100% know that it didn't for me when i built with bigM.
Also thanks to them that…

13 years13 yearsstinomusstinomus posted:
Plz Help PD team

Your post is a bit difficult to understand but i assume wherever you wrote 'prize' you meant 'price'.
When i sign up i have a complete promotion which should include government…

13 years13 yearsstinomusstinomus posted:
Advice for 3D TV

S/PDIF (the spec for digital coaxial and optical audio transmission cables) can do:
Dolby Digital 5.1
DTS 5.1
Dolby Digital EX 6.1
DTS-ES 6.1
However if you want to do HD Audio or 7.1 then…

13 years13 yearsstinomusstinomus posted:
Major Bricking problem..please help!!

To which i would go along the lines of 'Well i asked you for a garage, if i can't get a car in it then it isn't really a garage.'
I…

13 years13 yearsstinomusstinomus posted:
SS no longer wants the leftover tiles after handover?

Is it too late for you to say 'well i didn't realise they were yours so i gave them away' ?
Realistically you probably don't need them anyway but I would…

13 years13 yearsstinomusstinomus posted:
Signing the Contract with Known future variations

I can't say about your particular contract but with our house (built with big M) we signed the contract for the standard home and almost all of the changes we…

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