I would recommend allowing a power point for every item you can think of and then add an additional double power point.
While there is an upfront cost it is better…

We have upgraded the entire house to Trend Quantum double glazed windows and it is costing us around $28k

We have a council that is attempting to impose a set of brick colours mostly of cream, yellow and gold on the basis that as our part of the estate…

Bump de-bump

We will be building with G.J. Gardner Homes from South Nowra.
We are going through the process of getting our plans drawn up for council submission.
Dean has been excellent to work…

I would have been chasing him up after a month.
He obviously does not want to build your house and is hoping that you will go away.

I used MVH to design our house and I think that while not perfect it is an excellent program.
We imported the house plan, created the rooms and placed them over…

Get them to break it down into the various components and put a $ value to them.
I would also ask them to justify the decisions they have made and to…

My experience with the Goulburn office is something that I will be taking up with their National Manager and is the reason we are not building with Masterton.
We were a…

Does that include your slush fund? I would advise having $25k.
While we have budgeted for what we believe to be everything, 2nd house and all that, we still have a…

We will be building in Bungendore with G.J. Gardiner out of Nowra.
While we have the house plans being drawn up to submit to council and we know exactly where and…

It is at least 6 months too soon for us

We will be building sometime in the new year and have not yet had the in-ground concrete water tank installed.
We are going with ACT Concrete Water Tanks.
We were quoted for…

This double glazed window is simply a single glaze window frame/runners that has not been beefed up in any way for the extra weight.
This was very evident when we checked…

We are in Canberra and are looking at a G J Gardner builder from Nowra.
So far the experience has been good and we hope to get the quote with all…

Southies,
Thanks for the link. Had read that thread some time ago and while OldSalt's information is gone Heartbroken's story is terrifying.
Something to keep in mind even though it was in…

We are currently in discussions with G. J. Gardner (Franchise builder).
Their pricing has come in good for the base house inclusions. Of course the variations and extra costs will be…

As I understand it they can put the price up as much as they want.
The ** part is they give you a quote for 100 days and even though you…

I use a small amount of grease as WD40 smells too much for my liking.
It does require you to remove the pin which is quite easy to do.

The replies has been fantastic and has gone a long way to removing my concerns over having a house with the smaller timber in the frame.

Thank you for the informative and education replies and sound advise.
How would I go about getting/finding the relevant building code info for this as I am sure that most SS's…

Thanks for the great replies and yes I did mean the top and bottom plates.
Could I be so bold to ask if you might offer an opinion in my thread…

Some builders have suggested that their frames that are using thicker i.e. 90mm timber are far superior to the house built with the thinner thickness.
On the face of it one…

I am sure that noggins are a structural item and not an after thought as they help keep the stud from bowing in the middle and as such I would…

I have noticed on a few frames that we have viewed that the noggin between the studs have been anywhere from a few mm to the better part of a…

We are currently in the process of getting a quote from Masterton and we feel that we may have cause for concern.
We have made some substantial changes to the design…

We have been looking at building with M@stert0n Homes in the Canberra region through the Goulburn office.
Has anyone had experience with M@stert0n Homes and more specifically the Goulburn office?
Thanks in…