WesternFront posted:Painting an old (damaged) weatherboard
I have a few questions about painting an old weatherboard home.
Some of our weatherboards were extremely damaged and we had them replaced. There are still lots that have definitely seen…
WesternFront posted:Help me pick a bathroom colour scheme!
Hi Treeseachanger - sorry for the belated reply. Yes we have settled on a colour scheme! (And bought everything, so I can't change my mind now.) It's all much the…
WesternFront posted:Our mortgage is brand new - and we should've asked for more
A quick update just in case anyone in the same predicament reads through this thread later - we approached the bank again (via our mortgage broker) and they were more…
WesternFront posted:Our mortgage is brand new - and we should've asked for more
Thanks Tom. Reassuring to think we have a good shot at a top-up.
Just curious, why do you consider cross-collateralising a no-no?
We didn't want to pay lender's insurance but we didn't…
WesternFront posted:Scott And Kylies 1970s Reno
Looking great so far!
People are mad to cover up perfectly good timber floors with slate. Tiles are inexplicably really big in our area - most places we looked at were…
WesternFront posted:Our mortgage is brand new - and we should've asked for more
Oh and I should have said - it's a split fixed/variable loan. As I understand it we can't change the fixed part without incurring a hefty break fee but the…
WesternFront posted:Our mortgage is brand new - and we should've asked for more
Thanks for the reply. Yeah my gut feeling is that the bank will want to give us as much money as they sensibly can so they can make more from…
WesternFront posted:Our mortgage is brand new - and we should've asked for more
Here's my predicament...
My partner and I owned an investment property outright before we bought our first home, and that investment property (an apartment, valued about $350) formed part of the…
WesternFront posted:Scanpan or Circulon?
I'll throw another vote Scanpan's way.
I have been using my saucepans, huge soup pot and frying pan for about three years. I love them. I have only used them on…
WesternFront posted:Hamptons double-storey Melb - back landscaping stage 2
I love, love, love this house. We've just bought a weatherboard cottage to fix up - and I am seriously thinking of stealing your exterior colour scheme.
Am also hunting for…
WesternFront posted:Floorboards in laundry?
Thanks for the quick replies.
I'm not worried about scratching the floor but the possibility of a bleach/Napisan mishap was one I hadn't thought of... might just have to ban my…
WesternFront posted:Help me pick a bathroom colour scheme!
My partner and I have just bought our first home in western Sydney and are renovating the interiors.
We are completely re-doing the bathroom and I am unsure about the colour…
WesternFront posted:Floorboards in laundry?
We are renovating our little cottage and are laying solid blackbutt floorboards throughout.
The bathroom will obviously need to be tiled but is there a reason we can't use floorboards in…
