woodvillesouth posted:Building in SA!
Sorry topaz, I hadn't been on for a while so just saw your question. We didn't do anything to our gutters and seems to be fine. The only…
woodvillesouth posted:Building in SA!
Hi topaz
We went throught the same decision process because we wanted to make sure we let in the natural light and warmth in winter but blocked out the summer sun.…
woodvillesouth posted:Our Custom build with Rossdale - 6 months later
Hi fitzy
Our tank is plumbed to both our toilets and the laundry and also used for the garden including our subsurface system under the lawn. During summer we turned…
woodvillesouth posted:Building in SA!
No we went to Hugall & Hoile Irrigation on Port Road at Woodville. They were really helpful.
woodvillesouth posted:Building in SA!
Hi Shane
We used a Toro system that works better than a normal dripper hose because the water seeps through the entire line not just in the spots where the dripper…
woodvillesouth posted:Building in SA!
I can highly recommend using subsurface system! We installed our system ourselves and it only took an afternoon to do. Our lawn area is 65m2 and the system cost…
woodvillesouth posted:Building Franklin - With Rossdale
Congratulations Saoye!!! I hope you love your place as much as we are loving ours. Can't wait to see some photos when your floor goes in. Enjoy!
woodvillesouth posted:Land Tax rebate in SA
PPOR = Principal place of residence.
You can only get it refunded if you move in before 30 June of the financial year it settled. We settled on our land…
woodvillesouth posted:Building in SA!
Hi tpin
We had our water tank done by Taylor Made Tanks and we were really impressed with their service. We have a 12,000 litre tank which we had built…
woodvillesouth posted:Our Custom build with Rossdale - 6 months later
Thanks dearhouse! No it is actually just just creek pebbles which we used as abit of a feature in both the front & back yard to break up the…
woodvillesouth posted:Our Custom build with Rossdale - 6 months later
Thanks Robinred. We are loving it. Good luck with your build. Nice to see there are a few other Rossdale people on here now. When we started…
woodvillesouth posted:Our Custom build with Rossdale - 6 months later
Yep that's right, Vid, they certainly make sure that it's your problem.
No problems, Stegasaurus, let me know if you have any questions in the future. We kind of decided…
woodvillesouth posted:Our Custom build with Rossdale - 6 months later
Hi Stegosaurus
Congrats on the purchase of your land. Our previous house was in Brompton so we actually looked at the Croydon area as well but couldn't believe our luck…
woodvillesouth posted:Our Custom build with Rossdale - 6 months later
Thanks Anna. Yes it is blue board we used. Pretty easy to do and not very expensive.
woodvillesouth posted:Building Franklin - With Rossdale
We have used the spa abit and I love it but I know that it is in winter that I will use it most.
We spent about $13k on landscaping. …
woodvillesouth posted:Our Custom build with Rossdale - 6 months later
Hi Saoye
The bamboo is absolutely brilliant. We love it. There are no marks on it at all yet. Our 2 year old has certainly put it to…
woodvillesouth posted:Building in SA!
Hi Wombat
I can highly recommend the stand woven Bamboo. Well worth the extra cost. We have been in our place for just over 6 months now and even with…
woodvillesouth posted:Our Custom build with Rossdale - 6 months later
Thanks TamDaz. Yes it is really rewarding to look at things and know we did them. To be honest it has been abit crazy and it is really…
woodvillesouth posted:Our Custom build with Rossdale - 6 months later
Thanks somewoman!
Looks like your your build is getting there now. I hope that your kitchen bench issue gets sorted out. How ridiculous that they didn't realise until now…
woodvillesouth posted:Our Custom build with Rossdale - 6 months later
Thanks Fu Manchu and also thanks for all your tips on the Lanscaping forum. We used quite a few of your ideas to help with laying the lawn etc.…
woodvillesouth posted:Our Custom build with Rossdale - 6 months later
Thanks Vanilla Tree. Yeah we love the Oyster brick too.
The driveway is paved. It is just a 300 x 300 paver from Best Pavers. We laid it…
woodvillesouth posted:Our Custom build with Rossdale - 6 months later
Thankyou!
Yes, the living areas that overlook the perogla area are north facing so we tried to get the angle right to let the winter sun in. We love natural light…
woodvillesouth posted:Our Custom build with Rossdale - 6 months later
We got most of the ideas from becoming Lifestyle Channel junkies! We watched alot of Brendan Moar's Dry Spell Gardening (you can check out details on the Lifestyle Channel…
woodvillesouth posted:Our Custom build with Rossdale - 6 months later
Well it has been over 6 months since we moved in (& since I last posted on here) and we have now finished all the landscaping. It has been…
woodvillesouth posted:Building Franklin - With Rossdale
Hi Saoye
I haven't been on here for ages as we have been so busy with getting our landscaping done (we just put some new photos on our blog finally). …
woodvillesouth posted:Building in SA!
They charge per metre they are moving it. We moved ours 4 metres so it cost us $933.
woodvillesouth posted:Building in SA!
We finally had our water meter moved today so 6 weeks after handover we can finally start work on our driveway. My advice to anyone needing to move their…
woodvillesouth posted:Calling all facade owners please Help.
We have a surfmist roof with part exposed brick (PGH Oyster) and part rendered. We used 2 render colours Solver Volcanic Ash & Solver Beaver. Here is a…
woodvillesouth posted:Building in SA!
What!!! $33,000? That is crazy. We just had our crossover built, kerb for the old crossover section reinstated, new footpath across the front of the block and a shed…
woodvillesouth posted:Ducted vacumm
The smell for the pets probably comes from the air vent that is on a normal vacuum. When it sucks up it expels the air (and often abit of…
