I'm pretty sure its a water issue, so will try the things you have suggested. We had a retic man come today and fixed up all the problem areas.
But…

arghhhhh we need help
We had empire zoysia layed in November last year, WA, south of Perth. We only just had it mowed a…

Hi,
We are painting our new house ourselves.
We have just applied the wall sealer and notice that where we are using the edger there are really obvious lines once paint is…

I'm glad everyone agrees it is spotted gum!!!
I LOVE them!!! and spotted gum has always been what I wanted but needed to see them laid in a large area. I…

Hi guys...
I am undecided as to what colour schemes to go with in our main room. Our lounge dining and kitchen is one large long 'great room' with the kitchen…

Pretty sure they aren't vinyl and are a solid timber floor.
Found a picture to show them... I'm almost 100% certain they are spotted gum.

Has anyone else noticed the fabulous floors on masterchef on channel 10?? the great big warehouse looking room where they do masterclass and a few other parts of the show.…

Had our meeting with site supervisor today. He has given us a 5 month build time! We will be happy with that, but believe it when we see it! The…

We got a pleasant surprise today. We knew the bricks had been delivered yesterday and the window frames tomorrow, so we went to take a photo of the bricks piled…

Hi Chrissy 82....our slab went down on monday... here in the west we have double brick not frames, so that should start in a few weeks. and yep thats my…

Hi guys,
As I know everyone LOVES photos, I didn't want to start my build thread until I had something good to show! So here it is!!
Building with SPH in Perth
the…

hmmmm.... I'm thinking even if I do move it, I will wait until we move in so we can give it TLC....
in the pic you can see how close it…

Thanks!
you guys are champions
I have a rather ungreen thumb......
now to think about moving it.... the council want to charge me to move it 2 metres to the left!!

It doesn't have any flowers as yet, it's pretty young.
It has that real paper like feel bark

Hi,
Can anyone tell me what tree this is?
It is our verge tree, but it is about 1/2 metre away from the edge of our driveway so we are thinking it…

Hey guys,
We are just about to start building with SPH.... waiting for the phone call within the next couple of weeks to tell us the slab will be going down!
As…

It sounds like timber veneers, they come in 5mm or sometimes 8mm thickness on top of plywood. they are able to be sanded and polished once or twice maximum in…

we have chosen 'white' glass tiles for our splashback. We fell in love with them when we saw them in several different display homes. I spoke to my brother about…

Hehe I love that everyone is so excited about their water taps!
We took a drive past our block on boxing day and noticed we had a water tap. And yep…

Hehe I love that everyone is so excited about their water taps!
We took a drive past our block on boxing day and noticed we had a water tap. And yep…

Thanks Mudtrilogy! I did find your photos and I love it!
I had decided yesterday that I do like it and I need to just go with my first impressions and…

Not too late! We still have a few days to make the final final decision.

Hi guys....
We have our prestart meeting tomorrow... We have chosen all our tiles but I am not 100% convinced on our vanity choices.
For both the ensuite and bathroom I…

sooooo......
we have already submitted our fhog application with our mortgage application.... BUT havent signed our building contract yet.... so hopefully that means we should still get the $21000???????
Im skeptical this…

I've got solid Jarra and cork (very 80's lol) - I'm just waiting for it to come back in fashion.....These things do come back !! …

We are allowed the choice of one tradesman to do any job we choose.... my brother is a tiler, so obviously he is our choice

Thanks Judie! I like the burgundy type colour better than the purple, think we will probably go for something like that for the porch section.
Thanks for the tip Chris about…

Doesn't matter to me..... so long as mine in the master bedroom is appropriately sized

Yep that was what I was thinking!!! but now I look at it, joles I think you are right.... it doesnt quite look right? The colours here aren't exaclty what…

Hi guys,
After reading through this site for hours on end I thought I would start our building journey thread! We are building our first home in Perth, so the stage…