Hi there ... check out the price list from homeone buddy from Newcastle's built, have price listing on page 7 should give you some ideas on cost of pool and landscaping Yes you are from Qld, just to give you some ideas. "https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=19&t=84989" Good luc...

Hi guys, I’m building a new house at the moment and I love gardening and trees so I have lots of trees planned for the front and back gardens and I’ve bought 8 bare rooted silver birch trees already so that they will grow nice and big before I move in and plant them. Silver birch are my favourite t...

I lived 5 min drive away from construction and drive by every morning to check on any activities during my build Simply to keep record of whats happening on site. There were times nothing happen for 6 weeks, try to make sure your site manager is reporting to you weekly, this is your house you don't ...

I think it's bad Feng Shui to have a bedroom above garage. By any chance can you flip the first floor plan, upper living room on top of garage.

I will go for more rooms, provided that you are not compromising the size of each bedroom. it's nice to have a larger size bedrooms :-P Most buyers do look for more bedrooms if you are selling in future. I have 5 bedrooms and I do use them all. I vote for 4 bedrooms.

Please give more details of your site location (nsw,vic, sa, qld?) Plants that do well in Qld may not be suited for Vic location. 5m x 25m is very good for landscaping. Is this area facing north? 1. Small carving parth https://i.pinimg.com/originals/71/f4/d6/71f4d6bcbd565626941d1aa3380f6001.jpg 2. s...

Thanks for the advice! hmm yeah i might have to think about this one. Oh how come you demolished before DA approval? Our builder said if going thru DA we have to wait for approval to come first as they don'w know how long it will take. But as we're going with CDC they said it is upto us and that it...

Do not demo until you have DA or CDC approved. We did KDR. We had to do our own demo as builder will not organise for us. (most of them don't) So we demo old house before receiving DA approval. Our land was empty for one and half years before building start Jan 2017. Our Council took one and half ye...

Hi Shazaw!! We recently finished our landscaping ... I will try to find pics. Unfortunately our grass isn’t doing too well because of lack of rain and we laid it in autumn but hopefully it will be ok! It’s nothing spectacular but it’s tidy and pretty low maintenance! It's always good to have low ma...

Hi trimum, I'm excited to see new posts from you. I'm still larking around here at H1. hehe For sure you and I think alike as I have same dinning table as you. :wink: Any garden updates at your place? Build Thread : https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?=31&t=81624 Landscape Thread : https:...

Pencil pine trees, plant these closely. Get mature trees around 2 meters height. https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQQV3wA6Vu_h6d6imwLak6c7z35prjrbmHCGsPYOq4E29mDdj1PyA Build Thread : https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?=31&t=81624 Landscape Thread : https://forum.homeo...

Hi 1800, check out Rawson Homes design. My brother is building with Rawson and his frontage is 10m... so one car garage https://www.rawsonhomes.com.au/home-designs/acton Build Thread : https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?=31&t=81624 Landscape Thread : https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopi...

We were told cheaper to have window than bricks + tiles or glass splashback Due to cost of brick laying + insulation between brick and gyprock + carpentry + cost of tiling and tiles. And I do love ...love my kitchen window. https://forum.homeone.com.au/u/65422_1547251094.jpg Build Thread : https://...

We were told cheaper to have window than bricks + tiles or glass splashback Due to cost of brick laying + insulation between brick and gyprock + carpentry + cost of tiling and tiles. And I do love ...love my kitchen window. https://forum.homeone.com.au/u/65422_1547251094.jpg Build Thread : https://f...

Oh and we also got the roof done just before Xmas. Finally no more hot concrete! Ages ago we were considering a hardwood open pergola. We wanted a cover with good heat blocking, some airflow and good light transmission. After feedback from here and checking around for options we went for a Sunpal 1...

WOW!! love love love your courtyard garden, this is one great example of small garden with great impact. Just imagine once greenery bamboo covered up the back fence and provide shades in hot summer....later on you can add more tropical plants and shade loving plants as bamboo provide nice shades. eh...

I wanted two matching pot of this Swanes golden gold pencil pine tree. So far I only manage to get one. Still looking for another matching plant with same size for the other front pillar. So hard to find similar size plant. https://forum.homeone.com.au/u/65422_1547296229.jpg

These michelia figo portwine magnolia are Not doing too well. Looking sick. Growing but not growing into thick bush and the leaves has yellowing colour around outer edge. https://forum.homeone.com.au/u/65422_1547295663.jpg https://forum.homeone.com.au/u/65422_1547296077.jpg

Rhaphiolepis are doing well and I have placed red flowering pigface in between rhaphiolepis. https://forum.homeone.com.au/u/65422_1547295450.jpg