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1 September 2011

When the right paint is the wrong paintBuilding A New House

Sep 01, 2011 11:40 am

Back at our colour selections, I told the consultant we wanted a stark white all through the house, like a ceiling white. She pointed to what looked to be the whitest white on the Taubman's booklet and told me it was an untinted white and would look the same shade as the ceiling. This colour was cal...

Back at our colour selections, I told the consultant we wanted a stark white all through the house, like a ceiling white...

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noplacelikehouse

31 August 2011

Re: Taubman's not-so-crisp-whiteInterior Decorating Lounge

Aug 31, 2011 9:00 pm

Thanks for all of your replies everyone. This has been driving me insane and we have PCI tomorrow, so I went to a paint shop today and had a discussion with the sales rep. She showed me that Taubman's "Crisp White" is a pure white tinted with orchre (not sure on spelling, sorry if that's w...

Thanks for all of your replies everyone. This has been driving me insane and we have PCI tomorrow, so I went to a paint ...

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noplacelikehouse

30 August 2011

Taubman's not-so-crisp-whiteInterior Decorating Lounge

Aug 30, 2011 8:44 pm

We are just about to practical completion on a new house. Way back when we picked colours, we were given the Taubman's whites booklet to choose our shade from, and I asked our consultant which was the whitest white - I wanted quite a stark white, like a ceiling white. She recommended "Crisp Whi...

We are just about to practical completion on a new house. Way back when we picked colours, we were given the Taubman's w...

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noplacelikehouse

7 February 2011

Surprise ! We have bad soilBuilding A New House

Feb 07, 2011 3:20 pm

Hi All We paid our deposit to the builder in early November for soil testing and preparation of plans. Things have been moving slowly to say the least. We had colours a month ago and still waiting for tender. Today I got a phone call - the soil is not M class as they had initially said (we had assum...

Hi All We paid our deposit to the builder in early November for soil testing and preparation of plans. Things have been ...

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noplacelikehouse

29 December 2010

Re: Home Building BlogsBuilding A New House

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Dec 29, 2010 11:03 am

Hi ! Can you please add us to the list? http://housesweethome.blogspot.com/ Building an Eden-31 with Rawson Homes

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noplacelikehouse

27 December 2010

Extending slab vs adding a deckBuilding A New House

Dec 27, 2010 10:05 am

I have a feeling this is a very newbie question...well, I am a newbie so that makes sense ! By apologies for my complete lack of knowledge. Our block has a "hump" right under where the middle of the house is going, and the rest of the yard has a gentle slope away from the house. This is th...

I have a feeling this is a very newbie question...well, I am a newbie so that makes sense ! By apologies for my complete...

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noplacelikehouse

22 October 2010

Re: It's GTB a G.J Gard*er home WE HAVE WOOD!!!!!!!!!!!!Building A New House

Oct 22, 2010 10:24 pm

Hi Janet, I just spent the last half hour reading this thread after joining the site today and noticing that you are building with Gard*rs too...and your plan is nearly our plan ! Except that here its called a Coolum and ours will be a bit smaller overall, but nearly the same. I absolutely love the ...

Hi Janet, I just spent the last half hour reading this thread after joining the site today and noticing that you are bui...

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noplacelikehouse

22 October 2010

Re: Orange NSW - good builders?Building A New House

Oct 22, 2010 9:34 pm

Hi Jooby I'm new too and came across this site looking for similar information ! We have been canvassing a few builders and so far for us the stand out in terms of responsiveness and helpfulness is GJ Gardner. They are all keen to sell of course by the Gardner consultant has actually been happy to s...

Hi Jooby I'm new too and came across this site looking for similar information ! We have been canvassing a few builders ...

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