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7 May 2008

Carport -> Garage - Infills?General Discussion

May 07, 2008 8:57 pm

How close is the carport to the boundary....is there some "fire wall" issue associated with infilling on the boundary side with other than bricks, or maybe if you have a setback on that boundary it's sufficient..... :th: I don't believe there are any issues (do we have to seek permission from the c...

I don't believe there are any issues (do we have to seek permission from the council?), it's just that we are unaware o...

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soup

7 May 2008

Carport -> Garage - Infills?General Discussion

May 07, 2008 8:55 pm

Have you got a photo? I've supplied some below (unsure what you want to see), also we have only been in a few weeks and are going nuts with fitting things so please excuse the mess (we are 1st home owners and have yet to learn you cant finish off a house in 4 weeks lol): http://i196.photobucket.com...

I've supplied some below (unsure what you want to see), also we have only been in a few weeks and are going nuts with f...

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soup

7 May 2008

Carport -> Garage - Infills?General Discussion

May 07, 2008 4:02 pm

One of the regrets I have in building my house was not spending the extra $$$ on building a garage rather than a carport. I now want to 'infill' the gaps to turn it onto a garage. So I have a carport that has the brick supports (same style as the house bricks) and after any advice on how to "infill"...

One of the regrets I have in building my house was not spending the extra $$$ on building a garage rather than a carport...

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soup

16 November 2007

Is this acceptable? (paint colour)Building A New House

Nov 16, 2007 7:26 pm

Ok, now that the *heat* has dissipated from aaurora's icon (lol), I can mention that I *may* have had a win with the builder (yay for me!). I sent the builder customer liaison a word document having both photo's for comparison as well as the pre-start consultant who had supplied the list of colours ...

Ok, now that the *heat* has dissipated from aaurora's icon (lol), I can mention that I *may* have had a win with the bui...

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soup

14 November 2007

Retaining Walls adviceBuilding A New House

Nov 13, 2007 11:18 pm

We are building on a block wherey by the lot behind us (call it Lot X) is about 1.5m higher than ours. A retaining wall separates us both (as per normal). We noticed some weeks ago that vertical and horizontal cracking appeared along the retaining wall in lengths of up to 2m. Also one of the large b...

We are building on a block wherey by the lot behind us (call it Lot X) is about 1.5m higher than ours. A retaining wall ...

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soup

13 November 2007

Is this acceptable? (paint colour)Building A New House

Nov 13, 2007 10:47 pm

Hi all, We are currently at the 'lock-up' stage and one of the issues we have is the colour of the gutter and fascia. During pre-start we chose all our colours and styles based exactly on the Display home (I know, not very original) purely to make the whole process easier. Well the gutters and fasci...

Hi all, We are currently at the 'lock-up' stage and one of the issues we have is the colour of the gutter and fascia. Du...

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soup

19 July 2007

Please help - Financier recommendationsBuilding A New House

Jul 19, 2007 1:51 pm

Hi all, Am building my first home down south of Perth and am at a critical point and am hoping someone can offer some much needed advice. I am at the stage of getting our house/land package loan approved through Keystart. I am having issues with our finance person to what I assume is not doing there...

Hi all, Am building my first home down south of Perth and am at a critical point and am hoping someone can offer some mu...

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