Hi, I have a question about windows in bedrooms on the second floor. Our house is the Riva, and the floorplan is available on m3tricon's website. Up on the plan is south on our block, so the house face north. floorplan: http://www.%6detricon.com.au/victoria/homes/riva/floorplans/default.aspx Bedroom...

That's exactly what 3 month maintenance is for. All of those should be fixed.

I found the following in my contract - you might want to check if you have something similar in yours. First, in the generic section for construction of brick veneer homes: 28. SITE CLEAN 28.2 Earth (Soil) to be graded away from the perimiter of building to avoid water ponding against building Addit...

M gave us 384 days for a double storey house, the Riva 33..

We don't have to pay LMI at all, as my wife is a radiographer. Some professions get special treatment. We have 9% deposit before FHOG, 16% including.

There's a diagram here showing the sun's path in Melbourne: http://www.sustainability.vic.gov.au/resources/documents/ESHousingManualCh03.pdf And it does indeed shine from the south during summer at some times of day. It all depends where you are, this diagram won't apply if you're in Queensland.

What you can be certain of is they will TELL you that they have the right to take the money, regardless of whether they do or not. Like an insurance company whose policy is to deny all claims, hoping people will just accept it give up. It's the most profitable option for them.

The builder should have put the gutter on top of the garage brickwork, so that was a mistake on their part. You could even get your neighbour on your side in that, he probably had no idea the builder was going to do that. As for the fence.. is his garage exactly on the boundary line or did he also b...

Another way to do a 0 offset garage is to put the gutter directly above the bricks. That's what my builder has done. Just down the road there are two houses where one's garage gutter is actually above the garage gutter of the house next door! They look like spec homes so I think no-one really cares ...

Our scaffolding recently went down and we got a clear look at the bricks. They have all been laid quite nicely but there is one problem - the bricks used for the lower part of the facade are quite different from the bricks used for the top portion. The top portion was laid last, and I don't think th...

We are building with Big M, having signed the contract back in August 09. Construction is expected to start in March 2010. We took a promotional offer offering us one of 4 spa bath designs, and our choice was entered into the colour schedule, signed by both us and M. However, M have just now told us...

http://www.theage.com.au/news/business/money/property/a-guarantors-key-decisions/2009/07/13/1247337074779.html "Buyers are usually professional couples where both are working, so it's seldom an income issue, but they struggle because they don't have the mandatory 10 per cent deposit. So mum and...

I wouldn't recommend this unless you're disciplined with your finances, but it really does work :) Interest on $10,000 for 12 months at promotional rate of 0.99% - $99 Interest on $10,000 for 12 months at mortgage rate of 6.65% - $665 Saving $566 per year by doing a balance transfer onto another cre...

I just asked my mortgage broker about the effect of credit cards on finance. She said that banks will consider the maximum possible monthly repayments that you might have on your card when doing the application. Eg if you have a $5000 limit, they will assume you have maxed out your card to pay gambl...

Hi guys, We just got a contract estimate today from M, yay! But there's some odd things in there. What do you think of this: "12. $300.00 Provide additional charge for over hand brick laying from the inside of the Garage." "13. $398.00 Provide boundary flashing to Garage due to siting...

Hi, I've heard that grouting over tiling spacers is against the building code. Can anyone tell me which code it is against? I want to be fully armed for when I bring this up with my builder :) Thanks, Brian

I recently applied for a credit report from D&B, and there's barely anything in there. I have applied for and received a home loan, a car loan and 2 credit cards in the past 2 years, none of which was there. All they have is my application for a postpaid vodafone mobile phone, and directorship o...

Does anyone have any recommendations? We haven't got a huge amount of stuff as it's not possible to accumulate a lot of stuff here! No space!

I used some of these when installing some floating shelves and I'm impressed. They are quite solid once installed. I'm surprised though that they claim to be able to hold 20kg! Has anyone actually put 20kg of weight on one of these? These are the ones: http://www.ramset.com.au/Product/Detail/90/Wall...