Building A New House

yvonneh

15 December 2016

Bearers and Joist - Access Door

It's short. Enough to crawl through.... I think it's a standard size.

scubabe

15 December 2016

KDR Brisbane South Custom-ish House

Hi Gem, Just found your thread and wondering how things are progressing?

lpecakov

15 December 2016

NCG HOMES

100% agree with your comments. I purchased a house and land package from Nick @ NCG Homes in 2011. These guys delivered a high quality job with great service and great…

lpecakov

15 December 2016

NCG Homes 10/10

These guys are great. I purchased a house and land package from them in 2011. They completed the construction ahead of time and ahead of schedule. No fuss, no problems. We…

Ryalls_first_build

15 December 2016

Coral homes Noosa 28 Macquarie hills Newcastle

Any luck with the keys yet Sam?

JLH222

14 December 2016

Newport 361 in Bayside

Hi, we are also bayside and doing a KDRB. We are building with Metricon and are halfway through our demo. We also had asbestos and our total demo costs were around…

bella18

14 December 2016

Recommendations for Private Building inspector for PCI

Hi, Please recommend for pre handover PCI private building inspector in Sydney, Liverpool area. For a two storey home. Much Appreciated! Thanks Bella

Robina

14 December 2016

HGWA Tuckey Cove house plan

Hi Lilyzhou We have 4 mature trees the one out the front is a non fruiting pear. It makes such a difference to the garden. The other three are liquid Ambers. We got them…

Sunset1

14 December 2016

Do u need to dump fill? We need fill in Sydney!

Bump Is anyone still needing fill?

TheBear

14 December 2016

Fern Bay NSW

Hi Natzaz, Our land is due to be registered mid Feb and looking to move in around Jan 2018. Keen to hear of your experiences (good or bad) in terms of the…

Katalyst

13 December 2016

Zero Coars alfresco - HGWA

With Pre-start fast approaching so far we are wrapped woth everything HGWA have been able to do. Unfortunately, they have told us they won't/can't do a zero coarse slab…

Fraxinus

13 December 2016

Project home design selectionn north backyard - Adelaide

Welcome Fluffball! We've had an excellent experience with Oakford Homes as a solar passive custom build on a project home budget (sloping site) in the Mitcham council…

butters7388

12 December 2016

Building with Emjay Homes @ Riverbank Caboolture "August"

We preferred the Emjay plan and we also felt that we were able to select from a larger range of tiles/carpets/etc. In the end when we compared apples with apples, we…

danevechild

12 December 2016

First time builders

Hi Japer1, just wondering if you have start build yet? We are building Bolton too and are going to rise the Kitchen and Dinner area height to the cathedral ceiling height.…

scubabe

12 December 2016

Custom Build at Brisbane North with Homes by CMA

Hi TAHE, Are you all moved in and unpacked now? How did everything go, and do you have any pics to share? Cheers

daydream_build

11 December 2016

Coral Homes Modified Daydream 30 - Colours

It's Dulux Leadman

jpmontoya

11 December 2016

Home Group WA Pre-start. Anyone willing to share prices?

Most of the after market LEDs are supposed to "Have" Samsung LED chip, it is actually the performance of the lights that makes the difference. Have a look at

JenHood

11 December 2016

Re: Ferny Retreat - fit-out.... nearly done!!!

I love the look of your house! Thanks for sharing. I know it was a while ago, but if you haven't rendered it yet could you please post up another picture? We are thinking…

Robina

11 December 2016

SLIGHTLY WARPED Southport HGWA Madora Bay WA

How's moving in going?

Empage28

10 December 2016

Internal wall ducting for AV cables?

Check out cable clear http://www.repelec.com.au/www2/download ... 0Flyer.pdf Repelec distribute it, available from any electrical wholesaler. Will give 50mm channel,…

MyHome2

10 December 2016

Rangehood fell off from the wall and damaged Cooktop

Thanks AussieMark for your reply, please advise who is building insurance company?

lorrainejoy

10 December 2016

Seaside at Moana - Statesman Homes. Some queries

yes we've built with Hickinbotham Before so we know you get pushed from one person to the other. We've tried to sort it out but they wont budge. Similar thing happened…

Clair

10 December 2016

Has anyone relocated their crossover? Help needed!!

No response from concreters Is there a requirement that the crossover must be done before a house is built or I can get it done only after?

spice girl

9 December 2016

Wanting to build with Simonds Brookfield/Melton

Great news about your land! Merry Christmas

Marshall5858

9 December 2016

Our Simonds Build - Leon/Westbury

Looks like a lovely, family home. Well done you

soura

9 December 2016

Building in Vale, Aveley with Celebration Homes

Hey rjrj! we are building in the vale with celebration homes as well. Your plan looks great! hope you find some time to update here again. look forward to see what has…

Allrisk

9 December 2016

Need a site supervisor/project manager for owner builder pro

Hi Danka, you might find this useful : http://www.homebuilders.net.au/allsubur ... HURSTVILLE Not all builders do site supervision work, but having builders listed by area…

novaqu

9 December 2016

Builder recommendations to build in Woodlea??

Thank you so much, we have a meeting with Tony on Saturday.

h.p74

9 December 2016

OAKLANDS ESTATE - BEWARE!!!

Sorry to hear that but if you read your contact it should say 5% variation in land size is allowed. I bought in Burrawa Rise estate and I was in similar situations where…

baby_blonde409

9 December 2016

Oldies Coral Homes Manhattan design in Camira Qld

Wow beautiful , you definitely have settled in now loving that big pool too

hevmal

8 December 2016

Window coverings - opinions, prices and photos?

You can buy roller blinds. Tip Top Blinds, located in Clayton, has been Melbourne's Leading Company for Made to Measure Blinds serving…

Doozer1905

8 December 2016

Building - Fixed costs

I'm an estimator for a Perth building company, working on a single storey 2 bathroom house as its easier there are a lot of costs that stays the same between a 100m2 house…

Allrisk

8 December 2016

Granny Flat Building Cost - Break Down

Hi, I'm sorry I can't be much help on the costing you've got so far, but I did notice you haven't yet budgeted for the insurance that owner-builders require. I'm happy to…

Lexh

8 December 2016

Single phase 2 zone air con day/night

Hi all, the above is standard with our builder. We are building a single storey 4 bedder. Could people who have it share their experience please? Husband is thinking of…

Cavalia

8 December 2016

Williams Landing

Welcome. The cert should come through by the time ur builder settles. Who u building with and where abts are you on Elmstead?

hevmal

8 December 2016

HGWA - The Riviera - Karnup Our First Home

Aztecher how's your build? All finished? X

Craigasaurus

7 December 2016

Plumbing provisions $$?

1500 + 2000 plus the sinks. As a guesstimate.

EN710

7 December 2016

Luxury Vinyl Planks - Godfrey Hirst

I installed a 5mm Luxury Vinyl plank (not hybrid) in one property before. They are supposedly very durable and water resistant supply and install at $65persqm - with that…

Harmony Hill

7 December 2016

Newbie

Thanks guys, it's our 2nd build. The first was 20 years ago, we were a little shocked at the cost these days!!!

PEARZ

7 December 2016

MainVue homes

Lol for some reason it won't let me paste the link.https://www.facebook.com/groups/1624595 ... 184486607/ Go to fb, type a search for Henley/Mainvue/Plantation and…

Marshall5858

7 December 2016

Building the Turin with Simonds in SA

I think I prefer either side, sometimes you want to only partially block out the window and it's nice to have the option of which side

Melos

6 December 2016

Pool and house approval at the same time?

Hi guys, We are about to do a knock down rebuild and put in a pool. The building company wants us to do our da for the house and then put in a cdc for the pool is this the…

nikil

6 December 2016

Knock down rebuild steps - PD

Hi, we are also doing a KDR with PD, although the block we bought the house was already knocked down so we just have to clear it etc as it was done by the previous owner!…

leeleh

6 December 2016

Clarendon Madison 37 in The Grove

BuildingBerries

5 December 2016

Anyone building McLaren Alfresco by Statesman in Adelaide?

Hi there, We are in the process of building with Statesman also. We are building a slightly modified Willaston. We had our roof put on today!! So far I'd say we are very…

pauldab

5 December 2016

Where to get Samples of various products

Most manufacturers will send samples at little to no cost. Just head to their website and check it all out. For our build I got free samples from Caesarstone, Laminex (&…

red15

5 December 2016

Strangest things you have found when building your home

We did a knockdown and found a few interesting things in the old house, including about 30 tyres (with two full sets of mag wheels) and an ancient box of udder soap in the…

Serena80

5 December 2016

Small Laundry Upgrade

Hi everyone, I'm in beginning stages of Finding my Builder to build my small 4/2/1 home and I was wanting to know if anyone has upgraded the standard Laundry to one with a…

jBoz

5 December 2016

Has anyone used WindSpray Colorbond with Glenfern Brick?

Thanks for the reply guys! and sorry for the late response.. Didnt receive any notifcation. Houseandhorse, do you by chance have any photos of your glenfern and basalt…