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Living areas in a house...We like open plan if possible - with allowance to "divide" with furniture. We actually had a wall removed because it interfered with this… Buying Land in Augustine HeightsHi there, we are also building in the area with Plantation Homes. Only piece of advice I could give is to way overestimate how much the retaining… Vinyl PlanksHi
We've had ge.rflor commercial extra heavy duty in previous house. They were rubbish and taken off market soon after or so we were told - great timing on our part.  … coral homes gold coast??Hi Firsthomer
We are currently building with Coral Homes and this is our first home as well. We are building at Jimboomba. There wasn't anything… bpratt replied 22 April 2014 ago Leaking hot water systemAs this is the first time i have used a forum, it appears i've made 2 mistakes
1. By putting post under "building a new house" rather than up a level.
2. I thought that… Update: First time builder nerves!Hi Everyone
Thank you for the replies on our first post and all advice was put to use!
We now have a plot of land on hold and are talking to 2 builders: Beechwood Homes… Ichijo?
Hi guys we are currently building with Ichijo in The Hermitage and we highly recommended them, yes like any other builder they do have communication and admin issues but… Things your BUILDER forgot..Our rear neighbours builder didn't connect storm water just hooked up to a single open ended pipe going under the fence into the block we eventually purchased. Needless to… Althom replied 21 April 2014 ago Cabinet work after handoveryes others have done this before.
we are doing the overheads in the l'dry, over head open cupboards in the scullery, we are also adding… Floor plan sanity checkThanks TiredHalo for uploading them for me - not sure what's happened there!
Thanks everyone for the comments, and glad you like the plans. We've spent so darn long on… Ekin replied 20 April 2014 ago Building with SBG
Yep that's what my lending manager said. She also said the banks are very strict now in releasing funds if the construction is over $200K. Before they approve ur finance u… Colour Advice Please - ExternalThat is a lovely brick. I like brown bricks with white mortar, but that might cost more than cream?
If you put up icons of all the colours we'll be able to get a better… advice on outdoor colourWe have dune with jasper roof and guttering and brown terrain bricks which are a deep brown  it's a great colour and definitely goes with greys charcoals and browns Post handover frosting of windowsOur designer "forgot" to specify frosted glass for our laundry door which gives everyone a good view of you on the toilet. She suggested getting a film applied by Tint… Whirly birds
Building a new house is not meant to be easy, all these options… bpratt replied 18 April 2014 ago Cost of insulation?Why not investigate spray foam? I know they say the outlay is quite expensive but according to their sites once it's on, it lasts. I have it on my list to investigate… Our Henleys experience!Ahh our fingers are crossed that they will let us change the hallway area in the lux because thats the house we want!! Bank valuation for a new home...Hi all
I am a little concerned re how the valuers value new home builds. Is this something to be concerned about?
Building a new home will always cost much more than… monalisa started a topic 17 April 2014 ago Acoustic Report/worksHi
We have recently purchase land and now that the badgerys creek airport is approved we will need to do acoustic adjustments to our home that we will be building. Has… Lot927 started a topic 17 April 2014 ago Alternative to Zip Hydrotap?Just throwing it out there, but the new Samsung (I think) fridge does soda water and chilled water. It has a soda stream thingy built into it. Just in case you are looking… Cladding: ICF blocks vs EPS foam cladding?Well a couple of years after the original post but I have the same question, looking at building in the Gold Coast Hinterland, I like the idea of ICF but is it overkill… Kitchen colours and materialsI had a laminate similar to black truffle. would never get it again. showed crumbs everywhere.
looked great cleaned but trashed 5 minutes later.
could you go white… Bunya homeOpps...sorry San Man 255 didn't realize your posted date. Anyway do you have any idea about it? Hello all - here is a copy of the plan for my kitchen/dining/living area - I'm wondering if anyone can suggest where I should place the… TinaGApr 16, 2014 9:44 am
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