Building A New House

kexkez

15 January 2012

What exactly constitutes one house?

another reason why a shared laundry is a better idea is resale value. it will be a difficult sell anyway. I most cases these kinds of houses are built for…

Johnson

6 January 2012

Slate roof: fireproof to BAL40?

While it seems common sense to think a slate roof would be BAL40 compliant, my surveyor seems unsure as it's not in the regulations. Does anyone have any info on slate…

Dollar

10 December 2011

Finally, one step closer...I'm back...with piccies

AMAZING!!!!!! I LOVE EVERYTHING! Looks like your cat is enjoying his/her new home too.

Hobartian

20 July 2011

tiny efficient house in hobart

Greetings home building and renovation community Our family are undertaking a small building challenge in our…

alt0160

30 June 2011

HELP we have started rendering and cant choose 2nd colour!!

Wow AnnaX. I want your home! (Have you got any pictures of the inside?) I was going to suggest wind spray. That colour looks great

tamekah76

15 March 2011

Exterior Colour scheme Dilema...

Hi Tempura, That would…

Stormy

9 January 2011

Kitchen

Hi Deborah, welcome to the forums! There is a fabulous thread full of inspirational ideas here: viewtopic.php?f=16&t=13838 I'll also move this topic to the kitchen forum!

chrisandkate

5 November 2010

Housing companies

You could always look at the Owner Builder option, but employ a project manager. Perhaps if you can breakdown the different components on a spreadsheet listing their…

Cabinfever

17 December 2009

Ode to the McMansion

Also it seems that builders make it uneconomical to build smaller houses. You "pay for the privilege" of going small which seems very odd. You'd think you'd pay a premium…

ElephantGuy

28 May 2009

Sandstone blockwork in leiu of traditional brick $$$

Thanks for that, I have seen a brochure, comparing costs to brick vaneer?? Like my walls lined so, not really my…

Chuq

20 February 2009

Basements

I can only hope that at 160m elevation, 1.5km from the river, the water table will be lower than 155m! Seems like it should be ok. But it's a couple of years away, I'll…

PhoenixStar

8 January 2009

Vanity Basins with overflow outlet

We have the square bowls with the overflow holes and the pop up wastes - i think they are the Fowler brand. The overflow is formed into the unit itself and drains…

Paula

23 July 2008

My turn for a whinge!

Mmm sorry my space isnt that big that it needs a…

davinci

12 November 2007

The Waffle Raft Slab System

i learnt to concrete on house slabs and commercial construction waffle pods have several problems 1 - your slab is hollow under the pods , good place for rodents…

miagi

6 November 2007

Brick veneer - missing 2 rows of bricks below sliding doors?

Zoidberg

10 August 2007

Tasmanian project builders ?

Thanks very much for the info, will check them out! (and yes there is a local paper/newsletter thing that I've seen around the place)

stonecutter1309

8 June 2007

Ceiling height

Hey Allan - thanks for the council info

Elizabeth

1 June 2007

How to save from the start

Hi Cabinfever There was a long discussion about the merits of different cornices back in February (titled 'square set cornices', in the Getting It Right section -…

Casa2

29 April 2007

Size and cost

pasey, Thanks for taking the time to come up with the figures. Nice to see and fairly consistent with the figures on the previous page of this forum. Now that we…

Cabinfever

2 April 2007

Georgian style via Austral tinted bricks ?

I'm on a quest to build a big Georgian-style house in Tasmania as cheaply as possible. One of the biggest potential problems (and expenses) that I see so far is the smooth…

ausdesign

18 December 2006

2 storey house will possibly cause privacy issue

The overlooking reg's cover a fair bit so a detailed reply will take too much but basically it covers overlooking to neighbouring habitable room windows …

3timesbuilda

22 September 2006

Building prices / square in tassie

Hi miagi, That seems quite steep per square - most project builders in melbourne seem to be in the $4500 to $6000 per square. They do of course have the luxury of bulk.…