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…
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…
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!
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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 -…
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…
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…
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 …
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.…
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