Building A New House

just Erin

1 February 2010

PCI inspection - who represents the builder

I wish ours was with our SS, he's great. We've had a really good relationship direct with him (although meant to communicate via our admin)...

ebyelyakov

15 February 2010

timber floors

Grading classifies appearance only. Grades are determined by visual inspection only. According to AU Standards there are something like three grades being character,…

poppamatic

1 February 2010

Tiler charges - Ceramic

In Brisbane/SEQ we've been quoted $35/m2 + gst for invoiced job and $35/m2 for cash

undanceable

1 February 2010

National Builders or Dennis Family

I am also currently divided between NBG and DFH. I especially like the fact that evaporative cooling, vacuum system and a bunch of other stuff are standard in NBG. NBG…

Candylea

2 February 2010

Final Invoice - Any suggestions?

For my builder, what I said previously happens. I know because I work in the accounts department. It may happen differently in different builders. In the end, it all checks out.

Up2nogood

2 February 2010

Do I choose Merlin or Guardian Garage Door Opener? Any more

Merlins work fine, we have five of them and no issues. And they're relatively inexpensive and are available from Bunnings if you need to replace one should they fail.

gettingThere

2 February 2010

Feature Stairs

This is similar to BecH's. I love the look of these, so…

Bam

2 February 2010

Carpenter rec in Melb Northern Suburbs?

Thank you hun! Nice and local

SofiWY

2 February 2010

Leaky issue-PD

thank you so much , Lisanne, Kek and Macy !!

Stephanie

2 February 2010

Building a new house in Metung on the Coast

Hi everyone, thought it might be best to start my own thread here. I have made all my selections for everything and signed my contract to get the grant…

roverer

2 February 2010

Building with Rawson - The Benham in Canberra

I've just signed a tender for a Benham, I've been told it will take approx 1 week. Has anyone else made progress with their Benham?

mr_jas

2 February 2010

Scott Park Homes - Reccomend a Sales Consultant

Hi wrexster, I'd probably agree with Manning06 on this. We found a sales consultant at CH that we got on with like a house on fire and took care of all of our concerns,…

cream

2 February 2010

Double Storey Brick Selection

hi all the sand, That sounds really really great if you could post them up!! - Ive seen one or two chocolate bricked houses but they are single storey and have choc motar…

D200 Doug

2 February 2010

Our plan

I love the plan. The only thing I'd consider would be a double basin in the ensuite but that's because where we're at I'm always running to…

TamDaz

2 February 2010

Henley Majestic or Emperor

Hey Riss - we are building The Majestic. We are in Adelaide though. Currently at Lock-Up stage - trying to sort out electrical.

Liberty

2 February 2010

Building New Home - Blog

Hi Lea. Had a look at your blog - looks great! There's a thread at the top of this forum that you can add your link to. What are you going to do about your benchtop…

somewoman

3 February 2010

Is Longridge Homes Adelaides slowest builder??

I understand the bit about wearing you down... We were only about a month into this build when I told my husband that I didn't think I could live in the house without…

TimmyDunlop

3 February 2010

Should suplier delays cost me?

Yeah, Casa is right. and you can just turn around and say do what you must as long as the house is built according to the signed contract. Then you can turn it around on…

mdzzj

3 February 2010

Nougat bricks

Hi Lots of pictures on my blog (link below) We did have a couple go green but they have since been cleaned.

Pugs

3 February 2010

When does the telephone line need to be done?

We got a price today to get the telephone cable installed. Just to lay the cable and connections it $299 which I gather is standard, and we are…

SofiWY

3 February 2010

I have land!

in my memory, my contract was 1 wk later than yours...but we moved in mid Jan.... it was unhappy delay at the begin due to the rock, admin etc etc..but finally…

Pisces

3 February 2010

YEEAAH's house with HBC - HOME SWEET HOME

congrats on moving in YEEAAH! didnt realise u guys had moved in so quick! we will have to walk over and say welcome to the neighbourhood!

jodge

3 February 2010

painting bricks... external

Hey buzz and anthonybaz. . . one more thing. . . we were also advised to put another product on the wall underneath all the weepholes and dampcourse. . . it's called…

Martin

3 February 2010

proposed WM space blocking door

If they would have picked it up earlier they may have been able to use the same door and just turn it upside down. To change it now will require a lot of work, and re…

jodge

3 February 2010

Any one have bathroom photos to share?

ani

3 February 2010

Neighbours wall on the building line

I was initially kinda hoping my neighbour would build with a boundary wall so that I could have a bit more privacy from one direction out the front, and so I could use it…

lufcinoz

3 February 2010

Bankisa Grove WA Land Titles

Hi We purchased a block in stage 4 and they said titles would be issued in December 09 and guess what they were Cheers Nicky

jessie87

3 February 2010

Need help with external selections please!!!!

I like the Santorini block but you prob dont want to hear that..... hahaha. Out of the normal range I would go for Almond. I hope this helps!

Twiggy

3 February 2010

who to build with?

hehe. It'd work a treat when the drunks are hugging the toilet as well...suddenly all seems not so bad

rivercup

4 February 2010

Shotcrete vs retaining wall

I see, thanks for the advice ppl.

mdzzj

4 February 2010

Build Period

Hi Yellow It does depend on many things, below is the dates each stage has been completed on our build but this is a single story. We have been very lucky as hardly a…

chezza

4 February 2010

Garbage Bins

Thanks guys, didnt think it would be for free

Lex

4 February 2010

Rock Allowances - what did your builder do?

But thats o.k, no one was watching anyway lol Huh!?!?? (oh, you meant noone…

jbarry

4 February 2010

Our CVale Build - Plans submitted *happy dance*

freddyflop

4 February 2010

Rossdale Homes - fixed price guarantee

I'm pretty confused about this. The website says "After signing the contract, you can change the price, but Rossdale can't."…

waranraz

4 February 2010

Rangehood ducted

Thanks.. I was worried my builder will play the "word games" with me. ..As it also mentions over...I was kind of worried when my roof tiles came up, and there is no…

SYD-YYZ

4 February 2010

Matrix Cladding Photos

Hi, We are building a custom designed home in Western Sydney. I am looking for examples of people who have built a 2 story house that have…

Dollar

4 February 2010

Wall sarking/Wall wrap - is it worth it?

Ours came standard, no whirly bird. It wasn't even discussed and TBH we didn't even think of it. So that's what those whirly bird are for! I have been seeing a fair few of…

Ari

4 February 2010

Temporary Fencing

We paid for temp fencing to go all four sides of our house as they insisted we needed to have it regardless of our already installed post and wire fencing. However they…

Helyn

4 February 2010

Distance between wall and land boundry

In our council, garage walls without windows may be on the boundary, subject to neighbour consent. House walls, with or without windows must be 900mm away - no neighbour…

fruitty

4 February 2010

Building with Henley - Question

Once you meet up with the SS if you ask nice enough for his mobile (make sure to promise not to bother him for every little things and DON'T break your promise). SS is…

charlie

4 February 2010

My first home - Santorini 26 by M3tr!con

Hey Jellybean - Congratulations on handover (I'm assuming it actually went ahead?) I'm amazed that…

coopsmummy

5 February 2010

Coopsmummy's Build ! - (Base and deck! - frame this week!)

bluemetal77

5 February 2010

Sarking or whirly bird?

We are building in The Ponds, an estate with its own guidelines apart from the Council's ... They asked our builder to provide sarking, atleast medium grade to go with our…

Belial

5 February 2010

Post Contract Variation - Contractually Binding if signed???

Hi All, I have an UPDATE. Mike 1 - Builder 0 They have backed down, conceded it was their mistake and that they should have been more…

G_girl

5 February 2010

HELP! Advise on bathroom tiles that has been laid!

Yes the lipping looks bad. Is that lipped tile near a drain...? As some inexperienced tilers find it harder to get a fall…

aus_buster

5 February 2010

Mortar Question - Is this Offwhite ?

Thanks guys. I will wait and see how the bricks turn up after they are cleaned.

Evan

5 February 2010

Upgrading from 28 course to 31 course for $13850?

Yes, but I would imagine that is included in $350 penalty fees. So the $900 resubmission fee (when council says $93.50) is not ethical. Plus they have already jack up the…

mr_jas

6 February 2010

Optical Fibre internet in Alamanda

Have you had a bad experience at all? I've been running VOIP over iiNet Naked DSL for 18 months, no problems whatsoever. You wouldn't know the difference between that and…