Browse Forums Building A New House 1 Jan 03, 2021 9:49 am We are building in busselton, we have yet to do our prestart and are currently undecided on theme of the house... We are a few kms from the beach and also overlook vacant land. Beach vs earthy? My husband is not a fan of render frontage only of homes so we have decided on brick facade. I personally love render... anyhoo, compromise! I was originally thinking modern beach and using limestone 2c brick (budget restricted) but we are surrounded by limestone homes, so thinking midland silverbirch 2c. Suggestions on window, roof, rendered blade wall and rendered alfresco pillars etc would be amazing. If anyone has built using these bricks photos of your home wld be amazing! Cheers 😊 Re: Advice on house theme and colour selections please. 3Jan 03, 2021 4:26 pm Yes! Good point. Thank you for your feedback. rebuild Render means repainting in years to come. Bricks live on with nothing to do for at least 30 years then touch ups with mortar. How much are you ahead in payments compared to where the build is at? Have you fully drawn down the loan? 5 11916 Versaloc is a mortarless besser block system that still needs a properly engineered footing. If you just do a 400x200 footing it will fail in time. At 17m long you need it… 1 17736 A question. Im in Queensland and building a new home. We managed to reach practical completion 6 weeks ago but we haven't heard any date for handover yet. Who should we… 0 5807 |