Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Newport 309 - First home :) 481Sep 15, 2015 1:40 pm I know simone.. it s a good view isn't it..saw few houses coming up there. Re: Newport 309 - First home :) 482Sep 15, 2015 2:07 pm I'll have to come over in summer and hang out on your balcony with you Re: Newport 309 - First home :) 483Sep 15, 2015 4:07 pm You are Always welcome !!! Have you got doorbell in yours? If so, did you do it with builder and if not, will you able to hear in firstfloor if someone knocks. Because i havent thought of it earlier. And now cant do it with the builder Re: Newport 309 - First home :) 484Sep 15, 2015 5:55 pm Sounds like a plan No we didn't think of a door bell either and we don't have a peep hole so can't see who is at the door. I can here people knocking when I'm upstairs I think. I want to end up getting the doorbell with the camera though. Re: Newport 309 - First home :) 485Sep 17, 2015 9:55 pm Regarding the door bell, we put up a wireless doorbell on the door itself, works well and if u can't be bothered ringing the bell theres also a knocker! Second Build, this time with Carlisle 2016, can't wait! Beckham: viewtopic.php?f=31&t=67280 Canterbury: viewtopic.php?f=31&t=81175 Re: Newport 309 - First home :) 486Sep 17, 2015 11:59 pm I should get one of those lion knockers hehe. So the wireless doorbell doesn't go off randomly or get interference? Re: Newport 309 - First home :) 487Sep 18, 2015 2:02 am PEARZ Regarding the door bell, we put up a wireless doorbell on the door itself, works well and if u can't be bothered ringing the bell theres also a knocker! I neither knew about wireless door bell or knockers. Thanks for letting me know. Made it much easier and the problem solved without taking it to the builder now. Re: Newport 309 - First home :) 488Oct 06, 2015 7:16 am Front garden Part 1 Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Was so much run off concrete in it wasn't the easiest to dig out lol but very happy with it. We are going to put stones on but not sure what colour yet. And we went down to Phillip Island on Saturday & found some letter box inspo What you think? Btw that's my dad sussing it out lol Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Here is one of the photo's from Saturday how amazing does this look Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Re: Newport 309 - First home :) 489Oct 06, 2015 7:55 am Nice little garden . What a coincidence we went to Philip island on saturday too. My inlaws are here for few months . So went with them. It was such a nice weather to be there isn't it. Re: Newport 309 - First home :) 490Oct 06, 2015 10:38 am Thanks Jang haha great minds think alike hey. It was beautiful I didn't want to leave lol where did you go to? We went on quite an adventure seeing all the different beaches and views. Re: Newport 309 - First home :) 493Oct 06, 2015 11:04 am Thanks Jill. Lol yeah our front is all uneven clay & run off concrete & weeds that's our next project. Lol our nature strip has all the run off concrete rubble on it not sure how we are going to get rid of it. Probably a skip blah waste of money. Yeah I liked the letter box as it's a bit different and looks sturdy plus we could put a matching box around our taps too as they are an eyesore. Re: Newport 309 - First home :) 495Oct 06, 2015 1:03 pm Yeah I don't understand why they had to make them look so ugly and stand out so much. Re: Newport 309 - First home :) 496Oct 07, 2015 10:29 pm [[Sapphire]] Thanks Jang haha great minds think alike hey. It was beautiful I didn't want to leave lol where did you go to? We went on quite an adventure seeing all the different beaches and views. Sorry for late reply Simone. True it was very beautiful, me and the kids neither wanted to leave. We went to wildlife sanctuary, amze n things my little daughter loved it, beach in cowes i think, and penguin parade. BTW love your postbox . May i ask you where did you get that from. It is quite different and nice. jang25 You are Always welcome !!! Have you got doorbell in yours? If so, did you do it with builder and if not, will you able to hear in firstfloor if someone knocks. Because i havent thought of it earlier. And now cant do it with the builder Re: Newport 309 - First home :) 497Oct 07, 2015 10:32 pm That's okay Jang we went down to the end of the penguin parade & walked the boardwalk part thats where I got the nice photo from. Phillip Island & Inverloch & Wonthaggi are all great places to go down to & explore with the kids. I loved it when I was younger. The wooden post box isn't ours its one I took a photo of in Phillip Island we are going to try and replicate it or something similar. Re: Newport 309 - First home :) 498Oct 07, 2015 10:45 pm Oh great you were also there in penguin parade. They were too cute, my son who just turned one was jumping up and down to catch them. both kids enjoyed watching them walk. Post box is looking great. Good idea to replicate it. Re: Newport 309 - First home :) 499Jan 07, 2016 5:53 pm Slowly getting there First stones we bought which I love barely filled a quarter and were so expensive so had to go with these ones which I'm happy with when they are dry like in the pictures but the colour goes less white when wet. Now to tackle the rest of the front yard & build a letter box and box around the taps(do they have to put them in so high ?) Hope everyone Christmas and New Years went well can't believe we've been in our house for over a year now! Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Re: Newport 309 - First home :) 500Jan 07, 2016 6:05 pm Happy New Year Simone! You are doing so well with your front garden. I love the colour of your stone. It goes nicely with your driveway colour - dark/light contrast. We still have not done any landscaping. Thanks NativeZen! I can't wait to start landscaping, though it's going to be a while away yet. No movement on site yet as of the weekend. Hoping to see some earthworks… 3 2149 We already paid for somfy motors for the blinds. The quote above was purely for “pre-wiring” so the blinds company can install the motors and blinds. That’s why we… 5 8013 nothing to do with salespeole. you'd do well to read and ccomprehend the post before bashing away at the keys with some negative comment again. 4 5048 |