Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Things to do yourself/after handover? 2Nov 13, 2018 3:54 pm All progress pics are in the first post - https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=89917&p=1761154#p1761154 Re: Things to do yourself/after handover? 11Nov 19, 2018 10:35 am House is average (butting up against 330sqm limit for block), block's on the small side at 585sqm. In terms of landscaping, we needed small retaining walls on all 3 sides, there was a little bit of cutting & filing (moving from back yard to front yard by wheelbarrow - it's amazing how little we moved & yet it took 6 solid 7hr days to actually move it), that cost is mostly materials (gravel, we paid for someone to do the grass, bark, retaining wall timber & posts & oil/stain & many bags of concrete for the ~130 posts). Some pavers. That's about it. Cabinetry - all the project home builders in Sydney use totally useless wardrobe fittings as standard. Storage is tight in most standard designs as it is, and then having super inefficient shelving/hanging exacerbates it! It's no wonder so many new houses have cars parked in the driveway or in the street, the garage gets used for storage that should be possible in the house … Depends what you're current inclusions are, but we're not including wardrobes and will just use second hand ones until we can save later on to get them built. Also have a… 3 11597 The DIY project can be broken into two major steps. Planning and Design and Construction. Both of these steps are as important as one another to ensure you give… 0 5163 Can you give advice on how to get missing certificates needed for a form 21? Our bank requires us to provide one but we are missing 4 building certificates from our first… 3 71779 |