Browse Forums Owner Builder Forum Re: OB Project - "New vs Old" - Nedlands, WA 581Sep 10, 2017 3:43 pm Haven't put much up lately as I haven't actually done much. Small amount of planting but mainly spending the weekends with the kids. The wife and I did spent this morning working on our succulents. We mixed it up with some natives too. We ended up running out of succulents so we will need to finish later. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Re: OB Project - "New vs Old" - Nedlands, WA 584May 26, 2018 10:47 pm Kasra, just back on H1 for the first time in ages I wanted to catch up on your build.. everything looks amazing!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Well Done. Could you please post an update, including photos? I'd love to know what it's like to live in your beautiful home and what you'd do differently now, and what your favourite three things are. Recently moved to a 60's home in need of some improvement! http://s797.photobucket.com/user/leenii ... ch%20House Old house: http://s797.photobucket.com/albums/yy25 ... loo/House/ Re: OB Project - "New vs Old" - Nedlands, WA 585May 26, 2018 11:29 pm Hey Leni, I also haven’t been on for ages. I’ve been meaning to put up some updates. It’s all done apart from some small sections of landscaping and the pantry. Oh and the laundry chute. I’ll be working on the pantry starting this week. I have been a bit lazy with the house for the last year mainly just trying to enjoy it and do little bits and pieces. I’ll be sure to update with lots of pics. Re: OB Project - "New vs Old" - Nedlands, WA 586May 26, 2018 11:30 pm ![]() Love the landscaping you have been doing! More pics please ![]() Thanks!! Will do very soon. Re: OB Project - "New vs Old" - Nedlands, WA 587May 26, 2018 11:30 pm ![]() holy heck that's GORGEOUS Re: OB Project - 588Dec 08, 2018 10:02 pm ![]() ![]() If I could do this again........ I'll get to that later ![]() ![]() LOL You live in another world mate Perth high end prices have crashed The average Battler & Punter can't afford $600/m2 for the House let alone for the sun louvres OT...Try alibaba next time louvres start around $100m2 have them design (3D BIM ) & certified locally, allow 3 months delivery...cheap as chips. BTW there won't be a next time for another 10 years (Boom/Bust cycle) and I probably won't see the aligned of all the planet's..once in a lifetime event ever again (ie low interest rates, Low import material costs, low labour costs, impact of new technology)...NOWS THE TIME TO BUILD IN PERTH Any company names you could suggest? Re: OB Project - "New vs Old" - Nedlands, WA 589Dec 09, 2018 10:17 am ![]() ![]() ![]() If I could do this again........ I'll get to that later ![]() ![]() LOL You live in another world mate Perth high end prices have crashed The average Battler & Punter can't afford $600/m2 for the House let alone for the sun louvres OT...Try alibaba next time louvres start around $100m2 have them design (3D BIM ) & certified locally, allow 3 months delivery...cheap as chips. BTW there won't be a next time for another 10 years (Boom/Bust cycle) and I probably won't see the aligned of all the planet's..once in a lifetime event ever again (ie low interest rates, Low import material costs, low labour costs, impact of new technology)...NOWS THE TIME TO BUILD IN PERTH Any company names you could suggest? Hi there, I presume this question was aimed at structuralguy however I thought I’d add my experience also. I have imported many different items internationally mostly either from Europe, Turkey or China. Alibaba or similar organizations are great but for the average once off purpose its more of a headache. I haven’t looked Louvres but assuming structural guy is correct and you purchaee for $100m2 you then have to add shipping and customs charges which can in the case of Louvres probably equal the purchase price, then have pay GST and then if you are getting certified, also then need installation which includes both electrical and carpenters. Now what happens if something doesn’t work correctly or is incorrectly sized or is missing etc. I think Alibaba is great when you want to do it order multiple times as your first purchase of an item may not be exactly what you asked for. I also have forgotten that you will be spending hours++++ just communicating with the supplier over simple details which you may expect as standard. I personally would stay away unless you have done this before and know what to expect and the potential traps. I think at the time structural guy was for whatever reason trolling me a little. Take care I still need to update this thread. Apologies to those proposed this to. Re: OB Project - 591Dec 10, 2018 7:43 am This is truely amazing. What is the grey rendering used for the downstairs? I am taking time reading your blog whilst working on my project so have not got to that stage yet. Re: OB Project - "New vs Old" - Nedlands, WA 592Dec 10, 2018 9:10 am The grey area is polished cement plaster. It’s basically like normal white set but with cement. The plasters work it till it becomes very smooth. Re: OB Project - "New vs Old" - Nedlands, WA 594Dec 11, 2018 11:00 pm Hello! Randomly hopped on to Tapatalk to kill time and saw your follow up post. Your back yard is fabulous! And being 18 months on! Well done! We moved in and sooooo slowly getting things done, and it’s already over 2 years, Only last month got my front fence panels installed. I only just ordered my dinning room chairs, cos I couldn’t find the right height! Love to see your internal. Re: OB Project - "New vs Old" - Nedlands, WA 595Dec 12, 2018 10:01 am Thanks!!! Same here just logged on and thought - I should really start to update this. I know exactly what you mean as there are so many items we are yet to finish and most of our rooms are either empty or not furnished correctly. I only started doing the pantry last month and now we are in crazy season so I’ll continue it in the new year. DIY, Home Maintenance & Repair That laser level looks lovely! We bought one for less than a quarter of that price off eBay. It worked really well for us and it's still going now, five years later. After… 1 16711 ![]() If you need to pay for a project manager you would be well advised to just engage a builder who would take full responsibility for the build. As opposed to you OB where… 5 15078 |