Browse Forums Owner Builder Forum Re: Tondelver House - Southern Highlands 81Jun 28, 2015 3:04 pm My build thread: Custom build on 40 acres viewtopic.php?f=31&t=75656 Re: Tondelver House - Southern Highlands 84Jun 30, 2015 1:50 pm My build thread: Custom build on 40 acres viewtopic.php?f=31&t=75656 Re: Tondelver House - Southern Highlands 85Jun 30, 2015 8:47 pm Build thread http://tinyurl.com/llgc7yk Re: Tondelver House - Southern Highlands 88Jul 03, 2015 10:16 pm My build thread: Custom build on 40 acres viewtopic.php?f=31&t=75656 Re: Tondelver House - Southern Highlands 89Jul 03, 2015 10:21 pm Build thread http://tinyurl.com/llgc7yk Re: Tondelver House - Southern Highlands 91Jul 12, 2015 6:04 pm My build thread: Custom build on 40 acres viewtopic.php?f=31&t=75656 Re: Tondelver House - Southern Highlands 92Jul 13, 2015 3:21 pm Steve My building project - Hill House viewtopic.php?f=38&t=13537 Who you have in your life is more important than what you have Re: Tondelver House - Southern Highlands 95Jul 15, 2015 11:45 am Beetaloo - once the steel beams are in and welded I intend to work on the roof and back verandah (as it forms part of the roof area) and get it connected to the watertank. Then I will probably continue with the exterior cladding before heading inside to work. But don't hold me to it!! Re: Tondelver House - Southern Highlands 96Jul 15, 2015 1:38 pm Quote: I was considering the plasma cutter but currently being only on a generator and needing the plasma cutter AND a petrol compressor - cost was a factor which made me decide against one for now. Though down the track I think I would love one for my sculpting practice. One of my neighbours used to make tin animals out of second hand corrugated iron and other bits of salvaged steel using just tin snips, angle grinder and other basic hand tools. It was nothing more than a hobby until she invested in a plasma cutter. Almost over-night the quality of her products went up and the work effort and time went down so that now it is a profitable business. So keep saving for your own plasma cutter. Re: Tondelver House - Southern Highlands 97Jul 20, 2015 9:13 am I don't know if anyone else saw it but we watched an episode of Grand Designs last night where a guy built a container home in Northern Ireland. He built it on his parents land on a sloping part of the property and he was both a farmer and an architect. He didn't do much of the build himself and just used lots of tradies. The all up cost was £130,000. It turned out pretty schmick and Kevin McLeod was suitably impressed ( as were we ). Dunno about the £16,000 hammock bath though. Stewie Re: Tondelver House - Southern Highlands 98Jul 20, 2015 9:28 am Actually I also saw the episode and was thinking about this thread too. Very impressive but the bath was a bit over the top. My build thread: Custom build on 40 acres viewtopic.php?f=31&t=75656 Re: Tondelver House - Southern Highlands 99Jul 20, 2015 10:53 am Yeah, £16,000 for a bath ( only seats one ) equates to $33,709 aussie dollars! It looked pretty good in the showroom and the sales guy said something like it is totally supported by the walls. True, but then you have the waste pipe sticking out the bottom of it kind of ruining the look or did he have the same setup as this where the waste just empties over the top of the floor waste? http://www.cnet.com/news/carbon-fiber-h ... i-fi-soak/ Stewie Re: Tondelver House - Southern Highlands 100Jul 20, 2015 8:41 pm I got to see the episode - great looking place in a beautiful environment. Wished they'd shown a bit more of the inside. Can't believe that more than 12% of the entire cost of the house went on that bath! I'm not even having a bath in my place!! 1 10481 Thank you so much everyone. This all makes a lot of sense. I guess when you talk to a builder who butters up everything to look very polished, you get to start believing… 7 17581 hi guys. Please be nice. First time home builder in Qld. I would like some feedback please on whether I should build my granny flat first before my main house at the… 0 4587 |