Anyone installing Quantum Next gen range of Vinyl planks ?
We installed Amsterdam 15 months ago into our newly constructed house. It is a great product, very hard wearing and easy to clean.
Having now been through one summer and two…
Quantum Next Gen vinyl planks
We laid Quantum planks in Amsterdam and very pleased with the result. I borrowed a couple of sample planks from a local retailer and that really helped in our decisionmaking.…
Quantum Vinyl Planks by Proline
We installed Quantum planks 18 months ago on a concrete floor and have huge glass sliding doors, we have had no fading from the sun. It is very easy to…
Statesman Homes Build At Wasleys, 4000m2 Block, First Home.
Val G. if that is your own design, it will cost more than if you went for a standard Statesman design which you then modified to suit your needs.
Statesman Homes Build At Wasleys, 4000m2 Block, First Home.
A couple of things to look out for.
1. The base price of the house you are planning to build might be around $150k, but by the time you have made…
Statesman Homes Build At Wasleys, 4000m2 Block, First Home.
We built with Statesman and moved into our house last February. Very happy with the quality of the build.
We did visit the site every other day and picked up a…
Double Garage VS Extra bedroom?
Definitely go for the double garage. Off street parking is really important to home buyers, and these days there are more 2 car families than ever before.
living and dining orientation
We have built 3 houses over the last 20 years, each with large project home builders in Adelaide. Each house was based on an existing design with some modifications specific…
Quote for partition shower screen - is it unreasonable?
The shower alcove in our main bathroom is 2400mmx1000mm. Unsure if it’s the same as you call a partition wall, but we have what our builder describes as nib walls…
living and dining orientation
Has this floorplan been built as a display home that you can visit and actually walk through? You need to be able to envision living in this house.
Unless you are…
Stubborn Brick Stains - Render or ReBricking
Looking at your two photos, whatever they treated your bricks with appears to have made it far worse.
Stubborn Brick Stains - Render or ReBricking
We moved into our house 8 months ago. We have had a similar issue with our PGH Oyster bricks, nowhere near as bad as yours though.
Ours have discoloured without patches…
Plantation shutters - if you could afford it, would you?
I have plantation shutters on my front windows. I hate to say it, but I don't like them now and regret it.
Mainly because I didn't consider the aesthetics when…
Gj Gardner Wentworth
Great floorplan, love the facade, it will be a beautiful house when it’s finished but I think you’re going to need a cleaner because it’s huge! 😉
Two points to consider…
HGWA Brabham
Nice floorplan, flows well, perhaps a bit more storage required. You can never have enough!
The alcove in the hallway to beds 3 and 4, are you using that space…
Bathroom Tiles - ask tiler to install our own bought Tiles a
We elected to tile the kitchen splashback after handover. Only a small job and easy enough to find a local tiler, but we had opted for a very large format…
Floor Plan - Advice for Square Block
Huge improvement to the floorplan, the house actually makes sense now.
Would definitely extend out the kitchen/laundry and bedroom wall to increase room sizes unless there’s a really good reason not…
Floor plan advice please
Good question, there was a reason but I can’t remember what that was. Something to do with being able to gain access that room in an emergency, eg someone collapses…
Please help me improve my kitchen layout/laundry
Thanks Louise will pitch it to the builder! I took the idea of putting the fridge in the study and doing a stand alone robe in the bedroom. As you…
Please help me improve my kitchen layout/laundry
I agree with other comments, the kitchen/butlers pantry and laundry need further work. I do think the changes made by Best Specials were an improvement, by having the entry to…
Floor Plan - Advice for Square Block
That floorplan works so much better, plenty of storage throughout, and all living areas look onto the alfresco.
Additional changes I would make are to the windows in bedrooms 2 and…
Floor plan advice please
I’ll p.m. you a copy of our floorplan. We extended the the living room on both sides, and bedrooms 2 and 3 at the rear. We also aligned the…
Floor plan advice please
I would talk to your salesperson before you go any further. Building a house is an expensive exercise and you want to get it right.
We have built twice before and…
Floor plan advice please
We built a modified Felixstow Alfresco, which we moved into 6 months ago. We love the floorplan, it flows really well.
So I’m curious why you didn’t build the Myrtle Alfresco,…
Battle axe build
We live in SA and built on a battle axe block with a 35m driveway. Additional cost for services came in around $13k including stormwater and sewage disposal. The builder…
Need Floor-plan Feedback/Recommendations Please
Apologies for providing negative feedback, but IMO the house design does not flow well.
Have you drawn this yourself, or had someone do it for you? I’m not sure it makes…