Hi Emily,
Glad to see you are progressing. I'm still not convinced the design is all that it could be. That's not to say there is anything wrong but it certainly…

Average would be 10-14% of construction cost. 3-5% seems way to low.

Well after following your advice Fu the lawn has come up excellent. Apart from needing a bit of a water it is now all thick and luscious in the previously…

Starz - no magazines yet
Free Will - All our joinery is custom. If you are talking about the actual type of unit (i.e what goes…

To be honest I probably share most of her concerns. The over development is a biggie for me and I think you should scale back what you are trying to…

Thanks suh!
Chook07 - the kitchen cupboards are two pack paint with a satin finish (not sure of the colour as my schedule has a TBC…

The demo pics were delayed. The project took 6 months in total.

Everything looks great Matt. Nicely done!

Thank you. The silvertop ash used inside has a slight greyish stain on it but the external wood is the natural colour. Our hydronic heating is panels and they are…

I'm sitting in that room at the moment looking at the ceiling. It's beautiful! No ripping it out for me.
We did consider the glass the switches but that stuff…

Ours is in 40-50% but we only have one income.

Thank you all for your compliments.
The showers is certainly visible from the stairwell but the glass is opaque so you can't see anything. The stairwell leads upstairs which only…

Oh and here he is

Thanks
The bench top is Smart Stone Super White.
I have an 11 week old - trust me you do not want to move in here....lol.
The front…

The big advantage of an architect is their intelligent use of space. The difficulty with houses like ours is maximising the best use of what little space we have. Also,…

Just real quick smemily:
- you don't appear to have any real usable outside space
- have you thought about using a kitchen island to open up that combined kitchen/living space more?
-…

The neighbour doesn't actually live there as it's a rental for her so I'm not sure if she has even seen our place...

The last set of photos were taken as photos for entry into some architectural awards. That's why they look so snazzy.

Thank you for your kind words however all credit goes to our brilliant architects. My input was a brief at the start of the project and some minor refinements throughout…

You can move my thread. I need to post an update soon.
See sig below. Ta!

We just used a piece of blutack and stick the bugger to the wall.

Ya, renovation forum....please!!

HAHAHAHAHAHA

Awesome. Thanks Fu! Will get on to it.
I'm not sure why I came up with Biff. I have a weird sense of humour.

The back is north facing (melbourne) so it gets a fair bit of sun but the house does have some protection from the sun and this does affect the amount…

Browsing I have been and I even read the 26 page behemoth thread.
If I may...
- Get an organic compost and spread
- Get molasses (apply as per thread)
Do I need to…

It's been down for about 3 months and seems to be struggling. I'm a bit of a grass noob and don't really know much about the stuff. I don't even…

There is a black metal box that surrounds the TV. The wires run through the back of the wall, up a long the ceiling and back down to land underneath…

The funny thing is my wife did not believe we were having a girl so the only pink stuff we have are a few small items (gifts) people bought us.…