[SA] Santorini 26 - Not Long Now
They are seriously motoring along! Very exciting. Our frame is currently going up. Amazing to see 720m of mud start to transform into our future home. Very exciting
Blackwood Park - SA - Building our home
Hope all goes will with your council approvals. We are also building in Blackwood Park (over in Node 1) and our slab finally went down on Monday. We did not…
Does this electricity bill seem right?
There is no way that your bill can be correct. Think about the main appliances that use up energy in your house when you live in it. Heating and cooling,…
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Option ONE for sure, if you are going with stone cladding!
Cost of building with Colorbond vs Tile roof
Doesnt sound great. Its hard when you have so much to check and double check and the one thing you dont get 100% right comes back to bite you.
We…
Show me your kitchen...
Looks Great. I am still trying to convince my wife that the mixture is the way to go. A bit of work to do there........
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Wow, coming along beautifully. How exciting to be spending Christmas in the new house. I hope we can get into ours by Christmas next year. Lots to happen between now…
Show me your kitchen...
Looking supurb Delatite. What brand and colour is your bamboo flooring? Is is Mosowood? Australiana........... The other one it looks like is Arrowsun Beechwood. I love the mixture of shades…
[SA] Santorini 26 - Not Long Now
Good job clawing back some cash. Its easy to go nuts on upgrades. The nice stuff always costs plenty more.....Pity. If you are doing led downlights check out
[SA] Santorini 26 - Not Long Now
The general opinion of the majority of people on this site is that downlights are best installed after handover. This is especially so if you are looking at putting in…
Responsibility for retaining wall
Good Luck, looks like you might get a positive outcome. Fingers crossed for you.
[SA] Santorini 26 - Not Long Now
Good Luck Gristy, I like your plan, makes pretty good use of your space. We looked closely at building with these guys but in the end wanted something that was…
Downlights installation (builder or sparky after the build?)
Would it be better to get them to put in provisions, or actual batten light fittings?
Glass Splashback - Post Handover
This is very handy to know. A good way to save some money!!
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Nice work............looking good!!
REDINK SOR - Finally have found White Plantation Shutters :)
I am another one for the "we dont do that" vote. Not covered by their insurance. They will do all the necessary wiring (for a price) though, so the sparky…
Incandescent & halogen downlights??
A huge day here on this thread. Well done Tengals and Co for taking it up to the spammer!! Ultimately there is a good product out there. Its price is…
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I will definately do that.
REDINK SOR - Finally have found White Plantation Shutters :)
Wow chaotic day on the LED downlight threads?? Doesnt make quite as much sense with our spammer friends posts deleted? Mary and Delatite, glad you guys are happy with your…
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Hi Mary,
Glad to help. Its always good when other people do the leg work for our benefit. The real thanks go to Delatite.
I would be keen to hear what you…
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Hi Mary,
Check out this thread
viewtopic.php?f=8&t=56709&start=20
or this one
viewtopic.php?f=8&t=58265
This local company
http://www.wattsaver.com.au/index.php
appear to have a very good and cost…
Building with Rendition Homes
Fingers crossed they develop your plans nice and quickly.
I wanted to build a two storey house. I had drawings of our my for downstairs and gave them free licence for…
Loan for things outside builders contract
I would suggest that it is highly unlikely that any lenders would be willing to include a pool in the finance package unless you have plenty of equity elsewhere. Definately…
Incandescent & halogen downlights??
Sensational Delatite!! If you can get away with fewer downlights per sq metre it makes the whole LED scenerio that much more compelling from a value point of view. Well…
Loan for things outside builders contract
Good Luck Monz..........Its a terrible pity to be having all this hassel...........When you have not even started building yet!