Ok....I've found the sort of thing I wanted from Midland....they don't advertise the product online it would seem.

Hi All,
I'm just wondering if anyone know of a supplier in W.A. (SW preferably) who sells concrete breeze blocks? Basically I'm hoping to find some to build raised planters…

Thanks guys for the ...errr pointers After talking to a couple of plumbers about the logical expectation of the pipe work for our…

Hi all,
Just wondering if theres a way to locate copper pipes in a bricked wall. We've discovered that this was one stage of our build we neglected to take…

Personally we like aboriginal and contemporary design.
We have one art piece that we love....its a painting with amazing movement. about 1.8mx900mm.
here's a similar style to it...

Hi Michelle,
I love this sort of idea for a garden feature however i'm wondering if you know of anywhere that does stainless steel plate designs. Basically i'm hoping to…

I built my own gates (one has a span of 2.3m and the other 900mm wide) and came in well under budget for my quotes. All up they cost…

Hi all,
We are currently about to have our ensuite tiled finally and I'm now thinking about how to light the room. We have a his and hers cabinet with…

sorry for the delay in replying here guys. Thanks for the pointers...I'll do some research and see what I can find out there.

Hi All,
We're currently starting to tackle our back yard landscaping (finally) and amongst the shed, water tanks, rendered planters and numerous other debates we've had the topic of using solar…

We contacted a local company who does commercial landscaping and a little design work. All we really wanted was to have a concept design done woth a rough planting…

Haven"t been on the forum so sorry if this comes a bit late. I,like you, have been looking at the alternatives to limestone.
The only ones I've looked…

$260,000 here in Bunbury, W.A. Also first home builders/owners. Parents/family originally wanted us to buy a cheap established house but the prices here were already topping $260k minimum.…

I doubt it. I would say that most of the money a builder can earn is from the finishing stages. The biggest problems may come from specifying plumbing…

We've had personal experience with this one. If the work isnt complete get in touch ASAP. We found that the computer system that automates the invoices and accounts…

hi momoklick,
Well this all depends on what you choose. We are putting 80m2 into our house so will just calculate the cost for your 12m2...
Please note this is a…

Hi Scoofy,
We were in your position this time last year. Also building for the first time and wondering about the quality of bricking being carried out. We've learned…

The whole prestart meetings are a funny thing. We seemed to have a similar sort of person work with us and was constantly telling us we can't do this…

We agree with the above.
We did our own painting which saved us about $4000.
If you have a paving allowance for an alfresco type area you may want to…

Good point Bestbuilder, One thing I probably neglected to mention is that most of our above comments was aproached by us as "cash" jobs conducted by us with the…

Hi Budwah,
We're nearing the stage of works your thinking about so may be able to help...
1. How should we have flooring(s) laid? I have seen different methods about and
wonder…

One considereration to also make is the colour you'll be painting the walls. Having said that though I think it'd always be best to go for the silver…

I'm not sure how the electrics plan would be setup for a double story house. But if the conduit is in the wall empty you can go around and…

"Silly question I know...but what is a conduit?"
I don't think there's any such thing as a silly question in this game. Conduit…

Isn't there also a limit to how high an increase can be enforced by the builder? From memory they can't raise a price by more than 5% of…

Hi sil,
Yup we're getting right into the waterwise idea too. In terms of plants we plan to keep things quite simple. We're not really flowering plant fans so…

hmmm... I know someone here will know the ins and outs of this one. I'm just wondering though... a crossover (as far as I'm aware) is…

thanks for the pointer Bradek. I've fired off an email to them. What we're really hoping for is a smart and eye catching design only. We hope…

Hi All,
We're fast aproaching the stage of thinking about out garden design including driveway, paths, decking and all garden features. We like the idea of having well designed gardens…

Hi Terry,
One thing we've noticed (we're building with a different company here in Bunbury...not sure if we're both trying to build in the same area though) is we have…