Hi all, my build is nearly over, it's been hard work but the final product is really nice. Handover in couple of weeks. Will post photos when I…

Thanks for the help, i've got a lighting consultant coming in this friday. Hopefully he will have ideas

Hi all
Home nearly ready, and put LED lights recessed into ceiling throughout. But lighting consultant missed a section on the ground floor which is in shadow. It is…

We met the construction manager who was really good and agreed to paint over the acrylic render at no cost to us. He was surprised we wanted to as…

Hi offshore - wish I had done that, but I never got given any options like that and at the time a a novice I had no idea. All…

Hi offshore - no the acrylic render product comes with the colour mixed in
Hi oncewerefurriers - thanks, surprisingly most of it's not dark just plain old colourbond surfmist. Only the…

Hi all, need some advice, the acrylic render work on my double storey has finished and the render is full of streaks and the render colour is not uniform. …

Has been a long time between posts. The house is looking good, we had some issues with the finish of the acrylic render but the builder has agreed to…

I agree, think you have just seen the first layer. The acrylic render our builder used is Dulux acratex and it comes pre-mixed.
Keeping that in mind, we…

We are building a home with a large void over the main living area. We currently have 6 LED downlights and 1 pendant over this area. The pendant…

Here is a recent pic of our home. Seems to be going well, albeit slowly.
http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/12/s7c1.jpg/

hi ... bump...
would appreciate any info on Talbot Walsh letterbox signs too

Hi Amri
Would be nice to see an update!
cheers

Thanks Rocky and Housebythewater. Appreciate the comments/
Heard today that second floor brickwork starts next week. I'm happy they took 4 weeks to let the slab cure.
Also today had…

Here's an update for anyone interested in our 2 storey build with Peter Stannard.
Second floor slab has been poured, takes a few weeks to cure i think after which brickwork…

Hi all
I'm builing a double storey.,
I recently spotted that our 28c front entrance double door frame was 25c. The brickwork has already been complete for the ground floor…

Just an update , got another quote same curtains/shutters/blinds, so comparing apples with apples. $37k! bummer!

Not yet. I've got a meeting with another reputed company in 2 weeks and they are having a sale of 20-30% off till 31 May. They said if…

Thanks 1rocky.

Thanks guys, I was surprised myself how exciting that piece of concrete can be when you've waited 2 years to see anything happen on the land

I'm buildinga double storey, it started in April and they said it'll finish next April/May.

Site works and retaining done - slab down.
http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/16/slabdown.jpg/

for us it was cost, small boutique builder was awesome and very flexible but prices came in way over. We would have had to compromise on everything. …

Hi, I have a thread on this forum just search for Peter Stannard. Haven't updated it much recently but we're starting siteworks in 3-4 weeks so should have more…

Building Permit arrived today!!

I thought I'd ask a question, would be interested to know how long the whole process, from thoughts of 'let's build a house' to moving in take you?
For us it's…

Hi fellow forum members, please could you give your opinion on the following:
Both my neighbours houses have slightly sunken driveways so to avoid that I have added retaining and have…