Agree with Stewie, read Fu's guide. As a minimum you'd want to top dress with compost and maybe add some bentonite, zeolite & spongolite to the top dress, then run…

Hi all, haven't been on in a while Had a week off work and painted the entire house (walls only, builders did doors…

Your house looks fantastic from the street, well done!

I just did mine online the week before handover as it needed to be in place with the bank listed as mortgagee for them to pay the final invoice.

Thanks KiwiGal! Installed a side gate and a temporary letterbox on the weekend, not worthy of photos

Looks great!

Belated congratulations for the slab PE!

You've achieved a lot in a short space of time, well done
I want a grass tree or two as well, are you looking…

Good persistence Archetto! A win for the little guys

Hi PE,
We used CS Concreting after they were recommended by a friend.

I started looking into extending the paving that builder was to do and was finding it more expensive to pave than to do LL. So in the end moved the…

Typed that last night but it didn't send. Surprise for the day was being called and told the limestone was poured, two days ahead of schedule !

Thank you all for your kind words! A lot of work left to do but should be moving in 4 weeks. Liquid limestone getting laid this week and I'll start…

Thank you all for your kind words! A lot of work left to do but should be moving in 4 weeks. Liquid limestone getting laid this week and I'll start…

Nice roof! You'll be sipping your favourite poison on the balcony in no time!

Disclaimer: The phrase "No Time" is not defined in relation to building......

Congratulations Justin on making it to the finish line!

Had our final clean yesterday and managed to get in for a look. Mirror in ensuite now in, door handles and bathroom fittings all in. Only thing left is caulking…

Hi Ains,
We would certainly be happy to recommend Bellagio, the quality of the trades has been really good and our supervisor is excellent. They could improve their communication, but I…

Ha, I'm certainly not patient!!!! I reckon they've got at most 2 or 3 days work to do. They've given themselves 2 weeks to do it. No use putting undue…

Thanks Bluesteel, though we can't take any credit, it was all the designer's work
Well, even though it's not the date I was hoping…

Hi Emma,
My thread is linked in the signature below. We're a week or so away from PCI so we haven't moved in or furnished yet, or even really had much…

Your roof line does look great from that corner, cool photo

G'day everyone,
Haven't been able to get into the house for quite some time, but have seen that the appliances are in, the hot water system is in, driveway and paving…

Hi Emma,
We have polished standard grey concrete, looked like this just after polishing
Note that you'll have different levels if you polish now, as whatever you choose will sit higher (i.e.…

Thanks Millbridge!

Hopeful get keys in 2-3 weeks

Thanks Archetto, super impatient to get in!

Thanks Hootie, tlblhayward and Ilaeria