White House exterior colours help!
our house is resene truffle i think its half strength you can go a lighter version like quarter strength if you like.. its not white tho just an off white…
Outdoor kitchen ideas
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We are planning an outdoor kitchen. We have two options as listed below
Option 1:
Kitchen will be built to left hand side of undercover pergola. The view will be of…
Are mature plants worth anything
In my experience, transplanting hedges they will die unless you planted them recently... I have never had success moving them even digging massive holes around the roots.
Pool fence
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We are in the process of building a pool/planning a pool. We are thinking of going full frameless glass around one part, a full screen from roof to ceiling…
How close can a pool be to a house?
Thanks so much! So if pool is 1.2m deep verandah is 100mm thick pool can be 1.1m from verandah? The pool guy seemed to thick it was just ok would…
Fibre glass pool installation gone wrong
Could U back fill and tile between the retaining wall and fence?
Drainage surrounding pool
Tile shops will sell the correct gutter drain. I forget what the one I was advised to use is called but it is approx $95 a metre it's quite expensive
yet another fence dispute
If a block of land is vacant and not sold and you start to build a fence then after that fence is built the block of land is sold you…
Open style fencing
All you would need to do with the verticAl fence is make sure that the bottom panel is off the ground a bit. Or alternatively make sure the bottom rail…
How close can a pool be to a house?
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I have had a couple of quotes from concrete pool builders. One has said that a pool cannot be close than 1.5m to the house unless the house is…
Best pool size with children
Thanks all for your replies.
IF the pool can fit it is going to be a 12.5m lap pool with a wading area to one side and a bench the length…
Tiling over tiles.. is this possible or not at all?
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We have a not even two year old house built by GJ gardner. We had the exterior tiled but have found out the tiles are only R10 rating. We…
Best pool size with children
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We are thinking of putting in a concrete pool but are unsure of the best width and depth. We are going to get the pool as long as we can…
What to do here? Post and mesh type fence
Our estate has a post and rail fence with mesh as our boundary fences.
People who have put pools near their boundary fences have just removed part of their boundary…
Outdoor kitchen BBQ
Thanks for the responses! The outdoor kitchen was going to have block walls which were to be rendered then cabinetry inside. I am starting to think rather than cabinetry will…
Outdoor Kitchen & Glass Balcony
you could always put screens either side of the kitchen as a feature instead of the panels saving having to put the panels behind the kitchen.. all depends on how…
Boundary Fence
Not sure what happens in Victoria but where I am if there is a preexisting fence already there the most you can get the other party to pay is to…
Help with privacy screen alfresco area
You can get good neighbour fence top screening from stratco but would need to get the neighbour to agree.. also a hedge in pots would also work well
Anyone live near a active quarry?
There is a quarry down the road from us.. its probably about 2-3km away .. i wouldnt know aside from sometimes trucks go past at night.. we have lots of…
Gold Coast City Council
Took three months but that was because we were changing the location of our hstp spray area.. otherwise i think it normally takes less than a month/couple of weeks
Outdoor kitchen BBQ
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We are planning to put an outdoor kitchen beside our alfresco. It will be partly covered by the eaves of the house but if it rains water will get to…
Plunge pool / water tank pool
Has anyone built an above ground water tank plunge pool? They seem to be quite popular at the moment but was wondering if someone had one what they thought and…
Cost of Turf - Building on an acre
We turfed our acreage block.. got 3300m2 turfed with wintergreen couch for $4 a metre supplied and installed. They did a better deal for more than 2000m2. Glad we went…
How to obscure shed
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We have 1.5 acres of which most is our side yard. We have about 1000m2 of nature easement which you can see as you look out of our back…
GJ Gardner Montville- First home build- QLD
Hi I was wondering where you cfound the walkthrough? I have not been able to find this at all!
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GJ Gardner Montville- First home build- QLD
Hi seachange
wondering how you place is going? I was wondering what floor plan you had? Its strange how everyones prices vary. we ended up paying about 498 total but…
GJ Gardner Montville- First home build- QLD
I think the base price changes depending on the franchise.. they told us the base price i forget what it is tho.. they should tell you it was mid to…