Design guidelines allow colourbond... although they can get twitchy about some of the lighter colours that look like plain galvanised.

The 10cm fencing allowance is to allow for fences being placed up slightly incorrectly or shifting over time... unfortunately if a house has been put up in the wrong place…

Joles - actually it is a pretty big deal when you come to sell a property...
It makes things fuzzy and just the sort of thing that conveyancers love because they…

Direct Light is the natural enemy to storage... particularly to fabric and paper. If you do have a window you will need to keep it shaded most of the…

Second the White Duck 1/2 suggestion... I love it

Last time I heard costings of those automated toilets... the installation alone was 40 - 50K not including maintenance, electricity and vandalism cleanup.

I'm pretty happy with no toilets there... can just imagine the sort of issues that would attract in an outer suburban estate with absolutely no entertainment options for teenagers and…

I have huge issues with placing the laundry in the kitchen... the laundry is home to salmonella and all sorts of bacterial nasties that I wouldn't want anywhere near my…

I don't run... but I ride a bike (new aquisition that I'm still pretty cautious of) and I've been riding through the estates right up to Hawkestowe and it's fantastic…

Technically estate covenants aren't worth the paper they're written on... Basically due to the way the Australian legal system works they would have to prove that your ignoring the…

Just be aware - If you take the contract to a lawyer before signing you will not have the ability to utilise the 3 day (or possibly 5 day cooling…

Saturday saw a very determined effort to make progress on the front garden which had been full of weeds and hiding some very determined mice and about 6 rather large…

Interestingly enough one of the arguments put forward for not allowing people to have front fences is the concept of "passive security". You're actually far more likely to get…

Thrilled with the combination of medium to low density housing... 3 storey townhouses are being built around the corner from me at the moment.
Not only does it make an area…

A traditional zen garden is mostly an expanse of white pebbles raked around some larger granite pieces to represent concepts such as the sea and islands...

If they're in your house... they're not going to be native

Don't believe for a second mice won't eat through tin foil... I came home to find remnants of tin foil through my house the other day where a mouse decided…

I bought a very small one for about 35 dollars I think (it was on sale over easter). I've never seen them that small in a nursery before though…

I've just planted a Magnolia Grandiflora "Teddy Bear" it's only tiny at the moment, but it was only barely in the budget at the price I found it. I…

Make friends with your building supervisor...
I asked my building supervisor about getting some fill from the next site cut they were doing... they have to pay to dump soil so…

I love (I cant emphasis it enough) my gym - unfortunately it's in a rather inconvenient location, I'm praying they decide to open their next victorian gym somewhere towards the…

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I'd be more concerned about the MDF than any paint...
From Wikipedia...
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When MDF is cut a large quantity of dust particles are released into the air. It is important that a…

Traffic is traffic no matter where in Melbourne you are (if you need to travel into a 30km radius of Melbourne)... it is what it is. I drive into…

Do you want designer furniture or "designer-knock-off-designs-just-out-of-copyright furniture"?
For the first there are some fantastic designers based in Melbourne... for the former Matt Blatt is fantastic.

I wouldn't say ADSL is unavailable but you may have difficulty with your own choice of ADSL provider.
I have ADSL2 through Telstra but my options were pretty limited.

I always take Plenty Road in during the mornings - it's a pretty good run from Mernda into South Melbourne (generally take 45 - 50 mins) in the mornings. …

Lisanne.... I wouldn't be spending any money on it - Whittlesea council has very strong ideas that the only thing you can plant on your nature strip is grass... while…

I saw that when I was driving past the other day... looks interesting - Vivere is also opening Sweet Vivere in the same block

Just went for a run/walk around Mernda Villages and was laughing to myself about how some people have treated their naturestrips... from rock gardens, to jungles of weeds, to the…