I've just got a Geotech and structural work fee proposal. Does anyone see any issues with this engineering service proposal? Thanks in advance. Given my experience with geotech / structural…

We will review. Don’t think we got too many. But I’ve also been looking at proper glass.
How have you found the Comfort Hush? Value for money? How did…

Noted! Thank you.

Still brownie points for effort.

Thanks for that and taking the time to illustrate what you mean. It certainly helps and worth us looking into. Thanks again!

To my knowledge, there was no functional/practical reason. Purely aesthetic.

Thanks, Bebbsy for chiming in. We started the process late November last year. It's still very much work in progress but we like…

Gotcha. I will check it out again but from memory, I've got to keep about 2m away from the boundary.
Thanks again for taking the time.

Yeah, It's tricky asking for feedback since the needs of the would-be owners are always different. That's why I'm trying to keep things open/general.
Just to clarify: By left side wall,…

Silly me. Yes of course. Just realised it wasn't shown in my image.

Hi all,
Just wondering if those more experienced could review the following floor plans. What I'm looking for are things that we might have missed or things to consider further. Please…

Thanks for your contribution and input again alexp79

I am just wondering if anyone has any experience with either of the following or similar.
And more generically, if you've got experience with the use of polystyrene as walls for…

Thanks heaps EcoEco and Alex.
Hopefully I can come and check out your goods ECOECO. But it all depends on whether I can build

Do you offer UPVC windows as well? What are the pros and cons say vs the aluminium offering ? Thanks in advance.

Anyone done a blow door test in Melbourne? Curious to know the results and maybe even get a recommendation if possible. TIA

Totally understand where you’re coming from. But if we do build, we aren’t selling till we’re carried out in a box. Sure the unexpected may happen.
And to your point…

Would you recommend then to use Hebel Power Panels+ for the internals too instead of going with MgO boards? Just wondering what the benefits are with the MgO boards vs…

I see. Thanks again alexp79.
Would you happen to know if most Hebel builds (for example: volume builders) use powerpanels instead of blocks? And…

Thanks heaps for that. MgO sounds really interesting. From the Habitech website, they use it as a cladding. They don’t come in blocks like Hebel does it? So it needs…

I’m currently looking into building materials. Hebel and Masterwall (as well as a few others) have come up. Anyone able to share their experiences with either products? And why you…

Thank you for the heads up. I'll keep an eye out for that and will certainly report it. I'm almost at the point where I'll be sending a design (from…

Ah ok. Definitely not Hampton style

Just for those who might find it interesting, I learned this today.
Recommendations made in a soil report doesn't necessarily translate over to the real build.
In my case, while the…

Mscat, do you remember the model? We won't be looking to build an ensuite for every room in the house. But we are…

Cool. I’ll look them up. Thank you.

Thanks for that. Great reminder re: analysis paralysis. And thanks for the good building inspector suggestion. Any recommendations?

- according to what I've got it's a waffle slab.
- Thank you for your input. I will keep that in my back pocket. It will be a good…

Thanks for that. The costings do help. But at this stage I’m more interested in ensuring that the right foundation is designed. Once that has been done, then I’d like…

Thanks for that. Just to clarify, the architect hired isn’t intended to fix the site foundation issue. It’s more to maximise our site. So it’s more design. But I take…