Hi there,
concreting the whole lot and putting a couple of drains in the middle of it. Unfortunately our stormwater goes to a rubble pit in the back yard and not…

Hi there,
I am interested in advice regarding colour scheme for house. Roof/gutters are all monument. Looking at potentially painting the vertical cladding up the top monument as well. Downstairs…

Thanks buildingandlegal. I have confirmed it is an old
telecommunications one

Just further to this, it appears to go most of the entire length of the boundary and looks to go 90degrees downwards around 1.5m from the water meter. I am…

Hi there,
Anyone able to suggest what this would be? Around 70mm in Diana et I think and comes from the direction of the water meter. I had thought an old…

Thanks for your feedback. I was hoping for a different option but think it is best.
Lindsay

It appears to suggest rubble pit for our situation...
https://www.moretonbay.qld.gov.au/files ... -sheet.pdf
Lindsay

Thanks SaveH2O.
I think it will take most of around a 50sqm roof area.
It is for an extension in the front of an existing house. The existing roof goes into…

Hi moudzj,
Thanks for the rely. I am in the Moreton Bay region in Queensland.
I don’t have a site survey or plan with contours on it unfortunately. The plans I have…

Hi there,
Our house is lower than the street. Is anyone aware if there is any guidelines/standards around how low below the kerb level the stormwater could go to then go…

We used Dan at newhomevisuals.com and was very happy with what we got.
Lindsay

It’s a double storey extension on the front of a single storey house.
Lindsay

Thanks for your feedback Stewie,
That was my thought although can get the house rendered as well if we do hebel paneling or blueboard on the extension as opposed to brick…

Thanks arcadelt. Very informative and well thought out reply. We are not planning on moving in the future, we have 3 young kids, one who starts school in 2 years…

To be honest I do like the look of colourbond but it’s more the fact of given we are doing work on the existing roof, and putting another 55sqm ish…

It is a nice sound! Not sure I would replace it just for that tho.

It’s brick veneer and putting a double storey extension on the front of the house. It has been suggested to clad and render the extension instead of brick and render.
Roof…

Hi there,
We are doing an extension and now thinking we would like to render the bottom floor instead of plain bricks. It has been suggested to clad and render the…

Hi there,
We are about to do an extension on a house with concrete tile roof. The house is around 43 years old with original roof. We were going to put…

Do you know what the darker colour is juliep100?

Anyone know of a paid service for floor plan assistance, preferably that doesn’t cost an arm and a leg? I could just get a kitchen company out I guess..

Hi there, we are looking at doing a renovation which in part will open up our existing kitchen/lounge/dining area.
Any creative people for any ideas? We are not looking at anything…

I don't have a photo at the moment. It is around a 1970s brick veneer home with quite an aweful brown brick at the moment. I am looking to render…

That is interesting, should have said I do not want to go ultra modern.
Lindsay

Hi there,
Anyone love designing window placement and facade? We are looking at doing an extension at the front of a brick veneer house. Currently house has sliding windows. Looking for…

Hi SIRIUSKEY,
No that would not be my intent. I am intending that it would be fully enclosed downstairs with a half wall upstairs.
After…

Thanks oklouise,
Will take that on board, makes sense what you are saying, will see where we end up. Thanks again
Lindsay

Hi oklouise,
Just thought I would let you know what I have been thinking. I have been playing with the design, and thinking of…

Thanks for the reply oklouise. We were intending to keep the width of the extension the same as the current house but would need to check the required side extension.…

Hi there,
We are looking to build on to the front of our property to have extra living space and master bedroom. We are looking at lounge area on bottom floor…