Thanks guys I must of overlooked that part
Milt,

Probably a silly question, but does the new stamp duty concession it come into effect as of the first of JULY 2008?
http://www.sro.vic.gov.au/sro/SROWebSit ... buyers.pdf
Milt,

Thanks for the responses guys, much appreciated. We are in the middle of having plans drawn up at the moment so things are starting to get interesting!
VJ which builder did…

MJ,
We are having a friend do our plans and i also had the plans qouted elsewhere, these are the commercial figures we ended with for a 34sqr double story home.
Drawings…

Excellent ideas "god I love this site"
I think what I'll do is move the ensuite to where the WIR is, move the WIR to that little useless area by…

I'm having a friend who is an architect look over the plans this week. Any one else have any suggestions?
Milt,

What is the difference in overall cost in your experience
Colourbond v's Concrete tiles v's teracotta?
Milt,

D&S
The plan looks good
The only thing I'd do is swap the living area and the theatre room around . It would allow you…

Jeepers its not cheap building a house??? Is there anythng else we need to do? Most importantly any way of saving a few $$$ by doing any menial tasks ourselves?
Prepare…

Allan,
Point 1. yes I think yoiu have a valid point there we may increase the ensuite slightly and add a door
Point 2. that…

Budz the top floor encompasses the study, lounge, kitchen, meals area, laundry linen closets and pantry. All walls line up once the second story is shrunk to size with the…

Sorry oznow i've just increased the resolution for you all.
The plan is bits and pieces and our own ideas that i have created with Microsoft Visio drawing program. We ahven't…

Walking you through the house:
The house is North facing hence our reasoning to have most of the bedrooms on the eastern side of the house. Bathrooms on the western…

Hey guys back to the drawing board for us again going down the road of a custom designed house to our liking.
For those of you who have gone down that…

Any idea of the cost of one of these vents???
Milt,

Thanks Casa, i didn't think of a ceiling fan to relay the warm air downstairs if its warm enough up there that is.
Milt,

Our block is 19 x 39m and has an easment running 3m accross to the rear of the block. How deep is at normally run at and what exactly is…

I intend on having black or a dark shade terracota roof tiles installed on our house when we build, are they better with regard to insulation and longetivity?
Our plan is…

Thanks for sharing Hardy it looks the goods
Milt,

Matt can i ask what you were charged extra for the garage extension and what size is it now?
Milt,

We didn't see the point of having the family room by the kitchen we intend to have double timber doors that lead out to the extended alfresco area and then…

Great stuff, if we go with this house we are looking at extending the garage so it almost 7x7m and moving the meals area to the family room thus doubleing…

Hardy did you settle on Bordeaux in the end???
Milt,

Hardy,
Congratulations mate, I look forward to the pics and more feed back.
Milt,

Thanks Matt,
I got the idea from your blog initially and thought hmm another company to check out and in an instant thought man…

Many thanks for all the replies and the additional thread good to hear they provide excellent service, its a relief.
Of to see them on the weekend and YAY they also…

Has anyone here used this company? If so how was the experience from beginning to end? We are looking at the bordeaux 40 as its almost the same as our…

Yes it looks nice, but its not load bearing from what I have read, I may look them up and contact them for an appointment to discuss our custom plan.
Many…

Ahhh ok thanks for that Shane,
Sounds like i may have to register for an owner builders course
Milt,