Hi all, We live in Adelaide and have evap cooling and ducted gas heating which is zoned. In the recent heatwave when the temp outside was 45C it was 27C…

Hi Missem, my son and his wife have 3 large expedit units in their home and they've been fantastic. The large unit for the kids toys are fixed to the…

Hi onebuild, Have you looked at verticals like Luminettes (Luxaflex)? Kresta also have their own version of it. They have the sheer curtain integrated in the vains. It might be…

Hi j80, When we built 2 years ago with Rossdale the chrome grates were and extra $13 each. Sounds like your builders are going to charge you mega-bucks for your…

Hi Saint Mike,
We haven't done anything to it. When it was first installed it didn't seem to be working right. The plumber came out and the pipes just needed to…

We've had a Chromagen hws for 2 years and it hasn't missed a beat.

If I had to guesstimate I think 50% would be a minimum. I think closer to 70% if you add heating, cooling, floor coverings. People almost always understimate the amount…

Hi Tem,
If you want it on the fenceline you'll probably need to get a post mounting kit. The posts go in the ground and then theres a cross-bracket which…

How are your plans going Jenifer80? Do you think you'll go ahead and this might become your own thread?

Hi Jennifer80,
I believe highly reactive clay is the most common type of soil in Adelaide. I have no idea about the extra costs related to footings for 139sm. But I'll…

Hi Murphy,
In our plan we kept a sliding door out to the patio but we were concerned that it might make the room dark. To counter this we put a…

Hi, I'm not sure exactly what you're asking however we have a similar situation off our rear master bedroom and have chosen the sliding door out to the patio. We…

Hi,
I don't know if this is relevant but the same thing was happening to us. Even though we had a 3-in-1 we were getting steam drips. When we investigated…

Awww... Kiwi, great to type with you again. I'm on here most days but I mainly lurk now. I'm thinking of dusting off my thread and adding a few photos…

I love this figurine. You have wonderful taste grumblebum and I could get quite envious

I just love mirrors and I have a genuine art deco mirror that I inherited from my mil. I love it but it has a crack in the corner a…

If you have lots of white it would be good to use colour to accesories or with a splashback.

I also consider kitchen upgrades important as it is hard to do afterwards and a kitchen has a lasting impact on the total value of a property. When we built…

Hi Mia, We have four drawers in our pantry and I love them. You can pull out the drawers and see everything without having to dig or lose things in…

I've had tiles in our old house and went porcelain in our new. Have you considered underfloor heating? I've heard so many good stories about this. We have ducted gas…

Thanks McClaren. I've debated about it and considered listing it on ebay but I love it. If I sell it maybe I can find something more contemporary for our house.…

I was very interested to see this thread and I have watched the transformations wrought by Stormy on her furnishings.
I have an art deco mirror that I don't know what…

Hi ADS,
we live in Adelaide and we installed ducted gas heating with zones and it our bill was the same as our old house which had a wall furnace. We…

Just a comment about the sink being centred on the island. I have mine centred on our island and it's an absolute pain. If it was down towards one end…

We've been in our house a year. We had Wallspan/Kitchen Connection to our wardrobes and we are thrilled with them. We went with them because we had them in our…

Hi MT,
we were able to get certain things done by tradies while they were working. For example, we had our joists reinforced by the carpenters before the roof went on.…

Hi all,
When we built (we've been in out house for a year now) we got quotes from several builders and with what we wanted included they all came in around…

We got a picnic insulated backpack with a bottle of wine. The backpack was excellent quality. Have to say though after a year of being in our house we havent…

Hi McReidy,
My son and dil had their bathroom completly done and had an extra toilet put it for around $11,000. They had a company from down south which managed the…

Hi PD, I think your plan is wonderful and I'm sure it will be a beautiful home.
Just a couple of thoughts. I wouldn't be too worried about bench space in…