Hi I dont know if this helps at all, but i put up a fence at my mothers place with the then neigbour, half costs etc. About 12 months later…

Thanks Onc, long way from start yet, just still at design stage, definitely going with polished concrete though! I reckon i at least 12 months away from slab etc.

Could anyone give me their experiences building with Steel framing? It seems to be coming much more popular. I am planning on Owner Building and am much more comfortable working…

Also onc was reading all your info on another post, its just so good to read something from someone who knows what they are doing. Do you know of anyone…

So I assume you only polish the areas you need polishing? I want an area of 42sqaure metres out of a 182m slab. What height difference between a finished polished…

hhmmm, maybe thats what he meant? Will ask tomorrow i think

Hi all, have just started looking up about Home Automation, does someone have any estimate of costs etc. I am an electrician but at moment Home Automation might as well…

Ok you Feng Shui experts I need some info and advice. I have recently had my new home designed and one of the features, which i actuially asked for was…

Gday Kay and Andy, i dont suppose you could tell me abit about the polished concrete, am very very interested in that. Does the whole slab have to be poured…

I am sure this issue has been covered several times but just thought I would supply abit more information. My best friend owns a gyprock supply and install company. He…

Gday, still at design stage with my house, has anyone decided opn an "optimal size" for bedrooms, especially children(who then grow into teenagers!) I got back designs but their rooms…

That is so expensive! I put one in my own house that I bought from a garage sale for $50.Extra 150 for door, then i just knocked out some gyprock,…

Thats cool, I have in my house design a "secret passage"for my young daughter. Its a full length mirror in her WIR and it opens up to the bathroom which…

LED's are definitely the way of the future but they are a very different light to Halogens, they are no where near as bright so you cant light the whole…

Hi all was just wondering the extent of the actual work people are doing in regards to OB. It seems alot of people are mangeing and "cleaning"but not much else,…

Gday all, am not a "domestic"electrican(but learning quickly now that am OB'ing!) Have been reading a alot of posts and some people are getting very bad advice on electrical, lighting…

Hi all, am at the design stage of what am hoping will be my 2 storey eco sustainable home with NO AC and minimal heating!
North facing street-Its a modified T…

No idea with the gyprock, have not gotten that far, apparently there is not alot of mark up on it(as all suppliers say!) Just assuming best mates dad will source…

Thanks guys, I actually have two friends that have both offered to do it. Both are chippies, both have constructed several complete homes before. One said if he did not…

Does anyone have any opinion on buying a small truck for the OB process? Have a standard car at moment so was thinking of getting a small isuzu and…

You can save on electrical costs if you have an understanding sparky by doing such things as nailing the wall brackets for switches and GPO's. Of course digging the trench,…

Just wondering if anyone is contracting any carpenters on an hourly rate? Am in Sydney and was looking to do it that way.
Hourly rates for everything if anyone has…

Gday all, have been using all your tips and conversations wisely. As of this week have headed off to a local designer to do the brief on my new house.…

Excellent advice here, how do we heat comfortably a south living area home? Am seriously thinking of selling house and buying a south facing street frontage with living areas to…

Thanks for some feedback guys,
glad to hear someone is on the same line, I always think about what it will be like in ten or twenty years and I…

Just wondering of anyone has heard the term sustainability? Got on this website to look for some homebuilding tips with an emphasis on sustainable building practices or passive heating/cooling but…

Gday, I think I have found my new best friend! I have a 906sqm block on NSW Central Coast, existing house which I wish to knockdown and rebuild on with…