Hi Wobbly and Saint Mike
Thank you both so much for your replies. I sort of thought it would be around that. Not too bad I suppose.
I think if…

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After two years of doing a high end extension we sold the house.
We have moved into what I suppose some would call a war service home or bunglow?
Our lounge…

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After some help for plants for our front yard. We moved in in March to a little cottage. We totally ripped the yard out as was shocking.…

Thank you all for your replies.
I hadnt used a broker as yet. We had just been dealing with NAB direct.
My sister in law is a broker and when i…

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I did a post below regarding helping my brother to get a loan. Then changed direction and decided to buy the house ourselves for him.
This turning into a…

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Thanks heaps for your replies. We have decided to go down a different track.
We have decided to buy the house ourselves for him. We have a large…

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Just wondering if anyone can give advice.
I am trying to help my brother get into the housing market.
I am going to cover him for the 20% deposit.
He has just…

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Need some advice please.
We are doing up mum's place after her having to go into a nursing home.
Now think choclate brown. Dark Dark Dark.
There is timber wall panelling everywhere…

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Just wondering if anyone can provide some insight advice please.
We have just had to place mum in a nursing home after a stroke. Now we have to sort…

Sorry for the late answer Aubin.
I just got bacl from work last night.
Unfortunatly (?) I cant help you much with the other types of switches as we went with the…

This sounds like to me to be pretty straight forward I think. I am not being sarky with my response.
Go to clipsal or even Lawerence and Hanson and get a…

Thanks Mclaren.
Thats the kinda thing I was looking for.
It seems that I can strike them from cuttings, only problem is the missus wont let me tak any cutting just yet.
Even…

Dont know if this helps or not.
We just totally gutted our house and there was nothing left of the inside.
Kitchen was 40K including appliances. We have stone tops, all…

Yep definately check your strata laws and get legal advice so you know where you stand. We learnt early on how people will try and pull the wool over…

Oh well, worth a try.
Still no hortibuffs on board the forum.
Thanks to everyone who read my question but were unable to help.
Cheers Ddgy Roger

thanks fellas.
That gives me a bit of an idea of what to do and what to use to be able to do it.
It will take a copule of breaks away…

Hi Mgila,
Thanks for your response mate.
I hadnt used any gauze tape on the joints, just straight filler.
So it seems to me that I have to grind out the joints between…

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I have an ongoing problem with the blueboard wall we erected as a privacy screen due to the excessive demands of our neighbours.
The privacy wall we erected is timber…

Hi Everybody,
Just what I hope will be a short question regarding the Songs of India plants we have around our pool.
The songs that look great around our pool were doing…

Hi IDarren
Not sure in Victoria but in our council here in Perth you cant go higher then 6ft without approval from the neighbour. We had a issue with our…

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We just got the carpet laid today which is a chocolate colour and two of the rooms have already been painted in hog bristile. Luckily they are the…

Hi Ash
We just ordered roller blinds and venetians through Vista here in Perth. They are in Adelaide according to the internet. Over here they have 40% off blinds…

Hey Screen
Keep going with the blog on your extension. Love it.
I can laugh at your pain…

Hi Lilmonkey,
I feel your pain. We have the neighbours from hell over our back fence. We wanted to knock down our fence and replace at our cost. …

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We are gutting our bathrooms and laundry and thought i would share.
There is a place in Osborne Park called Bathroom Outlet. They have gorgeous taps (flick mixers) at…

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We have got quotes from Perth Floor Centre and Floors 2 Go to do 100 metres of Marri.
Has anyone used either of these companies, or can suggest someone who…

No it's not the latest bollywood soundtrack cd but plants that we decided to plant around our pool.
We planted them in while i was on last break and even if…

We have three controllers. One each in the main bathrooms and one in the kitchen. You set the temperature on each controller and that is what they stay…

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This has made interesting reading. I dont even know what a butlers pantry is. lol I have never seen one. From what i read some of…

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We are thinking about renovating our bathrooms if their is anything left in the budget after do our extensions.
Keeping everything exactly where it is just changing tiles and cabinet…