Thank you! I have contacted summertime and am waiting to hear from them. The area where we live has reasonable ground movement, so I'm thinking against concrete now.
Do you…

Absolutely zero recommendations for pools in Adelaide?

Greetings
We are about to begin the process of organising a swimming pool, and I was wondering if anyone had any recommendations of builders/installers in Adelaide? I haven't quite decided…

WOW - house is looking amazing, and those views are TO DIE FOR!! Incredible!

You can now get motion detecting LED stick on lights that auto turn off after 5 mins of no movement. Only prob being movement needs to be about 1m away,…

Just wondering if you have considered plans that put the kitchen wet areas close to the laundry? Bottom right corner? Always more cost effective to keep wet areas together.
That…

The "environment" stuff is for the same reason why you get hotter while wearing black in the sun. Dark colors will take in heat, light colors reflect it.
It can…

I completely love this. I'm amazed at how much this is selling as a kick-starter campaign - absolutely rapt for them!! Every time I look they've added another $100k to…

looking amazing I'm sooooo, so very happy for you all. xx

I totally love this idea!!

Our experience was the builders we spoke to wouldn't touch it or had NO idea what we were talking about... If you find someone who will and does, please MAKE…

shaezy, based on one or any of the diagrams above, I'd do my standard heckler for storage thing... You have a huge area for your ensuite and/or retreat, so I'd…

it's not necessarily the area between the overhang on the kitchen bench and the wall that you need to worry about. Do you plan on using this as a breakfast…

stinomus, refer back to first paragraph and the "what are you hoping to gain" section I don't actually give a damn, and it IS…

Realistically, I'm not hoping to "gain" from it at all... That said, I've been wanting to study sustainable architecture for some time, and have been told by the university that…

My architect wasn't their architect because it was me... I self designed my home, and it took YEARS of research and playing with designs, and we discussed a lot of…

Because someone paid an architect a huge amount of money for that architect to use my work, that's why...

Does anyone know how many "coincidental similarities" there needs to be before one can safely assume that a bunch of design decisions on their house have been directly copied?
There is…

Thanks all! There is nothing definite on the cards - I guess a lot of the shine has worn off it after having built my own dream home, dealt with…

If you're willing to remove a teensy bit from the length of the study and increase the depth of the pantry, you could have a door to your garage from…

looking amazing. Hope you get handover soon and can finally enjoy everything you have worked so hard for

Thanks all! Food for thought...

It's a good decision. Another year on here and being able to save that but extra will get you so much closer to understanding exactly what is right for you…

I made that mistake with the first house I built. Never again

Gorgeous design!!
Think I'd just go with a slightly smaller window in the study so that you could potentially line the walls with bookcases without blocking the window. Otherwise, just wow!!

Black absolutely will absorb the heat. Lighter colours will reflect.
The big problem also with black on your windows is that the aluminum frames are incredibly conductive. The heat that…

So... I've helped a bunch of people on here with minor (and sometimes major) modifications to their home designs. I'm thinking of starting a small sole-trader business whereby people can…

Just saw this. From what I hear the cats are quite ok with their area of the laundry, and it really does reduce the mess immensely. When I was still…

Single storey. Always. If you have the land and the ability. Better resale, more market. Double storey automatically excludes those with certain disability, aging and worried about future mobility or…

Looking unlikely - broke. Work still haven't moved me to full time pay (hours wasn't a problem, they had me doing full time hours for most of my "part time"…