Here is my opinion of retaining wall fairness http://www.anewhouse.com.au/2012/06/ret ... -fairness/

Ooh sorry to hear abot the delay hope they will be kn track soon. However your kitchen is stunning,that stone is worth an upgrade i love i love it

hey mate. how's it all going? haven't been on the blog for a while.

Once I had argument with the builder on site. My scan indicated there was no ceiling insulation installed and I told the builder so. Rubbish he said, I was all…

Those cheaper cameras as with anything will give you a limited result - you get what you pay for etc. BE's camera cost him US$20k.
Here is the thread where he…

Hi Y"all
After stepping into the Claremont 35 we loved it and we are now building with cheval facade. Once the site has started will load photos.
Still at the early stages…

Hey all,
I've been researching and the cheapest and best camera to buy is a FLIR ONE. It is a smartphone addon for iphone and Android. Price is $350 from…

An alternative to buying a thermal camera is to hire one from a tech equipment hire mob. They generally have different options of things like thermal cameras from run of…

A thermal imaging camera will detect this for you..
Find a building inspector who has one or buy one do the test.
Seeing as your builder is so adamant it has…

Saw the Matisse at Berwick Waters yesterday beautiful house and a great floorplan!

Apparently new homes inspection has this thermal tool to check insulation but it will be at a price though.
Good luck!

Holes will have to be cut out for light switches and GPOs. That would be a start to seeing if what is behind the plaster board is as expected.

All I can say is that Carlisle certainly doesn't muck around! Progress is flying!
Bricks progress - more than this but most recent pic:

And plaster is in! Finishing to start today…

It is temporary of course. I understand that it's a small amount of water and unlikely to amount to much - but there is a principle involved. No permission was…

Must relate a very funny conversation I had with my youngest last night:
Me: "If the land really does settle tomorrow, we'll have to go out there and - "
Miss Nine:…

I've been holding off starting my own thread until we were far enough along the track to have something to say, but we're getting closer to things being a reality…

The house is looking great. You have very similar upgrades to what we are looking at. How much roughly more do you think you have spent on top of the…

Looking massive!
Hope you get your slab tomorrow!

Good to hear mate!hope all goes well!looking forward to see the progress!

Hi STAINLESS.
You have an impressive list of upgrades and a beautiful home to build. Can I just ask the height of the WIN5G entry door and if…