New house build - networking and AV wiring
Data Cabling
Basically, need one ethernet point in each room, EXCEPT for Family room and Study, which will have multiple devices.
My understanding so far is:
Hills Home Hub (or similar) will be…
Home theatre package for 5k?
Yup Amp instead of AVR for quality. +1 to BJ88 for that.
Jamos are in general good speakers but yes for the audiophile quality you have to go bit more…
Home theatre package for 5k?
That is a reasonable budget. You can get fully installed packages at that price (projector, amp , speakers plus installation)
However, if you research a bit and try to buy the…
DIY Low Level Timber Deck
I have chosen to go down the path of DIY Decking for my alfresco area (~28 SQM - 7M x 4M). Half the deck has covered roof and the other…
Timber Floors and Decking
Thanks for the flat-up idea !!
We are doing Timber decking as well. Will you be able to let me know how much does it roughly cost (with Merabu). The total…
About a driveway
Just wanted to check on the quotes we have got for driveway. Does it look reasonable ?
The driveway is about 46 sq meter
Slate Pattern : $ 2900 (…
Home Building Blogs
Hi,
I would like to add my blog to the list. The blog is in the making.
http://ourpointcookhouse.blogspot.com/ - subhashish - H3nley Horizon (It's a H3nl3y Home)
Thanks,
Subhashish
Can anyone recommend a good electrican - Melbourne West?
I have used the services of Lance for my Henley Home pre wiring. He is great !! If you are in point cook area and if you are looking for…
Help needed with Inspection Blues
Thanks for all the help !! ... In addition to the responses here, I also got lot of PMs from this post which helped me talk to some people to…
Help needed with Inspection Blues
Our Builder just completed the frame and roof cover and we got an independent inspector to get the frame inspection done.
He said overall the house looks good, but he…
How good is this cabler quote ?
We need to get our pre wiring done by early next week.
We are desperately hunting for cablers as we need to complete this by early next week before the…
Can anyone recommend a good electrican - Melbourne West?
Please let me know the contacts we well...including the contact from Hoppers crossing area....
Thanks in advance
Building Update [25/07] Home on the Horizon !!
H3nley called up yesterday to let us know that our building permit have come through !!
But also gave us a not so good news
- Our survey pegs were missing. So…
Building Update [25/07] Home on the Horizon !!
Thanks.. we spent whole of Sunday tring to skim through the contract... it looked ok to us ( i hope)....There is one provisional iem which is rock removal.. it…
Building Update [25/07] Home on the Horizon !!
Yes this is discontinued from Mar this year. Not sure why. The only display ome for this house was in Berwick.
Building Update [25/07] Home on the Horizon !!
Thanks for all the great comments !! We will post more pics as we go
Our Contract got postponed from 8th July to 14th July. We had two minor last minute…
Building Update [25/07] Home on the Horizon !!
I have found this forum immensely helpful and informative. I really appreciate the ideas and opinions that are shared here. It's unfortunate that I stumbled across this only recently even…
video distribution options ??
Thanks Rod. I don't know what is RF can you please clarify ? Is it analogue video signal (requires analogue tuner to show the video on one of analoge channels)?
Do…
video distribution options ??
We are thinking of having a smart wired Cat 6, RG6 cabling to each room and distribute video via starserve or sth similar
Is Clipsal strarserve a reliable product ? Particularly,…
Smart Wiring
We are thinking of having a smart wired Cat 6, RG6 cabling to each room and distribute video via starserve.
What are the alternatives to Clipsal Starserve ?
Is Clipsal strarserve a…
what is a typlical contrat term/days ?
Hi,
We are building Henley horizon home at Point Cook (single storey , 34 squars house). We had our Quick Start appointment yesterday (colour selection + tender on the same day).
Would…
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