Talinsmum posted:What colour do you think this is?
Ring them up or email them and ask them - I liked the colour scheme in one of their other ones - the kitchen in Traditional Cocoa - they sent…
Talinsmum posted:Raising the height of benches
When we approached our builder last year they said it was a common request - no problem at all ....
My folks had theirs raised 12yrs ago when they re-did their…
Talinsmum posted:Has anyone had any experience building with McDonald Jones?
We will be building with them in the next year ... done a lot of investigation, been through a tonne of display houses but fell in love with the Monte…
Talinsmum posted:Is anyone building with steel frames
yes they do - plus they have display houses in Newcastle/Port Stephens/Maitland & Central Coast area.....
A woman at work is building her house with the same people and they are…
Talinsmum posted:Is anyone building with steel frames
The builder we are going to go with builds steel-frames as a standard - and their overall house prices are brilliant in comparison to the other large builders .....
Who are…
Talinsmum posted:Freestanding cooker advice
You will just need to put the stove on a plinth (box) to raise it up ..... We have to do this as well as our benches will be…
Talinsmum posted:Black Hole To suck all the $$$$$
Hi Hammerhead
I'm a Newcastle gal and I agree with the Heaven thing!
Your land looks beautiful, and the puppy looks so happy... where abouts in the Valley is the block?…
Talinsmum posted:Laminex Freestyle Surface Benchtops
so how can they advertise it as non-porous if in fact it actually is? 
Is it about the degree of being porous/non-porous?
Talinsmum posted:Laminex Freestyle Surface Benchtops
really? that goes against everything I've heard about it
I've done a quick search on Google and Essastone keeps coming up as non-porous - its reconstituted stone (same as Ceaserstone, Quantam…
Talinsmum posted:Laminex Freestyle Surface Benchtops
Up here Essastone and Ceaserstone are fairly equal cost wise, the laminex freestyle benchs are cheaper - I checked them out at the Laminex display centre here and didn't really…
Talinsmum posted:Pretty In Pink
ahhhh the good old 1940's bathrooms ..... there is the pink, the lemon, the mint green, the sky blue and the lavender out there
We have the mint green (very attractive…
Talinsmum posted:OVEN under STOVE- What do you think?
damn .. I almost choked holding that comment back 
Talinsmum posted:Rinnai Infinity hot water system
We have the Infinity in our current place and we will be getting it for the new place - love love love love love it ...
We had it installed in…
Talinsmum posted:What choices are there re Splashbacks
Other options might be
granite
ceaserstone /corian/ essastone - they all can do vertical as well as horizontal surfaces and if you are doing the benchtops in it as well it can…
Talinsmum posted:My house - new home for hall table
naa thats not tooo bad - just generally means that they puked not long after eating... sounds to me like he is completely backed up - there wasn't any…
Talinsmum posted:R u happy with ur Smeg appliances?
They this link to a previous thread about smeg appliances
https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.p ... light=smeg
Fiona
Talinsmum posted:Electrical plan - comments please!
Just a couple of bits I can see (love the floor plan btw)
Upstairs bathrooms and toilets don't have lights in them on the plan?
Hallway from master bedroom to stairway/lounge area…
Talinsmum posted:Favourite Builder Australia Voted By Homeone
More needed to be added for NSW
Masterton
Hotondo
GJ Gardiner
Eagle
Lily
Montgomery
Kingstone
Rawson
Just to name a few more, and I'm sure there are plenty more to add for Qld, SA & WA as well
Fiona
Talinsmum posted:Laundry in a cupboard?
I agree thoroughly 
then if something still needs ironing thats when we take them to the dry cleaners 
I HATE IRONING!…
Talinsmum posted:Beechwood gone??
I was in shock as well .. although we didn't like any of their display houses up here (some of the interior decorating attempts were horrifying! 
Talinsmum posted:Laminex Visage - what do you think?
they have the tiled ones (like your picture) also like a mini orb style as well - and I think a couple of other textures .... they are shown on…
Talinsmum posted:Laminex Visage - what do you think?
I went to the Laminex showroom a couple of suburbs over and saw these (and others like them) - they are really nice looking, they are 3 dimensional (the bits…
Talinsmum posted:Sydney Home Show 2008 - Free Double Passes
hmmmm we were at the Liquid Kitchen stand by midday drinking a lychee margarita ..... thankfully lunch soon followed
