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9 years9 yearsMJTMJT posted:
Things to fix before handover

With the splashback, do you have any photos of it? If it's cracked then it sounds like they should fix it. The workmanship of the grouting and the cuts around…

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9 years9 yearsagf18agf18 posted:
Building a house at "My home on the river" logan village

I saw this morning there has been movement on your block!

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9 years9 yearsMatt1Matt1 posted:
Builders playing scare tactics help!!

With the fence you generally have to pay 50% of a "standard" fence. Retaining walls are a bit different in that each party is responsible to retain to the "natural"…

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9 years9 yearsJojekeJojeke posted:
Builders playing scare tactics help!!

I take it these are the same builders that left rubbish on your block. How did that go?
I'm building in Ipswich and had to build a retaining wall at…

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9 years9 yearsaussietaaussieta posted:
Builders playing scare tactics help!!

when we built first time
blocks either side were not sold
our builder said to either wait until blocks sold and then approach new owners
or pay full price ourselves
as developer would not…

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9 years9 yearssnowingsnowing posted:
Builders playing scare tactics help!!

They have no right in doing that for a start. In this case, you are not even informed or given quotes to anything. Your neighbour has to pay the whole…

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9 years9 yearsWhitworths13Whitworths13 posted:
Building a house at "My home on the river" logan village

We have been waiting for awhile to buy in there, originally we were going to buy one of the blocks backing into the main road but it would have been…

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9 years9 yearsWhitworths13Whitworths13 posted:
Building a house at "My home on the river" logan village

What a small world!! My husband and i are lot 119 Ardee place over the road from you guys (sort of). I was friends with Cameron and Andrea ect years…

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10 years10 yearsdaydream_builddaydream_build posted:
Coral Homes Modified Daydream 30 - Colours

Thank you all!
Thank you! Nursery feature wall is Dulux Surf Wash.
Thanks!
Apologies for the delay. Have been a little busy with moving house, unpacking & feeding the boys every 2…

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10 years10 yearsaloenyxaloenyx posted:
is a quote for a house build price free

Sounds like what you want is a turnkey house (This means move in ready), some builders will offer them.
You will pay more for things like fencing, landscaping, driveway, etc…

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10 years10 yearsaloenyxaloenyx posted:
is a quote for a house build price free

You can usually find out the base price, and some inclusions (get a rough quote) without paying a cent (and if they want you to pay walk AWAY!) .. but…

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10 years10 yearssurteessurtees posted:
Going halves in new fencing

with timber fences we have had you tend to have the 'good side' on one fence line and a bad side' on the other isn't that normal?
If one…

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10 years10 yearsaussietaaussieta posted:
Going halves in new fencing

if you have a choice have the rails on your side
then your neighbours kids cant climb the fence and look over whenever they feel like it

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10 years10 yearszook60zook60 posted:
Going halves in new fencing

You will find there is actually a good side and a bad side to colorbond fenceing. The bad side is the one where you can see ths sharp edge of…

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10 years10 yearsJaysJays posted:
Going halves in new fencing

They shouldn't put the fence up until they talk to you out of courtesy. That being said, they will be your neighbours for potentially a along time, so be neighbourly…

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10 years10 yearsalboalbo posted:
Going halves in new fencing

There is no bad side, or good side to fencing, for some reason people get a case of the neighbourly rage when it comes to fencing. As above, equal share.…

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10 years10 yearsGunnaGunna posted:
Going halves in new fencing

There is a 'bad' side to a fence?
Equal shares when it comes to fences unless one party wants an upgrade the other doesnt then that party pays more I believe.

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10 years10 yearsBalbrigganBalbriggan posted:
Has any1 built with Valeco Homes?

We are about to start our build with them. We have found them to be very helpful and we have put a lot of upgrades in.

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10 years10 yearsShanniidcShanniidc posted:
Has any1 built with Valeco Homes?

My husband moved a family who built with them and they were extremely happy. That's about the only thing I can tell you unfortunately though.
My build

10 years10 yearsoneJohnoneJohn posted:
Roof tiles or colour bond

It'd be worth doing a search on this one.. It's an oft-debated topic, and there are quite a lot of differences. But in the end, the decision often comes…

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